Welcome to imagemuse.org, the web site of ImageMuse.
ImageMuse
is a group of museum imaging and publishing professionals. We are
dedicated to defining guidelines for the creation and use of digital
files for reproduction.
Color
reproduction is problematic using digital files received from
unfamiliar sources without embedded profiles and/or guide prints.
ImageMuse
participants are working together to write shared guidelines for
preparing and handling digital files for reproduction. Our goal is wide
adoption of these guidelines by museum publications, imaging
departments and printing vendors. ImageMuse hopes to reduce the level
of effort for publication proofs and elevate image quality.
Members
of ImageMuse hold professional positions at the museums below, however
the museums themselves are not officially associated with ImageMuse:
Art Institute of Chicago
Boston MFA
British Museum
Brooklyn Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Guggenheim Museum
Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University Art Museums
J. Paul Getty Museum
LACMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
MOMA
National Gallery, London
National Gallery of Art (US)
National Gallery of Canada
Seattle Art Museum
Tate
UC Berkeley Art Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Yale Art Gallery
Our work has resulted in the 2007 UPDIG Digital Image Submission Guide for Fine Art Reproduction at http://updig.org/disg/fineart.php
Upcoming:
documents on digital imaging workflow best practices, templates for
requests for incoming files, ReadMe's for outgoing files, a glossary of
digital imaging terms, equipment test results, color management
guidance and links to other digital imaging resources.