Scanning
the Detroit News: A Quick Reference Guide
Are your hands clean? Are
you wearing gloves?
Scanning:
- Place the negative on
the scanner bed with emulsion side up
- Open Photoshop and import
scanner
- Check your settings-
they should be at Transparency, Grey 256, 600 dpi, 8x10 inches.
If the integrity of the image will be compromised by cropping,
please capture as much as you can by leaving the longest side
at 10 inches and adjust the shorter side accordingly.
- Click on Preview,
then arrange the key around the image. Once arranged, click Scan.
- Adjust any problems you
find with the image by Rotating, adjusting Curves,
or using the Auto Adjust tool.
Saving:
- Make your JPEG copy only
after you have saved the original as a TIFF by decreasing
the size to 3.5 inches width, resolution to 72, then Save
As a JPEG through your File Menu. Deposit into your JPEG
folder or directly into file. Copying into the database is
done by Select All and then Copy.
Database modification:
- Open the News database
to the appropriate file- check the entry against the information
on the envelope, and the information within. Modify the data where
necessary. Modification will include:
- Checking the date
- Adding the image (by
copying the JPEG file and pasting into image field)
- Checking for any additional
data on the edges of the negative, or the folder front
- Checking format type
and size
- Adding the electronic
file name to the appropriate field
- Checking for a photographer
name
-
If there is more than
one image being scanned from an envelope, enter the data from
the other images on the Additional Images layout.
-
If there is damage to
the negative, and the image is part of a group, note this damage
in the Archival Notes field. If the image is singular,
go to the Check layout, and note the damage in the appropriate
fields.
Procedures by Reuther Library, 2003. |