National Museums Scotland  A1904.160 Shirt [quillwork detail under Reflectance Transformation Imaging]

NMS Catalogue Description: Tunic: North America, Canada, Plains, Blackfoot



Reflectance Transformation Imaging dataset of quillwork detail taken on project visit to National Museums Collection Centre, Edinburgh September 2021.

Comprising 88 jpeg files and finished .ptm file.



RTI is a computational photographic method that captures a subject’s surface shape and colour and enables the interactive re-lighting of the subject from any direction. RTI also permits the mathematical enhancement of the subject’s surface shape and colour attributes. The enhancement functions of RTI reveal surface information that is not disclosed under direct empirical examination of the physical object.



RTI Viewer and Builder are freely downloadable from Cultural Heritage Imaging Website.