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Gemega Imaging
718 South Gilbert St. Fullerton, CA 92833
1-714-626-0526
info@gemega.com |
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The Client Gallery
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Our Scanning Work |
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35mm Slide & Negative Scanning
View Your Scans on the Web Before
You Buy
We provide comprehensive slide and negative scanning to create
images suitable for printing, viewing on a computer or TV, emailing
to friends and family, web publishing, and archiving. Your slides and negatives
are returned and recorded on the highest quality CD or DVD media containing both
high resolution TIFF and JPEG image
files for each scan. Visit our
Client Gallery
to see some samples of our work.
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We scan everything and no job is too large or too small. Our
customers have asked us to scan and restore family slide collections,
vacations, weddings, original artworks and paintings, photo safaris,
magazine and promotional layouts, fashion layouts, National Parks
Service collections, university collections, museum collections,
dental work, surgeries, litigation exhibits, and wars. Whether you be
an amateur or professional photographer, your project will receive the
same expert service and care.
Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed
When your scanning is finished, we send you
an email with a secure web link so you can view your scanned images in your
own private Preview Gallery using your web browser. Your satisfaction is guaranteed because we won't
create the CD or DVD for shipping until you've had a chance to review
the scans and are pleased with the results.
Get A Second Opinion
If you want to share your images with family and
friends, forward the link(s) we email to you. Click
on the sample below for a
demonstration of how the Preview Gallery works.
For the added convenience to view scanned images on your TV, a
low-cost Photo CD option is available when you order. If you want
something more elaborate, see our
DVD Slide Show offering.
When you are ready to order, please fill out the order form by
clicking here,
or select Order from the menu. You can save up to 20% by taking
advantage of our volume discount. For more information see the
Discounts page.
Standard Processing
We make ordering slide and negative scanning for the digital age as
easy as getting your film developed. It's as simple as deciding what print size you want
from your scans. If you need
assistance, give us a call or go to the
Contact page to send
us a message over the Web.
For standard processing, the table below shows the available print
sizes you can choose from when placing an order. The print size you
select will produce the best print possible for any smaller print
size as well.
Resolution and File Sizes
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Print Size |
Scan Resolution |
Pixel Dimensions |
File Size |
#
of CD Files |
#
of DVD Files |
| 4 x 6 |
1370 DPI |
1200 x 1800 |
6.2MB |
104 |
676 |
| 5 x 7 |
1678 DPI |
1500 x 2250 |
9.7MB |
67 |
435 |
| 8 x 10 |
2662 DPI |
2400 x 3600 |
24.7MB |
26 |
169 |
| 12 x 18 |
4000 DPI |
3600 x 5400 |
55.6MB |
11 |
71 |
Note: Scan
resolution is based on cropped images. File size is
shown for uncompressed TIFF files.
Custom Processing
If you are a photographer, graphic artist, web designer, or you have
unique scanning requirements, like PowerPoint presentations, we do
custom scanning as well, and can scan your slides or negatives at any
desired resolution, up to 4000 DPI, and at a bit depth of 8 or 16 bits
per channel. For those who require more color tone precision with little or
no noise, we offer multi-sampling at up to 16x, and we offer several
color spaces to choose from.
Resolution and File Sizes
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Scan Resolution |
Pixel Dimensions |
Print Size |
File Size |
#
of CD Files |
#
of DVD Files |
| 1000 DPI |
986 x 1445 |
3 x 5 |
4.0MB |
162 |
1102 |
| 1370 DPI |
1351 x 1980 |
4 x 6 |
7.6MB |
89 |
588 |
| 1678 DPI |
1655 x 2425 |
5 x 7 |
11.5MB |
60 |
390 |
| 2000 DPI |
1973 x 2891 |
6 x 9 |
16.3MB |
42 |
276 |
| 2662 DPI |
2626 x 3847 |
8 x 10 |
28.9MB |
24 |
155 |
| 3000 DPI |
2959 x 4336 |
9 x 14 |
36.7MB |
18 |
122 |
| 4000 DPI |
3946 x 5782 |
12 x 18 |
65.3MB |
10 |
68 |
Note: Scan
resolution is based on uncropped images. File size is
shown for uncompressed TIFF files.
What You Should Know
We're not the only web-based scanning company and you may have
found someone local - so why choose
us? What makes us different from the rest? Why does a large percentage
of our business come from repeat customers?
Before you order scanning services from us or anyone else, we
suggest that you look for the following features when shopping for the
best quality and value:
- Insist on TIFF & JPEG file scanning output
- Insist on complete Digital ICE
- Insist that a professional-grade film scanner be used
- Insist on manual hand-fed scanning
- Insist on free cropping and rotating
- Insist that your scanning be done in the US
The above features are all standard at Gemega
Imaging and we don't charge extra for carousels, cubes, and trays,
cleaning, or scanning selected frames from a negative strip. Read on
to see why these are important features to consider.
TIFF Files
We don't charge more for TIFF file scanning
output. TIFF files contain all of the image data
captured during the scan. Nothing is discarded, meaning you have
access to all of the original image data for retouching, resizing, and
making photo-quality prints. TIFF is an excellent format for image
preservation and archiving.
JPEG files are compressed to create a much smaller file, but there
is a downside that you should be aware of. When the image is
compressed, image data is lost forever and every time the image is
edited and saved, more original image data is lost. JPEG is great for
emailing and transporting images over the Web, TV viewing, and
PowerPoint presentations, but it is not a good format for professional
applications, image editing, and image preservation and archiving.
Digital ICE4
We don't charge more for Digital ICE4 processing. All scans
include Digital ICE (Dust & Scratches), Digital ROC (Restore Color),
Digital GEM (Remove Grain), and Digital DEE (Fix Underexposures). We do a raw scan for those customers who want to edit and retouch the
scanned images
themselves, but for the majority of our customers, one or more
components of the Digital ICE suite may be needed to restore slides
and
negatives to their original condition. See the sidebar for a brief
explanation or see our
Image Enhancements page for an
illustration of what these options can do.
Film Scanner
We use a professional Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED film scanner.
Flatbed scanners, even at higher resolutions than 4000 DPI, aren't up to the task
of
scanning slides and negatives as small as 35mm.
That's why we use a dedicated film scanner designed specifically for
scanning 35mm slides and negatives. We chose Nikon for its superior optics.
Manual Scanning
We don't charge more for exposure corrections. Every
slide or negative is scanned individually by hand, previewed,
analyzed, and manually corrected until the best possible image is
acquired. Corrections are made to restore color balance, color
saturation, brightness and contrast, and if you choose ICE or ICE, we
attempt to remove any remaining dust and scratches
ICE misses.
These results can only be achieved by hand
where the operator's experienced eye can inspect the scan and make the
appropriate exposure corrections. For that reason, we don't use a bulk slide
loader, press go, and let a machine with its auto-correction features
do all the work. It's not uncommon that our scans look even better
than the original.
Cropping and Rotating
We don't charge more for Cropping and
Rotating. Even though cropping and rotating takes some extra time,
it is minimal compared to all of the other corrections we make, so we
don't charge more to do it. You should never have to pay extra for cropping
and rotating. Because TIFF files are used for printing, editing, and
archiving purposes, we don't rotate these files unless you request it.
All Scanning is Done in the US
Do you really want your precious memories
shipped overseas for processing? Some of our competitors offer
scanning at prices that are simply too good to be true. To do that,
they are probably outsourcing their work overseas.
Last Word
We're confident that when you learn what you
should expect from any scanning service, our services stack up pretty
well and our level of quality is unsurpassed. But don't take our word
for it. Read the testimonials or do some research.
There are plenty of resources on the Web. Here's
one,
if you want a good Scanning 101 crash course.
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We scan every slide or negative at a scanning resolution that yields
the desired print size
at 300 DPI. This produces sharp photo-quality prints and the
smallest possible file sizes. You receive two
image files for each scan. For printing and archiving, the scanned
image is saved as an uncompressed TIFF file. A TIFF file contains
all the image data captured during the scan and is the
industry-standard format.
The TIFF file is resized to create a high quality JPEG file 720 pixels in length or width, depending on the
image's orientation.
Digital ICE technology is used to remove dust
and scratches, restore color, eliminate film grain, and recover lost
detail from shadows and highlights.
Digital ICE does not blur or soften the image to
remove dust and scratches. It is integrated with the scanner to
create a "defect" channel. This "defect" channel is then used by the
scanning software to remove dust and scratches.
We use Digital ICE
by default and there is no additional charge for
this option. If you prefer, you can turn this option off or select
Digital ICE only on the Order form, but it is highly recommended
that you have us use Digital ICE.
Digital ICE removes dust and scratches only.
To learn more about the
benefits of using Digital ICE technology, click
here
and then visit our Image Enhancements
page to see some examples.
For Standard processing, we crop to remove the
black border, scan every
image for the print size indicated, and rotate the image if necessary
unless you tell us otherwise on the Order form.
35mm slide and negative film is small and must be
enlarged much more than medium format film or prints scanned on a
flat-bed scanner. To do that properly, we use a professional-grade film scanner.
We scan every slide and negative in a dust-free environment using
the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED film scanner. |
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We scan every slide or negative at any scanning resolution,
up to 4000 DPI, at a bit-depth of 8 or 16 bits per channel, and save
the image in any Photoshop-compatible file format.
For more precise color tones and to eliminate
noise produced by the scanner, we offer multi-sampling up to 16x.
Images are saved in the sRGB color-space profile
by default, and others are available on the Order Form.
You receive two
image files for each scan. For printing and archiving, the scanned
image is saved as an uncompressed TIFF file. A TIFF file contains
all the image data captured during the scan and is the
industry-standard format.
The TIFF file is resized to create a high quality JPEG file 720 pixels in length
and/or width, depending on the frame size.
Digital ICE technology is used to remove dust
and scratches and there is no
additional charge for this option. If you prefer, you can turn this
option off on the Order form.
Digital ICE does not blur or soften the image to
remove dust and scratches. It is integrated with the scanner to
create a "defect" channel. This "defect" channel is then used by the
scanning software to remove dust and scratches.
To learn more
about the benefits of using Digital ICE technology, click
here
and then visit our
Image
Enhancements page to see some examples.
For 35mm processing we don't crop or rotate images unless you tell
us
otherwise on the Order form. If we do crop, we only remove the
border. |
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> Testimonials |
"IT IS AMAZING! I
cannot write in words how much your service completely exceeded my
expectations. Thanks again for your work, your professionalism and
all of your help."
Kim Shaw
Canton, GA
"Thank you for
the great service. I have never been so pleased with the services
offered for any other purchases I made on the internet. I will
definitely let others know about your services."
Bob Milani
Menlo Park, CA
"They look great! There are one or two
that I wish weren't so underexposed, but it already looks like a
miracle to me. I will pass on your name to others who need to have
their stuff scanned. Your service has been excellent. Thanks."
Shane Ellis
Seal Cove, ME
"Thank you so much for
all your hard work. Just being able to view the items on the preview
galleries provided my brother and I with a great Thanksgiving
weekend. Thanks again."
John Axley III
Gaithersburg, MD
"I have to compliment
you on your method of doing business. If I had to construct a work
flow that gave maximum satisfaction to the customer, this would be
it."
Tom Sansoterra
Long Beach, CA
"The slides look
tremendous. Your hard work is certainly appreciated. The Slide CDs
were a big hit with the family."
Paul Schlenker
Media, PA
"You're a magician. I was afraid that my mom's old slide collection
was ruined beyond repair. Thanks for the great job."
Michelle Scher
Irvine, CA
"Wow! The prints I make
from the negatives you scanned for me jump off the page. It was a
real pleasure doing business with you. Thanks again."
Scott Reynolds
Villa Park, CA "Thanks for the advice and
fast turnaround. You produce a quality product and I won't hesitate
to recommend your services to other photographers. If and when you
decide to go medium format, you'll get all my work."
Mike Updegraff
Mission Viejo, CA "We are ecstatic. The
quality, consistency, and of course the customer service was
impeccable. I appreciate all your help and attention to detail while
working with our sentimental photographs. Thanks again and I look
forward to working with you again soon."
Michael and Marisa McCarthy
Red Bank, NJ "You did an outstanding job on
these slides!!!! They are 1000% better than <name withheld>
scanning. They got them so dusty, I had to clean them again before
sending them to you. Thanks for your excellent job."
Don DeJarnette
Northport, AL "WOW! What a difference. A vast
improvement over the original scans."
Doug Lewis
Anchorage, AK "Your web site is easy to
navigate and understand. Your pricing is fair, the quality of the
scans is excellent and I received prompt, courteous customer
service. I am definitely thinking about taking that whole shoe box
of old photos and entrusting them to Gemega for scanning!"
Angela Fresne
London, England |
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