I'd recommend taking a look at the Djatoka Image Server project coming out of Los Alamos. It's designed to serve up JPEG2000s in a variety of ways in real-world scenarios: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/djatoka/index.php?title=Main_Page
They presented at Open Repositories last year I think. M ========================= Michael Stocking Managing Director Armadillo Systems 300 Kensal Road London W10 5BE +44 (0)20 8960 8600 michael at armadillosystems.com www.armadillosystems.com www.turningthepages.com http://digitalcultureonline.blogspot.com/ On 10 Mar 2010, at 23:47, Perian Sully wrote: > Thanks everyone for your responses so far. > > I should clarify that what I'm looking at is not to replace the NEFs to > JPEG2000, but the first-tier derivative TIFs. Mostly I'm considering > JPEG2000 as a space-saving measure, to have very large files accessible > internally, or from which to create images for rights & reproduction > use. > > For the most part, our only "free range" images are the lower-quality > JPGs that we publish in our online database. We don't have a zoomify > function or anything like that, so I publish these images in full. > > ~P > > Perian Sully > Collections Information Manager > Web Programs Strategist > The Magnes > Berkeley, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Chuck Patch > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:34 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate > > Hi Perian, > > Before making a major commitment to JP2000, you might consider > converting > those NEF's to DNG, which remains (so far as I am aware - and I expect > others to jump in momentarily) more widely implemented than JP2000. > There > are certainly more tools that can use it. As you go forward, you need to > consider what your clients can use/want. > > Chuck > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > >> Howdy everyone: >> >> I'm in the midst of reprocessing all (!!) of our image assets from > .NEF >> (a RAW format) and I'm wondering if I should take another look at >> JPEG2000 now. >> >> When I first started imaging the collection, JPEG2000 was in its > infancy >> and not widely adopted. As a result, I have my master files in NEF and >> TIF, my high-quality derivatives in TIF, and my accessible and > web-ready >> images in JPG. >> >> Part of this reprocessing will including making new copies of the >> high-quality derivatives as well as the accessible JPGs. So I'm >> wondering if I should replace the HQ derivative TIFs with JPEG2000 at >> this time. >> >> Anyone have any opinions, experiences or suggestions before I commit > to >> this? >> >> ~Perian >> >> Perian Sully >> Collections Information Manager >> Web Programs Strategist >> The Magnes >> 2911 Russell St. >> Berkeley, CA 94705 >> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >> Fax: 510-849-3673 >> http://www.magnes.org >> http://www.musematic.org >> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> > > > > -- > Chuck Patch > Museum Information Management Consulting > 403 Edgevale Rd > Baltimore MD 21210 > 410-366-3613 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
