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Media Type | Digitization Specifications |
Books/Typed Pages (≥5”x8”) | 300 ppi, 24-bit RGB color |
Smaller sized books (<5”x8”) | 450 ppi, 24-bit RGB color |
Manuscripts/handwritten documents (≥8”x10”) | 300 ppi, 24-bit RGB color |
Smaller sized manuscripts (<8”x10”) | 600 ppi, 24-bit RGB color |
Photographs | 600 ppi, 24-bit RGB color |
Slides (black and white) | 2400 ppi for 35mm slides, 16-bit grayscale |
Slides (color) | 2400 ppi for 35mm slides, 24-bit RGB color |
Film Negatives or Transparencies (black and white) | 2400 ppi for 35mm film, 16-bit grayscale |
800 ppi for 4”x5” originals, 16-bit grayscale | |
Film Negatives or Transparencies (color) | 2400 ppi for 35mm film, 24-bit RGB color |
800 ppi for 4”x5” originals, 24-bit RGB color |
The Randall Library Digitization Unit primarily creates TIFFs as the original master file and generates access files, JPEG and PDF. We also work with audio, video, and many other file formats.