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SUMMARY:Digitizing paintings with a multi-spectral camera
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DESCRIPTION:Mr. Pascal Cotte\, Lumière Technology\nBio : Mr. Pascal Cotte
  is a self-educated engineer and the inventor of the first multispectral h
 igh definition camera and lighting system dedicated to the conservation of
  digitized documents. He is the founder of several companies specializing 
 in digital imaging since 1980. He has designed and developed numerous R&D 
 systems in the field of electronic imaging\, such as scanners (Jumboscan a
 nd Jumbolux) for digitizing large format documents.He digitized Da Vinci
 ’s “Mona Lisa” in October 2004 with exceptional details and accuracy
  of colors never obtained before. He has revealed previously unknown detai
 ls and recovered the painting’s genuine color. He contributed to the suc
 cess of the European project Crisatel to create a new standard of digitiza
 tion of global pictorial documents.\nThe multi-spectral digital camera dev
 eloped by Lumiere technology takes images in 13 distinct spectral bands sp
 anning the ultra-violet to the near infrared. Each image is 240 Mega Pixel
 s.This camera is capable of digitizing small and large format paintings at
  high speed\,providing a platform for mass-digitization of pictorial art w
 hile maintaining colorimetric repeatability and accuracy. Dedicated image 
 processing software allows for digital removal of the paintings’varnish 
 and identifying pigments\, which are key factors to “digital” restorat
 ion.The multi-spectral images allow looking into the painting’s layers i
 n search for elements\, information to help experts in attributing a work 
 of Art. With this camera\, recent discoveries were made that have led to t
 he identification of a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.
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