How to scan an old photo. Scanning old photos

We digitize photographs, photographic plates, X-rays or paper documents up to A4 size using a professional flatbed scanner EPSON Perfection V850 Pro with a high resolution and a dynamic range of 4.0 D. When it comes to digitizing a photographic image, this is not at all the same as home flatbed scanner, even with similar detail. There is a big difference in the number of shades - the result looks deeper, juicier and fuller.

Our price calculator is at your service. The base price includes: single-pass scanning in JPEG, TIFF or BMP with a color depth of 24 bits, cropping, hardware removal of scratches and dust Digital ICE and auto color correction (at the request of the client). Term of execution: from 2 days to a week or more, depending on the number of photographs. If the pictures are pasted into the album and cannot be pulled out, then we will add a 100% markup. Wholesale customers receive a volume discount. Ask the manager.

How to choose the right scanning resolution;
How to retouch, colorize or process a picture;
How to restore old faded photos;
Want to spice up your photo album? Order a slideshow!

How much does it cost to digitize photos

Digitizing photos with resolution	Price
300 dpi	20 rubles / frame
600 dpi	30 rubles / frame
1200 dpi	60 rubles / frame
2400 dpi	120 rubles / frame
4800 dpi	200 rubles / frame

Digitizing photos for free ?!

In addition to digitizing, we are engaged in the restoration of various photographs - color and black and white, of any age and condition. If you order a restoration service from us, we will digitize the original photo for free and in the required quality.

Name of ancillary service	Price
Recording to an external HDD or a client's flash drive	is free
Recording on our 16 Gb flash drive	RUB 1000 / pcs.
Recording on our 32 Gb flash drive	RUB 1,700 / pcs.
CD / DVD burning, boxing, cover, painting	RUB 90 / pcs.
Burn to Blu-ray disc	RUB 300 / pcs.
Repair of cassettes (audio / video)	RUB 300 / pcs.
Custom CD / DVD / Blu-ray Cover Design	RUB 900 / pcs.
Custom CD / DVD / Blu-ray Cover Printing	RUB 200 / pcs.
DVD Menu Creation	RUB 150 / piece

How to order digitization of photos

You can come to our studio in person. This is the most reliable way. You will be able to see for yourself how everything is happening, and know for sure that valuable materials will not leave our premises. We work seven days a week.
You can call a courier to any area of Moscow.
You can use one of 2000 collection points throughout Russia.

What else can you do with photos

In addition to digitizing paper photographs, we can offer digital translation of photographic film - negatives in lengths or rolls. After all, if there is a choice between a printed photo and its negative, the source must be digitized, i.e. negative - the quality of the result will be higher. Film scanning prices.

If you want not only to save your photo archive on your computer, but also to view it in mobile mode, then we offer a slideshow as an additional service. At the same time, about 12 frames pass on the computer monitor per minute, and about 120 frames in 10 minutes.

Another unusual service of our Studio Video8 that we plan to present to you is live photos in exclusive photo frames. Remember the live portraits and motion pictures in the Harry Potter fantasy? Now fiction has become reality! Contact us and you can turn static frames into an enchanting spectacle that will delight you and your guests for many years!

Why digitize old photos

A family is filming against the background of Pushkin.
How charming for those who understand
All our follies and petty villainies
Against the background of Pushkin! And the bird flies out.

We'll be happy - thanks to the snapshot!
Let the short life rush and melt.
Forever and ever we are all now in an embrace
Against the background of Pushkin! And the bird flies out ...

This song by Bulat Okudzhava is an ideal answer to the question why people need photographs, and even near monuments, next to the stars or famous ruins ... Everyone has their own preferences. Someone loves photo safari: in exotic countries he catches outlandish plants, snow-white beaches, blue lagoons, an amazing underwater world or funny scenes at the local market through the lens. In respectable Europe, it is important not to miss the full list of attractions: the Eiffel Tower, Piazza San Marco, the famous Sagrada Familia by the architect Gaudi or the Spanish bullfight. Yes, and on a trip along the Golden Ring of Russia, you can see a lot of wonderful and curious things: from the golden domes of ancient temples to the workshops of all kinds of craftsmen who have preserved folk crafts in their original form. And everywhere you can find something that is not included in the usual tourist list and will only open to your attentive gaze: perhaps it is a cozy little coffee shop, an unusual museum, or just a house of a fantastic design that fits perfectly into the landscape ... once an Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. And the whole world still admires these and other masterpieces ...

Traveling around the world with your digital camera today is as easy as shelling pears. Just have time to press the button, instantly deleting unsuccessful frames and changing flash cards. And you can immediately upload everything to your computer, post it on Facebook or Vkontakte. But not so long ago our parents and grandparents were filming everything. There were times when the development of negatives and the printing of photos were also done at home, under the weak light of a red lamp, dropping sheets of photographic paper in different reagents. There was something like a mystery in this: the outlines of faces, landscapes and houses emerging from the whiteness of the leaf are a bewitching sight! Romance, which, alas, the figure has already lost.

Each family has preserved memorable albums with thick cardboard pages and touching carved corners, more modern albums with plastic pockets, or just thick piles of yellowed, frayed, in places torn, but so dear to the heart photographs. Of course, I would like to extend their life as much as possible in order to pass it on to their children and grandchildren, stretching a thread of memory between generations. And that is why it is wonderful when there is digitization of photographs: the opportunity not only to transfer memorable frames into digital format, but also to refresh them, removing the most harmful traces of unforgiving time.

Correct scanning of a photo is the key to a good result.

Cleaning the photo and scanner. Gently remove dust and dirt from the photo with a soft, dry, lint-free cloth. Do not make great efforts to remove stubborn dirt, as this may damage the original. If the dirt is difficult to clean off, scan the photo as it is, in a graphic editor you can remove the excess without damaging the original.

If the old photo is printed on embossed paper or has surface damage in the form of cracks, creases and tears, then it is recommended.

The scanner glass must be clean and transparent. Remove stains with a dry, lint-free cloth or special cleaner. If there is damage to the scanner glass, offset the photo at an angle a few centimeters and make another copy.

Scanner settings. All photographs, including black and white, are best scanned in color, whether you want to end up with a color or b / w image. Scan old photographs with stains and yellowed from time to time only in color, then the result during restoration and restoration will be the best. When scanning color images, set the largest color depth that the scanner supports on the hardware, preferably 24 bits or higher.

It is recommended to scan the picture with a resolution of at least 600 dpi. If the photo is small, for example 3 by 4 cm, you can set the resolution to 1200 dpi. Scan large photographs, 15 x 220 cm or larger, at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

Do not correct or enhance the image with a scanning program; leave this work to a dedicated graphics program. It is not necessary to crop the image, but it will reduce scanner runtime and file size. It is better to leave a little blank area around the image than to remove part of it - the alignment is included in the restoration.

Saving the file. The digital image should be free from scanner stripes, lint marks or stains on glass; the image should be as clear as on a paper original. Save the image in TIFF format, setting the highest quality if possible. If your scanner does not allow you to digitize photos of high quality or you lack experience, it is better to contact a specialized center for this service. The resulting file can be saved electronically, sent by mail or uploaded to a special server for. It will not be superfluous to create several copies, on different media.

How can I improve my scanned photo? Any paper photographs fade over time, and even with the most careful storage, scuffs appear. But on the scanned photo, you can remove any damage with the help of processing and return it to its previous appearance.

When scanning old photographs for restoration, it is better to set a high resolution. The method of printing photographs up to the middle of the 20th century gave good legibility. This means that when scanning at high resolution, small details appear in photographs that are not visible to the naked eye: elements of jewelry, awards, clothing. A photo with a good resolution will show better facial features. And although 300 dpi is sufficient for printing photos without enlargement, it is better to scan old photos at a resolution of at least 600 dpi. Then, when you enlarge the image in electronic form, you will be able to better see the details, and it will be much better to restore it.

A digital image consists of pixels - individual points with different colors and brightness. A resolution of 300 dpi means that one inch (2.54 cm) is 300 dots, that is, a square inch of an image is 300 by 300 pixels. When zoomed in, the digital image resembles a mosaic, and the pixels are fragments of it. The more "pieces" of the mosaic, the more detail in the image.

Fragment of a scanned photograph with different resolutions.
Left to right: 1200 dpi, 600 dpi, 300 dpi.
Above is the original scale, below it is proportionally enlarged.

Almost all old paper photographs have cracks, spots, or scuffs. During restoration, pixels are copied from entire areas and pasted in place of the damaged ones. When there are few pixels, this limits the possibilities of restoration. Firstly, damaged pixels merge with whole ones, which distorts facial features, and secondly, the necessary information may not be enough for correct recovery. The larger number of pixels allows not only to accurately restore the photo, but also to enlarge it when printing.

scan with normal resolution 600 dpi, 100% scale

scan with small resolution at 100% scale

low resolution scan in magnification

The scanner's manual indicates the maximum optical resolution, above which scanning is useless. The scanner will add pixels that are not in the original image by interpolation. For a good restoration, the original pixels are enough, the rest instead of useful information will only increase the volume.

When saving photographs for restoration, it is better to choose the TIFF format. The size can be preset in the scanner software before scanning or after, depending on the model. Saving must be uncompressed. The JPG file reduces the file size at the expense of the loss of information in the image. When saving a file in JPG, the algorithm splits the photo into rectangular blocks: the more information is lost during compression, the more blocks become visible. When this happens in an area with small details, the latter are lost and blurred, tonal and color transitions become invisible: this is called a JPG artifact. However, the default settings for the scanner are often JPG compression, so they must be set manually. Settings with phrases "File format" or "quality" should be set to maximum, compression or compression should be set to minimum. The surefire option for scanning old photos is the TIFF format, where the files are saved without loss of quality.

Photo in JPG format
On the left there is minimal compression and high volume, on the right there is strong compression and less volume.
Above the original size, below - increased.

On the Internet, you can find such recommendations for a photo how to scan it with a resolution of 300 dpi and save it in JPG format. This saves memory and speeds up file transfer by losing image detail. Consider whether to ditch it for a little savings. Modern technologies allow you to store and transfer photos in the best quality, so saving on file size is practically irrelevant today.

top photo scanned at low resolution, bottom - 1200 dpi resolution

on the left is a photo scanned in an album and blurred, on the right it is straightened and pressed against the scanner glass, below after restoration

Details Category: Creating a photo archive

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1 About scanning photos
2 Purpose of scanning photos
3 Preparing Photos for Scanning
4 Setting up the scanner for scanning

In the photo archive, any photographer keeps photographs printed on paper. In order to efficiently store them or use them for any purpose, they need to be digitized using a scanner. To do this, you need to know how to properly scan and save such photos.

You need to scan photos correctly right away, as there may no longer be such an opportunity. Scanning errors can be costly, especially for hundreds or thousands of photos. How to scan photos correctly will be discussed further.

You can scan photos yourself, or you can entrust a specialist in the nearest darkroom, but in any case, you need to understand how and for what purpose you will scan your photos. This is done differently for different purposes. Selecting a photo scan target is the first step to start scanning.

And the scanning process. However, many novice users are not familiar with this operation. Let's try to figure out how to scan a photo on a computer?

What is a scanner?

A scanner is a device that analyzes any photo, drawing or text, after which it creates a digital copy of this object. Next, you need to save it as a file.

The process of making such a digital copy is called scanning.

Scanning methods

There are several scanning options:

Paint program;
universal scanning using Windows from the "Devices and Printers" item;
FastStoneImage VieWer program;
using the scanner software;
WinScan2PDF;
program "ScanCorrector".

Let's dwell on each of the methods mentioned, and learn how to scan a photo on a scanner.

Through "Devices and Printers"

If you are a novice user of a scanner or MFP, then there is an easier way to scan a photo to a computer like this one, you will not find:

Scanner software

The complete set with any scanner or MFP comes with software (software) to carry out the operations provided by this device. In addition, this software usually includes installation drivers and other additional programs for use. They are not difficult to use.

We go into the program through the shortcut on the desktop. Next, we proceed according to the prompts directly from your scanner, since the settings and scanning process may differ for different models.

Paint program

This program is in any computer, in the "Standard" folder. Let's consider how to scan a photo on a printer or scanner using it.

We turn on the scanner and put the desired photo on its glass.
Open the Paint program, and in the "File" menu select "From Scanner or Camera".
In the window that appears, select the type of scanned image and click "Scan".
The device usually warms up for a few seconds, after which the scanning process begins. When it finishes, the scanned image will appear in the window.
We save the resulting photo in the desired folder, having previously selected the format and name for it.

The question of how to add a photo to the computer has been resolved.

FastStoneImage VieWer Program

Using this program, you do not need to install separate power-consuming applications for scanning.

We also launch the installed program from the desktop. Through the "File" menu, select "Get image from scanner" and the "Scan" button. We place the document in the device, select the type of image.

After the photo is scanned, we save it to the desired folder on the computer.

In addition, in this program you can easily carry out many operations to edit the resulting image.

Scanitto Pro software

Convenient utility for scanning photos and documents, which is used for Windows. It has various functions for editing scanned images.

Scanitto Pro provides exceptional quality for photos scanned using the TWAIN driver. It is fairly straightforward, even for users with minimal training.

Scanitto Pro is a one-stop solution for scanning, recognizing or copying photos and texts.

Here are some of the benefits of this program:

scanned images are saved in BMP, JP2, TIFF or PNG;
the ability to change the order of pages;
determination of the boundaries of the scanned material automatically;
the ability to search for images converted to PDF;
convenient setting of resolution, color modes and sizes;
manual selection of the scanned area.
automatic and fast text recognition;
support for 6 recognition languages.

WinScan2PDF Program

This small program that does not require installation, using any installed scanner will help you scan various documents and photos to your computer in PDF format. It does the job well and is easy to use.

How to scan a photo to a computer using WinScan2PDF?

Download and run the program.
Click "From".
Select the scanner and click the "Scan" button.
The normal scanner settings window will open. Having selected the necessary settings, we continue scanning.
After the scanned image appears, click "to PDF" and save the document.

ScanCorrector program

The Scan Corrector utility is designed for quick and easy scanning of photos and documents. Using the functions of color, contrast and brightness, the program will correct the scanned file, improving its appearance. The advantage of the program is its small volume and the absence of the need for installation.

This will allow you to have it with you at all times, on any removable media, and use it as needed.

The program is intended for a wide range of users and does not require additional special knowledge.

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Shooting is too easy. But scanning and printing images can be difficult. If you want to scan and print photos, read this easy article.

Method 1. Scan

1. Connect the scanner to your computer

While most modern scanners connect via USB cables, some older scanners connect to the serial and parallel ports on most computers. Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to the slot on the scanner and the other end to your computer.

2. Turn on the scanner

Plug the power cord into the scanner and the other end into an electrical outlet, and turn on the device. If you have already connected the scanner to your computer to grab the drivers to run the scanner on your computer, you can enable each item in the order that you feel most comfortable with; however, if not, prepare to turn on the scanner after logging into your computer user account.

3. Place whatever you want to scan into the scanner

Make sure the image is face down on the scanner glass. Almost all scanners will have tiny insignia in which the corner of the image should be placed. Place it under the music below this area.

If your scanner has a so-called automatic document feeder, do not use it. Using these functions, in addition to the impossibility of re-acquiring finished images, will also cause the images to get stuck in the machine and the image will also be blurred. Use only a flatbed scanner to take pictures.

4. Follow the instructions in the scanner manual

as well as third-party scanner software to make sure you are pressing the right buttons. Sometimes the button will be called "Scan", and in other cases it can be called something completely different.

Sometimes pressing the Scan button on the scanner launches your scanning software, while at other times you can open your software where you can import images through the scanner and scan using that.

Do not take an image from the scanner. Most scanners will need to rescan the selected portion and save that area (as you will see below).

5. Crop the previewed image

if the scanning software you are using prompts you to preview the scan before saving the image. Make sure any white background you used is not showing up in your finished image, and remember to rotate the image if possible.

6. Save the image

More often than not, this will require a secondary scan of the item to scan only those areas.

Method 2. Printing

1. Launch the program you are using to view your photos

Sometimes it might be based on your operating system, and sometimes it's third-party software (like Adobe Photoshop), or sometimes it's a completely different program.

2. Open the image file saved earlier in this program

This will most often be done with the shortcut Ctrl + O, but you will need to refer to the program's documentation menu to make sure this can be done in your program, as not all programs use the same methods to open in the Open ".

3. Preview of the image when the printer is turned on (if it is not turned on)

Make sure the image is the one you want to view. Make final image adjustments to make the image even better. If you are not a photography expert and can trust your software to make the right decisions, use the auto-adjust setting to fix your photos in edit mode. If you can't, you can manually adjust them using the sliders and within the program boundaries until they are exactly the style you would like.

4. Save the file to ensure the most recent image is printed

if you have made any changes.

5. Use the key combination Ctrl + P or any key combination in which the print menu can be found

6. Select the printer on which it should print

as well as any other document style specifications that may need to be established. This may include the number of copies to be printed as well as the type of paper that is installed in the printer. On some printers, you will need to select other options such as borderless printing, etc., but each printer is different, so follow the directions on your particular printer to find out what the printer can print.