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Saturday, 16 August 2008 21:39 |
Number of Colors
Color photos:
Always choose 24-bit color scan (millions of colors or 17 million colors in some scanners).
It is not recommended to choose the "billions of colors" / 36-bit option if you have it. A human eye can never tell the difference, it will be just a waste of disk space.
Never choose the 256 colors (8-bit) option, it is not enough, you will notice the difference.
B&W photos:
For photo preservation and restoration purposes we recommend always to scan in color - B&W photos as well as color photos. It takes a little bit more space on your disk but most of the times you get much better results in terms of authenticity. Many old photos, even though taken in B&W, have their own special hue, which gives them that special authentic look. Restoring an old photo does not necessarily mean losing that look, but rather fix the flaws and preserve that authentic look. Scanning the photo in B&W, might result in losing that look and damage the final result.
However, if you still choose to scan in B&W, always choose the 256 gray shades (8-bit grayscale) option.
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Last Updated on Friday, 31 October 2008 11:29 |