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Sorry! - Maciej's exciting Communicating Colour 'unconference' in Cambridge in JUNE (not July as I said in my previous email!) Best Wishes Andrew Andrew Bruce The Postal Museum | 15-20 Phoenix Place | London WC1X 0DA T: +44 (0)300 0300 700 | M: 07766 620308 | E: [log in to unmask] [1501236260468_image001.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thepostalmuseum/>[1501236282900_image002.png]<https://twitter.com/thepostalmuseum/>[1501236299813_image003.png]<https://www.instagram.com/thepostalmuseum/> [1501236318511_image004.jpg]<https://www.postalmuseum.org/discover/attractions/> The Postal Museum is the public identity of the Postal Heritage Trust. Registered as a charity in England and Wales. Registered Charity Number 1102360. Company Number 48960 ________________________________ From: AHFAP, for image professionals in the UK cultural heritage sector <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Andrew Bruce <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 09 May 2018 13:01:16 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Announcement - The Imaging Standards Working Group AHFAP SIG There’s once again been a fair bit of discussion on the AHFAP JISCmail about colour accuracy recently, and following on from this and Maciej’s exciting announcement earlier today about the Communicating Colour ‘unconference’ in Cambridge this July I'm very happy to announce the creation of a new AHFAP Special Interest Group (SIG) The Imaging Standards Working Group AHFAP SIG http://www.ahfap.org.uk/resource/sigs/standards/ Imaging Standards Metamorfoze and FADGI were born out of a need for National/Federal archives to quality control and standardise the digitisation of their material (even if that digitisation was being completed by different vendors and operators using different equipment). More recently those involved in both Metamorfoze and FADGI have worked together to write ISO19264, which attempts to unite aspects of the two standards. By imaging targets regularly as part of a workflow and then generating a series of metrics from these targets, typically measuring colour and tone reproduction, noise, sampling frequency, spatial frequency response, distortion and sharpening it's possible to: * Objectively evaluate equipment * More efficiently quality control imaging and catch and correct capture problems more quickly * Pinpoint aspects of the workflow that could be improved * Asses whether equipment is suitable for a project or not * Work with less reliance on the 'look' that software and hardware manufacturers provide us with * Achieve a greater consistency between different studios output * Add weight to our needs and requests both to those we are accountable to and to software and hardware manufacturers. However, making images that are fully compliant with imaging standards can be a complex and time consuming task. We are all using different equipment, in different studios, with different workflows, priorities, budgets and timeframes. There is no step-by-step guide or quick-fix for good reason. The ultimate answer to making standards work for you is an understanding of the technicalities and science involved so you can not only craft a workflow that complies with the standard but which works for you and your equipment, so that you're able to read the resulting metrics and solve problems effectively. The Imaging Standards Working Group SIG has been set up to promote better understanding and provide advice of best practices and practicalities when working with the FADGI, Metamorfoze and ISO19264 imaging standards to all AHFAP members. The Imaging Standards Working Group SIG is currently open, by request, but in order to maintain a focused and agile group will be limited to 10 AHFAP members that are actively using or implementing any of the agreed standards. If you would be interested in taking up one of these places, please contact me directly ([log in to unmask]). There will be an opportunity to discuss the Imaging Standards Working Group SIG and its future at the Communicating Colour event in Cambridge this July. Best Wishes Andrew Bruce Chair of the Imaging Standards Working Group AHFAP SIG Andrew Bruce The Postal Museum | 15-20 Phoenix Place | London WC1X 0DA T: +44 (0)300 0300 700 | M: 07766 620308 | E: [log in to unmask] [1501236260468_image001.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thepostalmuseum/>[1501236282900_image002.png]<https://twitter.com/thepostalmuseum/>[1501236299813_image003.png]<https://www.instagram.com/thepostalmuseum/> [1501236318511_image004.jpg]<https://www.postalmuseum.org/discover/attractions/> The Postal Museum is the public identity of the Postal Heritage Trust. Registered as a charity in England and Wales. Registered Charity Number 1102360. Company Number 48960