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Scanning Tips
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In order to have a superior final result, it is necessary to have a good quality scan to begin with. Please follow these guidelines if you have decided to scan your photo yourself. The exact names for options in your scanner software may be a little different, but they are usually similar. If you have questions feel free to call or e-mail.
- Carefully place the photo face down on the glass. If your photo has been bent or has creases and folds, place a weight such as a book on the photo after placing it on the scanner to flatten it out. ***Please take care though. If the photo seems brittle, do not take this step. In this case you may have to package the original as is, and we can use a humidification process to soften the photo so it will lie flat.
- Choose "color picture" for picture type, even if you are scanning a black & white photo. This ensures we get as much pixel information as possible.
- Set the resolution to *300 dpi. If a resolution screen isn’t showing, you might have to click on advanced settings or properties or some variation.
- Do not change the contrast, sharpen, or brightness settings. If you had changed them before, then click on the reset button for their default settings. If doing this resets the resolution, make sure it is still set at 300 dpi.
- Close the settings box and click on "scan preview." In your scan preview window, move the handles on the little cropping box to surround your photo, leaving only a small border showing of maybe 1/2" or so.
- Scan and save as a .jpg, with a "maximum" quality setting. Take note where the file will be saved so that you can find it on your computer later.
- From here you can do one of the following:
- send the file to us as an email attachment.
- copy it to a CD and mail the CD to us.
- If you do not have a scanner, you can take the photo to a photo lab or a Kinko’s and ask them to scan it. Provide them with these instructions and they will scan it and save it to a CD.
- Of course, if you would like for us to scan the photo, you can mail it to us and we will scan it for no additional charge.
*Note: if the photograph is smaller than say, 4x6, and you’d like the final print to be enlarged a bit, you might want to scan it at 600 dpi instead of 300. But that’s only if you plan to make the restored print larger than the original.
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