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Luna's solutions for digitized content are designed to take your raw
scans and turn them into lasting and manageable archives. Many institutions have in-house departments
to scan and photograph materials, but lack the manpower, equipment and
resources or expertise to carry out equally demanding post-capture requirements:
create batches of derivative images, duplicate materials, or perform
the necessary data services needed to maintain collections. Luna can
take unprocessed materials, and create archives of lasting quality that
can be used for virtually any image project.
Image Editing
Digitizing your images is only the first step in creating a digital
archive. Once scanned or digitally photographed, images need to be edited
for color, cleaned of any dust or anomalies, and cropped in order to
accurately reflect the original source object. Luna offers all of these
services and more.
- Color Balancing - Images are brought into strict brightness
and contrast levels as well as color balanced to targets within the
original image. For images without these targets, Luna's trained digital
imaging staff adjusts color to accurately match the original source
object. Individual colors can be adjusted to a near perfect match
to the original.
- Dusting - Images of varying sizes are magnified to full resolution
and systematically divided into a system of quadrants that are each
dusted by hand in Adobe Photoshop. No filters or other image degrading
techniques are used in this process.
- Cropping - film edges and other nonessential information
can be removed and images can be cropped to exact pixel dimensions
or resolutions. Cropping is done to client specifications (edge crop,
crop to object, crop to content, hairline crop)
- Sharpening - images can be sharpened in varying degrees to
filter out noise created in the scanning process or to reveal details
not clearly seen in the digital archive
Derivative Creation
From your master archive image Luna can create derivative images for
a variety of end uses. Derivative images are custom ordered to fit the
needs of your specific project. Derivative images can be used for web-sites,
publications, and collection software such as Insight. Images can be
cropped, sharpened, resized or dusted.
Media Duplication
Once your master archive and derivative images are complete they are
usually burned to media for storage. Luna offers media duplication services
to insure an additional layer of backup protection for your digital
investment. Additionally, duplicates allow digital archives to be located
in multiple departments and provide for easier distribution. Duplicates
are identical in quality to original discs and are burned onto archive
quality discs and packaged in your choice of cases.
File Conversion
Image formats and file types are continually evolving as new technologies
emerge. At Luna, we help institutions maintain the currency of their
collections by offering a range of file conversion services. Is your
collection in Kodak photo CD format and you need tiffs? Is your collection
in tiff format and you need jpeg versions for web publication? Regardless
of the age of your digital collections, Luna can convert existing collections
into current file standards and maintain the currency of those collections
as imaging standards change.
Data Services
At Luna we provide all of the services you need to convert your existing
visual collections into digital form, including data services. Luna
can not only digitize your source materials, but create the appropriate
data record to accompany your digital content to insure its searchability
and seamless integration with all of your database applications.
- Image metadata
- Creating text records from card catalogs, notes on back of object,
etc.
- Editing image descriptions for vocabulary consistency
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