Brian:
You have a problem. To get good quality, you are required to scan them
at (or near) the scanner's maximum dpi, sets say 600 dpi. As you
decrease the dpi, you speed up the scan time, but then you have a
bunch of photos that will be somewhat blurd when you make prints.
So regardless of the scanner used, and the software used, just
remember, speed reduces quality.
If you scan using a standard 8 by 10 size, just determine where the
limits on the glass surface for this size is located, then take some
architects masking take, the brown stuff, and cut small square, and
hold the photos on the glass with the tape, and scan several at once.
This will probably save a little time, but not much.
If you really want good pics, then the best way is to use photoshop or
a similar program to touch them up. But of course, this really slows
things down.
If you keep them on your computer, and don't made additional prints,
the cost of making them (after you have purchased the scanner) is no
problem.
May I suggest that you go through the 2,000 pics, and just select a
hundred or so of the best ones.
Neal Hammon
On Dec 412, 1120092007, 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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