Getting Started
Turn on the Mac and log onto the computer.
If this is your first time logging into the digitization studio computer, follow the instructions in Appendix B to map the M: and P: Drives.
Configure Capture One Software
Open Capture One and create a new session.
i. Select “New Session" at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
ii. Or click on the Library tab in the top left menu of the opened software. Next to the session name, click the “+” icon to the right and “Add a New Session”.
Name your session LASTNAME_YYYY_MM_DD
The session must run and save locally, not on the network. Change Location to “Pictures.”
Make sure that you do NOT have “Open in a new window” ticked and click “OK.”
Open Shutter Control software.
When the box appears, click “select lens” on top and wait. The Apo-Digital 5, 6/72 L-62° lens name should appear.
Set shutter control settings to 1/60 s shutter speed and f8 aperture size.
Check that the red “release” button is greyed out and “C1 Control” doesn’t have an X through it. If it has an X, click the icon to make it disappear.
Prepare the Room
Turn on the lightbox by switching on the “Power” switch on the black box.
Determine if you need the pneumatic book cradle:
If yes – Turn on the air compressor. Switch to “Auto” and turn the red valve in front of the compressor to “On” (facing the black pressure valve). You should hear a soft swish. Remove the top of the copy stand.
Remove the lens cap.
Turn off the lights in the room.
Set camera height according to desired image resolution (300, 400 or 600 DPI). Use the remote control to raise or lower the camera lens, positioning the bracket above the tape marker on the copy stand for your chosen resolution.
Preflight
In Capture One, navigate to the Preflight and Production menu.
Select Window > Workspace > CH Reflective – Preflight + Production.
Troubleshooting: If the CH workspaces don’t show up, go to Capture One + Licenses to switch from DB to Pro, re-entering the login info.
From the menu on the left-hand side, Select the Tools menu by clicking the hammer icon.
In Camera menu, choose “Phase One IQ3 80MP” in the drop-down menu if it reads “No camera connected.”
The camera is in landscape mode: place your item on the copy stand and center below the lens accordingly.
Place the Golden Thread color target next to the item Only handle the color target by its edges to avoid fingerprints.
Focus
Under the Tools Tab, click the icon of the movie camera in a circle in the Camera menu. This will put you in Live View for the shutter.
In the Shutter Control box (a separate window), click “Open” to open the shutter.
On the top navigation within live view mode, click the RGB box to turn off color view. It is recommended to use live view in black and white.
Resize the Live View window if necessary.
Double-click on a detailed area of the image to zoom in for better focusing.
Manually adjust the lens to focus. Watch the live view on the monitor. Take your time.
Note: There is a 1-2 second delay to reflect the image.
Note: it looks sharper in the actual exposure than it does in live view.
Optional: Turn on the Focus Meter. The main (white-colored) meter peaks at, or occasionally close to, optimal focus, leaving an orange-colored marker at the high point.
A secondary, orange-colored fine-focus meter is used to verify the measurement (located in the main meter’s frame). Continue to adjust the focusing ring with care, until the secondary fine-focus meter reaches its maximum point.
When optimal focus is achieved, the outer orange fine focus meter encloses the main white bar, which then changes color to orange.
The Focus Meter helps with finetuning but check the final focus with the eye.
When you’re happy with the focus, hit “Close” in the Shutter Control box to close the lens. Then, close out of Live View.
Take a test exposure one of three ways:
Click large circular button (in the left-hand menu in the Camera: Phase One IQ3 80MP box)
Keyboard short-cut [Cmd]+[K]
Tap black foot pedal at the imaging station.
10. Check the Base Characteristics box after the first shot. Adjust the following settings as necessary:
Mode: Photography (or Translucent Materials, if relevant)
ICC Profile selects Phase One IQ3 80MP
Curve: Linear/Scientific
11. Zoom in by scrolling the mouse button to check if the item is in focus. Repeat steps 7-9 until focus is crisp.
a. Note: If you change the height of your object or camera, you will need to reset the focus.
Resolution
Double check that you have the minimum number of pixels required. You can downsize later, but you never want to upscale and add pixels that aren’t there.
Select the “Ruler” tool. Click and drag it over one inch of the color target ruler. The dpi
will display in
the box on the left-hand side under the Capture Resolution Ruler menu. Set the Length
to “1 inch.”
a. For first time users, to add the Capture Resolution Ruler tool, go to View > Customize Toolbar > Capture Resolution Ruler, and drag the tool to dock anywhere in the Tool Tabs section.
Type letter H to go back to “hand” tool at any time. Double-click on the screen to
return to 100%
view.
You may have to re-adjust the focus after attaining the desired resolution.
White Balance
Check the white balance.
a. Type W (shortcut) or select the eye dropper icon from the top center
navigation bar.
Click anywhere in patch 15 (grey).
b. Then click and hold on the eye drop menu and select “Add Color Readout.”
c. Click anywhere in White Patch (number 10).
d. Troubleshoot: If the Color Readout numbers are not reading against the Golden Thread (for example, the numbers are way too high because it’s reading in RGB), go to View menu on top navigation and select Lab Readout > Golden Thread (standard).
e. Troubleshoot: If the white balance checker is being buggy, delete and add a new color readout via the top eye drop menu, or use the eyedropper and hover over the target.
Adjust exposure until color readout reads near (slightly under) the target value 97.06.
a. A color readout of 90 would be an acceptable low for 97 because after applying the LCC (step 3) this number will be higher. Never be more than 5 numbers lower than target value, and you never want to go over the target number.
b. Bracket your shot: turn the
Bracket switch
on the black lightbox to control
light allowance.
c. Rock the B switch which
changes the
light input at greater steps
d. Last resort, adjust the f-stop in
Shutter Control
increasing by 1/10 of an
increment each
time, but try to stay close to f8.
e. “Bleed the strobe” after every
light adjustment
by hitting the illuminated “Test”
button.
Create the Lens Cast Correction (LCC) –
(Commonly
called Light Calibration)
a. Remove the item from the copy
stand if fragile.
b. Place white foam board over the Golden Thread on the table and turn Bracket switch on the black power box down two stops. Bleed strobe.
c. Take a picture of the white foam board.
d. Click “Create LCC” button in LCC menu on the left-hand side.
e. Unclick the boxes for Dust Removal and Wide-Angle Lens Movements.
f. Color cast and uniform light should be checked.
g. Click “Create.” An image marked LCC should appear at the top as a grey image.
h. Raise bracket power back up two stops. Bleed strobe.
i. Remove the white foam board and replace item. Take a picture with the Golden Thread target.
j. Check white balance. Applying the LCC will raise the Color Readout number by a few digits. If you’re now reading over the target value (97.06), follow steps 2a-2d to adjust the exposure again.
Use the Exposure tool in the software (left menu) .1 or .05 for tiny calibration adjustments to the f-stop to fine tune the white balance readout.
When color readout is approximately 97.06, click “set” next to eye dropper (located in the “Camera” menu).
a. Note: If you make any changes to the shot, such as moving the camera up or down, you will need to reset the LCC.
Shoot an image to verify LCC has been created. A square icon on the bottom right of images means that the LCC is being applied.
Taking Production Shots
Navigate to the Production menu.
Set your file name by clicking the ellipsis (three dots) after “Next Capture Naming.”
a. In Preset dropdown menu, select “Name and 3 Digit Counter”
b. In Format bar, insert an underscore symbol between “Name” and “3 Digit Counter”
c. Select OK.
In “Name” field, enter the items bib number, accession number, or other identifier.
a. Note: To reset the Capture Counter to “001,” click on the ellipses next to the “Help” (?) icon to expand the menu and select “Reset Capture Counter.”
Confirm the multi-file icon in the top left menu is highlighted orange to link all images
for batch
adjustments.
Begin imaging.
Loose Material
Select all images and crop using the Auto Crop function.
a. In the Auto Crop menu, apply the following settings.
Method: Loose Material
Straighten: Pick the straightest edge of your object.
Padding: 50-75 px
b. Select “On Crop” box.
c. Click “Auto Crop.”
d. Auto-rotation will have straightened all photos and should automatically crop out the Golden Thread target. Note: If auto crop and straighten are not working, try manually adjusting the crop area to include more space around the object, then click “Auto Crop” again.
e. Manually change the crop on the first image to keep the Golden Thread in the first photo only for a batch.
f. If the crop doesn’t catch,
there may not
enough contrast between the
item and the
background. Use the Levels
tool to change
the contrast. (If Levels tool
isn’t there,
select it via Window/Create
Floating
Tool/Levels and drag it onto
the left-hand
menu.)
i. Drag levels on
diagonals to
get severe contrast in colors.
ii. In the top menu, choose Diagonal Arrow tool to “copy and apply
changes” so
that changes are applied to all and not just primary images.
iii. Once images are showing in skewed colors, click Auto Crop button again. It should spot edges and crop correctly.
iv. Add more padding on edges if it’s still not catching the edges of the book.
v. Once done, click “Reset” on Levels tool by clicking the “undo arrow” icon in the Levels menu. This will take contrast off all images.
Books
Save a two-page spread as two individual pages.
a. Take image of opened book.
b. Manually crop left page with the Crop tool.
c. Clone the image via top navigation Image > Clone Variant or F3 key shortcut.
d. On cloned image, move crop to right-hand page.
Under Next Capture Adjustments menu, change “Other” field to “Copy Variants from Last”.
a. Hold the Command key (Mac) and select each of the variants where the crop position should be copied from.
Deselect (uncheck) the “On Crop” and “On Capture” boxes in the Auto Crop menu.
Capture an image of the next spread. The new capture should produce two images, cropped variants of the left-hand and right-hand sides. Finish shooting book.
Select all images and crop using the Auto Crop function
a. In the Auto Crop menu, apply the following settings.
Method: Bound Material
Straighten: Average or Right or Left edge
Padding: 50-75 px
b. Auto Cropping will automatically straighten and crop all photos to the page of the book. Sometimes the crop is inaccurate, so it is recommended to
Production Shooting Tips and Tricks
Try to image items according to size (larger to smaller or smaller to larger) and wait at least 5 seconds between shots or test shots to allow strobes to reset at full power.
When taking multiple images for a batch upload, you only need to use the Golden Thread for the first shot.
Name your production files something other than the Job Name. Change the name of the images by clicking on a file name text box as it appears in the image browser running down the right-hand side of the screen.
a. Another way to apply batch rename is to hit Control and click an image in this browser to make a new menu appear. Select “Batch Rename” and type in a new Job Name and select a 3-digit counter.
Troubleshooting
The camera is powered by the computer and will get “stuck” if the system sits idle for too long or if the computer goes to sleep. If the camera stops responding (“No camera attached”), try:
a. Closing out of all software and opening them again.
b. A hard shutdown of the computer (just logging off or restarting tends to not work).
c. Unplug and replug the camera from the Mac.
d. Turning the camera on and off.
e. Once everything is back on and the camera still isn’t responding, try going in and out of the live view to reestablish a connection.
If the shutter won’t trigger, make sure the shutter and aperture are both open in the Shutter Control application.
a. Make sure all cables are connected properly.
b. Make sure the camera card is seated properly.
c. Enable and disable the Capture One trigger from the Shutter Control software.
d. Look at the back of the camera to see if any errors have popped up.
Other: Make sure the “power source” is set to “Autodetect” and the “camera setting” is in “Camera Mode 1.”
For further help, you can also consult the online support forums, online camera manual, user guides, or contact Digital Transitions.
DT Technical Support & Staff
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Phone: 212.529.6825 Email: wlc@digitaltransitions.com
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Please Note: Emails are preferred and generally responded to within 30 minutes if our technicians are assisting other clients.
End-of-the-Day Procedures
Close all software on the Mac and shut down the machine.
Turn off the black light power box. Then, bleed the lights.
Turn the compressor switch to “off” and turn the red plastic valve to “off” (by switching it so that it is perpendicular to the metal tube below it).
Replace the black copy table if you removed it.
Put the lens cap back on.
Turn off all lights in the room and make sure the door is securely locked.
Remove all collection items – this is not a secure location for storing or leaving collections items.