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The most common ways people have traditionally kept family photos are in physical photo albums or shoeboxes.
However, this method makes it difficult to share and preserve the memories for future generations.
Old photos are also at risk of fading, discoloration, water damage, and other forms of deterioration, even when stored in albums, closets, or scrapbooks.
Capture’s photo digitizing service can scan loose photos, negatives, and slides and turn them into high-quality digital files and preserve them as digital downloads that are easy to share.
There are many reasons to digitize photos, slides, and negatives:
The lifespan of photos, slides, and negatives can vary. It depends on what they're made of, how they're stored, and how old they are. Slides and negatives tend to last longer than traditional photo prints but can still deteriorate over time. Photo prints can fade or yellow quickly if not stored properly.
Photo albums and shoeboxes full of photographs are susceptible to floods, fire, theft, and other catastrophes, but digital images can be saved and shared forever.
Digital copies offer organizational features so you can rename, archive, and add additional information.
Photo albums, photo prints, scrapbooks, and shoeboxes of photographs take up a lot of space, but you can store them in digital format on your computer, a hard drive, a USB flash drive, or in the cloud (via iCloud, Google Photos, or Dropbox).
When you have preserved digital photo albums, your loved ones won’t have to fight over the physical copies of your family memories to enjoy them for decades to come.
It is much easier to share digital photos across the world with anybody using email and social media.
By digitizing your photo albums and loose photographs and uploading them to platforms like Google Photos, you can immediately benefit from advanced search, archive, and reminder features
When we create digital photos from your precious memories, we use innovative retouching and color correction tools, so your old photos look as good as they can be. Plus, with your own photo editing software and image enhancement tools, you can improve and edit digital photographs the way you want.
When you transfer your slides to platforms like Google Photos, you can use the advanced search, archive, and reminder features that are unavailable with physical slides.
With photo editing software, you can improve the quality of your slides without losing the original version.
To preserve your photos, photo albums, and the family memories they contain, you can scan photos to digital format yourself or choose the best photo scanning service. Let’s check out the pros and cons of your options!
Our photo digitization experts deliver the highest quality and the ultimate care. With over 20 years of experience, we've helped 12 million Americans preserve their photos, negatives, and slides. Trusted by major retailers like Walmart, CVS, SAMS Club, and Google Photos, we empower customers to preserve their memories for generations to come.e offer multiple digital format options including DVDs and USB flash drives, in addition to the digital downloads. The best part is that we are just as affordable as any other options. As an added value, we’ll get your originals as well as your high-quality digital copies back to you in less than 30 days including shipping.
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In addition to photo scanning, our advanced technology scans entire albums without removing photos. This unique service is only available at Capture and is perfect for delicate vintage albums or old books.
Even if your photos are stuck in an album, simply send it in and we'll scan it as is.
Our scanning includes color correction, auto-cropping, and glare removal for amazing results.
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Photo scanner equipment will help you scan photos to digital format one at a time. Each scan will produce a new JPEG file. It requires lots of work but generally gives good results. However, you will pay for good quality digital memories because these machines cost $300 or more. For example, the popular and reputable Epson FastFoto costs $499.99. If you want a more affordable option, then a standard flatbed scanner can work, but the results won’t be as professional in appearance. .
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You can use a digital camera or smartphone to take digital images of your physical photos. It’s fast and affordable because you can conveniently perform the scanning routine at home with items you already have. However, the digital copy will end up looking worse than the original photograph because it will pick up glares, dust, fingerprints, and other inconsistencies. It will also reduce the quality and produce a lower-resolution DPI.
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Photo scanning apps like Photomyne take advantage of your smartphone technology to scan your photos better than simply using your camera, but the quality of the scans will depend primarily on the quality of your phone’s camera, lighting conditions, and your skill level. Plus, it’s a very time-consuming process to create each digital image one by one.
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Our professional service scans your family photos and turns them into high-quality digital images using glare removal, color correction, retouching, and digital photo restoration.
Then, you can receive your digital photos as digital download, or add a USB drive and even a DVD to easily enjoy, view, and share.
Capture only charges for successfully scanned photos, which means you pay nothing if, for any reason, we cannot adequately scan any photo to your satisfaction.
For loose photos, slides, negatives, you will pay $29.99 for the first 50. Then, you only pay 50 cents for each beautifully scanned digital image after the first 50.
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