Summary of Digitization Specifications

Summary of Digitization Specifications

 

Archival Master File 

Optical capture resolution

Bit depth

Embedded color/gray profile

Notes

Production Master File Format

Derivative File Format (AV only)

*Text-based

 

 

 

 

*Image specs optimized for OCR

 

 

Printed computer documents

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

300-400 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

Size of text should be considered when determining resolution

JPEG 2000 (see recipes https://github.com/pulibrary/figgy/blob/master/config/config.yml#L12)

Tiled multi-resolution TIFF (Pyramidal TIFF)

 

Typed documents

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

300-400 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

Size of text should be considered when determining resolution

 

Printed publication matter

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

300-400 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

Size of text should be considered when determining resolution

 

Printed matter on microform

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

*3500 PPI

8

Gray Gamma 2.2

*Accounts for magnification ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special collections on paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bound material

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

500 PPI minimum

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

JPEG 2000 (see recipes https://github.com/pulibrary/figgy/blob/master/config/config.yml#L12)

Tiled multi-resolution TIFF (Pyramidal TIFF)

 

Unbound material

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

500 PPI minimum

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

 

Posters

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

300 PPI, minimum 7200 px on long axis

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

 

Scrolls

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

Minimum 7200 px on short axis

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

 

*Photographs

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

Minimum 7200 px on long axis

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

*Includes prints, photogravure, lithographs, Daguerreotypes

 

Special collections on microform

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

*3500 PPI

8

Gray Gamma 2.2

*Accounts for magnification ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special collections on still film

 

 

 

 

For moving image film, see Audio and Moving Images section below.

 

 

Film negatives up to 4"x5"

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

3000 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

 

JPEG 2000 (see recipes https://github.com/pulibrary/figgy/blob/master/config/config.yml#L12)

Tiled multi-resolution TIFF (Pyramidal TIFF)

 

Film positives up to 4"x5"

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

3000 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

 

 

Glass negatives up to 4"x5"

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

3000 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

 

 

Film negatives larger than 4"x5"

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

2000 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

 

 

Film positives larger than 4"x5"

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

2000 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

 

 

Glass negatives larger than 4"x5"

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

2000 PPI

8/24

Adobe RGB (1998)/Gray Gamma 2.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maps

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

400 PPI, minimum 7200 px on long axis

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

JPEG 2000 (see recipes https://github.com/pulibrary/figgy/blob/master/config/config.yml#L12)

Tiled multi-resolution TIFF (Pyramidal TIFF)

 

Historic maps

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

400-600 PPI, minimum 7200 px on long axis

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

 

Atlases

Uncompressed TIFF v.6

400-600 PPI, minimum 7200 px on long axis

24

Adobe RGB (1998)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio and Moving Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio (analog source)

Broadcast Wave (BWF) wrapper;
linear PCM uncompressed
24-bit bit-depth; 96kHz sampling rate

 

24

 

 

Broadcast Wave (BWF) wrapper;
linear PCM uncompressed
16-bit bit-depth; 44.1 kHz sampling rate

MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3); 256Kbps bit rate; 44.1 kHz sampling rate

Audio (digital source)

Broadcast Wave (BWF) wrapper; native uncompressed data at original sample rate (typically 44.1 or 48 kHz) and bit-depth (typically 16-bit) with original embedded metadata maintained

 

16

 

 

n/a

MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3); 256Kbps bit rate; 44.1 kHz sampling rate

Video (analog source)

FFV1 version 3 in Matroska (MKV) wrapper (4:2:2 YUV, 10-bit bit depth) with linear PCM uncompressed audio encoding (24-bit bit-depth; 48kHz sampling rate)

 

24

 

 

QuickTime ProRes 422 HQ

MPEG-4 H.264 video

Video (digital source)

preserve original codec in Matroska (MKV) wrapper, with original embedded metadata maintained

 

bit depth of source

 

 

n/a

MPEG-4 H.264 video

Film

2k RAWcooked DPX (FFV1 version 3 in Matroska (MKV) wrapper)
10-bit LOG; RGB 4:4:4; with uncompressed linear PCM audio encoding (24-bit bit-depth; 96kHz sampling rate)

 

24

 

In cases where DPX is not warranted, follow standards for analog video.

QuickTime ProRes 422 HQ

MPEG-4 H.264 video