Hi Deb, Our photo conservator also does condition reporting to that level of detail. She just starts with a high-quality digital image, marks the areas with condition issues on a separate layer in Photoshop, and saves the file as a .psd to save the layers. If the condition changes, she just adds a layer with the changes marked. I think she also makes a flattened jpeg when necessary. She links the images to the appropriate modules in our collection management system (KEMu) and then can use them in reports. I know .psd is proprietary and all, but this works really well for us.
Jana Hill Assistant Registrar, Collection Information Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817-989-5173 817-989-5179 fax All opinions are my own and not those of my employer. -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deborah Wythe Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:57 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] DM Sig -- prints for condition checking I'm curious about how people are handling the analog to digital change in terms of print output, specifically for the condition checking that registrars do. In the past, the registrar got a b/w glossy that was used for condition reporting -- they overlaid a clear sheet on the print and circled scratches, nicks, etc, and wrote notes about what they saw. With darkrooms shutting down, are you substituting high-quality archival prints? Ordinary color printer prints? Maybe a digital image on a laptop? I know our registrars aren't entirely happy with even the archival prints -- there's a sense that you could see more detail in the b/w glossies. Any comments from your registrars? Thanks, Deb Wythe Deborah Wythe Head, Digital Collections and Services Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11238 tel: 718 501 6311 fax: 718 501 6145 deborahwythe at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ http://liveearth.msn.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
