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May 6, 2008
In January, I posted a blog entry about how ARTstor images are available as 1024px JPEGS. The images can be downloaded for powerpoint presentations and projected with the average campus projector (without sacrificing quality). This is great news for individuals who may want to take their presentation on the road or are committed to using powerpoint. The negative side is that it’s a slow process. Each image must be downloaded individually. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS to get ARTstor images into a presentation for teaching. You can batch download higher resolution images through the OIV. Give me a call or email if you are interested in learning more about that. Below you’ll find notes about how to download the jpegs to your hard drive.
An ARTstor Help Highlight: How do I download images from ARTstor?
If you go to the ARTstor homepage and click on the word ‘HELP’ in the top right corner, then you will open an online manual. You can search for quick answers to your “how to” questions. Unfortunately, I cannot link to it for you, but I did copy it below. (Click more) (more…)
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May 5, 2008
Image quality is a concern of most instructors of art and architecture. Both KVRF and AAP IT help with calibrating the color of equipment used within AAP. Color is one important factor in the overall “quality.” Seeing accurate color has to do with the function and profile of the image making computer, the computer used for projection, and the data projector used for projection. The computers in KVRF are calibrated to show the most accurate and consistent color. We are now offering to help Cornell faculty and staff calibrate the laptops they are using for instruction.
To set up an appointment to have your laptop calibrated, please contact Bill Staffeld (wrs2) in KVRF. Please plan to leave your computer in KVRF for 1.5 hours.
If you are interested in learning more about color calibration, you may want to review some of these online articles:
2005 Introduction to Color Imaging Science by Hsien-Che Lee
2004 What is Color Management? by Andrew Rodney
2003 Black is Back by Andrew Rodney
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May 1, 2008
The Visual Resources Association has a list of information and tutorials online for using Photoshop.
If you have any questions about making digital images for teaching art or architecture, please contact the Knight Visual Resources Facility. They have a variety of services, equipment, and experts who can help you make digital images for scholarly teaching and research.
A LARGE number of images have already been made or licensed for use at Cornell. These can be accessed online from Ithaca, India, Italy, etc. Let me (kmb222) know if you need to figure out how to find those.
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April 29, 2008
by Willie Doherty
“…the online resource for visual arts…freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching, learning and research in the UK…”
In the past, I have gone back and forth trying to use the great resources in VADS. They were buried, offline, etc. Now VADS got a makeover and searching from their homepage is much easier.
VADS Collection List
Additional image resources outside of the catalogue are available through VADS here.
Earlier posts about VADS on this blog are…
Inventory of European Paintings
Artists Use of Self-Image
About AHDS
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April 25, 2008
Many instructors want to share their Offline Image Viewer (OIV) presentations with students through a website or on Blackboard. Very large OIV files are problematic for these sites. So, how can you change the size (and quality) of the images in OIV?
First Option: Before you begin building the presentation or downloading images to your presentation…Go to File/Preferences and set the Image Size to small, medium, or large. You cannot change this after you make the presentation. Also, be cafeful…if you want to project the presentation or zoom into the images then you will want higher resolution images.
Second Option: After you make the presentation…Go to File/Save as/Read Only. When you save the file, you can choose to compress it. The smaller sizes are better for downloading from websites and the quality is sufficient for online reviews. The Read Only format will only save the slides (not the image palette).
Third Option: You can export your presentation to a .pdf document. This option provides a variety of formats for both the image palette or your slides. Go to File/Print and select the format for printing your palette or slideshow. When you print, choose to print to or save to a PDF (depending on your operating system). For Windows machines, you need to use Adobe Professional or Cute PDF.
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April 15, 2008
Bob sent me the below ideas about locating areal map images:
A common question down here is why is the imagery of the Ithaca area in Google Maps so lame. We usually direct people to the NYS GIS Clearinghouse orthoimagery interactive map, which provides much better images. A new set of high resolution images was just put up on this site and they’re certainly worth looking at. Impressive resolution. You can’t hide.
http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/MainMap.cfm
Also from Keith Jenkins: a much better alternative to the geographic name servers, which are the official national and international online gazetteers. GeoNames.org combines the two and takes you to the place name you were looking for on Google Maps. I tried an obscure village in Slovakia and it popped right up then gave me the satellite image. The resolution on Google maps is improving too. I also tried “Wana” in Pakistan to see if I could find Osama bin Ladin. I may have found him. Very Cool.
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April 15, 2008
Images HERE
A professor from Reed College described the resource below.
This web site provides some 250 19th and early 20th century drawings, prints, and photographs, most rare or previously unpublished, revealing how these Maya sites were imaged by early explorers and scholars.
There are also over 1000 recent photographs with descriptive captions, many recording information not previously available in print or on the web. These may be opened side-by-side, making possible comparison of these sites before and after the extensive restoration campaigns of the 20th century.
There is an extensive annotated bibliography.
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April 10, 2008
Margaret forwarded me news that Ontario College of Art and Design is posting videos of their guest lectures by artists online for the public. For example, there is a video of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s lecture on their website. Of course, Rirkrit Tiravanija is the subject of additional YouTube videos, like Merrily Kerr’s above.
At OCAD, you can browse a list of lectures and watch Quicktime videos online (some of them are a little small, but they’re available).
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April 8, 2008
This blog helps me document (and share) digital, visual collections for staff, faculty, and students at Cornell who are teaching and researching architecture, art, history of art, and city and regional planning. Developing an exhaustive list of great sources of digital collections or electronic publications does not seem appropriate. Sites, links, databases are growing so quickly that bibliographies quickly become out of date. Many social networks and applications have adapted to reflect the movement and nature of these resources.
Transitioning from publishing a dynamic list to a static network is helping me navigate, find, and recommend sources, but I still have to choose who’s list to rely on or follow. These curated lists can be very specific, reflect a creative process, or lead you through an aesthetic experience. However, please don’t confuse these last observations with the purpose of my blog. I’m just trying to find a way for me (and you?) to remember which resources were helpful…and which resource just changed.
THE RESOURCE: Printed Matter has curated lists that may help you find digital images for your course or research Latin American Artists’ Books, Mapping, or Asian Artists.
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April 8, 2008
In 2007, CONT3XT.NET launched an experimental project exploring how to curated media art called Project-TAGALLERY. 18 Exhibitions plus numerous works in progress and links to artists/collectives are documented in this project. Visit the exhibitions at del.icio.us, which is a sort of gallery for the exhibitions.
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April 8, 2008
Time.com’s First Annual Blog Index
Are they really a waste of time? Top 5? Most Overrated?
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April 1, 2008
The publication: Recommended Blogs for Art Reviews
The links: Recommended Blogs for Art Reviews
Contributors: Joel Atkinson, Rachel Beckwith, Sherman Clarke, Ross Day, Jennifer Faist, Joy Garnett, Jennifer L. Hehman, Jacqueline L. Rogers, Amy Watson
Edited by Jennifer L. Hehman and Kraig Binkowski
Posted 3/25/08
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April 1, 2008
At the VRA conference, I went to an excellent session on social tagging by Meghan Musolff, Adam Lauder, Billy Kwan, Laurie Allen, and Margaret Kipp. There were many interesting ideas to take away, but I still find myself repeating Kipp’s research finding. She noted that the most common tags used are cool, fun, todo, and toread. Are you using these terms?
I am not using a lot of tags for reference management or bookmarks (although many do). Mainly, I use tags in iPhoto for my image collection to help me organization projects. Contact me if you are interested in learning how to use tags to find and sort your images.
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April 1, 2008
When you get stuck or have a problem searching for images on the web, in Luna Insight, in ARTstor, etc. then you may want to take a minute to check out these newer resources on cornell.edu
Find Images Help Page has been renovated thanks to Glen, Melissa, Danielle, and others.
LibGuide: Finding Images at Cornell is a new subject guide by Susette.
Filed under: Luna Insight, ARTstor, Finding Digital Images on the Web, Cornell University |
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April 1, 2008
Do you use Firefox? Yes.
Do you search for images? Yes.
Are you going to start using Piclens to browse your search results? I am.
Steve, our temporary website and content coordinator, sent me information about this Firefox plugin. You can download Piclens easily from this website. PicLens is a fullscreen, 3-D visualization of your search results. The promotion website says that it is compatible with the following:
Flickr
Photobucket
Picasa Web Albums
Fotki
FotoTime
deviantART
SmugmugFacebook
MySpace
Bebo
Hi5
Friendster
Google Images
Yahoo Images
Ask Images
Live Images
AOL Images
Freewebs
Adobe Lightroom
Visit our tutorial to learn more about how to use PicLens.
*Note…you can add this plugin to your website or blog.
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March 31, 2008
At our March 26th drop-in workshop for CRP 101, we generated the below list of resources. Please feel free to add new ones that you are using for your assignment (or to join twitter!).
The Moving Walls Exhibition by The Open Society Institute A series of photography exhibitions that highlight economic, political, or social struggles.
Photovoice A project to reach policy makers by empowering people to take pictures of their own community.
by Dritero Kasapi
culturebase Search contemporary international artists by genre, “crossroad,” or country.
Projects for Public Spaces
Victoria and Albert Museum
IRIN Photography on humanitarian affairs (Register to download images without the watermark. Registration is free.)
Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive Images from international news
(more…)
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March 26, 2008
www.adatabase.org
The Hydra Tree by Oliver Bancroft, video
An online database that is organizing and sharing an archive of “who,” “what,” “when,” and “where” in contemporary art. The organization is based in the UK.
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March 26, 2008
Materials and design by Nokia:
Browsing and searching for images of architecture:
My previous post on Photosynth, a similar research project to the above video. Updated demos and information on Microsoft’s progress with Photosynth.
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