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Century Editions now offers a no-cost all digital artwork archiving service. What does that mean to you as an artist or gallery owner? In addition to the immediate savings of not having to invest in archive files, you also gain a library of images that could generate substantial future income. With the very reasonable cost of setting up editions and pay as you go Giclée pricing available today, limited and open edition prints can become a substantial part of your income.
Giclée prints allow you market to a much larger audience at lower price points while actually raising the value of your originals. A properly generated digital archive file is timeless and will allow for the best quality reproduction today or twenty years from now. With digital image captures costing up to $500 per session, it does not make financial sense to sell an original and have to use the profits to archive the image for the mere possibility of a future printing.
While using traditional photographic chromes for duplicating artwork can cost less than all digital captures, the photography is only the first step in the archiving process. Chromes need to be drum scanned. The two-step process introduces a plethora of problems including color errors, density errors, geometry errors, film grain, scratches and dust spots. More importantly, the drum scan itself is expensive when done correctly. Using chromes can result in the quality of the edition being compromised.
The cost of achieving a first print is often increased substantially due to increased proofing requirements when using chromes. There is no question among professional Giclée printers that a high-resolution color correct digital capture generates the absolute best reproduction in the least amount of time.
Century Editions has designed and built a fine art reproduction studio for photographing paintings up to 8 x 10 feet. We use the highest resolution digital cameras (760mb native file size) paired with lenses that have been custom ground to the higher standards required for perfect geometric and color accuracy.
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Use of ultra-high CRI (color rendition index) cold lighting, a laser alignment system, computer controlled uniform light field compensation, computer verified focus and a state-of-the art computerized color correction system allows us to achieve one of the finest digital artwork capture systems in the world.
Each of our scans include a custom color reference target with over 500 color and density patches along with a reference file of actual target measurements. These targets are used to create a custom ICC (international color consortium) color profile that insures future prints match your original as close as the most current technology allows. These high-grade image captures exceed the resolution of 8x10 chromes while capturing more precise colors and having a larger dynamic range. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that file size does not matter when trying to capture every nuance of a brush stroke.
High resolution camera scans insure the best quality reproduction will be attainable with the technology available today and at the time of printing. With zero cost to archive a painting with the highest technology available today and no obligation to purchase anything from our company, there is no reason not to digitally archive every painting before it is sold.
By now you must be wondering what’s in it for us. We are in the business of making Giclée prints and while the digital image capture may be free, we do charge for our printing services if you choose to use them. We don’t believe in high-pressure sales, but believe you will be impressed with what you see at our atelier. If you choose to use a different printing company (we can’t imagine why you would) we can provide the digital file on CD. Proof images are also available printed or on CD for your portfolio or web site. See our price list for more information on these services.
With no cost other than the time required to stop by, why not visit our world class loft-style fine art reproduction atelier? Most services are available while you wait.
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