March 2011
Issue 1

In this Issue

The Basics of Fine Art Capture


Color Accurate Photography of Artworks


Creating ICC Profiles with inCamera




References and Resources

inCamera

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Dear Imaging Enthusiast,

Whether you're an artist, a gallery owner, or a museum curator, photographing artwork for reproduction poses many unique challenges. It is certainly quite different from other kinds of photography. In this issue of PictoScript, we offer suggestions from two leading art reproduction resources. First, the experts at Archetype Digital Imaging Alliance outline the basics of fine art capture. And then Robin Myers of Robin Myers Imaging discusses how to ensure color accuracy in photographing artworks. Finally, we provide a brief overview of how to create ICC profiles using inCamera software used extensively by museums, fine art galleries and other institutions to achieve extremely accurate color reproductions.

The Basics of Fine Art Capture

Art reproduction is one of the most difficult and variable photographic specialties; with every piece presenting unique challenges to capture it's characteristics accurately. Those involved in photographing art have many varied responsibilities from text capture in libraries, digitizing for publication or archives in museums, sharing collections of historical societies on the internet, or creating digital print editions for contemporary artists.  Read more...

The Basics of Fine Art Capture

Color Accurate Photography of Artworks

In the world of photography, some colors are not reproduced accurately by either film or digital cameras. Colors can change hue, lose or gain saturation, and even lighten or darken in appearance. For example, some blues turn purple on film or in a digital file and some greens become gray. The following article will explain why this problem occurs in the field of digital photography of artworks and propose a solution.  Read more...

Color Accurate Photography of Artworks

Creating ICC Profiles with inCamera

inCamera is designed to help the art reproduction photographer achieve consistent, predictable color with any digital camera or scanner. Features an online User Guide that serves as a helpful tutorial for creating and properly integrating ICC profiles into a color managed Photoshop workflow. Read more...

Creating ICC Profiles with inCamera