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The importance of using a Digital Scan-Back in the reproduction of art
Image scanning is the
single most important part of the art reproduction business. Our business
and equipment are designed to reproduce art at the highest quality available
today. We prefer artists to bring, or send, us their original art. Some
artists are reluctant to release their art to anyone... Even for a short
period of time, while the art is digitized into a computer file. In these
cases the artists bring, or send, us film transparencies.
The quality of some transparencies are less than perfect. This occurs
for many reasons. Sometimes the transparencies are scratched and dirty, or
the film was not processed properly, or the lighting and exposure was not
right and there’s a lot of specular highlights. The list of reasons why
film transparencies are not our first choice is endless.
By using our Digital Scan-Back we can scan the original art directly into
the computer through a 4x5 camera. This way, every shot is a perfect shot.
The combination of our Digital Scan-Back and lighting that gives us constant
indirect daylight lighting that floods the original art results in no
specular highlights or hot spots. The resolution of the scan is very high
and the color is very accurate.
This process also saves a significant amount of labor. Cleaning up film
transparencies can take hours. Final adjustments to an image acquired using
our Digital Scan-Back takes only a few minutes.
Digitizing art by any method other than using a Digital Scan-Back means that
the final digital image file stored on the computer is at least two
generations away from the original. When you take a picture, the image first
travels through the lens of the camera. Then the film is developed,
introducing variable from the accuracy of the chemicals. The developed
transparency now must be scanned using a Flatbed Scanner which introduces a
third set of variables... The glass on the scanner, and the optics in the
scanner. The final digitized image is now three plus generations from the
original art. It is very probable that some of the imperfections injected by
one or more of these generations will not be correctable by the computer.
Anytime light passes through glass, you lose something... focusing or from
natural impurities of the glass of the lens. There is no easy way of
determining if the transparency has significant flaws until you have gone
through the trouble of scanning it. Even using a light box and/or a
magnifying loupe cannot detect significant flaws in the transparency. Once
the computer has enlarged the image by several thousand percent all the
imperfections in the image become apparent. What looks fine to the naked eye
at normal size may be significantly flawed when enlarged. If you want the
absolutely best quality of reproduction use a Digital Scan-Back and correct
lighting in a professional studio.
Images digitized using a Digital Scan-Back and printed using a high
resolution
Wide-Format printing result in 'Museum Quality' prints. To
learn more about the importance of using a Digital Scan-Back to digitize
art, or any important document or original, download the 'Better Imaging'
newsletter below.
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At Aesthetic
Images our professional photographer and artist work in harmony to scan your
original image
and "fine tune" the digitized image, as needed, to maximize the
quality of the archived image. All of the art presented in our
Art Gallery
has been produced using this "Superior Quality" process.
We believe that
if you are serious about achieving the highest image quality available today, you
should not compromise on the quality of the image scanning and printing
process. Aesthetic Images is
dedicated to providing you with the highest quality of image scanning
services, and
printing services available today.
Pricing for Image
Capture Services are as follows:
Scan-Back Scanning Prices
Original
image scanning onto CD-ROM by our Professional Photographer and
Artist, using a 4x5 camera, ultra high resolution Digital Scan-Back,
and High-intensity "Day lighting" in our digital photographic
studio.
- Original art no larger
than 6ft by 8ft:(Includes
White Balance, Cropping, Color Adjustment, removal of Minor flaws, and
up to 2 5x7 proofs)
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$125.00** |
- Original art larger
than 6ft by 8ft:(Includes
White Balance, Cropping, Color Adjustment, removal of Minor flaws, and
up to 2 5x7 proofs)
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Custom Pricing (Get Quote) |
Additional Image
Scanning Services Pricing |
- First two proofs FREE - Additionals:
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$15.00/Proof |
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$60.00/hr
(charged by the ¼ hour) |
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$15.00/Image |
- Drop shipping
available - Please ask a representative for details.
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* Pricing subject to
change without notice
** Shipping,
handling and packaging are not included
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For Image Scanning orders
please use Aesthetic Image's
Service
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Image
Scanning - Flatbed Scanner
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Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL
36
bit Scanner with 600 x 1200 dpi Actual Resolution on a 12"x17" bed
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The Flatbed Scanner is ideal for all
image scanning needs not exceeding 12 inches by 17 inches. Our Microtek
Scanner is designed to accept
printed originals as well as photo negatives and photo transparencies
(slides). At a maximum resolution of 2000 ppi
the Microtek 9600XL can generate an image file of 816 mega-pixels. The larger the original, the
higher resolution the scan will be. The higher resolution the scan, the
higher quality the final print will be.
Whether you want your old photos
scanned to CD or are looking to have damaged photos repaired or you
simply want to archive important documents... Aesthetic Images will meet
your needs -- at a reasonable price. Some common uses of the Flatbed
Scanner are: |
- Digitizing Photos
- Digitizing Slides
- Digitizing Negatives
- Digitizing documents as images
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Digitizing documents
as Word Processing Files
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Archiving historical
documents
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Archiving
important/legal documents
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Flatbed Scanning
Pricing |
- Scanning from
transparencies or photos
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$30.00/Transparency or Page**
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- First two proofs FREE - Additionals :
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$15.00/Proof**
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$60.00/hr
(charged by the ¼ hr)
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$15.00/Image**
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- Drop shipping
available - Please ask a representative for details.
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* Pricing subject to
change without notice
** Shipping,
handling and packaging are not included
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For Image Scanning orders
please use Aesthetic Image's
Service
Request Form |
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Document
Archival Services |
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This draft of United
States president Abraham Lincoln's (1860-1865) Gettysburg Address is a
little less than a page and a half. Lincoln delivered the speech in 1863 at
the site of a Union victory in the Civil War (1861-1865). The speech went
almost unnoticed at the time, but it has come to be regarded as one of the
most moving pieces of oratory in American history.
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Aesthetic
Images' Document Archival Services will provide you with the highest
quality of image scanning and printing available. Our premium Document
Archival Services are used by museums and Historical Societies across
the country to archive fine art and important historical documents.
Whether you
are looking to make copies of family photos or you want to archive
important family documents, Aesthetic Images will be happy to meet your
needs at a fair price.
Archived
document printed by our wide-format printer using pigment inks on acid-free paper
will last several generations, with proper care. Some of our common
Document Archival Services include the preservation of important: |
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Document Archival
Pricing - Flatbed Scanner
- Scanning of original document: $30.00/Page
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not exceeding 12 inches x 17 inches
- First two printed proofs FREE -
Additionals $15.00/Proof
- Document re-touching:
$60.00/hr
(charged by the ¼ hr)
- Document burning on CD:
$15.00/Image
- Drop shipping
available - Please ask a representative for details.
* Pricing subject to change without
notice
** Shipping, handling and packaging are not included
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For Image Scanning orders
please use Aesthetic Image's
Service
Request Form |
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