Royal Academy of Arts Tender Submission - UK Archiving

The building that the safe is contained is secure and has a constant temperature 15 degrees Celsius and a relative
humidity of 43%
Digital Images
The material will be stored and captured in UK Archiving premises in Edinburgh.
In the capture stage of this project we would use our Phase One digital cameras along with the appropriate
lens as this shortens the time under the camera. This is the same equipment as used by the National
Archives in London and the National Archives of Scotland.
When capturing the images on our Phase One digital cameras a RAW file is created. From this image we
will process the Master full colour 24-bit sRGB uncompressed TIFF images. We would process to a
resolution appropriate to the size of the material. We would anticipate a resolution of 300/400ppi for this
type of material. The tender requirements stipulate 400ppi and UK Archiving are happy to provide the
images at this level. Other surrogates can be created including the JPEG2000 files.
After the capture stage, the post production stage would be completed using Capture One Pro or Adobe
Photoshop CS4. This would be to crop, colour management, contrast, de-skew, inverting, etc. The images
would be loaded on to our server from which our operators can select, manipulate and re save back to the
server. We have a number of work stations which allow us to quickly complete this stage.
UK Archiving will endeavour to create an image to reflect a true representation of the original material.
The resultant images will be outputted to 100% of the original size.
UK Archiving will work with the client to produce images best suited for their purposes. This may mean
multiple images at varying resolutions or file formats. Due to the RAW image being available the different
level of images can be created fairly easily. The only issue that may arise is the size of the created file
depending on the resolution and file format.
Brightness:
Proportions:
Orientation:
The levels that will be set to ensure that all of the details of the image are visible
The created image will be 100% of the size of the original document unless
previously agreed to be a different size. When cropping the image no part of the
page will be removed and a small border (5mm) created for the integrity of the
individual image edge or cropped to the edge of the individual image.
We will ensure the correct orientation of the created images.
Shadows/reflections: The digitised images will be free of any reflections and shadows introduced as part of
the capture process or equipment.
Blemishes:
The created image will be a true representation of the source material which would
include any stains, mould etc.