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Guidelines for Images

MEDIA SCAN FORMAT MASTER IMAGE ACCESS IMAGE THUMBNAIL IMAGE
Printed text Usually 1-bit
(bitonal)
TIFF
Uncompressed

 Resolution: 600 ppi

JPEG
Medium quality compression
 
Resolution: 300 ppi
 
Resize images to 1024 (length) x 768 (width) pixels
GIF
GIF compression
 
Resolution: 72 ppi
 
Resize images to
150-200 pixels (+/-) across long dimension
Handwritten text 8-bit grayscale or 24-bit color TIFF
Uncompressed
 
Resolution:
300 ppi (grayscale)
JPEG
Medium quality compression
 
Resolution: 300 ppi
 
Resize images to 1024 x 768 pixels
GIF
GIF compression
 
Resolution: 72 ppi
 
Resize images to
150-200 pixels (+/-) across long dimension
B/W photograph 8-bit grayscale or 24-bit color TIFF
Uncompressed

 Resolution: 300 ppi

JPEG
Medium quality compression
 
Resolution: 150 ppi
 
Resize images to 1024  x 768 pixels
GIF
GIF compression
 
Resolution: 72 ppi
 
Resize images to
150-200 pixels (+/-) across long dimension
Color photograph
Color slide
B/W slide
Map
Illustration
Manuscript

etc.

24-bit color TIFF
Uncompressed

 Resolution: 300 ppi

JPEG
Medium quality compression
 
Resolution: 300 ppi
 
Resize images to 1024 x 768 pixels
GIF
GIF compression
 
Resolution: 72 ppi
 
Resize images to
150-200 pixels (+/-) across long dimension
3-D artifact 24-bit color TIFF
Uncompressed

 Resolution: 300 ppi

JPEG
Medium quality compression
 
Resolution: 300 ppi
 
Resize images to 1024 x 768 pixels
GIF
GIF compression
 
Resolution: 72 ppi
 
Resize images to
150-200 pixels (+/-) across long dimension

 

 
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