African Posters: Technical Specifications

Digital Images Processed by:

Luna Imaging, Inc. (archival images on Photo CD)
Preservation Department, Northwestern University Library (derivative images for the Web)

Production Dates:

1996, 1997-98

Intermediate Copies:

Posters photographed on Kodak R2 135-36 (ISO 25 color negative) film using Kemlite MW9
lamps with Speedotron D800 power packs

Archival Images:

Color negative film scanned and captured on Kodak five base (five resolution) Photo CD disks,
with the highest resolution at 2048 x 3072 pixels.

Derivative Images:

Medium resolution images (512 x 768 pixels) were cropped to remove technical reference targets
and resaved in two formats and three sizes:
*JPEG 24 bit color low compression at high quality, 72 dpi, un-resized
*GIF 8 bit color thumbnails in two sizes -- mid-sized (c. 115 x 147 pixels) and small (c. 58 x 74
pixels)

For more information on the technical aspects of this project, see the project narrative.

Melville J. Herskovits
Library of African Studies

Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300

Reference Desk Phone: 847-467-3084
Office Phone: 847-491-7684
Fax: 847-467-1233
E-mail: africana@northwestern.edu