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Scanning Negatives to DVD

35mm negatives

Now you can enjoy your 35mm negatives again. Before they fade, get moldy or lost in the move, scan your slides to a DVD. Scanning your family negatives can preserve you memories for the future in digital form that can be printed or viewed on your T.V. These images can be shared with your friends and family.

High resolution scans at 300 DPI or 600 DPI (photo) and transferred to a DVD for long life and easy viewing on computer or compatible DVD player for viewing on your TV.

Whether your family negatives are in boxes, the original cases, paper sleeves or in albums they can now be scanned to a DVD. Once on disk, the images can be printed at your favorite processing company or viewed. Copies can be made of the DVD and shared with your children and other family members. Some of the negatives of the kids will be of interest to your children, who may not even remember the last time they were printed.

     When I receive your negatives, they are lightly cleaned with low pressure air to remove loose dust and dirt. During the scanning process I use dust and scratch removal program..

      After scanning, I use photo editing software to do any final cropping to remove the black border of the negative and some minor colour correction is preformed. Some faded negatives can be brought to life. If the negative is underexposed (dark) or over exposed (very light) or out of focus, the scanning correction will not produce an image suitable for printing.

      All scans will be rotated to the proper orientation. All scanned negative images will be in jpg format.

      Your negatives will be scanned for a 4"x6" photo at 300 dpi which will produce prints up to 8"x10" with some cropping.
Negatives scanned for a 4"x6" photo at 600 dpi which will produce prints up to 16"x20" with some cropping. Scanning at
600 dpi will result in a larger file size than 300 dpi scans. However if you want the negatives scanned at a different size, please note this in the negative scanning order form.

      Different size scans, resolution and TIFF files are also available, please e-mail for details.

      All scans are saved on a DVD-R disk. The disk will be placed in a 14mm clear DVD case, similar to movie cases and not a slimline jewel case, with a cover insert with the title chosen by you.

       Please allow up to 2 weeks to complete your small order, longer for larger orders. Allow 3 to 4 weeks for personal cheques to clear.

If you are using these negatives also for the slideshow, please attach the slideshow order form with this order.

Prices

Description	300 dpi	600 dpi
negative scanned at 4"x6"	$0.75	$0.90
negative scanned at 5"x7"	$0.80	$0.95
negative scanned at 8"x10"	$0.85	$1.00

Additional DVD's at $5.00

One DVD is included with your order over $20.00.

If order is under $20.00 plus shipping, please add $5.00 to the order.

Please e-mail me or phone if you any questions about your order.

Please note that orders are accepted from and shipped to Canadian addresses only.

Negative Preparation
1. Either mail or if you want to bring in your order, please phone me first. If you have a large quantity of negatives in sleeves or albums, it would be cost effective to bring in your order. For large orders of negatives, e-mail me the following and I will give you a cost for mailing the order back to you, using Canada Post:
                                          - your Postal Code
                                          - Dimensions of box in inches or centimeters ( length x width x height)
                                - Weight of box in pounds or kilograms
     If you have not included enough to cover the mailing, I will e-mail, you requesting the difference, before starting your order.

2. Please e-mail or phone me the tracking number, when you shipped the order and who you shipped with. I will track your order and e-mail you when it arrives. You can also track your order using the tracking number. If you use Canada Post, I pick up the mail daily. If your order is shipped via courier, please make sure they deliver to Beaverlodge Alberta.

3. If you want your negatives canned as specific groups, attach a post-it note to the negative sleeve with the group name noted on it. The scanned negatives will be named as the group name plus 01 etc and will be saved to the DVD with the file folder named as the group.
For example:
                    - group namd "25th Anniversary" - file folder "25th Anniversary" - scanned image "25th Anniversary-01
If no groups are noted, I will scan the negatives in groups of 24 or 36 or number of negatives in the sleeve and note them in sequence 01 etc and file name as your last name01 etc.

4. If your negatives are in sleeves, do not remove them or cut the negatives. If your negatives are in envelopes, I will put them in a negative sleeve for an additional cost.

5. If you require some groups of negatives scanned at 300 DPI and some at 600 DPI , please note your negative sleeves or envelope with "Slides Scan at 600 DPI". The default scann is 300 DPI.

6. Use the negative scanning order form for placing your order.

7. Your will be phoned or e-mailed when your order is received and when ready for pickup or when mailed.

8. All mail orders will be shipped via Canada Post Expresspost with tracking, insurrance coverage to $100.00 and a signature required upon delivery. There is a charge for additional insurance.