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Dallas Genealogical Society Technology Special Interest Group
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Tony Hanson Webmaster
Technology Special Interest Group Leader Director - Education
Demystifying Digital Images
Tony Hanson Webmaster
Technology Special Interest Group Leader
What we will be talking about • What is a Digital Image • How Digital Images are Created • Numeric Representation of Colors • Histograms • How Digital Cameras and Scanners Work • Digital File Formats • Image Resolution and Size • Printing Images • Metadata • Resizing Images
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What is a Digital Image?
• A numeric representation of an image • Comprised of an organized collection of Pixels
(Picture Elements) – Rows & Columns – Pixel a.k.a. ‘Dot’
• When viewed on a suitable display (or printed) it appears to be an exact copy of the original image
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Eagleville, MO Welcome Center
Mosaic Image
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Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal Canada
How Are Digital Images Created?
• ‘Born Digital’ – Created using software that directly creates the
digital file – File -> Save As ->
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This is an image file created directly from Publisher
Graphic Images
• Has relatively Few colors • Usually a (relatively) small file • Some file formats are customized to support
this type of image
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How Are Digital Images Created?
• Converted to a digital format – Scanner – Digital Camera – These both use a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) to
convert the optical image into an appropriate numeric representation
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CCD: Converts Light to a Numeric Value
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Memory CCD
Color values are represented by three components: • Red • Green • Blue
Light
x
y z
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Color Palette
Red
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Memory CCD
255
0
0
Green
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Memory CCD
0
255
0
Blue
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Memory CCD
0
0
255
White
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Memory CCD
255
255
255
Black
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Memory CCD
0
0
0
Purple
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Memory CCD
136
109
249
Gray
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Memory CCD
179
179
179
Note that the color values are all the same for Gray….
Numeric Representation
• Color • Gray Scale • Black and White
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Numeric Representation: Color
24 Bit Color Depth • Each component value (Red, Blue and Green)
can range from 0 to 255 – In Binary, the range is
• 0: 00000000 • 255: 11111111
• 3 Colors x 8 bits each = 24 bits
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255 in Binary Notation
1 2 6 3 1 8 4 2 6 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 128+64+32+16+8+4+2+1 = 255
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48 Bit Color
48 Bit Color Depth • Each component value (Red, Blue and Green)
can range from 0 to 65,535 – In Binary, the range is
• 0: 00000000 00000000 • 65536: 11111111 11111111
• 3 Colors x 16 bits each = 48 bits • Provides more colors
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65,536 in Binary Notation 3 1 2 6 8 4 2 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 6 8 9 9 4 2 1 5 2 6 3 1 8 4 2 6 8 4 2 6 8 4 2 6 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 32268+16324+8192+4096+2048+1024+512+256 = 65280 128+64+32+16+8+4+2+1 = 255 65280+255 = 65535
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Black is Still Black
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Memory CCD
00
00
00
White is still White
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Memory CCD
65535
65535
65535
More shades of Blue (and Red, Green…)
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Memory CCD
0
0
65535
Gray Scale
• Ranges from White through various shades of Gray to Black – Has equal Red, Green and Blue values – Since each of the three values is the same it is
only necessary to record it once
• This limits the colors available, but may produce a high quality image that requires less storage
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Grayscale Palette
Gray Scale Color Depth
• Usually available in 8 bit and 16 bit color depth
• The end points in both cases are still White and Black
• 16 bits gives you more granularity – More shades of Gray
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Black and White ( a.k.a. ‘Line Art’)
• Each Pixel can have one of two values: – 0 => White – 1 => Black
• It is usually possible for you to modify the threshold between what is considered Black and what is considered White
• These values (0 or 1) can be stored in a single bit, significantly reducing storage requirements
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Size Matters!
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Source: ‘A few scanning tips’ http://www.scantips.com/basics1d.html
How many Pixels at each color?
How Many Pixels
0, 0, 255 0, 255, 0 255, 0, 0 0, 0, 0 255, 255, 255
“Black” “White”
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“Blue” “Green” “Red”
A Histogram!
0, 0, 255 0, 255, 0 255, 0, 0 0, 0, 0 255, 255, 255
“Black” “White”
How Many Pixels
Count of How Many Pixels at each color
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Histogram
• Shows a count of each ‘color’ in the image • Helps understand how much contrast the
image has – Probably most useful to photographers (useful for
judging exposure) – Also useful when adjusting scanner threshold
settings
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Digitation Tools
• Camera • Scanner
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Digital Camera
Image Lens Charge Coupled Device
Light
Shutter
Aperture
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Image on a Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
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Pixels
CCD Characteristics
• How sensitive it is to Light • Its Size • How many Megapixels • Aspect Ratio
– Ratio of Width to Height (Pixels) – A square would have an aspect ratio of 1 – Typical values for a camera are 1.3 or 1.5
(rectangular)
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• Records images in a 3264 by 2448 format – 3264 x 2448 = 7,990,272 Pixels (8 MegaPixels) – 3264 / 2448 = 1.33 to 1 Aspect Ratio
2448
3264
iPhone 6
Scanners
• Unlike a camera, a scanner has only a single row of CCD sensors
• The sensor is moved across the document to be scanned and takes many samples in the process
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Flatbed Scanner
Document Light
Charge Coupled Device
Mirrors
Glass
Document
My Simple Document
Tony.
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Each Line scanned as a series of Pixels…
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Scanner Specifications
• Optical Resolution – The Pixels per Inch capability of the CCD (Horizontal resolution)
• Hardware Resolution – The resolution of the mechanism that moves the CCD across the document (Vertical Resolution)
• Interpolated Resolution – Using software to increase resolution by predicting what might be in between two scanned pixels
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How are digital images saved?
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Digital File Formats
• A digital file format defines the way that the digital information will written into (and read from) the file
• Many file formats have been created over the years to address different needs and concerns – Wikipedia has identified 262 different graphics file
formats!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_formats
Image File Format Characteristics • Raster vs. Vector • Compression Type • Color Depth • Color Indexing • Transparency • Metadata • Interlacing • Animation • Layers • Color Management
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Raster vs. Vector
Vector formats deal with lines and shapes • These scale (adjust to different sizes and
display formats) very well • Useful in graphic and scientific applications Raster formations deal with pixels/dots • The focus of our discussion
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Compression
• Not all formats perform compression • Those that do fall into two classes:
– Lossless • No loss of resolution or color information • Results in larger files
– Lossy • Some irreversible loss of resolution or color information
in the compression process • Results in smaller files
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Color Depth
• Defines the number of bits available to encode color – Usually can be modified – Ranges from 1 to 48 bits
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Color Indexing
• Some formats limit the number of discrete colors that can be utilized
• They provide a fixed size matrix where the colors utilized in the image can be specified
• During the encryption, each pixel’s color is referenced to this table – Advantage: Smaller File – Disadvantage: Limits the color granularity of the
image
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Transparency
• Not supported by all formats • Allows the background to be viewed behind
the image • Achieved by designating a specific color in the
image • When displayed, image pixels with the
designated color are discarded and replaced the appropriate pixel from the background image
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Metadata
• Not supported by all formats • Descriptive information about the image • Appended to the image file • There are a variety of metadata types/standards
that can be used • The most common are:
– Exif – Photographic Information – IPTC – Descriptive Information – XMP – ISO Standard
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Popular Image File Formats
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TIFF
• Compression: None • Color Depth: 1,2,4,8,16,24,32 bit • Color Indexing: Yes • Transparency: Yes • Metadata: Yes • Comments
– Can be compressed with external/3rd party compression tools
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JPEG
• Compression: Lossy • Color Depth: 12/24 bit • Color Indexing: No • Transparency: No • Metadata: Yes • Comments
– Amount of compression can be varied – Repeated saving compounds color loss
• a.k.a. ‘JPEG Artifacts’ – Good for photos, bad for text or graphics
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JPEG vs TIFF
• Original TIFF File – 5036 x 8326 Pixels – 600 dpi – 25,667 KB
• Large JPEG – 5036 x 8326 Pixels – 600 dpi – 15,360 KB
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• Medium JPEG – 5036 x 8326 Pixels – 600 dpi – 3,146 KB
• Small JPEG – 5036 x 8326 Pixels – 600 dpi – 1,567 KB
JPEG Artifacts
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Loss of: • True Color • Correct Intensity • Resolution
GIF
• Compression: LZW • Color Depth: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 bit • Color Indexing: Yes • Transparency: Yes • Metadata: Yes • Comments
– LZW compression had licensing/legal issues that limited its widespread use
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PNG
• Compression: Lossless • Color Depth: 1,2,4,8,16,24,32 bit • Color Indexing: Yes • Transparency: Yes • Metadata: Yes • Comments
– Much better choice than JPEG – Some consider it to be nearly as good as TIFF – W3 endorsed replacement for GIF
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JPEG 2000
• Compression: Lossy or Lossless • Color Depth: Color up to 48 bit • Color Indexing: No • Transparency: Yes • Metadata: Yes • Comments
– Popular with governments and institutions – Not yet widely supported in the consumer market – Eventual replacement for TIFF
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Metadata
• Data about something • Digital Metadata is Embedded in each file
Pre-Digital Metadata • Date (Aug 61) • Description
(Hanson – Evans – Tollief’s Fam)
File Format
Image Data
(Pixels)
Camera Data (EXIF)
MetaData
Exchangeable Image File Format
Format Specific (TIFF, JPG, PNG, etc…)
IPTC: International Press Telecommunications Council
• The most widely recognized standard for Metadata
• Established in 1965 by a group of news organizations
IPTC Defined For Many Image File Types
• You can define IPTC metadata for the following image formats: – .tif – .jpg – .png
• … But NOT for these image formats: – .bmp – .gif
Viewing or Printing an Image
• Requires software that understands the file format
• Extracts the data and re-creates the image • Computer monitors and printers present
images in very different ways – This may impact how the image appears to you
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How Big Is That Image?
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• Digital images have no ‘size’ • However, they do have characteristics that
may limit how large you want it to be when it is displayed or printed
This is a stamp
• The original is 1 ¼ inched tall and 1 inch wide • Scanned at 300 dpi
– 300 x 375 dpi
s
1920 x 1080 Resolution
A 1 ¼ inch tall stamp scanned at 300 dots per inch
1280 x 720 Resolution
A 1 ¼ inch tall stamp scanned at 300 dots per inch
800 x 600 Resolution
A 1 ¼ inch tall stamp scanned at 300 dots per inch
Pixels and Colors
• Computer Monitors will always display images with truer colors when compared to most home printers
• This is because each pixel on a monitor can display the entire possible range of colors – A printer can only approximate the color using a
mixture of colors
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Printing Images
• Printers used at home (generally) can only print dots – Black and White printers can only create black
dots (or no dots at all – a.k.a. ‘white’) – Two modes of printing:
• Line Art • Shades of Gray
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Line Art
• Dot for dot representation of the image • Good for text & some (limited) types of
images
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Shades of Gray
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Shades of Gray
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Grid Sizes
• 6 x 6 – 37 Shades of Gray, reduces resolution by a factor of 6 – 600 dpi -> 100 Line Per Inch (lpi) – 1200 dpi -> 200 lpi
• 7 x 7 – 50 Shades of Gray, reduces resolution by a factor of 7
• 8 x 8 – 65 Shades of Gray, reduces resolution by a factor of 8
• 10 x 10 – 101 Shades of Gray, reduces resolution by a factor of 10
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Printing Color Images
• Printers used at home (generally) can only print dots – Color printers can only print the colors for which
they have ink • Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black • Cyan, Magenta, Yellow , Black, light Cyan, Light
Magenta
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Printing Colors
• Colors are created by placing different colors close together – One color image (pixel) requires many printer ink dots – The human eye cannot distinguish the individual
colors and will perceive the mixed color – Called Dithering
• This is why (for example) we need a 1200 dpi printer (ink dots) to print an image at 250 dpi (pixels).
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Printer dpi Specifications
• Printer specifications are real, accurate and meaningful, but are not to be confused with image resolution
• Printer ink dots and image pixels are very different things
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Rule of Thumb
• The effective resolution (image pixels per inch) should be in the range of 150 – 300 dpi (for the actual printed dimensions)
• Sending images at higher resolutions is counter productive – Files are larger – Most of the pixels will be thrown away – May actually decrease the quality of the printed
image
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1 ¼ x 1 inch Original
• Scanned at 300 dpi • OK to print it at its original size
– Effective resolution would be 300 dpi
• Could print it twice as large (2 ½ x 2 inches) – Effective resolution would be 150 dpi
• Larger images would probably not look good – If desired, scan again at higher dpi setting
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Image Resizing
• Scaling • Cropping • Resizing
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Image Resizing: Scaling
• Scaling – Specifying a dpi value to use when printing – Just a numeric value that is saved with the image
and used if/when it is printed – The original image remains unchanged – Defined for TIF and JPG
• Not all applications pay attention to this value
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Scaling
• Stretching or shrinking the image to fit a specified area
• Can be done while scanning or afterwards..
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Scaling: Photoshop 12 Image -> Resize -> Image Size…
Image Resizing: Cropping
• Selected part of the original image • The original image remains unchanged
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Image Resizing: Resizing
• Resizing – Alters the dpi of the image – The original image IS CHANGED
• Best to work on a copy!
– Works better when you DECREASE the dpi value • You can increase, but you are asking the software to
make an educated guess about the pixels it adds
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Resizing: Photoshop 12 Image -> Resize -> Image Size…
Other Modifications
• Orientation (Portrait / Landscape) • Contrast
– Modifying what is considered ‘white’ and what is ‘black’
• Color Balance • File format conversions • Much more…
– Ask Sandra Crowley to give her Image Editing seminar again….
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More on Size and Resolution
• Let’s assume we want to digitize a document that is 8.5 x 11 inches (the entire document) – Using an 8 Megapixel Digital Camera – Using a Flatbed Scanner
• Questions: – What is the best resolution I can obtain using the
camera? – What dpi setting would I need to use on the
scanner to obtain better resolution?
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Best Case
• We want to maximize the resolution of the image by using as many pixels as possible – Use all of the horizontal pixels (2448) – Determine how many vertical pixels we can use…
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3264
2448
Math!
2448 / 8.5 = x / 11 x = ( 11 * 2448) / 8.5 x = 3168 Unused Pixels: (3264 – 3168) * 2048 = 96 * 2048 = 196,608 (2.5%)
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3264
2448 Pixels 8.5 Inches
96
3168 Pixels 11 inches
What is our effective resolution?
• 2448 Pixels / 8.5 inches = 288 Pixels/inch • 3168 Pixels / 11 inches = 288 Pixels/inch
To obtain a higher resolution image using a scanner we could scan it at 300 dpi.
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Another Example
• I have a slide (1 inch High x 1.5 inches Wide) • I want to print a 4 x 6 image • What dpi setting do I need to use on the
scanner to scan the slide?
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Solution
• I want to sent a 4 x 6 image at a density of 300 dpi to the printer.
• A 4 x 6 image is exactly 4 times the size of the slide (they have the same Aspect Ratio) – 1 x 4 = 4 – 1.5 x 4 = 6
• Since I am enlarging the image by a power of 4, I will also be decreasing the resolution by a power of 4 – 300 dpi (printed) = dpi (scanned) / 4 – dpi(scanned) = 4 * 300 = 1200 dpi
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1.5 inches 1800 Pixels
1 inch 1200 Pixels
4 inches 1200 Pixels (300 dpi)
6 inches 1800 Pixels (300 dpi)
What if I wanted an 8 x 10?
• (6 * 1 x 1.5) = 6 x 10 – Not big enough!
• (8 * 1 x 1.5) = 8 x 12 – Too big! – Need to crop 2 inches off the width – Could take 1 inch off each side – Let’s assume that this will work for the image…
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Solution
• We still want an effective density of 300 dpi • Enlarging it by a factor of 8 • 8 * 300 = 2400 dpi • Scan the slide at 2400 dpi, crop to 8 x 10 and
print! – Check:
• ( 1 * 2400 ) / 8 = 300 dpi • ( 1.5 * 2400) / 12 = 3600 / 12 = 300 dpi
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References/Resources
A few scanning tips Wayne Fulton
http://www.scantips.com/
• Invaluable reference! • Also good tips on photography…
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Scanning 101 – The Basics * START - The First Fundamental Concept Video Resolution - How much to scan?
Say No to 72 dpi - It's a false notion Images for television or for PowerPoint
Printing Resolution - Scaling and Resampling Finding the Scaling and Resampling Menus
Printer Resolution - How much to scan? Line art and Threshold - Copy and OCR, Printed Text
Line art and Grayscale Scanning for Fax Descreen to remove Moiré Interference Images in magazines/books/newspapers Interpolated Resolution - 9600 dpi? Photo Resolution - How much can we scan? Image File Formats - Which format? Video Boards Transparent Media Adapter - 35 mm slides? What about Film Scanners? Dynamic Range - 24 bit or 36 bits?
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Wikipedia
Comparison of graphics file formats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_formats
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Epson Technical Brief
• Discusses Image Quality, Performance and Flexibility of Epson Scanners
• A good overview of technical aspects of scanner design and operation https://files.support.epson.com/pdf/exp16_/exp16_ts.pdf
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Questions?
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Thank You!
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Technology Special Interest Group Leader
http://www.dallasgenealogy.org