What is the best setting for decals, fins, etc to scan into computer. Is there one setting to scan it at actual size. I tried using 300dpi and it's far too big.
You can decide to save the images as JPG files. In this case the files will be much smaller. But, JPG is a "lossy" compression method, so some detail may be lost. I don't think that will be a problem, though.
JPG is actually a bad format for this type of work -- because it's lossy, it suffers from compression artifacts, especially in areas of solid color. It can easily result in "muddy" or "blotchy" areas in the resulting image.
GIF and PNG are much better formats, if you want to use compression, as both are lossless.
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