I am running out of room on my collection of hard drives again!!! I have searched the forums for guidance, but my tries at various Boolean entries are returing way too many hits that dont seem to answer my question- sorry if this is a revisit to this subject- but...
Im interested in hearing opinions on how much information is needed to be stored as a hard drive file per image, including resolution/file size/storage format etc...
I typically scan my 4x5 color images at 2200 dpi using a Aztek HiResolve 8000 drum scanner. I scan as a 16 bit image with a file size of about 450MB. Processing using layers in Photoshop CS gets me to file sizes of 2-3 GB at times which upon printing test copies and coming up with a final product I condense down by combining layers. Uptimately I typically save a file that can be anywhere from 450 MB at the scanned resolution to approx 900MB if I choose to keep a layer around for futzing with later. My final save is as a TIFF file still in 16 bits. I dont suffer for computer speed, but am currently maxing out my 500 GB disks and would like to revisit my workflow.
My print output is typically sizes up to 40x50 when using canvas media or 28x35 on smooth fine art paper and I typically print at 300 dpi on an Epson 9600. Are there parts of my methodology that any of you see that I can save some disk space- am I saving too much info for these types of images?
Apologies in advance if I screwed up any of the nomenclature here and if I wasnt clear on any point- Ill correct on the fly as anwers hopefully come my way.
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