http://francisgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/03/samuel-raymond-and-sylvia-dunham.html
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Thanks for bringing zoom.it to our attention.http://www.luxegen.ca/genealogy/zooming-in-on-ancestors-with-zoom-it/ ]]>
An example: http://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-hemelop/afbeeldingenmuur.php
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PDQ Research ]]>
When it comes to scanning large photos and documents I just do it in pieces and splice them together in Photoshop. But, I have heard good things about the Flip Pal portable scanner – you can scan several parts of something and the included software stitches it all together. Bad news: I believe the current version creates JPGs. (I’m holding out for a native TIF version.)
As for storing and serving very large files: Personally, I don’t even try to store my full res TIF images online; for my purposes uploading jpg versions created from the TIFs works. (I use Flickr Pro and just looked up that it has a 20MB file size limit.)
But, if you need to store larger files and want something reliable you’re going to have to pay at least something for the service. Box.net is a good service for this.
An alternative that might be more cost effective is to use Amazon S3 storage (pay by the GB stored plus transfers charges.) You can use a client like Jungledisk or Cyberduck (Free) to make moving the files up and down more easy to deal with.
http://www.box.net/pricing
http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
https://www.jungledisk.com/
http://cyberduck.ch/
I have looked at Photobucket, Flickr, Shutterfly etc. and found that commonly photo uploads are limited to 15-50 MB per photo. I saw a few random sites that allow 100-2000 MB files, but those are less well known and I don’t want to store it on some random website. Of course, I know the importance of keeping a backup of the image myself, but I still want a service that is reliable to link through Zoom.it
I was willing to go with a 2400 scanned jpg which was acceptable for zooming though not as crisp as a TIF. It was actually smaller than a 1200 TIF in file size. ~ 120 MB vs. 184 MB
Also if anyone has advice on scanning stuff bigger than 8×11? I have scanned one long picture in 2 scans with part of the picture hanging off the side and I still missed a few people in the middle because it is so long. I can try something as simple as cutting them digitally and lining them up in Microsoft Paint? My 14 Mpix digital camera is nice for some digitization, but not as crisp as a TIF scan.
]]>I’m in the midst of a giant scanning project and will definitely be using this when I post some group shots on my blog. ]]>
The information is great! Thank you for it. Also, thanks for the info on the photo you did. Irene used that info to upload a photo of our grandmothers on her blog which is priceless to me!
Thank you in advance for any info you can give me.
Gena Morris Raban
]]>Even by WWII standards your gr father was an old man when he enlisted at the age of 33.
RTC 85D on the Company “guidon” (flag) may mean Replacement Training Company 85D. The crossed muskets on the guidon indicates an Infantry unit. They would have been a part of the larger IRTC (Infantry Replacement Training Center). There are 31 enlisted men and 4 Cadre in the picture. That would make it a Platoon picture. As good as the technology/detail is, it does not help to identify the Unit shoulder patch or the Unit insignia on the Cadre’s “overseas” caps. That would have told you where he took his training. Your gr father would have been assigned to a regular Army unit when he finished his training at the RTC.
Pete
]]>Great post and thank you so much for sharing such a cool tool! Awesome! ]]>