Scanning pattern questions

[NC Scroller]

Been scrolling 10+ years.  Over that period I have collected a ton of paper patterns.  For those of you who scan and store patterns on their computers or the "cloud" what format do you scan them in as (JPG, GIF,........)?  Are there any pluses or minuses with one vs the other?

[Phantom Scroller]

I would scan them in JPG Format  if you want to share them but if they're for yourself to store you could scan to PDF. Roly

[browders]

I usually scan to JPG. I find if I want to modify the pattern in a program like Inkscape, it's easier for me to do so with a JPG type file.

 

Jim

[Clayton717]

I scan all mine to JPG.

[ike]

JPG

[amazingkevin]

jaypeegee!

[scrimper]

I always scan mine to jpg, it is a lossy format but unlike photo's patterns can be saved and compressed quite a lot without effecting their effective use. I like to cut my patterns on a line so with old patterns like Hobbies or Handicraft ones I scan them then open them in photoshop where I remove the heavy colouring and add an outline to cut to. I can also modify the patterns as I wish and take parts of one pattern and mix it with another. you can also repair or replace parts of the pattern that are missing.