Short Courses

Scientific Digital Imaging

Date and Time: Sunday, March 12, Time TBA.
Cosponsored By: The Microscopy Society of America
Cost: $475 members; $560 nonmembers (Advanced registration price listed)
Who Should Attend?
Metallurgists, scientists, engineers and technicians who wish to transition from photographic to digital imaging, or who are not getting digital results that match the quality of photographic recording.

Sign up to attend this course by completing the TMS 2006 Annual Meeting & Exhibition Registration form.

The workflow for digital imaging in the modern scientific laboratory is still a work in progress. This course uses Adobe Photoshop as the core program in defining this workflow. Learn about:

• Acquiring the best digital image and addressing resolution issues
• Manipulating digital images in Adobe Photoshop for a variety of uses
• Creating publication quality prints and using gamma correction with ease
• The best technologies for archiving image data, including image formats and standards
• Producing high quality images on any printer and finding affordable solutions

SPEAKER

JOHN MACKENZIE North Carolina State Univ. USA

John Mackenzie’s research over the past 25 years has focused on instrument design and development with an emphasis on computer control. He developed the first complete computer control system for the transmission electron microscope.

Mackenzie teaches digital imaging to graduate students in engineering, computer science and biology, and a workshop for the Microscopy Society of America.