Photo Scanning Service

Testimonials

Good Morning,

I wanted to write to say an enormous thank you for the excellent work you completed so quickly on my precious photographs. I am more than pleased with them all and have spent the last couple of days looking at them. I will now start cataloging them for the boys. I am more than impressed with your customer care and efficiency and will have no hesitation in recommending you to my friends and family. I will start the clearing of the loft in the New Year and may need to be in touch again as Im sure there are more photographs, slides and other matters that may need scanning. Until then I wish you all the best.

Best Regards,

Rosie, London

Photo Books

Once you have scanned your old pictures, why not create a stunning photo book that can make the perfect gift or capture an occasion or moments in time. Using our friends at Bob Books, your can now create a book so professional you could expect to find it on the shelves at Waterstones. All you need to do is download their software and then load up your photos - you can use a mix of scanned and digital. You can add text and descriptions and customize it to suit. Once ready, the book is sent to print in Switzerland and is then delivered to your door, usually within 10 days. We have negotiated a 10% discount with Bob Books so encourage you to use the voucher code CLICK2BOB when you check out.

Photo Book Pricing - Prices start at £35 for a 24 page book - for more details, click through to BobBooks Pricing

Premium Service

If you really don't have the time or the patience to put a photo book together yourself, then we can arrange for a book to be composed for you. This is very time consuming and requires somebody with a keen eye to carefully liaise with you and deliver a book to you the way you want it. Prices for this premium service start at £100 plus the price of the book. Calls us on 0845 873 8600 to discuss in detail.

Useful Information on Our Scanning Services

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How to use our scanning service

1. Prepare your photos into neat bundles in the order your need.
2. Decide on 300 or 600 dpi scan resolution
3. Buy a scanning package online or use our order form if you don't know how many photos you have.
4. We receive your photos and scan them to jpg files.
5. We send originals and discs back to you by courier.

Reasons to scan your photos

They take up cupboard and drawer space
You never see them any more
They get lost, go missing or get damaged
All your other photos are now on the computer
You can share your family history more easily
You can create PhotoBooks & Digital Photo Frames

Reasons for YOU not to scan your photos yourself

It will take you ages and it's tedious work
Your time is precious - go and have some fun !
It's cheaper for us to do it

Ideas for a special occasions ..

Mum or Dads birthday ? Do them a photo book
Your 40th ? Slideshow DVD with music
School Reunion ? - Power point presentation
Wedding Anniversary - Photo book

Once we've scanned your photos we can:

Setup a new Digitial Photo Frame
Create a DVD TV Slide Show with Music
Create you a beautiful Photo Book
Create posters for parties
Upload Your Photos to a Photo Sharing Web Site
Make Unique Presents

Recommendations for Photo Album Software

Picasa photo albulm software Once you have your disc back from us you can add your photos to your PC or Mac. Our photo scanning disc will contain jpg files that have been scanned in the order you presented them to us. This means the time / date order will be visually accurate.

You can import your photos using the built in tools of Windows XP or Vista. If you use a Mac you will probably be using iPhoto. Similar packages for PC exist including Adobe PhotoShop Elements and of course the excellent Google Picasa. These packages allo you to create Albums or folders. This means you can multiple select the photographs we have scanned on screen and drag them into your newly created virtual photo albums. ..Download Google Picasa

Backing Up Your photos

Iomega Backup Drive - perfect for backing up photos Once you have all of your old photos scanned and have them together with your new digital photos you need to make sure they are backed up. You can do this in a number of ways and very simply you can backup to a DVD which will hold around 4.5GB of data which could be 5000 photos. If you have more than this number, which many people now do, backing up to another PC or across the internet to a Photo Bank offers you the best level of protection. To find out more just contact us for details.

0845 873 8600

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