At 4/15/98 03:15 PM , you wrote:
>On 15 Apr 98 at 1:11, Marlin (SCOTT) Kline wrote:
>
>> As far as the scanning goes, I should have described that better,
>> when I am scanning photos to put into jpeg, gif etc. the PC really
>> slows down. I'm sure by adding more memory that should help that
>> problem I hope.
>  
>  David G:
>  It may be that more memory will allow more of your image and
>program to remain in memory. 
<SNIP>  
>, but some scanning and graphics applications need lots of memory.
>

Many (most?) scanners save photos as bitmaps in memory as they are scanned.
With high resolution and larger photo sizes the bitmap can easily outstrip
32 meg RAM after a few scans if all are left open in your software.  The 3
x 5 photos that I scan with True Color on and high resolution usually run
over 7 meg each.  Most graphics software packages which are used for photo
editing keep the "picture" in memory while you have it open.  It is best to
scan in one and save before scanning the next photo.  Also it matters what
format you are using when editing. I usually scan in a bitmap photo and
then convert to one of the compressed formats before working on the
picture. Bitmaps usually require the most memory (and HD storage space) and
the compressed jpeg, gif, etc. formats will be the smallest.  

Doug Simmons
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