Information Sources for creating images

DIGITIZING

museumphotographers.org

creating a bridge between museum photographers of all cultural institutions to share ideas, new trends, examples of photography setups, professional information, each others work, and much, much more.

Film Scanner Review

Another person offering a useful resource for photographers and anyone interested in buying and using low/mid market film scanners.

Scanners and Digital Cameras - Digital Eyes

Rob Galbraith Online

Warren Roos Photography's Links

Introduction to Imaging

Using Kodak Photo CD Technology for Preservation and Access

Welcome to The Digital Learning Center

 

Digital Lab

McCain Library & Archives, The University of Southern Mississippi's Digitization Resources Online Subject Index

Digital Toolbox

Colorado Digitization Project quideline

 

PADI-Resource on digitizing or scanning

Guidelines maintained by PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information), a subject gateway to digital preservatoin resources.

A few scanning tips by Wayne Fulton Associations

RLG Tools for Digital Imaging

The RLG Worksheet for Estimating Digital Reformatting Costs. The RLG Guidelines for Creating a Request for Proposal for Digital Imaging Services. The RLG Model Request for Information (RFI.) The RLG Model Request for Proposals (RFP).

RLG's Guides to Quality in Resource Imaging

Contents: Background Introduction 1. Planning an Imaging Project, by Linda Serenson Colet, Museum of Modern Art 2. Selecting a Scanner, by Don Williams, Eastman Kodak Company 3. Imaging Systems: the Range of Factors Affecting Image Quality, by Donald D'Amato, Mitretek Systems 4. Measuring Quality of Digital Masters, by Franziska Frey, Image Permanence Institute Rochester Institute of Technology 5. File Formats for Digital Masters, by Franziska Frey References & Further Reading About the Authors

Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections

Frey and Reilly, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology 1999 a good handbook on image quality that will help on tonal reproduction

The Clearinghouse of Image Databases and the IMAGELIB listserv archives

The Clearinghouse of Image Databases is an online directory of image databases hosted by the University of Arizona Library. It was created in July 1994 by Stuart Glogoff, then Assistant Dean for Library Information Systems at the University of Arizona. Glogoff continues to maintain it while working in the University of Arizona's Office of Distributed Learning.

Introduction to Digital Imaging

This site consists of four pages that explain and illustrate the digital imaging process brought to you by the Digital Printing and Imaging Association (DPI) which serves all segments of the graphics industry; users,manufacturers and sellers;who share a basic common interest... the use of digital printing technology.

JPEG - JBIG Public area

Welcome to the JPEG 'what's new' section of our Web presence.

A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections

This Framework is intended for two audiences: first, for people who are working in the context of projects and want to develop good digital collections; and second, for funding organizations and agencies that want to encourage the creation of good digital collections.It was prepared by members of the Digital Library Forum, a group convened by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to discuss issues relating to the implementation and management of networked digital libraries.

Digital Imagery for Works of Art

A report generated by an invitational workshop on Digital Imagery for Works of Art. sponsored by the National Science Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Harvard University Art Museums. The specific purpose of the meeting was to explore how the research and development agenda of computing, information and imaging scientists might more usefully serve the research needs of research scholars in the visual arts

Visual Resources Facilities

This site is maintained at Middlebury College and contains floor plans and photos of these facilities at 20 colleges, universities and museums. Several depict computer stations and equipment configurations.

Moving Theory into Practice Digital Imaging Tutorial

from the group at Cornell

Digitization Workflows

from U Va

Exploring Charging Models for Digital Cultural Heritage

The purpose of this study (on behalf of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) is to investigate some of the underlying assumptions being made in the move from previously analog photographic services into the realm of digital capture and delivery, in particular to look at how marketable, cost efficient and income-stable the new digital services and resources are in comparison with previous methods (which in many places still exist alongside the newer digital developments)

Pirabase

Bibliographic database of over 600,000 records dating from 1975 to the present. Contains abstracts of articles from 1000 trade and technical journals from all over the world. Covers printing, imaging, pulp and paper and packaging. Available on annual subscription on a per site/user basis

Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials

National Archives and Records Administration' has begun to update their already excellent guidelines, check it out.

JPEG 2000 in Archives and Libraries Forum

A website that allows users to register and post their own information on articles, projects,and products that use the standard JPEG 2000

.

CAMERAS

The Imaging Resource - Newsletter

- Digital Cameras, Imaging, Photography, & Scanners

Short Course - series of books on Nikon, Olympus, Canon, and other digital cameras

DCVIEWS Digital Camera Views

Digital camera views, most innovative international portal for all digital cameras. Detailed specifications, information, up-to-date news, reviews, hints & tips, Q&A, value added links, extensive tools collection, best online tutorials on photography.

Digital Photography

you'll find all the latest in digital photography and imaging news, reviews of the latest digital cameras and accessories

Internet Photography Lists with Subscription Instructions

list of email list servs concerned with imaging and digital photography

ZoneZero from analog to digital photography

THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

As Seen Through The Spira Collection. This book and site takes you back to where we came from and also into the future.

Kodak Professional Page

Find technical information, locate dealers and labs, download software and more.

DigitalCamera-HQ.com Unbiased reviews, prices and advice on digital cameras

MANIPULATION

Creativepro.com - Resources for Creative Professionals, Graphic Design

Welcome to understanding digital color

Online book

TheDigital Divas: D'News

Collection of Tech experts, especially for graphic arts on the web.

Saskia, Ltd. Cultural Documentation

Image provider which uses Luna Imaging's Insight image compression technology

ActionXChange.com

Was started in December 1996 by Joe Cheng, then a student at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He set out to create a community where Adobe Photoshop users could trade Photoshop Actions, those cool effect-generating macros for Photoshop. It is now run by Adobe.

Photoshop Elements Solutions (ISBN 0-7821-2973-0)

by Mikkel Aakland, published in paperback by Sybex for $39.99. Complete quide in how to use Photoshops Elements to your advantage when scanning images. I t includes easy to follow basic image editing solutions.

COLOR MANAGEMENT

ASSOCIATIONS