Photoshop One-on-one – General functions and a specific use-case of the updated Warp Tool

The Warp Transform Tool has been part of Photoshop for a long time, and it had remained mostly unchanged since its introduction until last year, when Adobe updated its Creative Cloud software suite for 2020.

Modeling the Past: Creating 3D Models from Archival Imagery

Since the inception of photography, Egypt and its monuments have found themselves the subject of countless photographers, not to mention millions upon millions of tourists. The photogrammetric processes used to generate 3D datasets...

Documenting the Amenhotep III Wall Scene LD177 at Luxor Temple (Part 4) - From Model Creation to Presentation

This article will look at preliminary work adapting for-print 2D data for online 3D presentation and reflect on questions of how, when, and where these technologies can be used, and how such technologies intersect with the needs, aims, and ethos of the Chicago House approach.

Documenting the Amenhotep III wall scene LD177 at Luxor temple (Part 1) – digital “penciling” and the updated digital Chicago method

In order to reflect the evolution of computerized recording techniques since the Digital Epigraphy Manual’s release in 2014, the Epigraphic Survey initiated an update of its digital documentation guidelines.

Documenting the Amenhotep III wall scene LD177 at Luxor temple (Part 2) – digital "inking” and collating on the iPad Pro

In the following article, we shall continue exploring new ways of enhancing our traditional documentation techniques in a meaningful way, this time mostly concentrating on the artist’s work in the studio.

Gentleman Scholar and Pioneering Artist - Sir John Gardner Wilkinson’s Remarkable Contribution to Egyptology

In the second entry of our Evolution of Epigraphy series, we go back to the rediscovery of Egypt following the Napoleonic Wars, when epigraphic methods were yet to be conceived and early scholars could rely only on their observation skills and artistic talents to convey the magnificence of the ancient monuments.

In Memoriam: Krisztián Vértes (1976–2025), Part II – Recording Ancient Egypt in the Digital Age: The Epigraphic Work of Krisztián

This article continues the commemoration of Egyptologist and artist Krisztián Vértes (1976-2025) with the focus on his contributions to digital epigraphy. It presents five key projects from his career that illustrate how he expanded established epigraphic practice through digital tools, and how digital workflows can respond to monuments whose complexity challenges traditional documentation.

Digital penciling on the iPad Pro at Luxor Temple

Pencil texturing on photo enlargement documenting late-Roman murals at Luxor Temple

Detail of the texture-based inked drawing based on the Late-Roman painted remains at Luxor Temple

Digitally inked drawing created for testing the Survey's digital Chicago House Method at Luxor Temple

Adding pencil texture over photo enlargements at Luxor Temple working on the Late-Roman murals

Using Photosop’s updated Warp Tool to unravel the late-Roman Apse at Luxor Temple

Creating the special “lifting-up” effect in Photoshop for the cover photo of the Survey’s digital penciling case study

Representing negative space with texturing in the Apse of the Emperor’s Chamber at Luxor Temple

Inking the first panels of the Survey's Roman fresco drawings in the studio using a Wacom drawing display

Documenting and Reconstructing the Late-Roman Murals in the Imperial Cult Chamber at Luxor Temple

Documenting and Reconstructing the Late Roman Murals in the Roman Vestibule at Luxor Temple

Different renderings of a roman fresco mock-up area to test out various epigraphic representations

Color Film Photograph of a Test Cleaning Area on the Late-Roman Fresco Taken by Survey Photographer Yarko Kobilecky

Traditional Penciling on Photo Enlargements in Order to Document the Faded Late Roman Murals at Luxor Temple

Astropad Studio Functioning as a Bridge Between Tablet and Laptop While Documenting the Late-Roman Murals at Luxor Temple

Greyscale texture drawing superimposed over the background photo to enhance all visible details on the Roman murals

Greyscale Fresco Texture Merged With the "Flattened" Photomosaic in the Emperor's Chamber Apse at Luxor Temple (Detail)

Owen Murray Photographing LD 177 at Luxor Temple Using a Large Format Camera with a CFV-50c Digital Back and Strobe Light

Sun-Shadow Areas on Raised Relief in Extreme Raking Light Conditions Provided by Reflectance Transformation Imaging

Recreating the East Wall of the Hall of Offerings in Luxor Temple c. 1930, presented in 3D

The 3D model of the East Wall of the Hall of Offerings in Luxor Temple circa 1930 is a testament to how archival film negatives can be integrated with more recent digital images to reconstruct how a monument would have appeared in the past.