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Post by fiddlesticks on Aug 3, 2024 4:27:00 GMT
I did a search but didn't find what I was looking for. I am scanning old photos using Photoscan but came across the negatives from our wedding. Has anyone used a service where you send the negatives and get them back digitally?
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 3, 2024 5:24:05 GMT
There was a recent thread here about using Photomyne to do it yourself. I bought a Lightbox on Prime Day, and I already had Photomyne, but I haven't tried it yet.
I'm going to try it this weekend. If I'm not happy with the results, I am going to look around for a professional service. There used to be one just near my office, but they moved before I had a chance to use them.
I'm looking forward to seeing other replies.
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Post by worrywart on Aug 3, 2024 14:21:19 GMT
I did that at Target once. I'm not sure that they still have photo services though. It was easy - I gave them the negatives and they gave me a CD (good times!) with all of the photos as well as a little 'strip' of the mini pictures showing what they scanned.
At the time, I felt more comfortable giving them to someone close as opposed to sending them in the mail.
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Post by ntsf on Aug 3, 2024 14:23:29 GMT
scancafe.com will do that.. I have used them for years.
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Post by basketdiva on Aug 3, 2024 16:34:13 GMT
There was a recent thread here about using Photomyne to do it yourself. I bought a Lightbox on Prime Day, and I already had Photomyne, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm going to try it this weekend. If I'm not happy with the results, I am going to look around for a professional service. There used to be one just near my office, but they moved before I had a chance to use them. I'm looking forward to seeing other replies. We just bought a new light box and started using the program. It is so fast and the results are amazing. We've done both b/w and colored negatives from the 1960's. After working with about 200 negatives he found "voice activated" feature and you just say go- no pushing buttons!. |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 3, 2024 17:48:31 GMT
Try Photomyne and see if you like the results. I’m the one who recommended it on the other thread and I was honestly amazed at the quality of what I was scanning. If you aren’t happy with the quality, try a local camera shop. Ours does their services in-house, so the negatives aren’t mailed off somewhere.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 3, 2024 23:10:06 GMT
There was a recent thread here about using Photomyne to do it yourself. I bought a Lightbox on Prime Day, and I already had Photomyne, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm going to try it this weekend. If I'm not happy with the results, I am going to look around for a professional service. There used to be one just near my office, but they moved before I had a chance to use them. I'm looking forward to seeing other replies. We just bought a new light box and started using the program. It is so fast and the results are amazing. We've done both b/w and colored negatives from the 1960's. After working with about 200 negatives he found "voice activated" feature and you just say go- no pushing buttons!. Yay!! I'm so glad to hear this! I had tried using Photoshop to turn the negative into a positive, but the results weren't great. TFS |
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