Comments on: Have someone else digitize your old photos http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/ Daily tips on how to organize your home and office. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:04:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-40910 Sarah Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:11:12 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-40910 I just completed this process myself (minus the notes on backs of photos). I did not rename any actual filenames, it seeme pointless. iPhoto is great for the organization part and many people have mentioned bits of what I have done. First, organize by date and event. Iphotos events feature does this beautifully (and if you look at the "package" file of your iPhoto library, you will see that all of your photos have been organized into neat folders by date and event and you didn't even have to do it!). Next, I tag/keyword everything. I tag the location, City, state, country, place (restaurant, beach, etc), people on the photo, event type (wedding, party, etc), and any other relevant info. With Iphotos interface, this would be insane, but I use a shareware utility called "keyword manager" that makes it painless and speedy. It automatically creates a higherarchy for locations so if I assign a keyword "San Francisco" it automticalky also tags the photo for califonia and usa. It also sees into your addressbook so when you begin to type in a name, it autofills the persons entire name. I use these tags to create smart albums, for example one for pics of just my hubby and I, or ones taken a wineries, etc. I can also type in a persons name or a place and instantly see all of the photos pertaining to that. You can additionally use the faces and places features in iPhoto but the taggin is more precise for people. If I were in your shoes, I would hire a teenager who types well to enter the notes into each photo. Another great thing about iPhoto is that you can use it's database in more advanced programs like Photoshop or aperature thy don't have the near organization that iPhoto does. I just completed this process myself (minus the notes on backs of photos). I did not rename any actual filenames, it seeme pointless. iPhoto is great for the organization part and many people have mentioned bits of what I have done. First, organize by date and event. Iphotos events feature does this beautifully (and if you look at the “package” file of your iPhoto library, you will see that all of your photos have been organized into neat folders by date and event and you didn’t even have to do it!). Next, I tag/keyword everything. I tag the location, City, state, country, place (restaurant, beach, etc), people on the photo, event type (wedding, party, etc), and any other relevant info. With Iphotos interface, this would be insane, but I use a shareware utility called “keyword manager” that makes it painless and speedy. It automatically creates a higherarchy for locations so if I assign a keyword “San Francisco” it automticalky also tags the photo for califonia and usa. It also sees into your addressbook so when you begin to type in a name, it autofills the persons entire name. I use these tags to create smart albums, for example one for pics of just my hubby and I, or ones taken a wineries, etc. I can also type in a persons name or a place and instantly see all of the photos pertaining to that. You can additionally use the faces and places features in iPhoto but the taggin is more precise for people. If I were in your shoes, I would hire a teenager who types well to enter the notes into each photo. Another great thing about iPhoto is that you can use it’s database in more advanced programs like Photoshop or aperature thy don’t have the near organization that iPhoto does.

]]> By: Charles http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-30181 Charles Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:11:48 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-30181 I used a similar service called iPreserve and was very happy. Getting my photos scanned was an awesome idea, I was able to share all those old photos of my parents that were sitting in boxes with my brothers and sisters. I definitely recommend doing this. I used a similar service called iPreserve and was very happy. Getting my photos scanned was an awesome idea, I was able to share all those old photos of my parents that were sitting in boxes with my brothers and sisters. I definitely recommend doing this.

]]> By: Samuel Choi http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-28176 Samuel Choi Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:15:00 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-28176 I used a very similar online service called scanapix through a referral from my cousin. I needed to scan a bunch of photos we had at my work to archive our company history. There was no way I was going to scan each of these one by one on our kodak scanner. Im located in Bishop California and was able to get all my photos scanned and back to me in 7 days. This was probably because this company is based out in southern california but I was very impressed with the work and service. Im happy to see that there are a lot of options available now. I used a very similar online service called scanapix through a referral from my cousin. I needed to scan a bunch of photos we had at my work to archive our company history. There was no way I was going to scan each of these one by one on our kodak scanner. Im located in Bishop California and was able to get all my photos scanned and back to me in 7 days. This was probably because this company is based out in southern california but I was very impressed with the work and service. Im happy to see that there are a lot of options available now.

]]> By: Youseph Tanha http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-27204 Youseph Tanha Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:29:39 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-27204 My wife got a bunch of photos from her childhood from her folks for Christmas. This was the service we have been looking for. Thank you very much for the info! My wife got a bunch of photos from her childhood from her folks for Christmas. This was the service we have been looking for. Thank you very much for the info!

]]> By: Bob Armour http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-26243 Bob Armour Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:19:01 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-26243 After researching the market, we (www.lifesnapz.com) have partnered with ScanCafe (www.scancafe.com) and are very happy with their service, price and professionalism. ScanCafe also improve the quality of the photos, negatives and/or slides that are sent to them. You don't have to pay for up to 50% of the photos/slides/negatives that you send to them, so you don't need to spend a ton of time weeding out the ones your really want. Also, they will receive and scan in photos, negative and slides from albums, so you don't need to disassemble these prior to sending. Turnaround time is approximately 4 - 5 weeks. After researching the market, we (www.lifesnapz.com) have partnered with ScanCafe (www.scancafe.com) and are very happy with their service, price and professionalism. ScanCafe also improve the quality of the photos, negatives and/or slides that are sent to them. You don’t have to pay for up to 50% of the photos/slides/negatives that you send to them, so you don’t need to spend a ton of time weeding out the ones your really want. Also, they will receive and scan in photos, negative and slides from albums, so you don’t need to disassemble these prior to sending. Turnaround time is approximately 4 – 5 weeks.

]]> By: Why Tomorrow’s CES Tech Trends Are Old News At ScanMyPhotos.com « More Tales from the World of Photo Scanning - Offical Homepage http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-26217 Why Tomorrow’s CES Tech Trends Are Old News At ScanMyPhotos.com « More Tales from the World of Photo Scanning - Offical Homepage Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:23:59 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-26217 [...] “Have someone else digitize your old photos” – Unclutterer.com [...] [...] “Have someone else digitize your old photos” – Unclutterer.com [...]

]]> By: Hal Schwartz http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-25467 Hal Schwartz Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:35:16 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-25467 I would like to get a recommendation about a scanning facility for family photos from someone in the photographic field or very savvy and critical amateur. I am interested in finding a facility who makes high quality scans from old photos, is careful in handling photos, pays pretty close attention, and maintains color fidelity, improves contrast where needed, eliminatesw scratches and dust. Also I would like to know if it pays to scan at 600 dpi rather than the 300 dpi which is ordinarily offered. Thanks for any help you might be. Hal I would like to get a recommendation about a scanning facility for family photos from someone in the photographic field or very savvy and critical amateur. I am interested in finding a facility who makes high quality scans from old photos, is careful in handling photos, pays pretty close attention, and maintains color fidelity, improves contrast where needed, eliminatesw scratches and dust. Also I would like to know if it pays to scan at 600 dpi rather than the 300 dpi which is ordinarily offered.
Thanks for any help you might be.
Hal

]]> By: Ryan http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-24370 Ryan Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:56:31 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-24370 Perimeter Digital is a Canadian company that has been devoted to helping businesses convert paper documents to digital for over 20 years. It has also done extensive work for major archives within Ontario, Canada. Through this work with the archives (as they have many pictures, slides, negatives, roll film etc...) Perimeter realised that there is a great need for helping people capture and preserve their personal photograph collections. Thus, Periemter has now launched Digital Life Memories. It's focus is to capture photos, slides, negatives, roll film etc... to digital allowing people to share their memories through email, slides shows, coffee table books etc.. Digital Life Memories uses the same technicians and experience, as well as the latest state of the art scanning equipment, gained from over 20 years of helping it's business clients to ensure that each personal photograph collection is captured to the highest quality and standards. Why give your personal memories to a company that just decides one day that scanning photos is a great business when you could send your collection to a professional company with over 20 years experience? Also, being a Canadian company you can take advantage of the exchange rate. You can check out Digital Life Memories through Perimeter Digital at www.perimeterdigital.com Perimeter Digital is a Canadian company that has been devoted to helping businesses convert paper documents to digital for over 20 years. It has also done extensive work for major archives within Ontario, Canada. Through this work with the archives (as they have many pictures, slides, negatives, roll film etc…) Perimeter realised that there is a great need for helping people capture and preserve their personal photograph collections. Thus, Periemter has now launched Digital Life Memories. It’s focus is to capture photos, slides, negatives, roll film etc… to digital allowing people to share their memories through email, slides shows, coffee table books etc.. Digital Life Memories uses the same technicians and experience, as well as the latest state of the art scanning equipment, gained from over 20 years of helping it’s business clients to ensure that each personal photograph collection is captured to the highest quality and standards. Why give your personal memories to a company that just decides one day that scanning photos is a great business when you could send your collection to a professional company with over 20 years experience? Also, being a Canadian company you can take advantage of the exchange rate.

You can check out Digital Life Memories through Perimeter Digital at http://www.perimeterdigital.com

]]> By: David http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-24266 David Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:58:38 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-24266 I used www.scantodigital.com to scan about 500 of my mom's photos. I tried to do this myself and did not have the time or the patience. Cost $60.00 and they had them done in 4 days. Pretty sweet. Dave I used http://www.scantodigital.com to scan about 500 of my mom’s photos. I tried to do this myself and did not have the time or the patience. Cost $60.00 and they had them done in 4 days. Pretty sweet.

Dave

]]> By: James http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-19842 James Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:24:42 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-19842 For those who want to digitise old photos and documents, I have built a site for people to join and use free of charge, www.fotoscentral.com its still in beta but any comments and ideas would be welcome. I made the site when we were sorting my fathers possession after he died, he had so many photos that where memories of his and others life's that I knew he would want to share them with those in the pictures and their families, its not meant to be archive quality but you can use you camera phone to capture 5 or 6 pictures at a time,then upload the one image, it needs to be around 700kb but the site will tell you if its to big and how to reduce it using paint (I am dealing with that so better quality can be posted) their is a video tutorial link on the site and I have tried to keep it simple stupid to use,( cause I don't, sorry can't do hard) If you use it and have a comment mail me at james@showmehowto.org and please tell your friends about it!. All good things James For those who want to digitise old photos and documents, I have built a site for people to join and use free of charge, http://www.fotoscentral.com its still in beta but any comments and ideas would be welcome.
I made the site when we were sorting my fathers possession after he died, he had so many photos that where memories of his and others life’s that I knew he would want to share them with those in the pictures and their families, its not meant to be archive quality but you can use you camera phone to capture 5 or 6 pictures at a time,then upload the one image, it needs to be around 700kb but the site will tell you if its to big and how to reduce it using paint (I am dealing with that so better quality can be posted) their is a video tutorial link on the site and I have tried to keep it simple stupid to use,( cause I don’t, sorry can’t do hard)
If you use it and have a comment mail me at james@showmehowto.org and please tell your friends about it!.
All good things
James

]]> By: annbel http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18745 annbel Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:05 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18745 Does anyone know who will do international negative scanning to NZ? I've asked scanmyphotos but they only do international photo scans at the moment. Is it a problem getting negatives through customs do you think? Does anyone know who will do international negative scanning to NZ? I’ve asked scanmyphotos but they only do international photo scans at the moment. Is it a problem getting negatives through customs do you think?

]]> By: Raisin http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18719 Raisin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:08:33 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18719 @laure My local Costco offers a negative scanning service. In fact, any local 1 hour photo that offers photo cd services should be able to do it. @laure

My local Costco offers a negative scanning service. In fact, any local 1 hour photo that offers photo cd services should be able to do it.

]]> By: laure http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18673 laure Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:41:27 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18673 Does anyone have a recommendation for a place that will scan your negatives? Does anyone have a recommendation for a place that will scan your negatives?

]]> By: Michele http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18561 Michele Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:52:14 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18561 This is a great post. I have a huge box of old photos that I am working on scanning and organizing. This is a great post. I have a huge box of old photos that I am working on scanning and organizing.

]]> By: carsonm http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18483 carsonm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:15:41 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18483 I find it odd that digmypics[dot]com is back in business. Why do they think the public will trust them again after the fire? Their 3 month temporary website showed lots of pictures aka "dig my pics out of the charred rubble". It was filled with all kinds of support from customers who lost their stuff. Not one word from folks who lost part of their heritage. I find it odd that digmypics[dot]com is back in business.

Why do they think the public will trust them again after the fire?

Their 3 month temporary website showed lots of pictures aka “dig my pics out of the charred rubble”. It was filled with all kinds of support from customers who lost their stuff.

Not one word from folks who lost part of their heritage.

]]> By: Duncan http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18321 Duncan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:31:12 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18321 A few years ago I actually did this manually by hand for all my photos. I WISH I had known about these services then! I bought one of those scanners that has a feeder tray and spent about 10 hours on scanning thousands of photos in bulk. Then I uploaded all of them to flickr privately. From that point on all my photos we're shot digitally and uploaded to flickr. I keep the bad shots private and make the good ones public. I now have roughly 90 000 images on flickr the majority of which have been taken since then... I still keep local copies of them but it turns out that its way easier to find pictures after the fact using flickr because I tagged everything! It was so much work to get it done right. If I was to do it again I'd probabaly just mail them off to these scanmyphotos guys A few years ago I actually did this manually by hand for all my photos. I WISH I had known about these services then!

I bought one of those scanners that has a feeder tray and spent about 10 hours on scanning thousands of photos in bulk. Then I uploaded all of them to flickr privately. From that point on all my photos we’re shot digitally and uploaded to flickr. I keep the bad shots private and make the good ones public. I now have roughly 90 000 images on flickr the majority of which have been taken since then… I still keep local copies of them but it turns out that its way easier to find pictures after the fact using flickr because I tagged everything!

It was so much work to get it done right. If I was to do it again I’d probabaly just mail them off to these scanmyphotos guys

]]> By: Mitch Goldstone http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18255 Mitch Goldstone Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:49:56 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18255 Matt - Thanks for the posting from David Pogue's "Personal Tech" New York Times Aug 14th column. We're getting lots of visits from your posting as well. Beyond super fast photo scanning, I couldn't resist noticing the photo you used at the top. Hope you don't mind, but I just had to uncluttered the faded picture and make it brand new. Here's a link to the before and after ScanMyPhotos.com restoration. You can see why the photo business is such fun - helping bring back special memories. See link from the ScanMyPhotos.com blog: Tales from the World of Photo Scanning. http://blog.scanmyphotos.com/2008/01/sample-photo-restoration-unclutterer.html Mitch Goldstone President & CEO ScanMyPhotos.com Matt – Thanks for the posting from David Pogue’s “Personal Tech” New York Times Aug 14th column. We’re getting lots of visits from your posting as well. Beyond super fast photo scanning, I couldn’t resist noticing the photo you used at the top. Hope you don’t mind, but I just had to uncluttered the faded picture and make it brand new.

Here’s a link to the before and after ScanMyPhotos.com restoration. You can see why the photo business is such fun – helping bring back special memories.

See link from the ScanMyPhotos.com blog: Tales from the World of Photo Scanning.

http://blog.scanmyphotos.com/2.....terer.html

Mitch Goldstone
President & CEO
ScanMyPhotos.com

]]> By: Christopher http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18223 Christopher Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:19:20 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18223 I can personally vouch for Life Preserver Digital Archiving. They blow all the competitors out the of the water with their pricing, resolution, and personal service. I recently sent test projects to Scan Cafe, Digital Pickle, Scan Digital, and Life Preserver and I found Life Preserver to be the best bang for my buck. They even came to my home and picked up my media for me, free of charge. Thanks LP and keep on doing what you are doing. I can personally vouch for Life Preserver Digital Archiving.
They blow all the competitors out the of the water with their pricing, resolution, and personal service.

I recently sent test projects to Scan Cafe, Digital Pickle, Scan Digital, and Life Preserver and I found Life Preserver to be the best bang for my buck. They even came to my home and picked up my media for me, free of charge.

Thanks LP and keep on doing what you are doing.

]]> By: J http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18111 J Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:07:34 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18111 Looks like they've been mentioned above. Looks like they’ve been mentioned above.

]]> By: J http://unclutterer.com/2008/08/19/have-someone-else-digitize-your-old-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-18110 J Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:07:02 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/?p=2259#comment-18110 @ Grey I sent 78 photo albums to <a href="http://www.digitallifepreserver.com" rel="nofollow">Life Preserver</a>. Over 10,000 pictures in all. They had it done in less than 2 weeks. J @ Grey

I sent 78 photo albums to Life Preserver. Over 10,000 pictures in all. They had it done in less than 2 weeks.

J

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