??? about scanning old photos

[shonuf]

I have a lot of photos to scan and i'm wondering what's the best way to go about this.

If I fill the area of my scanner with about 10 photos at a time, will i get the same quality as dong one at a time?

Can i just scan like ten and then crop them into single pictures?

Any programs or setting that anyone would recommend? etc. Just anything helpful to people that have done this. What's the best file format to save to?

edit.. i'm deliriously tired. So bear with me.

 

[BisexualMMA]

More photos on the scanner won't hurt the quality. The quality is determined by the dpi you choose in your scanning software. I would recommend something like 600dpi. It takes a little longer, but 300dpi is actually pretty limited.

If you scan ten at once, yes you can then crop them and save them as individual files.

If your only copy of a photo is something like a wallet-sized picture, or else it's a particularly important picture for some reason, you might want to go above 600dpi in that instance.

 

[mushishi]

Take a picture of your picture with your phone.

 

[FyrFytr998]

Take a picture of your picture with your phone.

I've actually done this a few times. Sometimes it's a bitch trying to get an angle so you don't get a glare off the photo.

Nothing for reproduction mind you. Just for a quick let me show you something.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

Take a picture of your picture with your phone.

I've gotten some amazing results(better than most home scanners) off a high end DSLR as long as you understand lighting angles(glare...etc).

 

[Defeat Unknown]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos.scanner&hl=en



Try that app. I havne't used it but it looked excellent when I originally saw the release video for it.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

If I fill the area of my scanner with about 10 photos at a time, will i get the same quality as dong one at a time?

I bet you do like dong

 

[minute bull]

Go through a local service. Check local Yelp reviews. Your time is better spent elsewhere.

Like here.

#sendnudes

 

[shonuf]

I've gotten some amazing results(better than most home scanners) off a high end DSLR as long as you understand lighting angles(glare...etc).

I do need to do this for a late 1800's photos i have that are under glass and i can't take out. All I have is my phone. Hope they're not too bad.

no comment on the dong. No money for a service to do it. Hopefully my pictures of a young Shonuf dressed as Arnold in Commando come out okay.

 

[ralphc1]

This is why I like my old Microtek Scanmaker S 400. It has 9600 x 4800 resolution. It only works with XP so I keep an old desktop not connected to the internet to use with it and transfer files with a thumb drive or external hard drive.

 

[Fugazi]

will i get the same quality as dong one at a time?

Freudian slip if I've ever seen one

 

[FierceRedBelt]

It's a shit load of work.

Most scanners will let you scan different portions of the bed on the same run and make separate files. IE: 1 Scan run but 10 separate images. Scan at the highest resolution possible and save it in the highest quality possible in a lossless format.

Yes, there are diminishing gains and it doesn't offer a ton of value after a point but you don't want to do this over.

Once you're done doing that you'll entire the shit show world of trying to repair damage to the ones you particularly like. Sort of worth it though and I've learned a lot.

 

[ralphc1]

Freudian slip if I've ever seen one

 

[BoogerDawson]

There's a google app called Photoscan (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos.scanner&hl=en). I haven't tried it out yet, but supposedly takes the glare out of pictures and auto-crops it. On the downside, it would be a pain to scan a ton of pictures.

Maybe there are high speed scanners for photos.

 

[VitorReem]

More photos on the scanner won't hurt the quality. The quality is determined by the dpi you choose in your scanning software. I would recommend something like 600dpi. It takes a little longer, but 300dpi is actually pretty limited.

If you scan ten at once, yes you can then crop them and save them as individual files.

If your only copy of a photo is something like a wallet-sized picture, or else it's a particularly important picture for some reason, you might want to go above 600dpi in that instance.

Yeh ditto this, if it's an important picture(s) definitely crank the dpi

 

[GSP_37]

I scanned some old pics that were really faded or tinted, and used the HP software that came with my printer and fiddled with contrast and looks way more vivid.

The pros can do a fantastic job with restoration.

I'm interested in some make shift stand for positioning your phone to take a high res photo of a photo or for scanning paperless documents.