De audiocassette: uitdagingen bij conservering en digitalisering

Dit artikel focust op de conservering en digitalisering van de audio compact cassette, meestal afgekort tot audiocassette, een unieke type drager van audiovisueel erfgoed. Uitgangspunt is dat wie audiocassettes gebruikte, waarvoor en hoe, een niet te negeren invloed had op de conservering en digitalisering van audiocassettes. Om die invloed te verklaren put Brecht Declercq uit zijn persoonlijke ervaring met drie …

ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation

The guide aims to help public and private institutions, as well as individual collectors, that have sound recordings in their collections but lack the professional expertise in one or more areas to preserve them. The guide covers audio conservation and preservation, recorded sound formats and their associated risks, appraisal, related copyright issues, and disaster preparedness. The guide also offers advice …

What Digital Resolution is Needed to Scan Motion Picture Film: 4K, or Higher?

In the last few years, both digital intermediate (DI) postproduction systems and digital projection have advanced to full 4K resolution, avoiding the generation losses of traditional photo-chemical workflows. This leads to the question of how high a resolution is necessary to scan the film at the beginning of such a production chain. In fact, with the possibility that further improvements …