Archival Scanning for Artist

[Phil Ardussi]

Can someone point me to a company/web site that has a program that will
create files that not only contain the scanned images using my Nikon
CoolScan5000, but what is called the "provenance" which is data related to
the history, comments, size, etc. of the image? I believe this might also be
called "metadata" attached to individual images.

This is a large job of over 500 ektachrome slides taken of individual art
pieces under pretty strict conditions with respect to lighting, etc. and so
I'm will probably not need to mess with the color, but I definitely need to
find a program that will allow this artist to access this "metadata" in the
future. Those comments and info have been carefully preserved in a typed
binder where each page has the info we need to capture and preserve. I
believe that if we create two separate files, unless they are linked using
an application algorithm, the two files method will create the risk of
losing the data. We need, in my opinion ... and this is an uneducated
opinion at best ... one file containing both the image and the information
related to each image.

The final product is to be DVD's that can be reproduced and used for
retrieval purposes. It is a lifetime record of the artist and should be
digitized and preserved for the future.

BTW, I am planning on using 2400 or 4000 dpi and .tif format, FWIW.

 

[Charlie Hoffpauir]

Can someone point me to a company/web site that has a program that will
create files that not only contain the scanned images using my Nikon
CoolScan5000, but what is called the "provenance" which is data related to
the history, comments, size, etc. of the image? I believe this might also be
called "metadata" attached to individual images.

This is a large job of over 500 ektachrome slides taken of individual art
pieces under pretty strict conditions with respect to lighting, etc. and so
I'm will probably not need to mess with the color, but I definitely need to
find a program that will allow this artist to access this "metadata" in the
future. Those comments and info have been carefully preserved in a typed
binder where each page has the info we need to capture and preserve. I
believe that if we create two separate files, unless they are linked using
an application algorithm, the two files method will create the risk of
losing the data. We need, in my opinion ... and this is an uneducated
opinion at best ... one file containing both the image and the information
related to each image.

The final product is to be DVD's that can be reproduced and used for
retrieval purposes. It is a lifetime record of the artist and should be
digitized and preserved for the future.

BTW, I am planning on using 2400 or 4000 dpi and .tif format, FWIW.

Well, Thumbsplus will display scanned images along with the metadata
recorded with each. For original digital images, ie those from a
decent digital camera, the metadata is somehow included with the image
and so is retained in the Thumbsplus database.... for images scanned
from slides (for example) the image can be entered into the Thumbsplus
database by hand. Since it "is" a database, I think it would be
possible to import the metadata somehow, but I have no idea how that
would be done. The creators of Thumbsplus are very helpfull, tho, so I
suggest you look into the program and contact them for specific
questions.

 

[Phil Ardussi]

Thanks, Charlie.

I think the comments related to each image will probably be typed into the
application and linked to the image by someone from the local high school
that has an interest in art-history-photography kinds of things. My message
didn't make this clear.

Will contact Thumbsplus. Appreciate your help.

 

[Jean-Pierre Roche]

Phil Ardussi a écrit :

Can someone point me to a company/web site that has a program that will
create files that not only contain the scanned images using my Nikon
CoolScan5000, but what is called the "provenance" which is data related to
the history, comments, size, etc. of the image? I believe this might also be
called "metadata" attached to individual images.

This is a large job of over 500 ektachrome slides taken of individual art
pieces under pretty strict conditions with respect to lighting, etc. and so
I'm will probably not need to mess with the color, but I definitely need to
find a program that will allow this artist to access this "metadata" in the
future. Those comments and info have been carefully preserved in a typed
binder where each page has the info we need to capture and preserve. I
believe that if we create two separate files, unless they are linked using
an application algorithm, the two files method will create the risk of
losing the data. We need, in my opinion ... and this is an uneducated
opinion at best ... one file containing both the image and the information
related to each image.

The final product is to be DVD's that can be reproduced and used for
retrieval purposes. It is a lifetime record of the artist and should be
digitized and preserved for the future.

BTW, I am planning on using 2400 or 4000 dpi and .tif format, FWIW.

With TIFF format you can use XnView (free) and IPTC data
(metadata included in the file)

www.xnview.com

 

[Guest]

Can someone point me to a company/web site that has a program that will
create files that not only contain the scanned images using my Nikon
CoolScan5000, but what is called the "provenance" which is data related to
the history, comments, size, etc. of the image? I believe this might also
be called "metadata" attached to individual images.

This is a large job of over 500 ektachrome slides taken of individual art
pieces under pretty strict conditions with respect to lighting, etc. and
so I'm will probably not need to mess with the color, but I definitely
need to find a program that will allow this artist to access this
"metadata" in the future. Those comments and info have been carefully
preserved in a typed binder where each page has the info we need to
capture and preserve. I believe that if we create two separate files,
unless they are linked using an application algorithm, the two files
method will create the risk of losing the data. We need, in my opinion ...
and this is an uneducated opinion at best ... one file containing both the
image and the information related to each image.

The final product is to be DVD's that can be reproduced and used for
retrieval purposes. It is a lifetime record of the artist and should be
digitized and preserved for the future.

BTW, I am planning on using 2400 or 4000 dpi and .tif format, FWIW.

Microsoft Word, AutoCad, Adobe Acrobat etc.

Bob