Date:         Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:48:20 -0500
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From:         "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: LP sized scanner
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Hi, Tom,

First of all, other than some metadata concerns, I prefer to thinking 
about shrinking 7200 x 7200 pixel scans to 288 x 288 pixel scans or 
whatever. I'm pretty sure some of the Nikon software does that and 
you can write a macro, I think, in Photoshop to do that. If you want 
freeware, how about GIMP? Does that work? I suspect there are also 
dedicated resizing utilities.

The last time I had to do that on a folder, I used the original Nikon 
Capture that came with the D100. I haven't yet mastered the new 
software from the D200--I just use Photoshop CS2 that opens native 
D200 images or use the in-camera JPEGs for many things (knowing I 
have the raw files if I want to do something special).

Cheers,

Richard

At 02:49 PM 2008-02-29, you wrote:
>Ya know, while we have Richard's photo expertise here, I have a 
>followup question.
>
>Once I get a big batch of hi-rez scans, is there a freeware or 
>cheapware program that will batch-downconvert them to 72dpi and 
>smaller "size" (ie from 600dpi 12x12 to 72dpi 4x4)?
>
>The smaller images would be for the interface I'm cooking up for the 
>music server. Obviously, the use there would be for titles not in 
>the Gracenote or freedb databases.

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