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05/12/2006 05:29:23 PM · #1 |
I am scanning some old photos from my wedding. Now that I have photoshow Gold I want to do a show with my wedding photos and a song to give to my wife for our anniversary. What is the best esolution to scan these at. 720DPI or 1200DPI.
I don't want to do overkill just because it will take forever. Will a 720DPI show up fine oon a tv?
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05/12/2006 06:06:45 PM · #2 |
720dpi might already be pure overkill for a TV.
It depends a bit on what kind of TV you have, but sometimes 800px wide may be more than sufficient. That is not even 150dpi in most occasions.
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05/12/2006 06:09:35 PM · #3 |
| 720 DPI will more than enough. |
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05/12/2006 06:09:38 PM · #4 |
For TV, I'd scan them in at about 300 DPI... 720DPI is gonna really be over-kill for this project. Even 300DPI is overkill, but give syou a bit of room for cropping or panning.
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05/12/2006 06:18:48 PM · #5 |
It is a 50" Phillips, but not HDTV
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05/12/2006 06:23:59 PM · #6 |
| You want to do "overkill" because after people see them they/you'll want to make prints, and then you'll have to rescan. I always recommend scanning at the highest "native" or optical resolution of the scanner, so that you retain complete control over any resizing/resampling, instead of it being done in the sccanner before you ever see it. Storage space is cheap, and it should only take a little longer to make a bigger scan. |
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05/12/2006 10:09:47 PM · #7 |
Thanks General.
But shouldn't 720DPI be enough. My scanner skips from 720 to 1200dpi and scanning at 1200 dpi is super time consuming. I have approx. 200 photos to scan.
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05/12/2006 10:30:17 PM · #8 |
Try to find in the specs what the true optical resolution is. If it goes up to 1200, it may be a native 600, in which case you should use that.
I always think it's better to use integral resampling, i.e. halving or doubling, rather than a fractional resampling such as 600 -> 720. So, yeah, if it's a native 720 then that's better than upsampling to 1200. If it's a true 1200 optical resolution, then I'd use either 1200, 600, or maybe 800 (2/3 original).
Quality vs Speed is a common trade-off in this business.
Message edited by author 2006-05-12 22:33:44. |
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05/14/2006 08:50:37 PM · #9 |
I looked up my tv on Phillips website but can't find anything about resolution. I will try 600 DPI on a few photos and see how that works.
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