You'll want to avoid direct sunlight, which can change the color and look of your photographs. I've found it useful to create a small shadow with my body by hovering over the photo to ensure there is no glare on the original print. Hold your phone overhead and make sure the image is in focus first. You are able to focus most smartphones by simply tapping on the middle of the screen on the subject.
Then click away! You heard that right. Skip the old-school scanner and let your phone do the work. New apps allow you to quickly scan photos and documents right from your mobile phone. Here are a few of our favorite photo scanning apps that are free to download:. Sorry, smartphones — when it comes to quality, the scanner is still king. In most cases, your at-home scanner can capture visual information at up to DPI dots per inch.
That's four times the resolution of a print-quality image, which is an especially big deal if you're looking to enlarge a photo for printing. Simply put, it means you should be able to scan a print and reprint it four times larger, all the while keeping the quality of the original scanned image intact.
Pro tip: Start by increasing the resolution in your scanner settings, as it most likely won't be set to DPI automatically. You now have digital versions to share with everyone else cue: family favorite. Our go-to for cloud file storage is Dropbox — through this platform you can upload your photos from either your laptop or from your phone by using their handy phone app.
If the original photo is particularly old or worn out, you may want to review these tips for retouching and breathing new life into old photographs. The app creates enhanced digital scans, with automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and smart rotation. In the process of digitizing the photos, PhotoScan stitches multiple images together to remove glare and improve the quality of your newly-digitized images. Word to the wise: As convenient as they are, mobile photo-scanning apps might not always be the best solution, depending on your needs.
For example, as this detailed review of Google PhotoScan mentions, photos you intend on reprinting at a larger size later may be best scanned at a higher resolution using a dedicated photo scanner like one of the options below. Here are some tips to ensure the best possible results.
There are many different photo scanners on the market with varying price points and capabilities. A high quality flatbed scanner is a worthwhile investment for your home or office, and most of them are fairly affordable. You can also purchase a portable scanner, like Doxie , that allows you to scan from anywhere. Best portable scanner: Doxie Go SE. And nothing you or the best Tupperware could have done to stop it.
Well unless you upgraded to some museum-grade archival storage. We never think it's going to happen to us until, well, it actually happens to us. Knock on wood My immediate families have been very lucky so far. We build our homes with wood and run pipes in and around them so it only seems reasonable to expect a few of them them here and there might catch on fire or get really wet.
Your insurance might replace a lot of possessions but it's not going to bring back those albums full of paper prints if there's a bad fire or burst pipe. Two is definitely better than one when it comes to how many copies you have of your one-of-a-kind photographs. And yes, more is even better! I know, it's your collection and maybe you don't want those ungrateful cousins of yours to have a copy of that amazing shot your father took back in of your Uncle Phil after falling on that icy sidewalk.
But, that's no reason the only copy of it should be a paper print you stowed away in a shoebox under the bed in your guest room. Photos get damaged, scratched, moldy, torn, and bent. And when we aren't careful, sometimes they are just misplaced. When I was a kid, on weekends we would watch movies on television eating air-popped popcorn with real butter melted all over it.
And to drink, we all had a big ol' reused plastic sporting arena souvenir cup filled with concord grape juice. I'm not sure how that combination came to be, but they really do go well together!
But indulge in either one of these while handling your photos or even being near them and you're just asking for irreversible damage.
I don't even like to leave my loose photos out when I am not using them. Even if they are in some kind of envelope or folder, it's just too easy spill something on them.
When considering how serious the six reasons above are, it's comforting to know there really are photo scanning services for those who don't want to do the scanning themselves. There are services that cater to every budget. You place your prints, negatives or slides in a box and mail them off. The difference using Photoscan was…like I said, a little teary-eyed.
Look, I was the girl who always had the camera, who holds reams of photos from high school and college, especially and puts a priority on protecting that physical print from time, wear, and tear. The Photoscan images are so good, they kinda look better than the print sometimes.
It somehow balances the colors perfectly — not like a filter or editing black point, shadows, etc. I am a photo person. I love looking back at these images, because you can hear stories about people all the time, but a photo…is so much more. And this app takes that next-level by preserving them the way they really look. Get it. The developer, Google LLC , has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.
The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update. With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app. App Store Preview. Description Photos from the past, meet scanner from the future. Mar 10, Version 1.
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