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Storing and Archiving Digital Photos
Summary:
Photographer and “Naturfoto” magazine editor Hans-Peter Schaub discusses the steps and the pitfalls to creating and maintaining a digital and analog image archive. Schaub focuses on the workflow involved and how to optimize photographic images so that archiving images runs as smoothly as possible.
Starting with the basic tools necessary to begin an analog image archive, Schaub shows viewers the different materials and equipment needed, such as the right archival sleeves, scanners and data storage software and devices. One main point of the video is definitely data back-up, data storage and data security. Schaub list several different methods to store analog material and several different methods to safely store and back-up complete archives and data files to prevent loss or damage.
Many photographers will benefit from Schaub’s experience and comprehensive examples, as well as his useful tips and information. One thing Schaub recommends is creating a clear and concise method of assigning keywords for the images to be archived. This is one piece of advice a photographer preparing to archive his images cannot do without.
In the long run Schaub’s methods will save photographers lots of time and undoubtedly stress, when searching for images or sending the images out to prospective clients for viewing.
photokinaTV - HP Z6200 Photo Printer
Summary:
HP presents it's new flagship model. The HPZ6200 Photo Printer. The printer can perform at speeds up to 140 sqm/h . HP's reputation for dependability is further enhanced by new smaller pigments providing brilliant print results.
We welcome HPs chief's engineer Dr Sascha de Pena Hempel to our glass studio where he gives us a special look at this exciting new product from HP.
You can download a podcast of this photokinaTV show at:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=346566809
Preparing Digital Photos for Printing
Summary:
In this FotoTV film, Christian Fickinger shows viewers how to prepare digital files before sending them to online printing service to turn pixels into prints.
Fickinger is the owner of www.digiprinz.de, an online print service specializing in fine art prints for large formats. Today he comprehensively covers the four most important aspects of digital printing, resolution, file format, color management, and sharpening. As Fickinger demonstrates with numerous examples, key to the resolution is PPI, or pixels per inch. This is important in digital photography printing because it determines print quality. The more pixels you can cram into every inch, the better the print will be.
Another highlight of the film is file format. Nowadays photographers have many options when sending their digital files to an online printing service. JPEG, Tiff, and PDF are several of the most popular file formats known. Fickinger lists all other file formats available to achieve the best and most professional result. For instance the JPEG file format, which compresses image data, is suitable for sending pictures in e-mail or posting them to the web. For fine art photo printing TIFF files are more appropriate because the images are smoother and crisper.
Fickinger also points out that a computer monitor and print paper are completely different media. Therefore, the print isn’t going to be an exact match of what is displayed on the monitor and he gives some great tips on color management to great quality photo prints.
Jewel Frames
Summary:
This is may be the shortest film on FotoTV ever! It is also the cheapest way to build a gallery in your home.
In fact, this sort of presentation is an alternative to framing your pictures. All you need is a standard CD jewel case and a photo cut to the right size. With a ten-pack of CD-boxes and half an hour of your time, you can construct a small gallery of your favorite pictures on a wall at your home.
Interesting design does not have to be expensive. Our workshop will show you how to do it.