FADGI Guidelines, Beyond DPI

Heather Hubert
PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

When: Tuesday, January 19th from 12:30 - 2:30pm ET.

Where: Virtually via Zoom (to be provided the day prior)

Biography: 

Heather is the current digitization photographer with PEI museum and heritage foundation since Jan. 2026. With over 3 years of experience in digitization, see her resume here: hhubertwork.myportfolio.com/work

Workshop Overview:

An in depth look at FADGI technical requirements, including: skew, rotation, geometric distortion dynamic range in film, scanning and digital photography colour management, colour profiles, bit depth lightness uniformity, tone response noise and sharpening testing for FADGI rating, verifying your star rating software for digitization, quality assessment This workshop would focus on the visual elements of FADGI guidelines. The expectation would be that participants have a pre-existing understanding of scanning and photography procedures, and manual operation of cameras (including aperture, ISO and shutter speed).

Difficulty: Intermediate - Some Prior Knowledge Required

Learning objectives: 

• Accurately assess quality of digital images created during regular digitization processes
  
• Improve quality of digital images during regular digitization processes 
• Identify true star ratings of current digital imaging practices according to FADGI guidelines