Isn a 4000dpi flatbed scan enough?
The term dpi (or dots per inch) is an output ratio used to describe the amount of resolution, or magnification one achieves through scanning. It seems that more than ever people are being misled into thinking that simply having higher resolution leads to higher quality. When viewing a processed image what truly makes services different is color depth. This depth is the amount of gradation, or range of color shades, available for each main color within the image. If one were to zoom in on a flatbed, or lower quality scan, they quickly discover that there is very little gradation, as like colors swiftly merge into one common shade (a process known as posterization). This is not true with our scans which allow for digitalization with respect to the many differing degrees of colors within each picture. Now higher resolution truly benefits the image, as massive amounts of color detail has not been dismissed. High-end software suites such as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paint Shop Pro utilize t
