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AMICO Image Standards In Use Responses as of June 17, 1997
AMICO Standards Framework: Comparison of Image Capture
 
AIC Cleveland Davis DIA Georgia Getty Guggen- heim LACMA MCA, Chicago MIA NGA NMAA PMA SFMOMA San Jose VA-MFA
Imaging project related
 
none
 
none
 
project related
 
project related
 
 
 
 
 
none
 
scanning source and methods
 
Topaz Scanner; also purchasing digital camera
 
Agfa Arcus II / Nikon LS-3510 AF
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
see guidelines on web site
 
35mm slides
 
 
file size
 
 
 
 
 
200 MB
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
bit-depth
 
 
 
36 bit / 30 bit
 
24 bit RGB
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
resolution minimum 256 x proportionate
 
 
600 ppi / 3170 ppi
 
 
 
up to 1200 dpi 600+ dpi
 
 
 
 
 
 
72 to 1200 dpi
Storage file formats PICT, TIFF, JPEG/JFIF, PhotoCD
 
 
TIFF, Photoshop Raw
 
TIFF
 
Photo- shop, "raw" TIFF
 
JPEG and PNG PhotoCD, Photoshop, PICT, TIFF, GIF, JPEG
 
JFIF
 
 
Compression lossless or near-lossless - JPEG
 
 
none
 
 
 
lossless
 
 
JPEG
 
 
JPEG
 
 
Audio
 
 
 
 
 
WAV MPEG2 and MPEG1
 
 
 
 
Wave and Real Audio QuickTime, Wave for Windows, AU for Unix, Real Audio
 
 
 
DAT tape
Video QuickTime
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
QuickTime& Vivo; moving Vivo to Real Video
 
 
 
video disk

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