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Ed Lopez
I am producing an 8-page newsletter on Publisher 2002.
The photographer shoots color pictures in .jpg format,
which I later convert to black&white. But I read in a
Publisher Handbook that .jpg is not a good format for B&W.
Question 1: Should I convert that color .jpg file to
another format (.gif, .tiff, whatever) and then convert to
B&W, then play around with contrast and brightness in
Publisher to get a greyscale image I'm happy with? Will it
make any difference to convert a .jpg file to another
format for better B&W reproduction?
Question 2: I don't know what setting the photag is
using on his digital camera, but the .jpg files are HUGE.
I reduce them to at least 25 percent before inserting them
into a Publisher page. Even then, I have to resize some of
them considerably to fit into the column width I want.
Would photo reproduction improve if I reduced the image to
roughly the same size it will be in the newsletter? (My
reduction setting would then be roughly 15 percent.) Or
would it not make any difference? Need help on improving
black and white reproduction.
Ed in Denver
The photographer shoots color pictures in .jpg format,
which I later convert to black&white. But I read in a
Publisher Handbook that .jpg is not a good format for B&W.
Question 1: Should I convert that color .jpg file to
another format (.gif, .tiff, whatever) and then convert to
B&W, then play around with contrast and brightness in
Publisher to get a greyscale image I'm happy with? Will it
make any difference to convert a .jpg file to another
format for better B&W reproduction?
Question 2: I don't know what setting the photag is
using on his digital camera, but the .jpg files are HUGE.
I reduce them to at least 25 percent before inserting them
into a Publisher page. Even then, I have to resize some of
them considerably to fit into the column width I want.
Would photo reproduction improve if I reduced the image to
roughly the same size it will be in the newsletter? (My
reduction setting would then be roughly 15 percent.) Or
would it not make any difference? Need help on improving
black and white reproduction.
Ed in Denver