Submiteed By: David Saunders

ICOM membership number: 21513 GB (DS)

Name of Working Group: Paintings:Scientific study …

Title:Polynomial Texture Mapping: A new tool for examining the surface of paintings

Author/s: Joseph Padfield [1], David Saunders [1] and Tom Malzbender [2],

Addresses: [1] Scientific Department, The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN, UK; [2] Hewlett Packard Laboratories, 1501 Page Mill Rd., Palo Alto, Ca, 94306, USA

Email addresses: joseph.padfield@ng-london.org.uk, David.Saunders@ng-london.org.uk, tom_malzbender@hp.com

The abstract can be downloaded from HERE

An icom example PTM can be downloaded from HERE

To view the PTM you will need to download the PTM Viewer Application from the HP Labs web site HERE. Once you have downloaded the PTM Viewer zip file it will need to be unzipped into a new directory. Then download or copy the icom example PTM into the same directory. The PTMViewer application can then be run by dragging and dropping the icom_cc_ptm_example.ptm onto the PTMViewer file.

If you have any problems viewing the icom example ptm please contact Joseph Padfield (joseph.padfield@ng-london.org.uk) for further instructions.