Question:
What is the best way to .jpg postcard images for uploading? Digital photosor scanning?

Answer: I scan mine at 600 DPI and save as a medium-res jpeg file (fromPhotoshop). For browser display, I then resize them to 600 pixelswide and resave them as high res. If I want a thumbnail, I resize to100 pixels wide as well.I sometimes have to use the despeckle filter to get rid of Moirepatterns on the 600 DPI scan (litho type cards), and I usually do oneround of sharpening on the 600 by image whether litho orRP. The thumbnails usually look better if I use the sharpen filteragain on the small image.For web sites, you may want to experiment with bringing the picturesize down from 600 wide to 400 wide and saving as medium or evenlow-resolution. I write my high-res and medium-res to a CDROM sospeed and dowloand size aren't too critical.I have tried digital and 35mm photos in the past and neither worksvery well. Holding the card and camera still and at the right angleis problem 1, incident light on glossy finishes is problem 2 and witha scanner you get neither. Try to get a scanner / graphic packagewith color calibration features, it took me a long time to get thegamma right.Please remove "nospam" from mailto addresswhen replying since even the best screens only have a resolution of less than100 dots per inch of viewing area(most have not more than 70dpi), itseems to me that 100dpi scanning avoids the problems of high resolutionimages: slow down loading, large storage requirements. I scan anyimages at 100dpi for my webpages and at 360dpi for a 360 dpi printer orat 600dpi for a 600dpi printer. It seems to me that putting more dpiinto a picture than the output medium can produce is senseless and awaste of resources. Never had any problems with ppc scans for the webat 100dpi. They will show as much detail on the screen as is possibleat their original size. If you want to show them twice their originalsize, then 150 dpi at 2x (linear)magnification will do the trick verywell.