Photo Scanning

Converting Your Photos To Digital

Pictures Are Timeless But Don't Last.

Over time photos will naturally degrade and fade. We can bring them back to life and while preserving them digitally. Having a digital version allows you to share, organize, and reproduce any image and share your story.

Your Photos Are Precious.

We know your pictures are one of a kind and we treat them like our own. Every picture get our white glove treatment and we only scan manually. Color correction, defect removal, and restoration are performed manually by a technician.

Included

Professional Photo Archivists hand scan each photo
All photos are dusted and cleaned before scanning
All digital images reviewed and manual retouched
Custom Digital Organization and Grouping
Image Rotation
Scanning in Order

Scanning and Archiving Options

We offer a number of options for scanning and preserving your pictures. Our services are not "one size fits all". Many of these are technical and we are more than glad to help with your choices depending on your objectives.

Picture and Document Types

Wallet size - 8.5x11 inches
Photo Albums
Scanning back of photos
Scrapbook pages
Newspapers, recipes, documents

Resolution

We can scan from 300-9600 dpi (optical). Scanning resolution is dependent on the size of the original. For a standard 4x6 inch print we typically scan at 600 dpi which can produce a good quality 8x10 inch print.

Storage Format

JPG is the most common format and sufficient for almost any purpose (sharing, resizing, printing, enlargements, etc.) File size is relatively small and it is very portable between devices.

TIFF is a lossless format and preserves the most detail and information about an image for archiving. File size is large requiring more storage. It allows for virtually unlimited editing and manipulation.

Uhh? I don't understand.

Not sure what you want or need? Don't really understand how all of this works?

We are here to help! Give us a call and we will be happy to walk you through the process and answer all of your questions.

Color Depth

We offer 24 bit "true" color for all JPG formatted files which codes for 16,777,216 color variations. With TIFF service 48 bit color is available which codes to over 281.5 trillion colors colors and preserves the ability to correct color professionally.

Media

We can save your digitized pictures to:

USB memory stick. We use name-brand only (SanDisk). Flash memory is portable and easy to copy but not stable for longer than five years.

Standard Compact Disk (CD). CD media is not stable and can deteriorate after a number of years.

M-DISK (Millennial Disc). We recommend this media for archiving. It is readable on a standard CD player and is stable with a 1,000 year media life.

High Resolution Photo Scanning

We scan photos at a minimum of 600 dpi. This is the best resolution for archival digital images. It enables you to enlarge the images for printing.

Restoration

We bring your photos to the present by restoring them to their original clarity, color, and brilliance. All digital images are manually retouched and reviewed.

Storage Format

JPG is the most common format and sufficient for almost any purpose (sharing, resizing, printing, enlargements, etc.) File size is relatively small and it is very portable between devices.

Media

We can save your digitized slides to:

USB Memory Stick-Flash Drive

Standard Compact Disk (CD).

M-DISK (Millennial Disc). We recommend this media for archiving. It is readable on a standard CD player and is stable with a 1,000 year media life.

Customer Provided USB