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"Tiling" Images
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Capturing Art in Tiles: Usually a Good Idea. 8220;Tiling”, or shooting an artwork in sections, obviously offers a way to generate a file of larger size than shooting it’s entirety in a single shot. Just as importantly, this technique allows the photographer flexibility in capturing a “troublesome” painting WITHOUT having to resort to using cross-polarization. As I demonstrated in the lens comparison, specular kicks and light flare are more of a problem toward the sides of a painting. For assembly, the re...
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Untitled Document
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SHOOTING TROUBLESOME ART, part III: really big paintings. Note: This is a posting for people in the art reproduction business as well as patrons. If you are an artist that paints big, and/or have any questions, please feel free to write jean@ronfinleystudio.com. We routinely shoot paintings in the 4' x 7' range by shooting them in sections in our normal copy set-up. Not-so-routinely, we shoot up to 7' x 12' canvases, also in sections, although this requires the setting up of our monster wall. . It incorp...
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Art Copy 101
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Fine Art Copy using the Better Light System and a few things from around your house. By Ron Finley, Ron Finley Studios, Los Angeles. This has been expanded a bit so that anyone who is a photographer but NOT a Better Light owner would be able to make some sense out of it, with the exception of refrences to the Zig Align.]. Definitions (non-technical and slightly arbitrary):. Glare: scattered light (non-coherent light) reflected by a rough or matte surface. The difference between a flare and a highlight?
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Penguin Digital Arts - Fine Art Scanning and Giclee Printing
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WHAT'S NEW AT PENGUIN? Lots We've moved to a much larger art scanning and printing studio. Added a state-of-the-art 64 inch Epson Stylus Pro printer. And are offering exciting, new printing media. Including real metallic printing. And Epson's DisplayTrans for back-lit use. And we continue to upgrade our world's-best BETTER LIGHT scanning system for fine art of any size. We are also offering a range of economical book illustration copying. Solutions of the highest quality. And fine art media. As for quali...
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Pricing
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We offer high-resolution art copy priced based on the size of the original:. Produce a maximimum file of 9000 x 12000 pixels and can be used for art up to 30 x 40 when reproduced at 100%. Employ our IMAGE TILING/ROLLING EASEL. To create a file of 16000 x 12000 pixels (including overlap) when. Assembled. This allows shooting an image of up to 40 x 80 at 100% or taking a smaller original and enlarging it 200%, 300% or more, as explained in more detail in the section, HIGH QUALITY ENLARGEMENTS. Specular ref...
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contact
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Our new Epson 11880. Black-and-white prints on virtually all media including canvas, fine-art papers, plus the new ink-jet true metallic papers from Breathing Color. We have added a second Better Light scan-back system. This one is optimized for location scanning, with the addition of three more Rodenstock APO Ronar process lenses with shorter focal lengths (300mm, 240mm. and 150mm). We've added exciting new print media. Breathing Color Lyve Canvas and Timless varnish. Metallic media in rolls up to 60.
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Shooting Enourmous Paintings
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SHOOTING TROUBLESOME ART, part IV: seriously enormous paintings. Scanning a huge painting (10' x 15') in two horizontal rows of 5 scans each in a tight space. Note: This is a posting for people in the art reproduction business as well as patrons so portions may be too technical for your needs. If you are an artist that paints huge canvases, and have any questions, please feel free to write jean@RonFinleyStudio.com. Where do murals begin and paintings stop? At UCLA’s “SPARC”. Discussed the use of a track ...
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Big Paintings
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SHOOTING TROUBLESOME ART, part III: really big paintings. Note: this is a posting for people in the art reproduction business as well as patrons. If you are artist that paints big, and have any questions, please feel free to write info@penguindigitalarts.com. We routinely shoot paintings in the 4' x 7' range by shooting them in sections in our normal copy set-up. Not-so-routinely, we shoot up to 7' x 12' canvases, also in sections, although this requires the setting up of our monster wall. . It incorpora...
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Scanning To Creat Hi-Rez Enlargments
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High-Quality Enlarging of Original Art. Note: This is a posting for people in the art reproduction business as well as patrons. If you are an artist who would like to see your work much bigger and have any questions, please feel free to write jean@ronfinleystudio.com. Etc But why would an artist choose to do this? Generally, they want bigger, high-quality reproductions of their work than their normal working scale will reproduce. Artist's Working Scale and Tight Paintings. The Golden Lion (16 x 24).