1st Edition

Digital Heritage

Edited By Lindsay MacDonald Copyright 2006

    In the fields of documentation and conservation of cultural heritage assets, there is a constant need for higher quality records and better analytical tools for extracting information about the condition of artefacts. Digital photography and digital image processing provide these capabilities, and recent technological advances in both fields promise new levels of performance for the capture and understanding of colour images. This inter-disciplinary book covers the imaging of decorated surfaces in historical buildings and the digitisation of documents, paintings and objects in museums and galleries, and shows how user requirements can be met by application of powerful digital imaging techniques. Numerous case studies illustrate the methods.

    Digitising documents for public access
    Digitising rare books & manuscripts
    Digitisation programmes in the V&A
    Digital access to a photographic collection
    Digitisation in the commercial art world
    User requirements for the metric survey
    Principles & evolution of digital cameras
    High resolution imaging in the near infrared
    Image resizing-the limits of image processing
    Image databases & access
    Colour management in heritage photography
    Image compression & JPEG2000
    Assessing image quality
    Imaging historical architectural sites for conservation
    Imaging of stained glass windows
    Making online monuments more accessible through interface design
    Visualisation of panoramic images over the internet
    Three-dimensional virtual restoration of polychrome sculpture
    Digital imaging for easel paintings
    Research policy & directions

    Biography

    Lindsay MacDonald