Download - VRA 2013 Digitizing Originals, Edwards

Chris EdwardsVisual Resources Association 2013 Annual Conference

Thursday, April 4, 2013

YALE UNIVERSITY

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Digitizing Originals – From Best Practice to Archival Image


High Resolution Publication Quality Images:


Hardware• PhaseOne IQ180, 80MP

digital back

• Digital Transitions RCAM with 30”x40” capture table

• ProPhoto strip strobes

Software• CaptureOne

• Adobe CS6

High Resolution 2012-Present


Rapid Imaging:


Hardware• Canon EOS 1-DS Mark III

• Canon EF 24-70 f 2.8 Lens

• Kaiser R1 System

• Dell Latitude D830 Core 2 Duo

• LaCie 2 Terabyte External Hard Drive w/USB 2.0

• Uline Wire Utility Cart, 36w x 24d x 39h

Software• Canon EOS Utility

• Adobe CS5 w/Bridge and Camera RAW 6.4.1

• Adobe Digital Negative Converter

Rapid Imaging Project (RIP)


Hardware• Better Light Super 8K scan

back camera

• ZBESatellite 4x5 camera stand and controller

• North Light HDI lights

Software• Better Light Viewfinder 7.2.1

• Adobe CS3

Old High Resolution 2002-2012


Original Studio 2002-2012

Re-Designed Studio 2012-Present


Color Management Workflow


Color Management Tools

IQ-Analyzer


Low Cost, Readily Available, DIY


Negative and Transparency digitization


Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keefe Correspondence

Contacts and Resources

• [email protected]


• http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and Yale University Art Gallery

mailto:[email protected]

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/

The Visual Resources Association gratefully acknowledges support for Session 7 from:

Please attend the Meet and Greet VRA Sponsors Event, 4:30 on Friday, to thank our sponsors.

Download - VRA 2013 Digitizing Originals, Edwards

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