Gemega Imaging
650 N. Rose Dr. #143
Placentia, CA 92870 1-800-358-5717
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View Your Scans on the Web Before You Buy

We provide comprehensive large format scanning to create images suitable for large prints, viewing on a computer or TV, emailing to friends and family, web and book publishing, and archiving. Your negatives and positives 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.

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.

What You Get With Each Large Format Scan
Scan Resolution	Adjust Brightness & Contrast	Adjust Color Balance	Adjust Color Saturation	TIFF File	JPEG File	Price Per Scan
500						$3.99
1000						$4.99
1500						$5.99
2000						$6.99

Resolution, File, and Print Sizes

Scan Resolution	Pixel Dimensions	Print Size	File Size	# of Files / CD	# of Files / DVD
500 DPI	1870 x 2362	6.2 x 7.9	14.0MB	50	321
1000 DPI	3740 x 4724	12.5 x 15.8	56.2MB	12	80
1500 DPI	5610 x 7086	18.7 x 23.6	127.4MB	5	35
2000 DPI	7480 x 9448	25.0 x 31.5	226.0MB	3	19

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 Digital ICE
Insist on manual hand-fed scanning
Insist on free cropping and rotating

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 ICE

We offer Digital ICE processing for Large Format. We do a raw scan for those customers who want to edit and retouch the scanned images themselves, but for non-professional applications, Digital ICE is recommended to remove dust and scratches.

Manual Scanning

We don't charge more for corrections. Every negative or positive 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, 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. 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 adjustments 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.

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 a little research. There are plenty of resources on the Web. Here's one, if you want a good Scanning 101 crash course.

> Large Format Processing

We scan every negative or positive at any scanning resolution up to 2000 DPI, at a bit-depth of 8 or 16 bits per channel, and save the image in any Photoshop-compatible file format.

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 orientation.

Digital ICE technology may be used to remove dust and scratches and there is an additional charge for this option.

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. If you prefer, you can turn this option off on the Order form.

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 LF 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.

> 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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