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Still images advice tagged 'photographs'

  • Model Release - Permission to Use Images of People

    This document answers some frequently asked questions on getting consent to use images or recordings of people and includes links to sample model release forms.

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  • Using Flickr to Organise a Collection of Images

    This document looks at the ways you can use the photo sharing site Flickr and some of its associated tools and services to help organise a collection of images.

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  • Print Size and File Size Calculator

    This calculator will help you work out maximum print sizes you can expect from digital images. It will also work out approximate file sizes for Raw, TIFF and JPEG images. As long as you know the pixel dimensions of your image, the calculator will work out the rest for you. You can use it with digital camera images or other digital images.

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  • Using Blogs to Find and Organise Images

    Blogs tend to be text-based but they often also include images. This advice document provides an overview of blogs, considering how they can be used as both sources of images and as tools for managing and presenting your own images.

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  • Using Wikis to Find and Organise Images

    Wikis are websites that allow groups of users to collaborate on content creation. Although largely text-based, they can include images. This document looks at ways in which you might use wikis as a source of images for use in your own work. It also provides an overview of how wikis handle images for those who already use or are thinking of setting up a wiki.

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  • Photo Sharing Sites

    This advice document looks at the most common features offered by a number of photo sharing sites, highlights the pros and cons of using such sites, and offers some practical tips for both finding images and organising your own images.

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  • Finding Images on Flickr

    This document looks at the pros and cons of using the photo sharing site Flickr as a source of images.

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  • Setting up a Workspace for Digitising Images

    In planning a digitisation project, one of the major considerations will be where you decide to do the digitising and how to make best use of the workspace. Ensuring the area is designed and set up correctly will not only help establish a smooth and effective workflow, but will also make sure the project personnel involved are at their happiest and therefore at their most productive. This document looks at the main issues to be considered when planning and setting up a workspace for digital imaging.

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Cross-media advice tagged 'photographs'

  • Finding Subject-Specific Digital Media Resources

    There are a multitude of websites providing access to a wide range of digital media resources (images, video and audio) covering many subject areas. This can be very bewildering if you are searching for specific resources to use in the lecture/classroom or for inclusion in a VLE (virtual learning environment). The purpose of this document is to provide a subject-specific guide to finding digital media resources with links to a number of useful websites.

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  • Finding Video, Audio and Images Online

    There are countless websites offering images, video and audio files for use in education, but it's not always easy to know which sites are most useful or appropriate. This advice document discusses general tools and strategies for finding digital resources and looks at many of the sites you can use as reliable sources.

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  • Analogue Film Types Used for Still and Moving images

    This document looks at the history of photographic and movie film and how and why the film type has altered over time. The document also contains some frequently asked questions on film types and handling.

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  • Project Management for a Digitisation Project

    This paper takes a look at the role and responsibilities of the digitisation project manager. It addresses common managerial challenges such balancing the expectations of stakeholders and ensuring the of quality of output. It is intended to be of use to the management team of time limited digitisation projects or to resource management staff planning to digitise their collection.

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  • Deciding to Digitise

    This brief document takes an introductory view of pre-digitisation project considerations. It is intended to be of use to resource management staff considering the digitisation of all or part of their collection.

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  • To Outsource or to Digitise In-house?

    This document is intended to inform the managers of analogue collections which have been identified for digitisation. It looks at the pros and cons of outsourcing digitisation work before contrasting these with carrying out work in-house.

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Blog entries tagged 'photographs'

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