Advice on Still images

Managing a project (Still images)

• Case Study: History of Art, University College Cork

• Case Study: Staffordshire Past Track

• Case Study: University of Bristol Theatre Collection

• Copyright and Digital Images

• Data Protection

Digitising analogue media (Still images)

• An Overview of Colour Management for Still Images

• Basic Guidelines for Image Capture and Optimisation

• Choosing a File Format for Digital Still Images

• Colour and Resolution Targets

• Colour Management in Practice

• Colour Theory: Understanding and Modelling Colour

• Converting your Slides into Digital Images

• Copyright and Digital Images

• Digital Cameras

• Free Online Image Editors

• Generic Image Digitisation Workflow

• Generic Image Digitisation Workflow: Text Version of Diagram

• How Do I Digitise Difficult Objects?

• Image Editing Software

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

• Photographic Guidelines

• Print Size and File Size Calculator

• Resampling Raster Images

• Roles and Responsibilities for Staff Involved in Building Digital Image Collections

• Scanners

• Setting up a Workspace for Digitising Images

• Still Image Capture: Hardware and Software

• The Camera Raw File Format

• The Copystand

• The Digital SLR Camera for Teaching, Learning and Digitisation

• The Digital Still Image

• Using a Budget Digital Camera for Teaching, Learning and Research

Creating new digital media (Still images)

• An Overview of Colour Management for Still Images

• Colour and Resolution Targets

• Colour Management in Practice

• Colour Theory: Understanding and Modelling Colour

• Creating JPEGs from your Master Archive Images

• Digital Cameras

• Digitising Microfiche and Microfilm

• Do Digital Images Exist in the Real World?

• Free Online Image Editors

• How Do I Digitise Difficult Objects?

• Image Editing Software

• Introduction to GIMP Image Editing Software

• Introduction to the Vector Image Format

• Is There Still a Role for Film?

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

• Photographic Guidelines

• Print Size and File Size Calculator

• Resampling Raster Images

• Resolving the Units of Resolution

• Setting up a Workspace for Digitising Images

• Taking Care of Your Digital Camera

• Taking Pictures under Available Light

• Tethered Camera Operation

• The Camera Raw File Format

• The Digital SLR Camera for Teaching, Learning and Digitisation

• The Digital Still Image

• The PNG File Format

• Using a Budget Digital Camera for Teaching, Learning and Research

• Vector Drawing Software

• Vector Graphics Illustrated Glossary

• What is Wavelet Compression?

• Which Digital Camera Do You Recommend?

• Which Digital Camera File Formats Should I Use?

Managing your digital resources (Still images)

• Approaches to Describing Images

• Choosing a File Format for Digital Still Images

• Choosing a System for Managing your Image Collection

• Copyright and Still Images: Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright

• Image Management Software

• Image Management: Bright Interactive Asset Bank

• Image Management: Cerious ThumbsPlus

• Image Management: Daydream FocusOPEN

• Image Management: exeGesIS LibraryLink

• Image Management: Extensis Portfolio

• Image Management: FotoWare FotoWeb

• Image Management: Gallery

• Image Management: Gallery Systems EmbARK

• Image Management: Gallery Systems TMS (The Museum System)

• Image Management: Greenstone

• Image Management: House of Images HPAC

• Image Management: iBase Online Library and Asset Management

• Image Management: IMatch Digital Image Management Solution

• Image Management: imgSeek

• Image Management: Innovative Millennium

• Image Management: KE EMu

• Image Management: LogicMighty MediaLibrary

• Image Management: LogicMighty PhotoLibrary

• Image Management: Luna Imaging Insight Software Suite

• Image Management: Madison Digital Image Database (MDID)

• Image Management: ModesXML

• Image Management: OCLC CONTENTdm

• Image Management: Picdar Media Mogul

• Image Management: Third Light Image Management System (IMS)

• Image Management: Willoughby MIMSY XG

• Image Management: Zetcom MuseumPlus

• Metadata and Digital Images

• Model Release - Permission to Use Images of People

• Photo Sharing Sites

• Using Blogs to Find and Organise Images

• Using Flickr to Organise a Collection of Images

• Using Optical Media for Digital Preservation

• Using Wikis to Find and Organise Images

• Watermarking Images

Finding and using digital media (Still images)

• Can I Use Images Found on the Internet?

• Case Study: History of Art, University College Cork

• Case Study: Staffordshire Past Track

• Case Study: University of Bristol Theatre Collection

• Choosing a File Format for Digital Still Images

• Copyright and Digital Images

• Copyright and Still Images: Frequently Asked Questions

• Finding Images on Flickr

• Image Backgrounds for Screen Presentations and the Web

• Model Release - Permission to Use Images of People

• Photo Sharing Sites

• Practical Ways to Use Digital Images in Teaching and Learning

• Review of Image Search Engines

• Roles and Responsibilities for Staff Using Images for Teaching and Research

• Useful Books, Magazines and Online Publications for Digital Imaging

• Useful Links to Imaging Manufacturers, Suppliers, Products and Services

• Using a Budget Digital Camera for Teaching, Learning and Research

• Using Blogs to Find and Organise Images

• Using Images In Education

• Using Images in Learning, Teaching and Research Materials

• Using Wikis to Find and Organise Images

Related cross-media advice

The following advice documents cover issues relating to all digital media resources: still images, moving images or audio.

Managing a project (Cross-media)

• Budgeting for a Digitisation Project

• Copyright and Other Rights for Creating Time-based Media Resources

• Deciding to Digitise

• Digitisation Services

• Digitisation Staff Training

• Learning Lessons from Other Digitisation Projects

• Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for Digitisation Project Staff

• Potential Sources of Funding for Digitisation Projects

• Project Management for a Digitisation Project

• Quality Assurance and Digitisation Projects

• Risk Assessment for Digitisation Projects

• Signposts to Relevant Organisations

• Sustainability of Digital Collections

• Systems for Managing Digital Media Collections

• To Outsource or to Digitise In-house?

Digitising analogue media (Cross-media)

• Analogue Film Types Used for Still and Moving images

• Audiovisual Signal Types and Interconnects

• Basic Guide to Videoing Audiovisual Materials

• Budgeting for a Digitisation Project

• Choosing a File Name

• Deciding to Digitise

• Digitisation Services

• Digitisation Staff Training

• File Formats and Compression

• Learning Lessons from Other Digitisation Projects

• Light Sources for Still and Moving Images

• Links to Digital Media and Digital Preservation Organisations

• Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for Digitisation Project Staff

• Potential Sources of Funding for Digitisation Projects

• Project Management for a Digitisation Project

• Quality Assurance and Digitisation Projects

• Risk Assessment for Digitisation Projects

• Selection Procedures for Digitisation

• Selection Procedures: Text Version of Decision Tree Diagram

• Stands and Supports for Still and Moving Images

• Systems for Managing Digital Media Collections

• To Outsource or to Digitise In-house?

Creating new digital media (Cross-media)

• Analogue Film Types Used for Still and Moving images

• Audio/Video Production: Recording Lectures, Seminars and Events

• Basic Guide to Accessibility

• Basic Guide to Videoing Audiovisual Materials

• Choosing a File Name

• Copyright and Other Rights for Creating Time-based Media Resources

• Free Online Screencasting Tools

• Introduction to Lenses

• Light Sources for Still and Moving Images

• Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for those involved in Business and Community Engagement

• Screencasting Workflow

• Stands and Supports for Still and Moving Images

• Vector Graphics Resources

Managing your digital resources (Cross-media)

• An Introduction to Digital Preservation

• An Introduction to Metadata

• Asset Management: Papermule DAM & Workflow Engine

• Asset Management: The Digital Asset Lab MediaFiler

• Audiovisual Copyright: Frequently Asked Questions

• Basic Guide to Accessibility

• Choosing a File Name

• Controlling your Language: a Directory of Metadata Vocabularies

• Copyright: An Overview

• Delicious Bookmark Service

• Distributing Teaching Presentations

• Establishing a Digital Preservation Policy

• File Formats and Compression

• Fonts: Basic Guide to Font Licensing

• Graphical User Interface Design: Developing Usable and Accessible Collections

• Links to Digital Media and Digital Preservation Organisations

• Metadata Standards and Interoperability

• Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for those involved in Business and Community Engagement

• Putting Things in Order: a Directory of Metadata Schemas and Related Standards

• Sustainability of Digital Collections

• Systems for Managing Digital Media Collections

• Use of VLEs with Digital Media

• Using Digital Media in Moodle

• Using Digital Media with Blackboard

Finding and using digital media (Cross-media)

• Audiovisual Copyright: Frequently Asked Questions

• Copyright: An Overview

• Delicious Bookmark Service

• Digital Media with the WebCT Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

• File Formats and Compression

• Finding Subject-Specific Digital Media Resources

• Finding Video, Audio and Images Online

• Fonts: Basic Guide to Font Licensing

• Introduction to Fonts and Typefaces

• Overview of JISC Digital Materials for those using Digital Media in Teaching and Research

• Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for those involved in Business and Community Engagement

• Pedagogical Uses of Presentation Software

• Signposts to Relevant Organisations

• Useful Books, Magazines and Online Publications for Audio and Audio Visual

• Using Quandary to Add Interactive Learning Objects

• Using SlideShare to Share Presentations