Photo Print Scanning
View Your Scans on the Web Before
You Buy
We provide comprehensive photo scanning to create images suitable
for printing, viewing on a computer or TV, emailing to friends and
family, web publishing, and archiving. Your photo prints 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.
Photo Print Resolution, File, and Sizes
|
Photo Size |
Scan Resolution |
Pixel Dimensions |
File Size |
#
of Files / CD |
#
of Files / DVD |
| 3 x 5 |
300 DPI |
900 x 1500 |
4.0MB |
175 |
1125 |
| 3 x 5 |
600 DPI |
1800 x 3000 |
15.8MB |
44 |
284 |
| 4 x 6 |
300 DPI |
1200 x 1800 |
6.3MB |
111 |
714 |
| 4 x 6 |
600 DPI |
2400 x 3600 |
25.3MB |
27 |
177 |
| 5 x 7 |
300 DPI |
1500 x 2100 |
9.2MB |
76 |
489 |
| 5 x 7 |
600 DPI |
3000 x 4200 |
37.0MB |
18 |
121 |
| 8 x 10 |
300 DPI |
2400 x 3000 |
21.0MB |
33 |
214 |
| 8 x 10 |
600 DPI |
4800 x 6000 |
84.3MB |
8 |
53 |
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 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. 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.
Manual Scanning
We don't charge more for exposure corrections. Every
photo 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, and brightness and contrast.
These results can only be achieved by hand
where the operator's experience makes a big difference when making
exposure and color corrections. For that reason, we don't let the
scanner 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
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.
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 a little 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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