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Best format for archives?
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: santa monica, CA
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I am going to scan some documents, then destroy the originals (save space, etc.) Any suggestions on which format I should use, sometime more likely to still be supported well into the future?? I was thinking of JPG or PICT.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Baltimore, MD
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jpg, pict, adobe has always been good about supporting old versions of .psd. whatever floats your boat. Personally, I use PSD. Just out of habit i guess.
nick
[ 10-15-2001: Message edited by: godzookie2k ]
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Try PNG, it uses a lossless compression (contrary to JPG) method and is said to be the future web standard (?). PNG files seem to be about half the size of a PSD file. But a JPG saved with maximum quality is half the size of a PNG and its hard to tell the difference. So if it's not essential for your work that you archive the original data, JPG saves the most space on your harddisk (unless perhaps you do a backup with StuffIt or Retrospect).
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Tiffs with LZW compression Have never caused me any problems.
Make sure you burn iso9660 cds if you think you will ever need to get at them on a pc.
The IBM/Mac byte order option when saving tiffs in photoshop has never been a problem either. I have sent both types of files through both systems numerous times.
The reason for Tiffs is that more graphics programs will import them directly without having to convert format.
Will Quark or InDesign import PNG?
Will Pict files import to windows graphics programs?
In most cases the answer is no, but I know tiffs have always and probably always will be supported.
The only reason to keep psd file is when you have layered artwork to archive, IMHO.
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Great advice. I forgot about LZW, it seems that it compresses as good as JPG (or even better with the file I tested). And as you say, TIF is the industry standard for bitmap images. Btw, InDesign can import PNG, but I'm no graphics professional so I don't know the advantages/disadvantages of this type of file for the printing process, TIF ist surely the safer solution.
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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I have always used TIFF or PSD to save archived images. Both are standard formats in graphic design and TIFF can be opened by almost any graphic software. PSD obviously requires Photoshop.
Frank
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