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["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

> >What on earth are you talking about?  Where do you set the DPI of the
> scan?
> >Scanners scan in SAMPLES PER INCH, and create files that are PIXELS PER
>
> >INCH.  You are saving a file that is PIXELS ...>
>
>   But I've never heard anyone refer to a 4000 spi scanner...

Hi Michael,

You're right.  I have no issue with saying the scanner scans at 4000 DPI.
The real point wasn't about what a scanner scans at, but what the file is
saved at...and it isn't saved as dots, it's saved as pixels with some other
dimensional unit.

> And, pixels is only
> literally correct when the file is displayed

Agreed, but again, I was merely talking about how it's stored.

> ...of course there's an "option" to save your
> image in dots using Photoshop.

Can you show me where I can do that?  In the "Image/Image Size..." I only
see "pixels" and "percent" for "Pixel Dimensions", and only see "pixels/cm"
and "pixels/inch" for "Resolution".  In "File/Save" there is no option for
that...  I'm using 6.0.1 on the PC.

Austin

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