The VRC maintains digital imaging stations
for Art and Art History faculty and students, and provides training by appointment to department members in image scanning, processing, and archiving strategies for purposes such as classroom presentations,artist portfolios, and publishing. For optimal color management, lighting is daylight balanced (5000K), backdrop walls are painted an RGB-balanced gray, and the equipment is calibrated regularly.
Our stations include:
- iMacs (Intel Core 2 Duo) with Adobe Creative Cloud suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Adobe Reader, Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Professional, and Acrobat Professional Extended, After Effects, Animate, Audition, Flash Builder, Scout, Bridge, Dimension, Dreamweaver, InCopy, Media Encoder, Muse, Prelude, Spark, SpeedGrade, Story Plus, and other Adobe applications and services)
- Flatbed scanners:
- Epson Expressions 10000XL (quantity 2), tabloid size (12” x 17”)
- Epson GT-1500, letter size with document feeder
- Memory card readers
Policies for using the digital imaging stations
- First come, first served; available toArt and Art History students and faculty.Undergraduate AAH students may use the equipment during VRC hours only. AAH faculty, graduate students, post-bacs, and BFA studentsmay use the equipment after hours with Buff OneCard access by request.
- This equipment isfor digital imaging related to studies and research/creative workin the Department of Art and Art History.
- If you need any formal training in image scanning or processing, you may schedule a personal training session in advance (aahvrc@colorado.edu)
- Plan ahead in the event of occupied stations or unexpected VRC closure.
- Users must observe copyright laws and understand the basic tenets of fair use. For information about copyright and fair use, please see the VRC copyright page.
- Need to print? See the Department's Printing page for options in the Visual Arts Complex and nearby, including the Art and Art History Print Lab for high quality printing of fine art materials.