#Strange request time
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Hi all,
I warn you now, this will sound very strange…
Does anyone have, or know where to find, colour pictures (as GIFS, TIFS or
whatever) of skin diseases? I'm asking as these make excellent texture maps
for 3DS and we're in need of some at the moment.
Thanks,
Andy Cook.
>> Does anyone have, or know where to find, colour pictures (as GIFS, TIFS
>> or whatever) of skin diseases?
I'd advise scanner together with a good medical journal. Just be careful of
copyrights.
– Dave
>>I'd advise scanner together with a good medical journal. Just be careful of
copyrights.
Besides legal problems which I think are minor in this case you will also have
the technical problems of scanning a printed photo which will usually result in
some pattern of lines due to the beating of two DPI frequencies. I have never
been able to deal with this problem so I generally avoid scanning printed
photos.
Try the internet. seems you can find almost anything if you dig deep enough.
If you want to purchase actual photos without worrying about copyrights there
are 2 ways to go about it.
#1: Post your message in the medsig forum there is a medical photographer there
t should be able to help I dont remember her name but if you post the message
to Sue Frisch she should be able to help.
#2: Open up your handy yellow pages and look under dermatology and give them a
call. There are a number of dermatologists that either take there own photos
or know where to get them.
If you dont care too much(!) about copyright any medical school bookstore has a
number of texts which are just photomanuals. Some cheap ones are the little
pocket references. As a matter of fact I am currently finishing a project
which I used one of these books as a reference.
Hope this helps
Samuel Coor
Medical Media
I would try dermatology trade mags.
<<you will also have the technical problems of scanning a printed photo which
will usually result in some pattern of lines due to the beating of two DPI
frequencies. I have never been able to deal with this problem so I generally
avoid scanning printed photos.>>
Ive found that there are certain dpi settings that will make this problem
worse. Ive found that changing resoultion settings on the scanner, rotating the
source slightly and applying a little blur can help a lot.
Ed
If you want a better quality than a scanner can offer, consider transfering the
images to a photo cd and bringing them back into the pc. Shoot them with some
really high-resolution film like Ilford PanF (B&W 50 ISO) or Kodachrome 25 on a
real stable base and bring them to your local photo shop…of course, it takes
about 2 weeks to get anything back and costs $$$.
You are right, the extra steps involved in scanning (especially film to print)
degrade the image. Recently Ive had access to a poloroid slide scanner and I
like it very much.
ED
Andy,
<< Does anyone have, or know where to find, colour pictures (as GIFS, TIFS or
whatever) of skin diseases? >>
I recall from health class that the American Red Cross publishes some that you
would have to scan. Just watch out for the copyrights. Depending on what kind
of quality you need and if you are talented enough you might be able to paint
some using MeshPaint. There is a no save demo in the libs.
Mark