Photo Scanning Service

Testimonials

May 2009 Thank you very much for the prompt turn around with my order. Thrilled with results I will certainly be using you again

Kathy, Douglas

April 2009 Many thanks. I was delighted with my order and will be contacting you again in the near future to do some more!!

Mary, Scotland

April 2009 Hi Martin, Many thanks for scanning the pictures. They were great and came out great even on our 50'' plasma !

Jeremy, Surrey

Terms & Conditions

Ordering & Payment: Orders can be placed online and should be paid for by debit card. Once we receive your order, you will receive a confirmation email with details of where to send your photos. We recommend Royal Mail Special Delivery for sending your photos to us. Once we receive your photos onto our premises they will be scanned and converted. We aim to turn around all orders within 5 days but don't guarantee this.
Preparation: Photos should be prepared by you for best results - This includes ensuring all blue tack and anything sticky has been removed. Photos should be placed in large bundles. We will place a separator between batches. There will be no additional folder creating or indexing. If we receive the photos without any specific categorising they will be scanned as a large batch with a basic filename. Once imported to your computer package they can be easily indexed. We reserve the right to charge extra for poorly prepared photos or for photos which are sent in bundles of less than 30. If you are unsure, please ask about this.
Delivery: Delivery back to you will be made by us or by one of our partners like TNT / UK Mail. Delivery is excluded from the scanning charge but made clear at the time of order and is £5.99 unless you live outside of the main Uk mainland.
Scanning: Photos are scanned at 300 dpi or 600 dpi (you decide on ordering) and are saved as jpeg files. We cannot guarantee the quality of the reproduction due to the variance in quality of the photos we receive. We do not enhance or manipulate the scanned images. Images are deskewed where necessary. We only scan 1 side.
End Product: Once the scanning job is complete, we create a CD or DVD depending on the physical size of data needed. The disc is then delivered to you together with your original photos.

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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