Comparing bitonal and grayscale capture

Riley, Jenn and Ichiro Fujinaga. “Recommended Best Practices for Digital Image Capture of Musical Scores.” OCLC Systems & Services 19, no. 2 (June 2003): 62-69.

Comparison of bitonal and grayscale capture
  • 8-bit grayscale capture at 600 dpi.
  • Note spaces between beams are adequately rendered.

600 dpi grayscale detail

  • 1-bit capture at 1000 dpi.
  • Note lack of space between the beams despite the higher resolution.

1000 dpi bitonal detail

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