Make It

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Make It Take It WorkshopRecreating American
Memory Materials for Off-line Use

• Library of Congress
• American Memory historical collections

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Documents, Photographs, Other Printed Materials
Printed and pictorial materials are shown in
three formats, from low to high resolution

• .gif (Graphics Interchange Format)
• .jpg (Joint Photographers Expert Group)
• .tif or .tiff (Tagged Image File Format)

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Save displayed images

• Place the cursor over the image
• Depress the mouse button (right button on PC
  mouse) to display a menu
• On the menu, select Save image as or Save
  picture as.
• In the box that appears
• Select where you want the image to be saved
• Give it a name meaningful to you and click the
  Save button

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Save linked images (e.g. TIFF format)

• Place the cursor over the link to the TIFF file
• Depress the mouse button (right button on PC
  mouse) to display a menu
• On the menu, select Save target as or save
  link as.
• In the box that appears
• Select where you want the image to be saved
• Give it a name meaningful to you and click the
  Save button

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Print smaller photographs (to fit on one sheet of
paper)

• Open your graphics software
• Select File-Open and retrieve the image from
  where you saved it
• Check the size of the image against the item
  record. Adjust if necessary.
• View image dimensions and layout in Print
  Preview. Change if necessary.
• Print

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Print large photographs (requires multiple sheets
of paper)

• Open your graphics software
• Select File-Open and retrieve the image from
  where you saved it
• Check the size of the image against the item
  record
• Crop and save the image in sections
• To find out the size youll need for each
  section, do some arithmetic
• turn on rulers and any available guide grids
• First section
• Select Edit-Copy
• File-From Clipboard
• Save (File-Save As)

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All together now! (larger prints)

• Print each section in order for easy assembly
• Overlap the sections and glue together

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Maps Two basic formats available in high
resolution

• .gif (Graphic Interchange Format)
• .tif or .tiff (Tagged Image File Format)
• Converted from .sid (MrSID) format

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Maps (save medium size (.gif), as seen in the
zoom view panel on the navigation page)

• Place the cursor over the map within your web
  browser window
• Depress the mouse button (right button on PC
  mouse) to display a menu
• On the menu, select Save image as or Save
  picture as.
• Select where you want the map to be saved
• Give it a name
• Check/change the extension (it must be .gif )
• Click the Save button

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Maps (save large maps)

• Download MrSID file
• Save target as or Save link as
• Give it a name
• Check the extension (.sid)
• Click the Save button

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Maps (print large maps)

• Open the map in the MrSID viewer (File-Open )
• Choose File-Export. (or click the small TIFF
  button.)
• In the box that appears
• Click Export to and check the location in the
  Save in box
• Click Save
• Click Go
• Open your graphics software
• Select File-Open and retrieve the map from where
  you saved it
• Check the size of the map against the item
  record. Adjust if necessary.
• View map dimensions and layout in Print Preview.
  Change if necessary.
• Print.

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Motion PicturesThree basic formats, from low to
high quality

• Real Media (For Real Player .rm)
• Lowest file size
• Can not save and replay
• QuickTime (Apple/Mac player .mov)
• Medium file size
• Can be saved and played later
• MPEG or .mpg (Windows Media Player)
• High quality, larger file size
• Can be saved and replayed

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Motion Pictures (save and play)

• Place the cursor over the link to the film
• Depress the mouse button (right button on PC
  mouse) to display a menu
• On the menu, select Save target as or save
  link as.
• In the box that appears, select
• where you want the film to be saved
• give it a name meaningful to you
• click the Save button
• Open appropriate media player, locate file and
  play (open) or double click on the file

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Sound Recordings Three basic formats, from low
to high quality

• Real Audio (For RealPlayer .ra, .ram)
• Minimum download time
• Lowest file size
• MP3 (For Windows Media Player MPEG)
• Fast download
• Small file size (good quality)
• Can be saved and replayed
• WaveForm (Windows Real Media or QuickTime .wav)
• Long download
• Large file size
• Can be saved and replayed

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Sound Recordings (save and play)

• Place the cursor over the link to the sound
  recording
• Right click on mouse to display a menu
• select Save target as or Save link as.
• In the box that appears, select
• where you want the sound recording to be saved
• give it a name meaningful to you
• click the Save button
• Open appropriate media player, locate file and
  play (open) or double click on the file