Welcome to Part II of my mini series
Archiving Your Child's Art Work, last week we went over
Part I: Photographing Your Child's Artwork.
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Today we're going to do a quick run down on scanning images to archive your child's artwork, followed by a few short tips for preserving originals.
Scanning originals. When archiving children's artwork scanning works well if you don't wan to mess around with lighting and photographing each piece. Honestly I think once set up, photographing is easier and goes faster.
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Scanning does have it's advantages, especially when working with smaller pictures and light crayon or colored pencil drawings. Additionally if the paper is wrinkled or warped, scanning will give you a clear, crisp image without worrying about crinkles and shadows.
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Scanning pictures is pretty straight forward. Scan your image and upload them to the computer. Once on your desktop you have the option of saving them as a jpeg or pdf. If you want to work with them within a photo editing program like iphoto, picasa, picnic or photoshop store them as a jpeg. The option of saving it as a pdf or an additional pdf file will allow for the best quality image when re-printing, you can use the snapshot tool in adobe to resize your image canvas.
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That's about it, like I said scanning, pretty straight forward. Next week I'll feature a few simple steps once your images are uploaded to edit in iphoto and picasa/picnic.
To finish up this quickie post, here are a few tips for preserving your
children's artwork originals:
- Store in a cool, dry place
- Use a portfolio, binder or folder with plastic sleeves to organize & protect artwork
- Consider laminating artwork so that it is sealed and protected around every border
- Frame artwork to display, use protective glass so exposure to light doesn't fade pictures
- Keep out of direct sunlight or fluorescent lights to prevent fading
- Don't store inbetween cardboard, it attracts moisture
- Remember to date/ mark descriptions for future reference (I never remember, at least this archiving project will help me with dates!)
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