If it hasn't already been said, photographing in a shoot-down copystand
setup will also allow you to avoid the glare from certain glossy and/or
rippled prints that frequently occurs due to the frontal lighting of a
scanner. For especially stubborn glare, the copystand approach also permits
you to
Yes Rob. Scanning photographs will reduce its life. Better to photograph
the photograph, and preserve it in a master uncompressed digital format
(TIFF) and as a second printed analogic source.
Unless you manage to have cold light scanners, which flatbeds are not.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM,
Matt and all,
As two cents from a non-conservator who cares for a collection of works
of art on paper (including their digital imaging), these days
camera-based capture does most often tend to be best--safe, accurate,
fast--with these materials, but each situation can be different.
Your one
Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and
white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed
scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be
rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light
exposure on a
Having seen Mike and co present at the Museum Association's 'Let's get digital'
conference, where crowdfunding was mentioned, I couldn't help but share this
article:
http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/21/this-misguided-hipster-is-trying-to-crowdfund-money-for-13-dates-5030246
Bilkis Mosoddik
Web Mana
Hello, Wise Ones,
Does anyone here know of a resource person familiar with Omeka and
hopefully with Drupal who might be interested in a small consultant gig?
The agency I'm working with has decided to go with Omeka to put online
their relatively small collection (conveniently already "digitiz
