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From: "robert mclaren" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Scanning Letters
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:53:49 -0400


While JPG files are smaller files, and are the best for posting on websites
or sending via emails, I would not recommend scanning and saving using this
file format. JPG is a lossy format and every time you save it, you will
lose image quality. Better is to scan using a bitmap format. You can
always create a jpg file from this when you need it, but will always have
your high quality original.

Yours aye,

Bob McLaren
Chairman, Genealogy Committee, Clan MacLaren Society of North America
Genealogist, Clan MacLaren Society (based in Scotland)
Administrator, Clan MacLaren Surname DNA Project (Worldwide)
Administrator, Lindo Surname DNA Project (Worldwide)
Administrator, da Silva Surname DNA Project (Worldwide)
Member, Association of Professional Genealogists


> [Original Message]
> From: ljcrain2 <>
> To: <>
> Date: 8/31/2008 12:45:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [APG] Scanning Letters
>
>
> My replies preceeded by ***
>
> Janet Crain
>
> As of yesterday, I have in my possession temporarily a number of letters
> written by my 3rd great-grandfather and other members of his family. I
> would like to scan the letters before returning them to the distant
> cousin who so graciously sent them clear across the country so I could
> see them after receiving the history I wrote on this common ancestor.
> Could those of you who are better at this than me suggest the best kind
> of image to save them as. The one I have experimented with was saved
> as a bitmap image, but would a .jpg image be better?
>
> *** I use jpg's as they are a much smaller file. You might want to print
out
> each one from a bitmap as that does make a superior print. But for
viewing
> on a monitor (and most print uses) a jpg will suffice.

SNIP

> Beth Davies AG



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