Specimen Image Processing
From iDigBio
Image processing involves all tasks performed on an image or group of images following image capture. Nine tasks are addressed here, reflecting common practices:
- quality control,
- barcode capture,
- file conversion,
- image cropping,
- color balance or light level adjustments,
- image stacking,
- redaction,
- file transfer, and
- optical character recognition (OCR).
Imaging Documents and Resources
- Mike Bevans' Herbarium Image Editing Guidelines
- Mike Bevans' Intro to Photoshop
- Mike Bevans' Blog on Digital Imaging
- Mike Bevans' Digitizing Plant Collections VSU Workshop - link to power point
- Douglas Cromey's Digital Imaging Ethics
- Nikon's Capture NX2 Software User's Manual