Re: Digitised Microfilm - resizing for the Internet

From: Bob Henneberger (bhennebe@ARCHES.UGA.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 13 2000 - 06:13:42 CST

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Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:13:42 -0500
From: Bob Henneberger <mailto:bhennebe@ARCHES.UGA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Digitised Microfilm - resizing for the Internet
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    <pre> Instead of JPEG, try DjVu, a new file type by ATT, http://www.djvu.att.com/
    . We have found this to produce a better image (the free viewer plugin is like PDF in that you can zoom in and out on the image) than jpeg. We use their Unix compressor software which can batch compress many files in one session.

    ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Adams" <mailto:David.Adams@NATLIB.GOVT.NZ> To: <mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> Sent: 12 January, 2000 10:23 PM Subject: Digitised Microfilm - resizing for the Internet

    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 faster 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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