Thank you to everyone that has replied so far to my inquiry. It’s really nice
to have a list like this I can turn to, with thoughtful and informative answers
by professionals in the field. To me, it seems pretty straight-forward - try to
avoid image cropping because it seems difficult to always
Re: [MCN-L] Website image cropping
So we also have dealt with this issue. We do one of several things
depending on the work, and the people/personalities in play.
1) In gallery shots. If a work is hanging on a wall and it is the wall
that is cropped to fit, not the work, this makes life
> 4. Re: Website image cropping (Heather Hart)
> 5. Re: Website image cropping (Mike Ellis)
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> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:15:44 +0000
> From: Chris Alexander <cma...@stanford.edu>
> To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 7:18 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Website image cropping
Building a bit on what Matt is saying, maybe a bit more simply from a rights
issue.
1) Even if a museums owns a work, it does not necessarily own copyright unless
it w
Hi Chris
I don't know about getting rights for cropped images, it sounds like hell
on a stick to me, and I'd imagine best to avoid this if you can...
Clicking to get full image, well yes, but I'd have thought the obvious call
to action / click on an exhibition listing page image would be to link
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From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Matt
Morgan
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 8:39 AM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Website image cropping
It's a problem, yes!
Whoever makes your printed posters can probably tell you how frequently your
exh. images
Building a bit on what Matt is saying, maybe a bit more simply from a
rights issue.
1) Even if a museums owns a work, it does not necessarily own copyright
unless it was specifically conveyed in whole or part with purchase (or if
loaned - and similarly the lender may not have copyright.) Whether
It's a problem, yes!
Whoever makes your printed posters can probably tell you how frequently
your exh. images need permission/input before cropping. In my
experience, on top of the literal rights issues, you also have the
personality issues. E.g., when an important person (artist, curator,
Hello all
We're currently redesigning our website and a question came up. I'm hoping to
cull some information from the museum community about how other museums handle
the same situation.
On our exhibition page the redesign relies heavily on landscape image similar
to this - where text floats
