MakeUseOf: How to Scan Old Photos With Your Phone and Actually Make Them Look Good . “As a child of the 90s, I have tons of old photos from my childhood on printed film, as well as decades of family photos all tucked away in boxes and albums. Scanning and digitizing old photos is difficult work without the right equipment, but you can easily scan film photos using your phone and get great […]

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The Case For Scanning Your Old Photos Yourself

My wife and I bought a $600 high-quality photo scanner and spent the time to cull, organize, and scan our 10,000 or so pre-digital hardcopy photos. We are so glad we did! Now, they are a seamless part of our digital photo collection. Our pictures are always with us and we can easily search by date, topic, location, or face—memory dividends we cash in on frequently. 

But there are services […]

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#Minimalism #photoScanning

@atpfm It isn't clear to me from episode 560 John's workflow for scanning photos. I’m not a scanning pro but have learned a few things.

John made it sound like he scanned multiple photos and then sliced up the image but I might have gotten that wrong Just in case, suggestions.

Even macOS’ built in software allows you to select each photo separately and scan each one as a separate file. Better scanning software allows you to set scan settings separately for each photo. 1/3

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