I am relatively new to the list and so far have relegated myself to the
status of "lurker."  By way of introduction, I am a lawyer for a
software company that develops software for lawyers.  I have developed
some experience and expertise with electronic evidence discovery.  I am
interested in the extension of the problems found in that arena as they
track back up the food chain to records management.

On the issue of TIFF vs. JPEG - this comes up often in litigation
support.  The debate centers on many of the same issues, primarily the
cost-benefit of consistent color rendition vs. all of the detriment
created by large file sizes.  My rules of thumb are fairly simple:
first, if precise color rendition is required for some current or future
substantive evidentiary value (such as in a trade-dress dispute) then
using a format, such as TIFF, that will provide exact color rendition is
required.  Second, if precise color rendition has some lasting
historical or archival value to the organization, that value should be
analyzed in light of the cost of maintaining the format.

William Kellermann, Esq.
Director, Corporate Legal Systems
Summation Legal Technologies, Inc.
  A CT Corporation Company
www.summation.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Shirley Calvert
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:57 AM
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Subject: Using TIFF Compressed or JPEG for color images


We have certain records (newsletters, for example) that contain color
pictures that we must image in color.  The pictures lose a lot of detail
if we image them on a black and white scanner.  We have a Canon DR-9080C
color scanner.  We save our black and white images in TIFF compressed,
but saving a color image in that format takes up a considerable amount
of space.  JPEG results in significantly smaller files but from what I
have been told is a lossy file type so that what you image and what you
save are not equal.  We can, however, choose a quality level of 80 or
higher to make the image less lossy.   We need to know which one of
these two options would be the best for us to use or are there other
options available to us?

Thanks to all of you who have responded to my requests recently.  I
appreciate the help very much.

Shirley H. Calvert
Administrative Services Manager
Hoosier Energy REC, Inc.
P.O. Box 908
Bloomington, IN 47402-0908
812-876-0306
812-876-3476 (Fax)
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