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Photograph Examples - August, 2001 - from SCScompA

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The photographs shown in this example are, mostly, taken from a digital camera (in this case: an Olympus D-400 Zoom) and the digital image moved from the camera to the PC by use of a Camedia Floppydisk Adapter. Other photographs in SCScompA's examples are in the PC as a result of scanning the photograph. The following pictures default to digital camera origin and, if not, the shown picture will be identified as a scanned image. Scanned photographs are scanned at 300 PPI (Pixels Per Inch) or 100 PPI, and the chosen PPI will be identified in the comments for that particular image.

The following is aimed at showing examples of using the PC, digital cameras, and perhaps scanners, as part of home PC environment. Hopefully, the shown pictures will give you some ideas for your home use of PCs.

If you are taking a vacation in the future or otherwise have pictures you want to share with family/friends, the approach taken by this Web page (basic use of HTM tags) is an easy way to meet your aims. Remember, the HTM and images need not be put out on the Web to share with others: You could put the HTM file and the images into a file and send that file (either using a RW/CD, a ZIP floppy, a set of 3 1/2" floppies using hand-carry, snail-mail, or Internet transmission of the material) to your friends/family on their own PC.

If you include, also, a Word document discussing the material (for example, a travel or other journal you keep related to the images): Wonderful!

Contact SCScompA if you have any comments/questions regarding anything that is shown in this Web page.

Our examples this month are aimed at two main matters:

  1. Attempting to show different qualities when scanned items are in the PC as the result of various scan levels of detail.

  2. Once again, showing how multiple pictures can be modified and placed on one photo. I use PaintShop Pro to do this modification. Let me know if you are not a PaintShop pro user and you use an application you are happy with as you do similar "joining" of photos.

As your vacation or other travels bring forward numerous photos, joining them together can save not only some discussions as you go through the photos with friends/family: But, also, the "joining" can end up making a good contribution to the presentation/summary of your vacation/travel or other activity.

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Levels of Detail When Scanning

My scanner software allows for scanning at 100, 150, 300, 600, 1000, 1200, and 2000 "Pixels per Inch".

Now, I am not a "pixel" expert -- and, I am sure there are more technical/clear ways to discuss this topic than the following: However, I want to bring forward a few points as part of this month's newsletter, so here goes! If you have comments/ideas/etc. you want to share with others in upcoming newsletters on this topic: Terrific, just forward your comments to me for upcoming newsletter discussions. Thanks.

In any case -

Now, with that said:

Following, are a couple of examples.

Note: The hard-disk space (this affects the download time for you to see this picture) is:

The larger the scanned image is, the more it affects your home PC use. If you are modifying/using the scanned image, you affect system paging and other resources. As indicated above, I find 300 PPI a good value for my system.

In addition to the above-mentioned download time and system resources used, see if the following on your display have noticeable differences and let me know what you use for your scanning detail levels -- and, why you use those levels of detail. Thanks!

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Scanned at 100 PPI

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Scanned at 300 PPI

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Scanned at 600 PPI

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Scanned at 1200 PPI

Note: The following was cropped on the right side of the picture for convenience while being used in this Web page.

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A 3/4" Area Scanned at 100 PPI

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A 3/4" Area Scanned at 300 PPI

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A 3/4" Area Scanned at 600 PPI

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A 3/4" Area Scanned at 1200 PPI

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I hope the above gives you a little bit of a perspective on the affect of different scan values. As a reminder, mentioned earlier in this Web page:

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Postcard Example

As with last month's newsletter and photo example, I include another postcard example.

The following postcard was recently mailed to me. Since I used the postcard in the previously discussed in this Web page section discussing levels of details for scanned items -- I include the following, here.

In the following scanned image of the postcard, I did the scan in two steps: 1) The main picture on the postcard. and 2) The postcard text. Then, I used PaintShop Pro to merge the picture and the text.

The scanning was done at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) and then resized to the shown 550-pixel-high image.

Perhaps you received postcards you want to share with your friends/families -- or, saved for future reference. Try the scan/save approach on your home PC!

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A Great Golf Hole

This is another example of again using PaintShop Pro to do two things:

  1. Combine multiple photos together.

  2. Write information on a picture for your discussion/presentation to others -- or, for some other reason!

The two golf holes shown in the following are currently in the midst of being renovated and the pictures are used to compare before-and-as-being-renovated situations. We are all trust -- and have hopes -- that the "new" will be as nice as the "old"!

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A Great Golf Hole...

Another in-progress of being renovated golf hole.

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I wish you well in your picture taking and travels or other activities -- and hope you share that with a journal and Web-type of presentation you share with family/friends.

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To contact me about anything on this Web page, please: send mail to: SCScompA@aol.com

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