Lord
& Darling uses the best materials and techniques tested and approved by
organizations such as Wilhelm Research, the Library of Congress, and the
Society of American Archivists to give you portraits that should, with a
minimum of reasonable care, last for generations.
Then
we go a step farther than other studios and provide you with a digital
file copy (in both TIFF and JPEG formats) of your portrait on a compact
disc so that you or your descendants can reproduce the image if it’s
destroyed in a disaster or copy the image file to other formats as
technology changes. The Lord
& Darling Portraits Golden Memories
Disc is the finest archival
compact disc commercially available, using actual metallic gold--immune to oxidation. Independent testing laboratories rate the Golden
Memories Disc to last as long as 300 years
in proper storage. Just as important, these discs have fewer errors and perform better than other discs even from the moment they are first made.
What
is "Archival Quality?"
There is no
universally accepted definition of “archival quality.” There are no
perfect archival materials—nothing lasts forever.
However an accepted meaning of the Society of American
Archivists, the US Library of Congress, and many museums is that
materials intended for archiving should last at least 100 years without
noticeably losing viewing quality.
Although some kinds of conventional photographic prints are advertised
as "archival," if you read their documents closely, their
definition of "archival" is much less than 100 years.
It’s
the primary intention of Lord & Darling Portraits to provide
you with a visual record of your family that has the potential to last
for generations--as well as can be determined by the best test
laboratories.
That's
why we emphasize our Museum
Quality.
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