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Suggestions for choosing output type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of original

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output Type

Color

Color

Black and white

Black and white

 

 

photograph

drawing

photograph

drawing

 

 

 

 

 

 

True Color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

millions of colors (24-bit color)

best color image for printing

one-color tint image for printing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grayscale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8-bit (256 shades of gray)

grayscale image for printing or displaying on a monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black & White

Bitmap (raster)

black and white raster image for printing or displaying on a monitor;

 

 

1-bit black

 

 

 

not appropriate for resizing in another program

 

 

 

and white

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(only black

Scalable (vector)

scalable black and white vector image for resizing in another program

 

 

and white)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

256 Color

Web Palette

best color for displaying images

one-color tint image for displaying

 

 

8-bit color

 

 

 

on a Web page

 

on a Web page

 

 

 

(256 shades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of color)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Palette

best color for displaying

one-color tint image for displaying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wallpaper, multiple images, or a

a presentation on a monitor

 

 

 

 

presentation on a monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimized Palette

best for selecting the colors

 

 

 

 

 

 

closest to those in the image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scanning pictures

Book Contents

Index

 

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