Supplemental Manuals for Digital Photographic Documentation
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1. When all the adjustments and modifications have been made on all the photos choose File gt Save to save the final version of the montage in psd format Photoshop format Merge all the layers by choosing Layer in the menu bar then Merge Visible Crop the final image of the photomontage if its edges are not regular e Select the Crop tool 4 in the Tools panel Using the mouse pointer create a marquee around the area of the photomontage you want to keep To do this click on a corner of the area to be kept and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the pointer down diagonally to the opposite corner The marquee should include all the sections of the photographed mosaic plus a 1 cm border all around it If necessary adjust the marquee of the cropped area by dragging the frame handles small squares Confirm by double clicking the canvas or by pressing the Enter key or by clicking the confirmation button v found the Options bar at the top of the screen 12 Save the final image The file of the photomontage of a mosaic must be saved in the folder of the room where the mosaic is located gt gt 20 In the menu bar click File then Save As In the window that opens if the folder open is still the Montage folder browse through the folders to find the folder of the room containing the mosaic then select it In the same window in the File Name box type the name of the mosaic photomontage file following2. will be automatically adjusted accordingly This change affects the dimensions of the image in centimeters but does not change its resolution This will change the total number of pixels in the image gt Confirm by clicking OK 5 Prepare the canvas gt Increase the canvas size In the menu bar click Image and then Canvas Size In the window that opens the Width and Height boxes increase the size of the canvas If using the above example of an image 15 cm x 11 5 cm you can enter 30 cm for the width and 30 cm for the height In the Anchor section in the same window click the square in the center of the 9 squares to center the image in the new canvas Confirm by clicking OK gt View the rulers if rulers are already visible go to the next step and in the menu bar click View and then click Rulers Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 1 3 gt Place the guides on the point of origin The point of origin of the photograph is one of the 4 points marking the corners of the photographed sector that is one of the four colored adhesive labels delimiting the sector Because of the image distortion due to the perspective effect it is recommended to choose a point at the bottom for example at the bottom left as the point of origin e Click the vertical ruler and while keeping the
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4. left mouse button pressed drag a vertical guide to the center of the photo Position the ruler on the point that was chosen as the point of origin e Click the horizontal ruler and while keeping the left mouse button pressed drag a horizontal guide and position it on the same point of origin Change the zero origin of the rulers To do this position the mouse pointer over the small square in the upper left corner of the window where the two rulers intersect and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the pointer diagonally down onto the point chosen as the point of origin Thus the zero of the horizontal and vertical rulers is now at the point of origin Create the frame to rectify the image To do this from the horizontal and vertical rulers drag as explained above two new guides one horizontal and one vertical positioning them at the same distance read the distances on the rulers from the zero origin of the rulers Thus using the guides a square is constructed which is similar to the square marked by the adhesive labels of the section of mosaic For example if a section of the mosaic measures 120 cm x 120 cm in reality one will create a square of 12 cm x 12 cm using the guides and by measuring these distances with the rulers 6 Rectify the image gt Inthe menu bar click Edit then Transform then Wrap Skew Scale Distort Perspective You can also choose Edit gt Free Transform if this option exists C
5. pages 7 10 To make a base drawing the photomontage will be first laid out and printed The outline of the mosaic and its simplified design will then be drawn on a sheet of tracing paper Finally the base will be completed by hand with the required information see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics page 57 3 Other useful Adobe Photoshop commands and keyboard shortcuts gt To cancel the last operation press Ctrl Z press the Ctrl and Z keys together at the same time gt To undo several operations previously carried out and redo operations that have just been canceled in the menu bar click Edit then Undo or Redo gt To increase or reduce the size of the image that is visible on the computer screen Select the Zoom tool in the Tools panel Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out button in the Options bar then click the area of the image to enlarge or click in the center of the area to enlarge or hold down the Alt key and click in the center of the area to reduce it gt To view a different part of the image in the window select the Hand tool in the Tools panel and drag click and keep the mouse button pressed down the image to move it 22 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 Getty Conservation Institute N 978 1 9374 i ISB Cy Institut National du Patrimoine ili
6. the rules used to rename all the other documentation photos see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics pages 37 39 by writing in the sections Category and Note the name ID_Photomontage In the same window in the Format box open the drop down menu and choose jpeg format The jpg extension will thus be given automatically to the filename Confirm by clicking the Save button Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 Inthe new window that opens specify the image quality after compression all jpeg format images are compressed Enter the value 10 in the Quality text box or move the Quality slider to 10 to maintain a good print quality gt Confirm by clicking OK gt Close the file Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 21 VARIOUS WORK TIPS 1 Regularly save your work During the montage process it is very important to save the work regularly by pressing the Ctrl S keys or by choosing File gt Save 2 Using a photomontage as a documentation base The photomontage that was created can be used as a single photograph to create a base photograph or base drawing To make a base photograph by laying out the photomontage using Microsoft Word software see
7. 622 Fax 216 71 562 452 E mail dginp inp rnrt tn www inp rnrt tn Design Hespenheide Design Editing Livia Alberti Elsa Bourguignon Ermanno Carbonara Amel Chebbi The Getty Conservation Institute works to advance conservation practice in the visual arts broadly interpreted to include objects collections architecture and sites It serves the conservation community through scientific research education and training model field projects and the broad dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field In all its endeavors it focuses on the creation and dissemination of knowledge that will benefit the professionals and organizations responsible for the conservation of the world s cultural heritage The Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia is a governmental and administrative institution with civil and financial autonomy It works under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture and Protection of Heritage The Institute s mission is both scientific and technical and focuses on the inventory study protection and presentation of the cultural archaeological historical human and artistic heritage of Tunisia MOSAIKON is a partnership of four institutions The Getty Conservation Institute The Getty Foundation ICCROM and ICCM The aims of the project are to strengthen the network of professionals concerned with the conservation restoration maintenance an management of mosaic heritage in the south
8. G AND CHANGING A PHOTOGRAPH 8 FINISHING THE DOCUMENT wisccsccsssccsscnccsuscessessceusses cecsartacsecncctusecsscstennicececosesuanetcecearsecoses 9 PRINTING AND COMPLETING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BASE 10 PHOTOMONTAGING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS USING ADOBE 11 TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND ORGANIZING THEM IN COMPUTER 11 ADJUSTING AND RECTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS u 12 MONTAGING THE PHOTOGRAPFHIS u 16 VARIOUS WORK TIP Ssnin iscissi aeiiae aae 22 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 INTRODUCTION As an additional supplement to the didactic materials Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics these three reference documents provide step by step manuals regarding digital photographic documentation which are cited in Part 1 of the didactic materials concerning documentation This first manual Transferring and Archiving Digital Photographs on a Computer describes the first steps in organizing and maintaining digital photographic documentation The second Laying out digital photographs using Microsoft Word describes the first steps in incorporating digital images into document files a process important for recording both t
9. Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 gt Import the photo of the next sector This sector must be directly adjacent to a sector already inserted Move the photo to its location in the grid If necessary use Edit gt Transform to properly adjust the size of the photo to the corresponding grid cell gt Adjust the photo overlays by temporarily reducing the opacity of the photo located above to align the points if they do not overlap by using Edit gt Transform command Note To make a montage always join photos that are next to each other adjacent Once the photo Al_rectified is in place the second photo either A2_ rectified B1_rectified should be opened It is generally easier to first join all photos from the same horizontal line or vertical column before joining by one the photos of the next line or column Similarly it is generally easier to make a montage by joining photos from the smallest side first For example for a mosaic divided into eight sectors positioned in two horizontal rows of 4 sections each 1 gt 4 and B1 gt B4 one should first join 1 and B1 then add A2 then B2 and so on until B4 10 Finalize the photomontage Once all the photos have been inserted properly overlaid and aligned one can make some other small adjustments to each photo if necessary gt Eliminate excessive overlay areas e Select the Rectangular Marquee tool the Tools panel I
10. RAPHS Once all the photographs have been rectified they can all be joined together to reconstruct complete image of the pavement 1 Open the first photograph A1_rectified jpg gt Inthe menu bar click File and then Open gt In the window that opens browse through the folders to find the Montage folder where the file A1_rectified jpg was saved gt Double click the first photo A1_rectified jpg to open it or click once on the name of the photo then click the Open button 2 Save the photomontage under another name gt Inthe menu bar click File and then Save As gt The window that opens shows the folder where all the rectified photos have been saved In the File Name box name the new file to refer to the photomontage providing the actual mosaic ID of the pavement for example DG M1 10_Photomontage In the same window in the Format box open the drop down menu and chose the psd format The extension will then be automatically given to this new file gt Confirm by clicking Save 3 Place the photograph in a new layer By default a new photo is automatically in the layer called Background that cannot be modified The Background layer needs to be converted into a normal layer in order to rectify the photo or make any changes To do this follow the procedure detailed above in step 2 of the preceding section Adjusting and rectifying photographs 4 Prepare the canvas To be able to joi
11. Start the Adobe Photoshop software by double clicking its icon on the Desktop gt Inthe menu bar located at the top of the screen click File and then Open gt In the window that opens browse through the folders to find the photos of the mosaic sections in the Montage folder of the corresponding pavement where they have been organized Double click the first photo called A1 to open it 2 Place the photograph in a new changeable layer By default a new photo is automatically in the layer called Background which cannot be modified The Background layer needs to be converted into a normal layer in order to rectify the photograph or make any changes gt Display the Layers panel if the Layers panel is already displayed go to the next step in the menu bar located at the top of the screen and click on Window then Layers Convert the Background into a changeable layer In the menu bar click Layer then New In the new menu that opens click Layer From Background or double click the Background layer in the Layers panel In the window that opens give a name to the new layer by typing in the Name box the name of the image that is open which is the Letter Number combination of the corresponding sector gt Confirm by clicking OK 3 Correct the colors gt Inthe menu bar click Image and then Adjustments gt Inthe new menu that opens click Auto Levels 12 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training
12. Supplemental Manuals for Digital Photographic Documentation Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Transferring and archiving digital photographs on a computer Laying out digital photographs using Microsoft Word Photomontaging digital photographs using Adobe Photoshop Supplemental Manuals for Digital Photographic Documentation Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Transferring and archiving digital photographs on a computer Laying out digital photographs using Microsoft Word Photomontaging digital photographs using Adobe Photoshop The Getty Conservation Institute Los Angeles Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 Copyright 2008 2011 2013 J Paul Getty Trust and Institut National du Patrimoine de Tunisie Every effort has been made to contact the copyright holders of the material in this book and to obtain permission to publish it Any omissions will be corrected in future volumes if the publisher is notifled in writing Getty Conservation Institute 1200 Getty Center Drive Suite 700 Los Angeles CA 90049 1684 USA Telephone 310 4407525 Fax 310 440 7702 E mail gciweb getty edu www getty edu conservation Institut National du Patrimoine 4 Place du Chateau 1008 Tunis Tunisia Telephone 216 71 561
13. a grid will be built To do this from the horizontal and vertical rulers drag as explained earlier in step 5 in the previous section Adjusting and rectifying photographs two guides one horizontal and one vertical positioning them 1 cm read the distance on the rulers vertically and horizontally on the zero origin of the rulers This point is the new point of origin gt Change the zero origin of the rulers to the point of origin To do this position the mouse pointer over the small square in the upper left corner of the window where the two rulers intersect and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the pointer diagonally down onto the point of origin at the intersection of the two guides Thus the zero of the horizontal and vertical rulers is now at the point of origin gt Position the other guides to create a grid To do this from the horizontal and vertical rulers drag new horizontal and vertical guides to create a grid whose cells have the same dimensions as those of the photos of the mosaic sectors For example if the photos of the sectors were rectified to the dimensions of a 12 cm x 12 cm frame create a grid of squares each 12 cm wide and 12 cm high in sufficient numbers to be able to position all the sections of the mosaic from the new point of origin 6 Position the first photo Move the photo A1_rectified already present on the canvas to its correct position in the grid Da Select the Move tool in the Tool
14. are version Click on the Crop tool The mouse cursor takes the shape of the crop tool two right angles one fitted into the other Click on one of the circles or one of the squares located on the sides and corners of the photo The mouse cursor takes the shape of a black T if you click on a side or a black right angle if you click on a corner cropping handle Drag the mouse toward the center of the photo while holding down the left mouse button to tighten the framing on the mosaic and to keep only the interesting part of the image Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 gt When all the sides of the image have been correctly trimmed click once outside the photo to deselect it 3 Change the size of the photograph Click on the photo to select it Circles and or squares appear in the corners and on the sides of the photo Move the mouse cursor to one of the photo corners until a double arrow appears When the double arrow appears click and drag the mouse diagonally to reduce or enlarge the photo while holding down the left mouse button and the Shift key Change the size of the photo so it fills the entire space of the page while leaving enough room under the photo to insert the required information Note Holding down the Shift key while resizing the photo insures that its proportions stay the sa
15. e screen Once the photo has been moved use Edit gt Transform if needed to make small adjustments to the photo to correctly match the colored labels and the corners of the guide grid see step 6 of the previous section Adjusting and rectifying photographs 8 Adjust the overlay of the photos It is possible to change the opacity of a layer which allows one to see through the layer that lies just below This function is useful when making a photomontage because it allows one to verify that the reference points corners of the photographed sectors of two adjacent photos are properly overlaid gt To reduce the opacity of the layer located above for example 2 select the A2 layer in the Layers panel by clicking on it gt Still in the Layers panel click the arrow to open the Opacity pop up slider box and drag the marker until the opacity is between 50 and 60 gt Check that the reference points of the two adjacent images are correctly overlaid gt Use Edit gt Transform to align the points if they do not overlap well see step 6 of the preceeding section Adjusting and rectifying photographs gt Reset the opacity of the top layer 2 to 100 9 Insert the next photographs one by one For each sector of the mosaic repeat previous steps 7 and 8 thus inserting the photographs in the grid one after the other 18 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation
16. ern and eastern Mediterranean region provide training to a variety of individuals involved in mosaics conservation and more generally with the management of archaeological sites and museums with mosaics work with national and international bodies to provide a more favorable legislative regulatory and economic environment for the conservation of mosaics in the Mediterranean and promote the dissemination and exchange of information ISBN 978 1 937433 03 1 online resource Photo Amel Chebbi 2005 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION u alaq iwa dude suss asoa 1 TRANSFERRING AND ARCHIVING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON A COMPUTER 3 TRANSFERRING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A CAMERA TO A COMPUTER 3 SELECTING AND CHECKING THE 5 RENAMING THE FILES wsseisscesccsscsessscicscesesnushasesusctacacasstisuscesnesoerbuncaberoetssosetceisesentdaccascdoateas 5 ORGANIZING THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN A DIGITAL ARCHIVE 6 LAYING OUT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS USING MICROSOFT WORD 7 CREATING A WORD DOCUMENT AND LAYING IT 7 INSERTIN
17. for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 4 Change the image size If the size of the image file is too large greater than 1000 kB 1 MB it be reduced by changing both the dimensions of the image in centimeters and its resolution in pixels per inch To get the best possible print quality it is usually recommended to first change the resolution of the image in pixels per inch and then second to change its dimensions in centimeters instead of doing the two operations at the same time gt Change the resolution of the image In the menu bar click Image and then Image Size In the window that opens uncheck the Resample Image option and select Constrain Proportions to maintain the current ratio of width to height of the image Under Document Size set the value of the resolution to 300 ppi pixels per inch to maintain a good image quality for printing This operation changes the resolution of the image without changing the total number of pixels in the image Confirm by clicking OK gt Change the dimensions of the image in centimeters e Reopen the same window by clicking on Image gt Image Size In the window that opens check Resample Image and select Constrain Proportions e Under Document Size enter 15 cm for the Width of the photograph if the photo is horizontal landscape or 11 5 cm if it is vertical portrait The Height of the photograph
18. he condition of mosaics and the treatments that technicians carry out on them as well as for planning and carrying out maintenance cycles on mosaics The final manual Photomontaging digital photographs using Adobe Photoshop describes the steps in producing a photographic base from more than one photograph an important type of documentation that facilitates the subsequent accurate mapping of conditions and treatments While these manuals provide only basic information it was considered necessary to provide such a reference guide for those technician trainees whose exposure to computers and digital photography is very limited The instructions have been kept as general as possible in order for them to be applicable to a range of computer operating systems and to different versions of common software Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 TRANSFERRING AND ARCHIVING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON A COMPUTER TRANSFERRING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A CAMERA TO A COMPUTER 1 Create a temporary folder on the computer desktop All the photos in the camera are first transferred to a temporary folder before being organized in their respective folders gt Click on the computer desktop with the right button of the mouse Inthe context menu that appears click New and then Folder to create a new folder on the desktop gt Name the f
19. he temporary folder Photos When all the photos from the temporary Photos folder located on the Desktop have been transferred to the folders of the corresponding rooms the temporary folder should be empty One can then either gt keep the empty temporary folder created on the Desktop to use it for the next transfer of photos from the camera or delete it by selecting the folder with a mouse click and dragging and dropping it to the Recycle Bin icon located on the Desktop Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 LAYING OUT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS USING MICROSOFT WORD Microsoft Word software can be used to lay out a single photo or a photomontage of a mosaic blank page to create a photographic base which can then be printed In addition to photographic bases the method described here can be used to lay out any documentation photo that needs to be printed CREATING A WORD DOCUMENT AND LAYING IT OUT 1 Create a new Microsoft Word document gt Start Microsoft Word by double clicking on the icon graphic symbol of the software located on the Desktop The program starts and opens a new blank document that is automatically named by the computer Document 1 and should be renamed gt Open the Save As window via the File menu or ribbon tab depending on the version of the software used gt I
20. ile by typing Photos using the keyboard gt Confirm the name by pressing the Enter key or by clicking elsewhere on the Desktop 2 Connect the camera to the computer with the USB cable and turn on the camera 3 Transfer photographs from the digital camera to the computer gt Open My Computer by double clicking on the corresponding icon graphic symbol located on the Desktop or by double clicking on My Computer in Windows Explorer if the icon is not present on the Desktop gt Inthe Explorer window view the contents of the camera by double clicking on the name of the corresponding device Open the Folder that contains the photos the name of this folder varies depending on the brand of camera The photos are displayed with names consisting of letters different for each camera brand and increasing numbers for example DCSN100003457 jpg Select the photos to be transferred one by one or several at a time To select several photos at the same time click once on the first photo to be selected and then while holding down the Shift key on the keyboard click on the last photo to be selected All photos between the first and the last one are then automatically selected and are highlighted in blue You can also click next to the first photo to select it then drag the mouse diagonally holding the button down until all the photos you want to select are included in the box that appears The selected photos are then highlighted
21. in blue Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 3 gt Copy the files to the Photos folder on the Desktop There are three ways to do this Click on one of the selected photos and then drag and drop the selected photos to the Photos folder located on the Desktop that is hold the mouse button down and do not release it until the pointer has reached the Photos folder This will copy the photos on to the computer You can also Right click on one of the selected photos then in the context menu that appears click Copy Next open the folder Photos on the Desktop place the mouse cursor in the folder then right click and choose Paste from the context menu that opens Finally you can use keyboard shortcuts Hold down simultaneously the Ctrl key and the letter C on the keyboard Ctrl C to Copy the photos Then open the folder Photos on the Desktop or activate it with a click if it is already open place the mouse cursor in the folder and simultaneously hold down the Ctrl key and the letter V on the keyboard Ctrl V to Paste the photos in that folder If there are many photos to copy it may take some time Wait until the transfer is entirely completed and check that all the photos were correctly copied onto the computer 4 Disconnect the camera from the computer gt Close the
22. ing on a site for the first time gt Open My Computer by double clicking on its icon located on the Desktop or by double clicking on My Computer in Windows Explorer if the icon is not present on the Desktop In the Explorer window that opens open the My Documents folder Right click inside the window In the context menu that appears click New and then select Folder to create a new folder in that window Rename the folder the same way the photos were renamed above by naming the folder with the the site and the archive subject for example Dougga mosaics Open the folder and using the method described above create several folders within the site folder each with the name of a site building containing mosaics for example House of Eros and Psyche Using the same method create several folders in each building folder each with the number and name if it exists of a room of the building for example Room 11 Triclinium The corresponding digital documents will be placed in each room s folder 2 Archive the digital photographs gt Open the temporary Photos folder located on the Desktop where the photos have initially been transferred Open the folder of the room where the photos were taken Select the photos of this room in the temporary Photos folder and drag and drop them in the folder of the corresponding room Repeat the process for each room where photos were taken 3 Keep or delete t
23. lank on the base Prepared by Leave blank on the base If the document is not a photographic base for example if it is an overall photo to be attached to Data Form No 1 or photos for documentation of the mosaic the filename will be used as the photo caption This will make it easier to find the corresponding digital file from the printed photo Place the cursor at the bottom right corner of the photo and go to the next line by pressing the Enter key on the keyboard one or more times e Using the keyboard write or copy the file name of the photo without extension below the image e Make sure the text below the photo is correctly Centered as explained above 2 Save the file All changes made to the document must be saved to the computer gt Click the Save icon or go to the Save command through the File menu or ribbon tab depending on the version of the software used PRINTING AND COMPLETING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BASE 1 Print the document gt Connect the computer to a printer with a USB cable or a Wi Fi connection and turn on the printer Go to the Print command via the File menu or ribbon tab depending on the version of the software used Select the correct printer from the list that appears if there are several Confirm with OK 2 Complete the photographic base If the document laid out is a photographic base it must be completed by hand once printed Add the graphic scale and an arrow indicating No
24. lick on the handles of the bounding box the small squares in the corners of the image and while keeping the left mouse button pressed distort the image to match the four corners of the photographed sector the 4 colored labels with the corners of the frame created with the guides It is important to work slowly by making small changes on each corner of the area one after the other as the transformation of an area of the image can change the location of the other corners When the transformation is complete validate by double clicking the canvas or by pressing the Enter key or by clicking the confirmation button V found the Options bar at the top of the screen Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 7 Crop the image gt gt Select the Crop tool t in the Tools panel Create a marquee with the mouse pointer around the part of the image to be kept To do this click on a corner of the area to be kept and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag down the pointer diagonally to the opposite corner The marquee should include the entire photographed sector of the mosaic plus a 1 cm border all around it If necessary adjust the marquee by dragging the frame handles small squares Confirm by double clicking the canvas or by pressing the Enter key or by clicking the confirmation button V found in the Op
25. me and that the photo is not distorted Click once outside the photo to deselect it 4 Position the photograph in the center of the page gt Click on the photo to select it Circles and or squares appear in the corners and on the sides of the photo gt Centering a photo uses the same command as centering a text It be done either by directly clicking on the Center Text icon or by opening the Paragraph window by clicking the appropriate menu or ribbon tab depending on the software version and in the Alignment section choosing Centered FINISHING THE DOCUMENT 1 Complete the document gt Ifthe document is a photographic base some information must be added below the photo Place the cursor at the bottom right corner of the photo and go to the next line by pressing the Enter key on the keyboard one or more times e Click on the Align Text Left icon or open the Paragraph window by clicking on the appropriate menu or ribbon tab depending on the software version and in the Alignment section selecting Left e Using the keyboard write the following information below the photo ID Mosaic ID Always write on the base the Mosaic ID Base made on Date Always write on the base the date it was made Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 9 gt Title Leave blank on the base Date Leave b
26. n all the photographs it is necessary to increase the size of the canvas to have enough room to place all the sections of the photomontage Increase the canvas size To increase the canvas size follow the procedure detailed above in step 5 Choose a Height and a Width corresponding to the number of sections to be joined For example a mosaic has been divided into eight sectors positioned in two horizontal rows of 4 sections each After rectification the size of each sector image is 12 cm x 12 cm Thus the photomontage will have once assembled a width of 48 cm and a height of 24 cm 16 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 The canvas size will therefore be increased so that it has a width of 50 cm and height of 26 cmiin order to leave a 1 cm border around the edges of the final photomontage Confirm by clicking gt Delete the guides previously used if they are still present clicking View and then Clear Guides in the menu bar gt View the rulers if they are not already displayed see step 5 of the previous section Adjusting and rectifying photographs 5 Recreate the grid of the sectors The grid of the sectors of the mosaic that were photographed to help to make the photomontage will now be recreated using guides Place the first two guides of the grid on a new point of origin from which
27. n the Options bar located at the top of the workspace adjust the Feather an option of the Marquee tool to 15 pixels This process blurs the edges of the selected area by creating a transition zone between the selection and the surrounding pixels which will give the appearance of a seamless photomontage that is without visible lines between the different photos In the Layers panel select the layer of the photo you want to work on by clicking it Select with the Marquee tool the part of the photo to be deleted that is click one corner of the area to be removed and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the pointer down diagonally to the opposite corner e Remove the selection by pressing the Delete key gt Adjust the brightness and contrast Select the layer of the photo you want to work on In the menu bar click Image then Adjustments then Brightness Contrast e Drag the sliders to increase or decrease the brightness and contrast values Confirm by clicking OK Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 1 9 11 Create a version of the photomontage without layers To be able to work easily with the photomontage subsequently for example to insert the photo into a Word document it is necessary to save the photomontage in a format without layers such as jpeg format gt
28. n this window browse the folders until you find the folder of the corresponding room gt Inthe same window the File name box write the file name of the photo without the extension jpg etc using the keyboard or copy paste and for a photographic base write the words PhotoBase in the note section if not already written see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics page 38 The software automatically adds the Word extension doc or docx depending on the version For example the Word file of the layout of the photo DG M1 10_2011 03 05_1ID jpg will be called DG M1 10_2011 03 05_1ID_ BasePhoto doc gt Confirm by clicking Save 2 Lay out the document Before inserting a photo on a page it is recommended to prepare the page by using some Page Layout options to use the maximum space available on a page gt Open the Page Layout window by clicking on the appropriate menu or ribbon tab depending on the software version used gt Inthe Margins tab change the document margins that is the spaces left empty around the edges of the page giving the value of 1 cm to the four margins top bottom left right and the value of 0 to the gutter margin Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 7 gt gt Choose the page Orientation so that it is the same as the image you want to i
29. nsert You can choose between a vertical orientation called Portrait or a horizontal orientation called Landscape Confirm by clicking OK INSERTING AND CHANGING A PHOTOGRAPH 1 Insert the photograph in the page gt gt Click with the mouse anywhere the blank Click on the Insert menu or ribbon tab depending on the software version located at the top of the screen Click on Picture and choose From File if necessary depending on the software version The Insert Picture window then opens In this window browse the folders to find the one where the photo has been archived It should be in My Documents gt Site gt Building gt Room Double click on the photo to insert it The photo appears on the page The photo that has just been inserted into the page is often too large or too small It may also be poorly framed or the mosaic appears too small on the image Sometimes the photo is not well centered on the page It is possible to improve all these aspects by changing the photo after its insertion Crop parts of the photograph Ifthe photo is not properly framed it is important to crop the parts of the photo that are not needed so that only the subject of the photo appears in the image gt Click on the photo to select it Circles and or squares appear in the corners and on the sides of the photo Open the Picture Format section using the appropriate menu or ribbon tab depending on the softw
30. quality of each photograph and delete the unusable ones gt Look at each photo to check the focus by using the Magnifying Glass in the control bar below the photo if necessary gt Delete the photos that are not too out of focus or that are duplicates by clicking on the Delete button located on the control bar below the photo or by using the Delete key gt In the window that appears confirm the deletion of the photo RENAMING FILES 1 Select the photograph gt Open the Photos folder located the Desktop with a double click gt Select the photo you want to rename by clicking on it once 2 Give anew the photograph gt Right click and in the context menu that appears click Rename or left click again on the name of the photo The current name of the photo is then highlighted in blue and a blinking cursor appears at the end of the name gt Enter the new filename of the photo with the keyboard see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics pages 37 39 gt Confirm by pressing the Enter key or by clicking outside the file name with the mouse Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 ORGANIZING THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics page 36 1 Create the file organization system of the archive if work
31. rth to the sheet of paper see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics page 53 if they are not already in the photo Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 PHOTOMONTAGING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP munas h TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND ORGANIZING THEM IN A COMPUTER 1 Document the photographs taken When taking digital photographs for a photomontage it is important to note the Letter Number combination and the dimensions of each photographed sector on a plan or a schematic drawing of the mosaic see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics pages 54 56 Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 11 2 Organize the photographs taken for a photomontage the computer Place these photos a new folder called Montage within the folder of the pavement to be documented see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics pages 36 37 gt Rename each photograph with the Letter Number combination corresponding to the one on the schematic drawing of the mosaic see Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics page 57 ADJUSTING AND RECTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS 1 Start the software and open a photograph gt
32. s panel gt Click inside the photo to be moved then keeping the left mouse button pressed drag it to the upper left grid cell until the four corners of the photographed sector the 4 colored labels are aligned with the corners of the frame created by the guides Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 TZ Once the photo has been moved use Edit gt Transform if needed to make small adjustments to the photo to correctly match the colored labels and the corners of the guide grid see step 6 of the previous section Adjusting and rectifying photographs 7 Insert the next photo gt Inthe menu bar click File and then click Import In the window that opens select the next photo For the second photo it will be either A2_rectified jpg or B1_rectified jpg gt Double click the name of the photo to open it or click once on the name of the photo and then click the Import button The new image is automatically imported into a new layer Place the mouse pointer inside the new photo and move it to position into its location in the grid lining up the corners of the photographed sectors the 4 colored labels with the corners of the frame created by the guides gt Validate the imported image by pressing the Enter key or by clicking the confirmation button V found the Options bar at the top of th
33. tions bar at the top of the screen 8 Save the image in jpeg format and close the photograph gt gt In the menu bar click File and then Save As In the window that opens in the File Name box change the current name by adding _rectified after the letter number combination of the photo section on which work has been carried out For example the rectified image of the A1 section will be named 1 _ the same window the Format open the drop down menu choose jpeg format The jpg extension will thus be given automatically to the fllename Confirm by clicking the Save button In the new window that opens specify the image quality after compression all jpeg format images are compressed Enter the value 10 in the Quality text box or move the Quality slider to 10 to maintain a good print quality Confirm by clicking OK Close the file Repeat the previous steps for the photograph of each sector of the mosaic 1 E N Open the photograph file Place the photograph in a new layer that can be edited and name the layer Correct colors Change the image size Prepare the canvas Rectify the image Crop the image Save the image in jpeg format and close the photograph Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 1 5 MONTAGING THE PHOTOG
34. window of the camera s folder gt Disconnect the camera safely by clicking on the Safely Remove Hardware icon which islocated in the notification area on the right hand side of the taskbar the icon and its location vary depending on the version of operating system Click the device name corresponding to the camera in the device list that appears Wait until the computer displays a notification that allows you to disconnect the camera gt Turn off the camera and remove the USB cable 5 Delete the photographs from the camera gt Turn the camera gt Using the camera functions refer to the user manual delete all the photos from the memory card Note although it is possible to remove the photos from the camera through the computer it is strongly recommended to delete them directly from the camera Supplemental Manuals Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics Getty Conservation Institute Institut National du Patrimoine Tunis 2013 SELECTING AND CHECKING THE PHOTOGRAPHS 1 Open each photograph gt Open the Photos folder located on the Desktop by double clicking it gt Double click on each photo one after the other so that it opens in Windows Photo Viewer 2 Change the orientation of the photographs Ifthe image is not displayed with the correct orientation click on the Rotate clockwise or Rotate counterclockwise icon located in the control bar below the photo 3 Check the
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