Re: [SLE] Best file format

On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 17:31:38 -0500 Harry G <harrycg@attbi.com> wrote:

I need to scan some small wiring diagrams, drawings, etc. but the file size is important.

Which tends to be smaller, tiff, bmp, etc?

Scan it in as anything you want, at the highest resolution you can get. My scanner defaults to .pnm The files will be big, > 5 meg. The convert them to .jpg at a about 70% quality setting in Gimp. Your jpgs should look good and be about 40k. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation