Can I fix my scanner to preserve this picture?

[Nick29]

Sorry, but you're wrong.  Both the pictures you posted which were scanned with your new scanner are 72 DPI.  The original "green" image was 300DPI.

[Rabbit B]

Hi Nick,

Same scan unaltered but renamed, just got fingers x'd it is right size  I cannot get the hang of the figures!  Not daft, I do have a reason for that!

Rabbit B 

[jc26red]

"294.99 KB" nowhere near tight, you still have 200kb to play with 

added and its still compressed... give me a minute and I'll blow it up and show you

[jc26red]

if you scan at 300dpi then save and resize in irfanview or other photo editing software, make sure you do not compress again as most are set to compress as default.

TO see the size of a photo, its easier to click on properties and it will tell you the
dimensions  in pixels and physical size in kbs.  No calculations needed.

[jc26red]

rabbit, I've just scanned an old photo postcard at 300dpi, no compression used
and clipped back to a headshot

this is how clear it is.... you can see how much easier it is to work with and the quality of a reprint will be brilliant!

[PaulaToo]

It's only coming out 72 dpi with me in both Irfanview and GIMP, Rabbit.
Vista says 300, but we all know how trustworthy Vista is.

[Rabbit B]

if you scan at 300dpi then save and resize in irfanview or other photo editing software, make sure you do not compress again as most are set to compress as default.

it see the size of a photo, its easier to click on properties and it will tell you the
dimensions  in pixels and physical size in kbs.  No calculations needed.

Hi Jcred,

What I did to resize it was open in Irfanview, then 1/2 it then 1/2 it again because it was too big.

I know not how else to resize them and I really only wanted this picture of mum coloured and made nice because it is the only really good one I have of her at that age.  She was not photogenic at all.

So please tell me if the third one I posted is OK?  or should I repost it on another thread?

I would appreciate your advice?  Because with all the pictures that have been done for me, this is what I have always done you see. 

Thanks for the blow up of the compression thingy, but tell me how to stop it and I will rescan it another time

Rabbit B   

[Rabbit B]

It's only coming out 72 dpi with me in both Irfanview and GIMP, Rabbit.
Vista says 300, but we all know how trustworthy Vista is.

Thank you Paula,

That is what I have been trying to explain!  It DOES change the sizes in those programmes!

Your Vista is saying the same as my XP prof:

Rabbit B 

[PaulaToo]

Not so, Bunny Buddy, I believe Irfanview and GIMP give the true readings, because as jc says, when you blow the picture up, you see one helluva difference.