Some will suggest you taking this to a professional service to have
them do it for you, this might be the easiest way for sure. I have
done a lot of what you are beginning, and like you I have hundreds if
not thousands to go.
I LOVE the Epson brand, their software is quite easy and intuitive. I
scan almost everything as proof of purchase, serial numbers, written
programs of the grandchildren at school to correspond with the
pictures I take of the event. On and on it goes.
I have used an Epson Perfection 4990 for a good while and it had
performed flawlessly. I just purchased another Epson that is suppose
to be great for photo's although the one I have been using has done
well but I have so many from decades of collection I wanted to try a
better one and I will also try using the negatives where possible
rather than the picture.
Epson will scan the entire surface if you set it on automatic, but if
you go into the professional mode you than can really tweak the scan.
You can choose the scan to be a PDF, jpg, or several other choices.
You can choose the resolution you wish, color, grayscale, black &
white as well.
I use the Epson scanner software. I have tried others and just can't
get the ease of use that I do with Epson. If you place several
photo's on the bed at once you can outline each (while in the
professional mode) then click on "all" and all the photo's will be
scanned at once and filed in the folder you have designated. From
there you can import to iPhoto or burn to a disk or choose another
preference.
I have imported hundreds and I would go at least 300 dpi on the scale
of what Epson allows. If you plan to work with the photo's in a
program such as Photoshop then I would scan at the highest resolution
possible. This will take longer, and take more space for storage but
the higher the resolution the more work you can do with a program to
correct cracked, yellowed, etc. etc. photo's.
John
On Dec 12, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Brian ONeal wrote:
I am now in possession of several decades worth of family pictures.
Most less than 5X7 in size. I can't really estimate how many, but it
probably somewhere close to two thousand pictures, possibly more.
I want to digitize them. Doing it as fast and as inexpensively as
possible.
I am sure that some of you have done this at some point.
How have you done it?
Recommend a fast scanner?
What software did you use?
Tips or tricks you picked up along the way?
Thanks,
Brian O'Neal
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