Re: Digitised Microfilm - resizing for the Internet

From: Andrew Stawowczyk Long (anlong@NLA.GOV.AU)
Date: Wed Jan 12 2000 - 21:45:49 CST

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Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:45:49 +1100
From: Andrew Stawowczyk Long <mailto:anlong@NLA.GOV.AU>
Subject:      Re: Digitised Microfilm - resizing for the Internet
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    <pre> David,

    Photoshop ver.5 and up allows you to use so called "actions". They are quite powerful tools that automate almost any range of tasks including automatic re-sizing and saving images.

    Regards

    Andrew Stawowczyk Long Public Affairs Officer National Library of Australia Phone: (02) 6262 1382 Email: mailto:anlong@nla.gov.au

    David Adams wrote:

    > > ----------
    > > From: David Adams[SMTP:mailto:DAVID.ADAMS@NATLIB.GOVT.NZ]
    > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 2:23:59 PM
    > > To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
    > > Subject: Digitised Microfilm - resizing for the Internet
    > > Auto forwarded by a Rule
    > >
    > We are currently working on a project to digitise a selection of microfilms
    > It is expected to digitise the microfilm as greyscale images in JPEG format in the region of 300-400 dpi
    > The images will be later hosted on the Internet and may need resizing down to smaller efficient file sizes to allow fa
    ter access.
    > I have experienced photoshop with 'quick keys' to resize the images but requires opening of each image
    >
    > Is there a more suitable proprietary application that can be 'run' over the files to batch this process seamlessly?
    >
    > the application Debabilizer comes to mind, any suggestions ?
    >
    > David Adams
    > Team Leader Copying Services
    > National Library of New Zealand
    > +64 4 4743151
    > Visit "Timeframes" New Zealands leading source of heritage images
    > http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz/

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