For those who have dealt with web/graphic designer or printer before, you would probably get this request from them. “Give me the images in 72 dpi for web design,” or “Give me the images in 200 or 300 dpi for printing?” Is this mysterious DPI value an important factor for the quality of image used …
Make sure that your effort will not be wasted – An experience to share from a past project
In order to manage the collections efficiently, an institution took the initiative to catalogue its collections digitally a few years ago. Software was purchased for recording the collections that has a size of two thousand items. Many hard works and effort were put into data entry of the two thousand items. At the same time, …
DAM! It is far more about ‘workflow’ than ‘software’!
As more and more digital files are created, an increasing number of organisations are reaching a critical pain threshold in needing to control and manage their vast amount of digital assets. Digital assets include everything from photos, PowerPoint presentations, text documents, graphic designs, PDF to audio and video. These are proving to be valuable assets …
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Coming Soon – A Digital Dark Age?
You probably have heard about the scary stories of losing digital files in a crashed computer, but you might not know of another danger which is taking place gradually. It is called technology obsolescence. For examples, the change of file format, the dropout of less popular software, the extinction of storage media, etc. For organisations …
CD-R life span myth
CD-R is definitely the cheapest way of storing the digital images today. Do they really last for 100 years as what some of the manufacturers have claimed? This article from Independent.co.uk says that some of the CD-Rs can only last for 2 years. However, we came across an article before and it mentioned that most …
Success Story: Art Retreat, a private museum
For years, art museums, art dealers, art collectors and auction houses have published many books and catalogues to showcase their collections. As many people may not have the chance to view the original artworks, the images printed in these publications play an important role. To a certain extend, the quality of the reproduction will influence …
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