JPEG vs. scanner

Which would generally create a better digital image for PSE edits and enlargements?:
1) A JPEG photo of an 8x10 drawing from a 5MP camera; or
2) A 300 dpi scan of an 8x10 drawing from a home scanner.
This is a general question as I will be receiving these from novice users as is. I can only pre-suggest one image capture process over another.
thanks.

The scans will generally be better:
- They will have somewhat higher resolution (6.9 MP versus 5 MP).
- They will have consistent, even illumination from the scanner, whereas the illumination of the photos will likely be fairly random and uneven.

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Select scan DOCUMENT rather than PHOTO, it will scan af pdf file(s). My suggestion: scan from printer software (on your computer) will give your more choices.
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Configuring HP LaserJet 100 (scanner doesn't work)

Hi,
I've been trying to get my printer+scanner to work. Printing works fine, but can't get the scanning to work.
It is a network printer. Currently it's configured via 'hp-setup', but I've tried configuring it through CUPS web interface, and it's the same problem.
Here's what I get from 'xsane':
And from 'scanimage -L':
% scanimage -L
device `hpaio:/net/HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw?ip=10.2.0.10' is a Hewlett-Packard HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw all-in-one
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname HP HD Webcam virtual device
Here's the output from 'hp-doctor':
% hp-doctor
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.14.6)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0
Copyright (c) 2001-13 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
warning: arch distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES
Checking for Deprecated items....
error: This distro (i.e unknown 0.0) is either deprecated or not yet supported.
The diagnosis is limited on unsupported platforms. Do you want to continue?(y=yes*, n=no):
Checking for HPLIP updates....
error: HPLIP upgrade is disabled by Archlinux for security reasons, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38083 - if you like to upgrade HPLIP, use the Archlinux software package manager pacman.
Done.
error: Failed to upgrade latest HPLIP. Is hp-upgrade already running (i.e. foreground or background)?
Checking for Dependencies....
warning: unknown-0.0 version is not supported. Using unknown-0 versions dependencies to verify and install...
| SYSTEM INFO |
Kernel: 3.14.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 8 10:08:38 CEST 2014 GNU/Linux
Host: sablade
Proc: 3.14.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 8 10:08:38 CEST 2014 GNU/Linux
Distribution: unknown 0.0
Bitness: 64 bit
| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.14.6
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for unknown distro 0.0 version
Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.14.6
[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.14.6
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.14.6
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp
bin=/usr/bin
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
libusb01-build=no
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=yes
internal-tag=3.14.6
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
[plugin]
installed = 1
eula = 1
version = 3.14.6
Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[settings]
systray_visible = 0
systray_messages = 0
[last_used]
device_uri = "hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw?ip=10.2.0.10"
printer_name =
working_dir = .
[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%
[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1
[polling]
enable = false
interval = 5
device_list =
[fax]
voice_phone =
email_address =
[upgrade]
notify_upgrade = false
last_upgraded_time = 1402934982.23681
pending_upgrade_time = 0
[installation]
date_time = 17/06/14 09:15:12
version = 3.14.6
<Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>
| External Dependencies |
policykit Admin-Policy-framework OPTIONAL - 0.112 OK - gs Ghostscript REQUIRED 7.05 9.14 OK - network Network-wget OPTIONAL - 1.15 OK - scanimage Shell-Scanning OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.24 OK - avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.6.31 OK - dbus DBus REQUIRED - 1.8.4 OK - cups CUPS REQUIRED 1.1 1.7.3 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running'
xsane SANE-GUI OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK -
| General Dependencies |
error: reportlab Python-PDF-Lib OPTIONAL 2.0 3.1.8 MISSING 'reportlab needs to be installed' libcrypto OpenSSL-Crypto-Lib REQUIRED - 1.0.1 OK -
pil Python-Image-Lib OPTIONAL - 1.1.7 OK -
pyqt4-dbus PyQt4-DBUS REQUIRED 4.0 4.11 OK -
libjpeg JPEG-Lib REQUIRED - - OK -
libpthread POSIX-Threads-Lib REQUIRED - 2.19 OK -
python-dbus Python-DBUS REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.0 OK - python-devel Python-SDK REQUIRED 2.2 3.4.1 OK -
pyqt4 Python-Qt4 REQUIRED 4.0 4.11 OK - cups-devel CUPS-SDK REQUIRED - 1.7.3 OK - sane-devel SANE-SDK REQUIRED - 1.0.24 OK - libusb USB-Lib REQUIRED - 1.0 OK - sane Scan-Lib REQUIRED - 1.0.24 OK - cups-image CUPS-Image-Lib REQUIRED - 1.7.3 OK - libnetsnmp-devel SNMP-Networking-SDK REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.7.2 OK -
python-xml Python-XML-Lib REQUIRED - 2.1.0 OK -
python-notify Desktop-notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -
| Compile Time Dependencies |
gcc gcc-Compiler REQUIRED - 4.9.0 OK - libtool Build-tools REQUIRED - 2.4.2 OK - make GNU-Build-tools REQUIRED 3.0 4.0 OK -
| Python Extentions |
cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.14.6 OK -
pcardext PhotoCard-Extension REQUIRED - 3.14.6 OK -
hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.14.6 OK -
| Scan Configuration |
hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.14.6 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.14.6 OK -
| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
device `hpaio:/net/HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw?ip=10.2.0.10' is a Hewlett-Packard HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw all-in-one
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname HP HD Webcam virtual device
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
No devices found.
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw?ip=10.2.0.10
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw.ppd
PPD Description: HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175 Postscript (recommended)
Printer status: printer HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw is idle. enabled since Mon 16 Jun 2014 16:56:01 BST
Required plug-in status: Installed
error: Unable to communicate with device (code=12): hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw?ip=10.2.0.10 <-- I'm
error: unable to open channel guessing here is
error: Communication status: Failed the problem -->
| PERMISSION |
Checking Permissions....
Permissions are correct.
Checking for Configured Queues....
Queue(s) configured correctly using HPLIP.
Checking for HP Properitery Plugin's....
Plugin's already installed
Checking for Printer Status....
error: 'HP_LaserJet_100_colorMFP_M175nw' Printer is either Powered-OFF or Failed to communicate.
Turn On Printer and re-run hp-doctor
Diagnose completed...

I've had similar problems, installing python-pillow and python2-pyqt package, as mentioned elsewhere in this forum, solved the problem.
I can now use simple scan for scanning, when before it only detected my webcam.
Last edited by pagadder (2014-09-30 07:06:31)

How do I Convert a Tiff image to a jpeg without being FORCED to 8-bit Color?

I am an Artist. I have High quality TIFF images. When I convert the tiffs to jpeg it forces me into 8-bit color automatically. (Forget about 32bit - it will not allow me to jpeg that at all) The only way I can get back to 16bit color is to use the already SMAshed file and bring it up to 16bit. THIS makes NO sense. Once the jpeg is smashed, HOw in the world is it supposed to convert up again. ?? Then even though it says you converted the file to 16 -bit , the metadata refers still to the file as 8-bit.
On top of all of that confusion, One picture, for example, when supposedly converted to 16bit, gets much BRighter then even the original Tiff image. It looks good on one hand and over exposed on the other. I assume that is photoshop throwing in fake resolution, am I right?
Am I wasting my time with this imaginary 16bit conversion?
Is there ANY way to take that original Tiff image and convert it to 16bit jpeg without the Default 8bit? I have been trying all kinds of things. I even have asked my web guy. My web guy says that 8-bit is unexceptable for printing, even for web.
Could this have anything to do with my computer and scanner?
I have the iMAC OS X 10.8.3 (3.2 GHz) 8 GB memory.
And I also have an Epson Expression 10000XL graphic arts scanner capable of scanniing at 48bit color.
This color stuff Really matters! It MATTERS! I HAve FINE art files. I am already losing so much quality with the jpeg conversion. (which I am required to do for SmugMug, in addition to compressing all my files to 50mb or Under)
Anyone who knows anything that could help me would be much appreciated.
Aloha,
-Melissa

First of all jpeg is 8 bit only there is no way to save as a 16 or 32 bit jpg, just does not exist. Secondly people print in 8 bit all the time and most if not all web graphics are in 8 bit as that is the only way to view it as there is no 16 bit or 32 bit monitors to view it. All but a few pro monitors are 8 bit monitors.
If you care about the color gamut and want the full range of color that 16 and 32 bit provide, then why jpg? Jpg by its own nature throws out color just to compress, thats why it is popular on the web, because of its small file size not its quality. If you need 16 or 32 bit for anything it must be in a format that supports that color depth.
That being said a jpg image at 8 bit will display 16+ million colors, 256 shades of red, 256 shades of green and 256 shades of blue.
Now here is where I think your bit information is off. a jpg image is a 24 bit image that will produce 8 bits of red, 8 bits of green and 8 bits of blue.
The 8, 16 and 32 are per channel not total color information.
If the overall image was 8 bits, the image would be gayscale.

Can I use an Epson V300 scanner to get photos into Premiere Pro?

I've got a ton of old print photos that I want to use on a video project for CS5.5. Rather than matte them and then use my Canon camcorder, can I just buy a basic scanner like Epson 300 and convert them to digital? Will Premiere accept the scanned photos? Or would Photo Shop? The resulting project will be a low level 4:3 non HD using old video tapes, so ultra high quality is not an issue. It's a family history kind of thing. All help greatly appreciated.

You will want to go through Photoshop first.
Then, after you have Saved the full resolution scanned files (for later use), Scale them to your Video Project's Frame Size dimensions, or close, for Import into a PrPro Project. When you Scale the Images for your Video, you can choose Save_As PSD, TIFF, PNG, or even JPEG (I am far less inclined to recommend that format, as it is compressed). I choose PSD, which should Import perfectly into PrPro.
Good luck,
Hunt

Problem setting up HP 6310 all-in-one printer/scanner

I have just installed archlinux for the first time, and so far everything is working great except for a HP 6310 all-in-one printer/scanner. This printer is connected by wire to a router, and the computer communicates with the router over a wireless connection. I have managed to install the printer through cups and print a test page. The problem is getting hplip and sane set up. I belive that if I get hplip set up correctly that that will take care of the sane problem.
Trying to install the printer with hp-setup:
[mike@archy ~]$ sudo hp-setup -i 192.168.1.104
Password:
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.12)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
(Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.)
Setting up device: hp:/net/Officejet_6300_series?ip=192.168.1.104
| PRINT QUEUE SETUP |
Please enter a name for this print queue (m=use model name:'Officejet_6300'*, q=quit) ?
Using queue name: Officejet_6300
Locating PPD file... Please wait.
error: No PPD found for model officejet_6300 using new algorithm. Trying old algorithm...
Found PPD file: drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-officejet_6300_series.ppd
Enter a location description for this printer (q=quit) ?computer room
Enter additonal information or notes for this printer (q=quit) ?
Adding print queue to CUPS:
Device URI: hp:/net/Officejet_6300_series?ip=192.168.1.104
Queue name: Officejet_6300
PPD file: drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-officejet_6300_series.ppd
Location: computer room
Information:
error: Printer queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again.
Restarting cups doesn't change anything.
Running hp-check gives this:
[mike@archy ~]$ hp-check
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.12)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3
Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the
HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies
are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode
will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).
Saving output in log file: hp-check.log
Initializing. Please wait...
| SYSTEM INFO |
Basic system information:
Linux archy 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 23 13:53:44 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU 1133MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Distribution:
unknown 0.0
Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.4 installed
Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.6.2 installed.
Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.4.2
error_log is set to level: debug
Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.0
| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).
Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python devel - Python development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.9.12 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.9.12
[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.9.12
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=yes
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.9.12.29
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables.
[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0
Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[last_used]
device_uri = hp:/net/Officejet_6300_series?ip=192.168.1.104
[installation]
version = 3.9.12.29
date_time = 01/24/2010 15:48:05
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
No devices found.
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
Officejet_6300_series
Type: Unknown
Device URI: socket://192.168.1.104
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Officejet_6300_series.ppd
PPD Description: HP Officejet 6300 Series, hpcups 3.9.12
Printer status: printer Officejet_6300_series is idle. enabled since Sat 23 Jan 2010 02:26:45 PM CST
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
OK, found.
| USB I/O SETUP |
Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...
HP Device 0xb1d at 004:002:
warning: Device URI: (Makeuri FAILED)
| USER GROUPS |
lp wheel network video audio optical storage scanner power users mike
| SUMMARY |
error: 1 error or warning.
Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html
Done.
I have a feeling that the problem is here:
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
Something about the backend isn't right, but I'm out of my depth here. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
One other point. It works with no problem in Ubuntu with both hplip and sane, so I know it is possible. I just haven't figured out the trick yet.

Well, it's fixed now, but I'm not sure why. I hooked up a HP 3970 usb scanner to my computer and when I started xsane it not only found it, but also found the 3610 all-in-one on the network. I checked hp-tools, and the 3610 was there also.So everything is working now, but I'm still curious as to why the 3610 wouldn't work with sane and hp-setup until I plugged in the 3970 to the computer.

Best file type; JPEG, TIFF, PNG etc

I'm using Iphoto 5 (can't decide to buy 06 or buy new Imac - still thinking on that ...) and wonder what is the best file type to use. When importing pictures from my camera they are jpeg's (haven't tried raw setting yet)- from my scanner I use TIFF. It appears the TIFF files are a lot larger - 20 to 50mb compared to the jpegs 1 to 5mb. I've opened the TIFF files in preview and save as JPEG to reduce the size and also scanned using JPEG format - I don't see any advanatge to the larger tiff files and the smaller jpegs are easier manipulated - am I'm missing something?

Hi Arlington,
There is an important difference between JPG and TIFF:
JPG uses a lossy compression!!!
Just try to open a JPG and save it under a new name as JPG. Repeat this ten times and then compare the last picture (..the one that got saved and re-saved ten times as a JPG) with the original one you should see a difference, the quality of the last image should be a lot less than the original.
That's the difference - if you want to edit your pictures (e.g. in Photoshop) and quality is your first priority then go with TIFF. If you just download the pictures from your digital camera and store them then JPEG is your best choice.
HTH,
Koinseb

How to save JPEG files in PSE5.0 ?

OK. newby Q again. how the heck does one know what to choose when it comes to saving an image as a JPEG? the following three boxes pop up:
IMAGE OPTIONS:
QUALITY>
FORMAT OPTIONS:
BASELINE>
PROGRESSIVE>
SIZE:
up to 2 MBps?

Generally, if you're going to archive your photos as Jpegs, you would want to save them in as high a quality as possible. This would be with the slider all the way to the right or number "12".
Usually "Baseline standard" would be the way to go. This writes the photo in one pass to the screen.
"Progressive" writes the photo in 3 passes across the screen, and is usually used for uploading and viewing large files within a web page.
The "size" dialog box you're referring to, gives you the approximate time (in seconds) required to upload the photo with 56.6bps internet. (dial up) At least the time is referenced to dial up internet in PSE5. So the speed dialog box gives you this information, [1st]; size of photo (in KB) [2nd]; time to upload, (in seconds), [3rd], reference internet speed.
If you plan on re-editing your photos at a later date, you should consider saving in a lossless format. Both PSD and TIFF file formats support saving in layers, and don't "recompress" the file each time it's worked on. "PSD" is Photoshop's native format, so it could be argued that this would be the better of the two. Since a scanner in "lossless" mode would save in TIFF, Photoshop would need to convert those files to PSD. A jpeg file would be better suited to a photo in which the editing process has been finalized, and is heading to the printer, or perhaps Aunt Martha in an Email.
A final thought is that the quality you use to "jpeg" a file, and the file size itself, is largely purpose dependent. For example a photo that you intend to make public on "Flickr" should be down sized and and jpegged at medium quality. This in the event that the photo is downloaded, your work will not be at full resolution and quality, therefore limiting its usefulness to viewing only. In any event, a photo uploaded to the web absolutely should be a COPY, do not tamper with an original in the manner in which I've just described.

Unable to open scanned Kaiser Baas jpeg files in Photoshop Elements 6

I have scanned photos and negatives using Kaiser Baas Photo & Negative scanner. I am unable to open the jpeg files produced using Photoshop Elements 6, any advice on how to?

I don't seem to have any trouble opening the file in pse 6 on windows xp.
I'd reset the pse 6 editor preferences and see if that makes a difference.
Press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt just after starting the launch of the pse 6 editor
Keeping holding down the keys until you get a dialog asking if you want to delete the photoshop elements settings file
Press Yes in that dialog

How do I convert a PDF File to a JPEG File?

I have a photo that I scanned. The printer/Computer scans it using Adobe Reader 9. I need to convert the photo to a JPEG file. I have NO idea how to do this. Can someone please give me an easy to do this?

Again, Reader isn't involved in scanning the file at all. It only opens it when the scan is done because their scanning software is saving it as a .pdf.
Instead of going through a lot of trouble and extra steps to convert the .pdf to a .jpg, simply look at the scanner settings and change it from .pdf to .jpg.
ssmith4822 wrote:
You can do it with OpenOffice.org's Word Processor (I forget what exactly it is called, it may in fact just be "Word") if I remember correctly.
But aside from third-party utilities, there is no way to do it from Adobe Reader, unfortunately.

Acrobat 8 can't locate scanner to create PDF from printed document using OCR

Hello,
I have an Epson scanner that is my default scanner on my OSX (10.6). Every program I have locates my scanner perfectly except Acrobat 8.0. Is there something I can do?
From the home dialogue box I click "Create PDF from Scanner". The next dialogue box opens and the Tab "Please Select a Device" doesn't let me scroll to find my scanner. So the scan button is greyed out and I can't do anything. Is there something I can do to make Acrobat clearly find my scanner?
-Luis

Check to see if they have a Native (not universal Binary) Twain Driver. Adobe refuses to allow universal Binary Twain Drivers in their programs.
Either use a Software package from the SANE/TWAIN Project. (look up on Google). Or use a Pakage Like SilverFast.
Before downloading the SANE/Twain Driver you have to look and see if the have a package for your current OS and for your particular Scanner. Stayaway from the SDK's unless your a Programer.
Then when you install all the pieces and set up open Acrobat and go to document Create PDF from Scanner choose SANE/Twain. Should be able to scan with it.
If you use SliverFast it is a standalone package Just scan and save as a PDF then open in Acrobat. or save as a Tiff or jpeg. Acrobat hasn't worked with a scanner since Macs went from OS9 to OSX.

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