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ARTSTOR
Students can use
ARTstor, our new database of digital images, in various ways. You can
review the images after a class, study for an exam (either on-line or
with print-outs), research images in any or all of the ARTstor collections,
and create your own student folders of images. Here are the directions:
BASIC ARTSTOR INSTRUCTIONS:
1) To register and logon: Go to www.artstor.org.
Register by clicking on the LAUNCH button at the right. When the next
page appears, click on 'Register' at the right and follow the simple instructions.
Use your Millsaps e-mail address and password. Note: You only need to
register once, but you have to logon each time you use ARTstor by following
the above steps but clicking on 'Logon' rather than 'Register'.
2) To see the images
for our class: Go to the area entitled 'View Image Groups' (near the
top right), select the appropriate course folder (usually the teacher's
last name and course title) and then select the image group and hit 'Submit'.
You can enlarge an image by double-clicking on it (if your computer has
pop-ups blocked, then you'll have to unblock them to do this - see the
ARTstor 'Help' for instructions). Once the image is enlarged you can zoom
in by clicking on it.
Note that most of the Image Groups will have more than one page. Use the
arrows at the top left to navigate to the next page.
3) To do research
and/or create your own personal image groups: Go to 'Home' and do
a keyword search or browse through the collections. ARTstor is still working
on the data that go along with the images so you sometimes have to be
inventive and persistent in your searches if you're looking for something
particular. For general themes that interest you, try various possible
keywords. See the ARTstor 'Help' for searching tips.
When you find an image
you want in your image group, click once on the image to highlight it
(the frame will turn bright yellow). You can highlight as many images
as you want. Then go to 'Image Groups' on the top toolbar, and 'Save selected
images into new group'. You'll be prompted to select your Image Group
Folder and you should choose the default setting of 'My Work Folder'.
Then type in the name you want to give this image group, check 'Create
New Group', and hit 'Save' (or 'Save and Open' if you want it to open
right away). You can keep adding images to that group, and also you can
create as many image groups as you'd like in your personal 'My Work Folder'.
This folder is viewable only by you.
4) To print out study images: To study for an exam you can either
look at the image groups for our course on your computer screen (the advantage
to this is that you can enlarge each image and can also zoom into it)
or you can print them out.
a) To print a complete Image Group from our class: First open it by going
to 'View Image Groups', selecting the folder and then the Image Group.
When you see the thumbnail images on the screen, go to 'View' on the toolbar
and select 'Image group print preview'. You'll be given several options,
to print all of the data associated with the image or only the creator
and title (and any instructor's comments or personal notes, if there are
any). When the window appears with the thumbnail images ready to be printed,
click the Print icon at the top. Each page will have 4 images. You can
print in color or B&W (to print B&W go to File - Print - Properties
- Grayscale Printing).
Note that some Image
Groups have many slides, so it would take a lot of paper and ink to print
out the whole group. In these cases you might want to do the following:
b) To print selected
images from our class: Go to the Image Group and highlight each image
that you want by clicking on it once to turn the frame bright yellow.
After you've highlighted all the images in that group that you want to
print, right click with the mouse and select 'Save selected images into
new group'. A prompt will come up and you should select 'My Work Folder'
(scroll up to the top to find it) and then type in a title for this new
image group (something like test1). Then go to any other Image Groups
for this unit and follow the same procedure. If an Image Group has more
than one page, you can continue highlighting page by page whichever images
you want, and do the 'Save selected images into new group' process after
you've looked at the whole group.
c) To print individual images: You can also download individual images
from ARTstor by double-clicking on the thumbnail image in the Image Group
to enlarge the image, then clicking on the Print icon at the lower right.
You can also download an image by clicking on the Download Image icon
and following the simple instructions. The image will download as a low
resolution jpeg file.
5) To send a link to your Image Group: Each Image Group has its
own unique URL, including those in 'My Work Folder'. If you want to share
the images you've collected in your work folder with your teacher or anyone
else, open the image group, click on 'Image Groups' at the top and scroll
down to 'Display Image Group URL'. The URL will appear in a box and you
can highlight and copy it (Control C), then paste it (Control V) into
an e-mail.
CLASS PRESENTATIONS WITH DIGITAL IMAGES
I. Search in ARTstor
for images:
To register and logon:
Go to www.artstor.org. Register by clicking on the LAUNCH button at the
right. When the next page appears, click on 'Register' at the right and
follow the simple instructions. Use your Millsaps e-mail address and password.
You only need to register once, but you have to logon each time you use
ARTstor by following the above steps but clicking on 'Logon' rather than
'Register'.
(Note that you have
to enable pop-ups on your computer in order to use ARTstor. If you need
to do this, go to Tools on your toolbar, and Options).
To search for images:
Do a 'Keyword Search' in 'All Collections' (which is the default setting),
or you can also just browse through the collections. Usually you'll just
enter the artist's last name and/or the title, or culture and title -
e.g., 'rembrandt night watch' or 'egypt pyramid'. I advise you to search
in 'All Collections', though it's also possible to limit your search in
a particular ARTstor collection if you have a reason for doing that. ARTstor
is still working on the data that go along with the images so you sometimes
have to be inventive and persistent in your searches if you're looking
for something in particular. E.g., certain works can be listed under more
than one title: if you enter 'Ingres Grande Odalisque' one image is pulled
up, but there's also a second image of the same work listed as Reclining
Odalisque. So if you're having trouble finding a particular image try
browsing through all works by the artist. For general themes that interest
you, try various possible keywords. See ARTstor 'Help' for searching tips
if you get frustrated.
To limit your search,
use the Advanced Search option. E.g., the best way to find images
of Michelangelo's David is not just to search for 'Michelangelo' (far
too many images!) or even 'Michelangelo David' (you get images of David
by both Michelangelo and by Caravaggio, since Caravaggio's first name
was Michelangelo), but in Advanced Search put 'Michelangelo' AND 'David'
NOT 'Caravaggio'.
To select the best
image: Often you'll find more than one image of the same art work.
In that case you should compare their quality (in terms of color and focus)
to decide which to take. You can double-click on the image to increase
its size (here's where your pop-ups need to be enabled), and then you
can double-click on another one in order to compare the two (the first
image will have minimized when you enlarge the second one, but you can
find it on your bottom bar and click it so it'll come up large on your
screen next to the other image). You can also zoom in to see whether the
details are focused - that's often the best way to tell which image is
superior in quality. (Note that the images from the Art History Survey
Collection tend to be better than the others.)
To collect your
images into an image group: When you find an image that you want in
your image group, click once on the image to highlight it (the frame will
turn bright yellow). You can highlight as many images as you want. Then
go to 'Image Groups' on the top toolbar, and hit 'Save selected images
into new group'. You'll be prompted to select your Image Group Folder
and you should choose the default setting of 'My Work Folder'. Then type
in the name you want to give this image group, check 'Create New Group,'
and hit 'Save' (or 'Save and Open' if you want it to open right away).
You can keep adding images to that group (in fact, you can add more than
you want because you'll have a chance later to arrange them and delete
the ones you don't need). You can also create as many image groups as
you'd like in your personal 'My Work Folder'. This folder is viewable
only by you.
To arrange your
images: Put images in the order you want them by clicking and dragging.
Delete unwanted images by clicking on them to highlight in yellow, then
click on 'Image Groups'on the toolbar and 'Delete Selected Images' (or
once the image is highlighted, right click anywhere in the Image Group
and you'll get a list of options including 'Delete'). You can continue
adding and rearranging images as much as you want.
To send a link
to your Image Group: Each Image Group has its own unique URL, including
those in 'My Work Folder'. If you want to share the images you've collected
in your work folder with your teacher or anyone else, open the image group,
click on 'Image Groups' at the top and scroll down to 'Display Image Group
URL'. The URL will appear in a box and you can highlight it and copy it
(Control C), then paste it (Control V) into an e-mail.
II. The Millsaps
I Drive
Now you need to save
your images into the right format for showing in class (the Offline Image
Viewer, on the Millsaps I drive, which is designated for digital images).
Mapping the I Drive:
Every time you use a computer for the first time you have to map the I
drive to that computer. This only needs to be done once for each computer,
though if you're working in a computer lab that gets updated every month
or every semester you might need to do this process periodically.
1) Right click on
the 'My Computer' icon on the desktop. (If there's no icon, then find
'My Computer' by clicking on Start).
2) Left click on 'Map Network Drive'.
3) In the first space select the I drive.
4) In the second space type: \\mil-mdid\images$ (if this doesn't work,
type the longer version: \\mil-mdid.milntdom.millsaps.edu\images$) and
click Finish.
III. The Offline
Image Viewer
This is the presentation
format provided by ARTstor. The Offline Image Viewer (abbreviated OIV)
is already installed on the library, lab, and classroom computers, but
if you want to work from your own computer you need to download the OIV:
1) In ARTstor click
on 'Tools' at the upper right, then 'Download Offline Viewer'.
2) Accept the conditions, and choose the most recent version (OIV 2.6
in 2006) for either Windows or Mac. Then follow the instructions. See
ARTstor 'Help' for further guidance if needed.
IV. To transfer
your ARTstor Image Group to the Offline Image Viewer
Open your Offline
Image Viewer by clicking on the OIV icon on your screen (a square made
up of smaller rectilinear shapes, with an arrow at the lower left corner)
or go to Start (bottom left of your computer screen), Programs, Offline
Image Viewer. Then click on 'open a new presentation' or go to File at
the top left of the OIV, and hit 'New' to open a new Image Group (or 'Open'
to get into an Image Group that you've already established). Once you've
named your new Image Group, you can then import your ARTstor images by
going to File, then Import Images, then Download Image Group from ARTstor.
(Alternatively, you can click on the appropriate icon: in the Image Palette
at the bottom, the leftmost icon enables you to add local images that
you've saved on the I drive, e.g. from google (see below), and the next
icon enables you to download an image group from ARTstor.)
You'll be asked to
give your e-mail address and password, and then can choose which Image
Group you want to import (note that you can't just click on the folder,
you have to click on the specific Image Group within that folder). Once
the process starts it'll take a few minutes, depending on how many images
are in the group.
V. To save your
Offline Image Viewer presentation on the I drive: Once you've transferred
your image group, go to File and Save in the OIV. Scroll to the I drive
and double-click on ARTstor Images. Double-click on the appropriate folder
(e.g., your teacher's course folder) and give a name to your presentation
(your last name in caps, then an abbreviated title - maybe the artist's
name you're presenting).
VI. To add non-ARTstor
images to your OIV presentation: Go to www.google.com, click on Images,
and enter the artist's name and title that you're searching for. Then
select 'Large Images' so you'll be sure to have an image that'll project
well on the screen (fairly large-scale 'Medium' images work well too).
You can also go directly to an excellent site for images, World Gallery
of Art - www.wga.hu - and search their extensive collection. In addition,
you can import images that you've taken with a digital camera or scanned
from a book or slide and have on a CD or on your hard drive (there's a
copy-stand, slide scanner, and flatbed scanner available in the art department).
These should be large files, saved at the highest quality setting, in
order for them to look good when they're enlarged on the screen. (In Photoshop
I crop the image if needed, adjust the brightness/contrast levels, etc.,
and change the image size -- first select Resolution 96, then Pixel Width
1600)
If you find an image
that you want on the web (either because it adds to the image group you've
already collected in ARTstor or because it replaces a lesser-quality image
from ARTstor), click to enlarge it on your screen. Then right click on
the image, left click on Save Image, and save it on your hard drive with
an appropriate title so you'll be able to find it later.
Once you've saved
any additional images that you want, go back to the OIV and open your
presentation. Now click on the leftmost icon in the Image Palette (at
the bottom of the screen), go to where you've saved your images, and click
on your image(s) to add.
VII. To fine-tune
your presentation: Click and drag to get the images in the correct
order and delete any that you don't want by highlighting the image (the
frame around the image will turn bright yellow when you click on it) and
then going to Edit - Delete. Now you have a choice of how to present your
images in class:
A) You can create
'slides' that enable you to pre-set your comparisons and also add
text. The work of making slides is done in the Slide Editor (the biggest
area in the OIV). To start, click on the + sign, choose your format (e.g.,
single image, comparison slides, all text, zoomable image, etc.), then
click and drag the image into the space. To add text, click on the icon
that shows a 't'. To change the font or choose colors, click on the 'f'.
There are more possibilities, shortcuts, etc., and the OIV Help button
will give you more details. To show in class, open your presentation folder,
double-click on the first slide in the Slide Sorter at the left, then
advance through the slides by hitting the space bar (to go back to a previous
slide, hit Page Up).
B) You can show
your images directly from the Image Palette where they're initially
saved. Just put them in the right order by clicking and dragging. In class
you'll open your folder in the OIV and double-click on the first image
to get started. You'll be able to zoom in on details, if you'd like, and
can also make comparisons by hitting H or V (for a horizontal or vertical
split of the screen). This method is easier at first because you don't
have to create actual 'slides' (see below), but it's a bit harder in class
because you have to learn some special keyboard commands if you want to
do anything other than simply to one by one through the images.
To practice your presentation,
double-click on the first image to enlarge it (then see instructions below
about the various commands).
Here are some handy
keyboard commands to use if you've chosen Option B (though you can also
use the mouse and the toolbar at the top of the screen):
Space bar (or PageDown
key) - to advance to the next image
Shift Space (or PageUp key) - to go to the previous image
H - to split the screen for a left-right comparison (the next image will
automatically come
up on the right side) - you can also hit V to split the screen vertically
(top & bottom)
F - to return to a single image on the full screen after a comparison
(the default setting is
on the left side, so the left image will be the one that is enlarged on
the full screen after you hit F; if you
want the right image to be enlarged instead, then first press Tab and
then F)
+ (plus key) - zoom into the image (or click with your mouse on the image
to zoom in
wherever you want, or to scan through the image)(or you can use the arrow
keys to pan within the
image) - you can click multiple times to zoom in closer, though there'll
come a point where the
image is no longer able to focus well
- (minus key) - zoom out of the image
F9 key - resize the image to full view after you've zoomed in
F1 - show brief data information (press again to hide the data)
F2 - show full data information (press again to hide the data)
F5 - go to an image that's not in sequential order (you'll get an image
selection list)
Esc - close the presentation and return to the thumbnail view
VIII. To add more
images from ARTstor to your OIV presentation: Add the images to your
Image Group in ARtstor. Then go into your OIV presentation and download
that same group (following the above instructions). The program will just
import the new images that you've added.
IMPORTANT: Remember
to save your presentation after any changes, and also be sure to save
it on the I drive, under 'ARTstor Images' and the appropriate folder for
your class.
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