Scanning Images

Sometimes you may need to scan in photographs, books or magazines. Scanning is the easy part but making sure your settings are right is the important part. Scan at 300dpi to the size you need to print A4 scanner but you need A3 print - no problem scan at 600dpi Always scan as a TIFF file format as this will give you a non compressed source to work from.

Maps, figures and photos for theses

This PowerPoint outlines the main points that you need to consider when adding figures to your thesis, including resolution, file format and copyright.