Tag: Fieldwork

Tools (1 entry/entries)

Mar 20, 2019

Meet Apple’s new iPad Air 10.5-inch, a repackaged, wallet-friendly rival to the iPad Pro

Although Apple’s new iPad Air might look familiar for those who remember the 10.5-inch iPad Pro from two years ago, it is a brand-new mid-tier tablet between the entry-level iPad and the high-end Pro models.

Krisztián Vértes

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Tutorial (3 entry/entries)

Aug 24, 2018

Creating a Companion Drawing Case

With Wacom’s Companion, it is possible to use a digital photograph instead of a printed enlargement for the drawing background, “penciling” directly onto the digital image in the presence of the inscribed wall surface.

Krisztián Vértes

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Nov 19, 2018

Using your studio computer in the field Part 1 - Introducing the work environment

Just a few years ago it wouldn’t have occurred to me to take my precious laptop to the temple, however in the last couple of years I grew accustomed to having the benefits of accessing desktop applications when working on certain field projects.

Krisztián Vértes

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Nov 28, 2018

Using your studio computer in the field Part 2 – Providing remote access to shortcuts while drawing on the iPad

In the second part of my introduction regarding using full-fledged desktop software in the field, I’d like to elaborate on the importance of creating the best possible workflow for our documentation needs.

Krisztián Vértes

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Project (1 entry/entries)

Feb 3, 2021

Time Efficiency in Field Epigraphy - Documenting Loose Door Fragments in the Medinet Habu Blockyard

In the fall of 2007, when I began working at Chicago House, there were several hundred unregistered loose fragments scattered about the Medinet Habu temple precinct, some of them inscribed and lying face down on the ground, already showing advanced signs of deterioration caused by groundwater and salt.

Júlia Schmied

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Publication (1 entry/entries)

May 13, 2020

Digital Epigraphy (Second Edition)

The chapter by chapter web version of the book, Digital Epigraphy, written by Krisztián Vértes in 2014, explaining the basic procedures of the Survey’s ever-changing digital documentation method, is now extended with digital fieldwork and an exciting new case study.

By Krisztián Vértes and the Epigraphic Survey

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