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Introduction
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- This page provides technical specifications for the digitization of photographic prints, posters, illustrations, maps, technical drawings, slides, and negatives
- Choose 24-bit colour if the scanner cannot create 48-bit colour image files.
- Choose 8-bit grayscale if the scanner cannot create 16-bit grayscale .files
- Sepia prints should be scanned with technical specifications for colour prints but saturation should be increased to +100
- Brightness, contrast, and saturation specifications are provided as a “starting point.” Technical specifications should always be tested and adjusted if necessary before scanning a new batch of material.
Photographic prints
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Format | Document |
Type | Colour Setting | Brightness | Contrast | Saturation | Resolution | File Format |
35 mm colour slides
Film (with Slide Holder)
| 3 x 5 in. colour photographic prints | Reflective | 48-bit colour |
| -20 |
| 0 |
| +50 |
3200 dpi
| TIFF |
| 3 x 5 in. b&w |
Film (with Slide Holder)
| photographic prints | Reflective | 16-bit grayscale |
| -30 |
| 0 | N/A |
3200 dpi
| TIFF |
35 mm colour negatives
Film (with Film Holder)
Color Negative Film
| 4 x 6 in. colour photographic prints | Reflective | 48-bit colour |
| -20 |
| 0 | +50 | TIFF |
| 4 x 6 in. b&w |
Film (with Film Holder)
| photographic prints | Reflective | 16-bit grayscale |
| -30 |
| 0 | N/A |
4800 dpi
TIFF
Other negative sizes
Film (with Area Guide)
| TIFF | |||||||
| 5 x 7 in. colour photographic prints | Reflective | 48-bit colour | -20 | 0 | +50 | TIFF | |
| 5 x 7 in. b&w photographic prints | Reflective | 16-bit grayscale |
| -30 |
0 | N/A | TIFF |
Other negative sizes
Film (with Area Guide)
| 8 x 10 in. colour photographic prints | Reflective | 48-bit colour |
| -20 |
| 0 |
| +50 |
| 600 dpi | TIFF |
| 8 x 10 in. b&w photographic prints | Reflective | 16-bit grayscale | -30 | 0 | N/A | 600 dpi | TIFF |
| Medium size colour photographic prints (up to 11 x 17 in.) | Reflective | 48-bit colour | -20 | 0 | +50 | 600 dpi | TIFF |
| Medium size b&w photographic prints (up to 11 x 17 in.) | Reflective | 16-bit grayscale | -30 | 0 | N/A | 600 dpi | TIFF |
| Oversize colour photographic prints (over 11 x 17 in.) | Reflective | 48-bit colour | -20 | 0 | + |
| 50 | 600 dpi | TIFF |
| Oversize b&w photographic prints (over 11 x 17 in.) | Reflective |
N/A
| 16-bit grayscale | -30 | 0 | N/A | 600 dpi | TIFF |
Posters, illustrations, maps, technical drawings
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Format | Document |
Type | Colour Setting | Brightness | Contrast | Saturation | Resolution | File Format |
Posters | Document | 48-bit colour | -20 |
0 | +50 | 600 dpi | TIFF |
Illustrations, prints, watercolours | Document |
N/A
48-bit colour |
-20 |
0 |
+50 | 600 dpi | TIFF | |||||
Maps and technical drawings | Document | 48-bit colour | -20 | 0 | +50 | 600 dpi | TIFF |
Photographic slides (film and glass plate lantern slides)
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Format | Document Type | Film Type | Colour Setting | Brightness | Contrast | Saturation | Resolution | File Format |
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| Glass plate lantern slides | Film (with Film Holder) | Positive Film | 48-bit colour | 3200 dpi | TIFF | |||
| 35 mm colour slides | Film (with Slide Holder) | Positive Film | 48-bit colour | 3200 dpi | TIFF | |||
| 35 mm b&w slides | Film (with Slide Holder) | Positive Film | 16-bit grayscale | N/A | 3200 dpi | TIFF |
Photographic film negatives
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Format | Document Type | Film Type | Colour Setting | Brightness | Contrast | Saturation | Resolution | File Format |
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| 35 mm colour negatives | Film (with Film Holder) | Color Negative Film | 48-bit colour | 4800 dpi | TIFF | |||
| 35 mm b&w negatives | Film (with Film Holder) | b&w Negative Film | 16-bit colour | N/A | 4800 dpi | TIFF | ||
| Other negative sizes (colour) | Film (with Area Guide) | Color Negative Film | 48-bit colour | 4800 dpi | TIFF | |||
| Other negative sizes (b&w) | Film (with Area Guide) | b&w Negative Film | 16-bit colour |
| N/A | 4800 dpi | TIFF |
Collodion negatives
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Format | Document Type | Film Type | Colour Setting | Brightness | Contrast | Saturation | Resolution | File Format |
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| 3 x 5 in. plate | Film (with Area Guide) | b&w Negative Film | 16-bit colour | N/A | 4800 dpi | TIFF | ||