Digitization Imaging Workflow
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Digitization + Imaging Workflow By Miguel Asencio Basic Elements Planning File Output Color •Delivery + Management Access Digital Archiving Imaging File Formats Workflow Metadata Resolution Sharpening Adapted from Anderson & Russotti. Planning Project Equipment Materials or for What & How Objects Digitization Where Archive Internet Print Planning • What materials or objects will be digitized? – Slides – Drawings Planning – Paintings – Books • What equipment will be used? – Scanner • Profile and Reference – Camera • Sensor clean • Lens clean • Profile & Reference • Capture cards or tethered • – Computer workstation and Monitor • Calibrate and Profile Color • Folder and storage setup Management – Back up – Working files – Finished files Software Ingestion Software Image Processing • Adobe Lightroom • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Bridge • Adobe Lightroom • Apple Aperture (Mac only) • Apple Aperture • Photo Mechanic • Corel painter • ImageIngester • LIMB by Kirtas Technologies Capture Workflow – Tethered capture • Scanner to computer • Capture folder – Camera to computer • Lightroom tether tools • Capture folder – Untethered Capture • Camera card capture • Capture folder Resolution File Formats Metadata Image Ingestion • Ingestion Software – Adobe Lightroom – Adobe Bridge – Photo mechanic (Camera Bits) – Aperture (Apple) – Extensis (Microsoft) Quality Metadata Back Up Control Image Processing • Parametric Image Edit – Non-Destructive Workflow – Paste Settings as Batch Process • Ingest and convert file format – Camera Raw – Adobe DNG – TIFF – JPEG Sharpening Resolution Metadata Edit & Optimize • Batch processing – Metadata – File renaming – Image editing Quality Control • Making selections • Rating images • Deleting and keeping files Metadata Sharpening – Image adjustments • White balance • Color adjustments • Sharpening • Optimizing Image Output • Final quality inspection • Batch processing of output source – Archive – RAW Files – TIFF Files – DNG – JPG 2000 • File Transfer to Archive & Back Up Archiving File Output File Formats Sharpening + Delivery + Access Back Up Links & Resources • Software – Adobe: www.adobe.com – Photo mechanic: http://www.camerabits.com/ – Aperture: http://www.apple.com/aperture/ – Capture One Pro: http://www.phaseone.com/en/Imaging-Software/Capture-One-Pro- 7.aspx – ImageIngester: http://basepath.com/site/ – Limb by Kirtas Technologies: limb.kirtas.com • Books – The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management by Peter Krogh – Color Management for Photographers by Andrew Rodney – Real World Color Management by Fraser, Murphy & Bunting – Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Hunter, Fuqua, and Biver – Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook: A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve by Russotti & Anderson – The Digital Negative: Raw Image Processing in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop by Jeff Schewe Contact Information Miguel Asencio Digital Imaging Specialist Office: 305-348-2983 Cell: 305-910-3762 Email: [email protected] Academic Imaging Services FIU Division of IT 11200 SW 8th Street, GL 180 Miami, FL 33199 .