What is best format for imported still photos, JPEG or TIFF

[Guest]

I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The slides are in
excellent shape considering their age and temperature/humidity that they have
been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model 4180 PHOTO. It can produce
JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some others. I am concerned about
compression loss vs file size. The images will be imported into a movie of
the same vintage. I took it with an 8 mm camera and recently had the film
converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.

 

[John Inzer]

I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The slides
are in excellent shape considering their age and temperature/humidity
that they have been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model 4180
PHOTO. It can produce JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some others.
I am concerned about compression loss vs file size. The images will
be imported into a movie of the same vintage. I took it with an 8 mm
camera and recently had the film converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.

===========================

Generally, Windows Bitmap [.bmp ] is
considered to be the best format for
importing into Movie Maker.

Ths best formats for saving archival copies
of your original scans would be TIFF or PNG
because they are both lossless formats.

Maybe the following article will be useful:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Graham Hughes]

I'd opt for the .TIFF format, no loss of quality if you do any editing to
the photo and then resave it, which you will get with jpeg. Yes, it's
larger, but if these are important memories can you put a price on them?

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The slides
are in excellent shape considering their age and temperature/humidity
that they have been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model 4180
PHOTO. It can produce JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some others.
I am concerned about compression loss vs file size. The images will
be imported into a movie of the same vintage. I took it with an 8 mm
camera and recently had the film converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.

===========================

Generally, Windows Bitmap [.bmp ] is
considered to be the best format for
importing into Movie Maker.

Ths best formats for saving archival copies
of your original scans would be TIFF or PNG
because they are both lossless formats.

Maybe the following article will be useful:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

Good point Graham. However I don't think there will be much editing to do
since most will be done throujgh the scanning process. The article mentioned
in John's reply stated specifically that Bitmap pictures will work without
problems, or rather should work and files containing Jpeg pictures often
cause problems. Tiff format was not mentioned.
Therefore I think I'll use Bitmap for pictures that will be included in WMM
and TIFF for pictures that may require some enhancment before being archived.
Thank you for your help.

I'd opt for the .TIFF format, no loss of quality if you do any editing to
the photo and then resave it, which you will get with jpeg. Yes, it's
larger, but if these are important memories can you put a price on them?

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The slides
are in excellent shape considering their age and temperature/humidity
that they have been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model 4180
PHOTO. It can produce JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some others.
I am concerned about compression loss vs file size. The images will
be imported into a movie of the same vintage. I took it with an 8 mm
camera and recently had the film converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.

===========================

Generally, Windows Bitmap [.bmp ] is
considered to be the best format for
importing into Movie Maker.

Ths best formats for saving archival copies
of your original scans would be TIFF or PNG
because they are both lossless formats.

Maybe the following article will be useful:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Graham Hughes]

Tiff is a "bitmap" file format, so you could save as tiff or maybe you are
thinking of using .bmp which is windows bitmap extension, either way you
should have no trouble.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

Good point Graham. However I don't think there will be much editing to do
since most will be done throujgh the scanning process. The article
mentioned
in John's reply stated specifically that Bitmap pictures will work without
problems, or rather should work and files containing Jpeg pictures often
cause problems. Tiff format was not mentioned.
Therefore I think I'll use Bitmap for pictures that will be included in
WMM
and TIFF for pictures that may require some enhancment before being
archived.
Thank you for your help.

I'd opt for the .TIFF format, no loss of quality if you do any editing to
the photo and then resave it, which you will get with jpeg. Yes, it's
larger, but if these are important memories can you put a price on them?

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

bigsby wrote:
I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The slides
are in excellent shape considering their age and temperature/humidity
that they have been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model 4180
PHOTO. It can produce JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some others.
I am concerned about compression loss vs file size. The images will
be imported into a movie of the same vintage. I took it with an 8 mm
camera and recently had the film converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.
===========================

Generally, Windows Bitmap [.bmp ] is
considered to be the best format for
importing into Movie Maker.

Ths best formats for saving archival copies
of your original scans would be TIFF or PNG
because they are both lossless formats.

Maybe the following article will be useful:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

I want to take the safest course and therefore don't want to use any file
types that may be incompatible. My experience is also quite limited when it
comes to Video/Audio/Music. I plan to use only DV-AVI, WMV,WAV and WMV files
and hope for the best. And I did not know that TIFF is considered a Bitmap
file. I'm learning alot.
Thanks again.

Tiff is a "bitmap" file format, so you could save as tiff or maybe you are
thinking of using .bmp which is windows bitmap extension, either way you
should have no trouble.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

Good point Graham. However I don't think there will be much editing to do
since most will be done throujgh the scanning process. The article
mentioned
in John's reply stated specifically that Bitmap pictures will work without
problems, or rather should work and files containing Jpeg pictures often
cause problems. Tiff format was not mentioned.
Therefore I think I'll use Bitmap for pictures that will be included in
WMM
and TIFF for pictures that may require some enhancment before being
archived.
Thank you for your help.

I'd opt for the .TIFF format, no loss of quality if you do any editing to
the photo and then resave it, which you will get with jpeg. Yes, it's
larger, but if these are important memories can you put a price on them?

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


bigsby wrote:
I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The slides
are in excellent shape considering their age and temperature/humidity
that they have been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model 4180
PHOTO. It can produce JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some others.
I am concerned about compression loss vs file size. The images will
be imported into a movie of the same vintage. I took it with an 8 mm
camera and recently had the film converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.
===========================

Generally, Windows Bitmap [.bmp ] is
considered to be the best format for
importing into Movie Maker.

Ths best formats for saving archival copies
of your original scans would be TIFF or PNG
because they are both lossless formats.

Maybe the following article will be useful:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Graham Hughes]

We try our best to please, good luck....

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

I want to take the safest course and therefore don't want to use any file
types that may be incompatible. My experience is also quite limited when
it
comes to Video/Audio/Music. I plan to use only DV-AVI, WMV,WAV and WMV
files
and hope for the best. And I did not know that TIFF is considered a
Bitmap
file. I'm learning alot.
Thanks again.

Tiff is a "bitmap" file format, so you could save as tiff or maybe you
are
thinking of using .bmp which is windows bitmap extension, either way you
should have no trouble.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

Good point Graham. However I don't think there will be much editing to
do
since most will be done throujgh the scanning process. The article
mentioned
in John's reply stated specifically that Bitmap pictures will work
without
problems, or rather should work and files containing Jpeg pictures
often
cause problems. Tiff format was not mentioned.
Therefore I think I'll use Bitmap for pictures that will be included in
WMM
and TIFF for pictures that may require some enhancment before being
archived.
Thank you for your help.




:

I'd opt for the .TIFF format, no loss of quality if you do any editing
to
the photo and then resave it, which you will get with jpeg. Yes, it's
larger, but if these are important memories can you put a price on
them?

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


bigsby wrote:
I will be scanning 35mm color slides that I took in 1952. The
slides
are in excellent shape considering their age and
temperature/humidity
that they have been subjected to. The scanner is an Epson model
4180
PHOTO. It can produce JPEG and TIFF formats as well as some
others.
I am concerned about compression loss vs file size. The images
will
be imported into a movie of the same vintage. I took it with an 8
mm
camera and recently had the film converted to a mini DV tape.
Any help will be much appreciated.
===========================

Generally, Windows Bitmap [.bmp ] is
considered to be the best format for
importing into Movie Maker.

Ths best formats for saving archival copies
of your original scans would be TIFF or PNG
because they are both lossless formats.

Maybe the following article will be useful:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk