Category: Scanning

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My VueScan Photo Scanning Workflow

June 2, 2010 | No Comments

It has been a while since I have talked about scanning photos to create a digital archive of those photos. As I mentioned in previous posts, I recently purchased a new desktop computer, and have been busy setting it up. I have also installed both the scanner and VueScan on my new desktop, and have [...]

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Scanning Old Photos? Get VueScan

December 12, 2008 | 9 Comments

I have been archiving some of the old photos, negatives, and slides that are lying around my house. As with most people, many are located in unlabelled boxes that are not organized in any way. Besides being unorganized, the other issue is that there are no safe copies of the originals, so if I was [...]

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How to Separate Multiple Photos from a Single File in Photoshop

May 23, 2008 | 7 Comments

I do quite a bit of scanning whether it be slides, negatives, or printed photographs. For slides and negatives I can easily scan multiple items at one time. Scanner applications are able to save each image to a separate file with slides and negatives. Scanning multiple photographs is a different story. Many times people would [...]

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48bit Image Colour Issues When Saved as JPEG

February 8, 2008 | No Comments

When I edit images in Photoshop that are either created in Photoshop, or from a scanner, I usually deal with 48bit images. I like the extra overhead for editing that 48bit images provide. The one problem that I encountered recently was saving the file to a JPEG to be displayed on a Web site. The [...]

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Organizing Digital Archives

January 30, 2008 | 8 Comments

A few months back I wrote a post call Data Archiving Method where I talked about which media I chose to backup my scanned photo and negative archives. I also mentioned the labeling method I chose to keep track of each photo. I haven’t wrote much about archive since then so I decided to provide [...]

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About Colour Management

November 23, 2007 | No Comments

For those who like to edit and print your pictures with the same colours you see on a computer monitor, then learning how to manage colours is very important. Although the colours may look similar between a printed photo and how it is displayed on a computer monitor, chances are that there is some colour [...]

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Scanning Photos and Negatives Resolution

November 16, 2007 | 3 Comments

I have began archiving the photos and negatives that are conveniently stored away in boxes. It is a great undertaking, but one that I’m sure I’ll enjoy. I describe my organizing method in my post titled Data Archiving Method. The one issue I have had, however, is determining the resolutions I will use for the [...]

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Backing Up Digital Photos

August 3, 2007 | No Comments

There is much discussion on the Internet about the best method for backing up digital photos. Some say CD/DVDs are the best media, while others prefer hard drives or tapes. In my opinion there is no right way to back up digital photos as each method has its advantages and disadvantages. I will discuss the [...]

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