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Date Posted: 13:23:30 06/01/01 Fri
Author: Ann Weaver
Subject: Re: How save BW image as JPEG?
In reply to: Ann Weaver 's message, "Re: How save BW image as JPEG?" on 13:21:47 06/01/01 Fri

Well, I don't actually know if the tools are yours or not but I like them none-the-less. ;o)

Thanks again!

>
>Actually it worked pretty well. The conversion slows
>down the process a little but no too bad. The image
>quality is acceptable. Even the printing of the
>documents is readable.
>
>I really appreciate your help and your tools.
>
>Awesome!
>
>>
>>Hi Ann,
>>
>>The best thing is to try it out. If the quality and
>>image size is acceptable, .jpg will be the most
>>versatile to display on the web. The only other
>>option, is png, which is now supported on most
>>browser. You would get better quality and compression
>>with png.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Michel
>>>
>>>I realize this is not necessarily a good idea but the
>>>images we are scanning here need to be in a format
>>>that can be accessed via a web interface. The
>customer
>>>specifically requested the .jpg format. Basically
>>>these are black and white documents with signatures
>>>that are being scanned for historical reasons
>>>(eliminating a paper trail that is hard to go back
>and
>>>find for proof of signature). The barcode on the
>>>document is a number that is being used in a
>different
>>>system for tracking purposes against clients. When
>>>there is a dispute they want to be able to lookup
>that
>>>number and then go into this system to reference the
>>>image of the original document and be able to
>>>print/fax the copy as proof of the transaction. They
>>>don't want to have to sift through paper documents
>>>unless they have to.
>>>
>>>Is there a better format that I should be trying to
>>>convince them to use? TIFF is out as they already
>said
>>>that was a definite NO. They opted for JPEG for it's
>>>versatility. Image quality is not that important as
>>>long as the document is readable. Although better
>>>quality is good of course.
>>>
>>>Thanks for your help. I will give that a try tonight
>>>to see how that works out.
>>>
>>>Ann
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi Ann,
>>>>
>>>>The TJpegGraphic will allow saving images that have
>>an
>>>>image format of ifTrueColor or ifGray256.
>>>>
>>>>I would first convert you image to ifGray256, using
>>>>the TImageFormatTransform class. There is an example
>>>>of this in the DemoForm.Pas unit,
>>>>FormatConversionMenuClick event handler. Then you
>>will
>>>>be able to save it as a JPG.
>>>>
>>>>Saving BW images in JPG is generally not a good idea
>>>>though. JPG is optimized to compress color images,
>>and
>>>>slightly degrades the quality. For BW images, you
>>>>would get better compression with Tiff group IV
>>>>compression, and there is no quality loss.
>>>>
>>>>Best regards,
>>>>
>>>>Michel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have an application that acquires images from a
>>>>>scanner in Black & White and then detects a barcode
>>>in
>>>>>the image. I then want to save the image to disk as
>>a
>>>>>.jpg with a filename of the barcode result.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have to scan the image as BW for the barcode
>>>>>detection to work.
>>>>>
>>>>>Everything is working great with the exception that
>>I
>>>>>cannot save a BW image to a .jpg. I can save to a
>>>>>Bitmap but I need .jpg. How can I convert the
>image
>>>>>so it can be saved as a .jpg?
>>>>>
>>>>>I am a registered user of the Envision library and
>>am
>>>>>using the Pegasus SmartScan Xpress software to
>>detect
>>>>>the barcode in the image.
>>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone provide any assistance?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>Ann

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