Many of the the renderings in the scenery collection are made of multiple parts corresponding with their position on stage. By digitizing these renderings, the parts can be brought together electronically.  Many of the foreground renderings represent teasers or drops, and because they are drawn as frames to background renderings, they are subject to ripping and tearing.  The digital images permits unlimited handling, so preserves the originals.

The following is an example that was constructed using Photoshop.  The Twin City Scenic Company collection contains two "conservatory" renderings (C10a and C10b) that should be shown together.  C10a is the background; C10b is the foreground:

These two shots can be combined to striking effect:

(click on bottom image for a full screen JPEG)

There are a number of considerations when scanning pairs of images.  There may have been unequal fading of these two renderings, thus requiring some manipulation of brightness.  In this case, the scanning of the foreground had to contend with a large black space, and required different lighting and exposure times.  The net result was that the foreground came out darker than the background, which was probably not as it appeared on stage.  However, the effect accentuates the depth of the final image, so it was left as is.

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