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I took A LOT to be 1000,s I prefer to use a digital camera in a copy stand for this
work Sort the items into groups of size and transparency/reflective Use a light box for the reflective with a black card surround, 2
L shapes can be adjustable to any size A foot switch works well The canoscan will probably take a long time to capture each
image- it’s the click rate! Best format for archive is tiff, ensure you do not go through a
jpg/lossy compression format in your workflow A 1 terabyte drive costs about 100 gbp for backup In the workflow always make sure there are at least 2 copies
somewhere Photoshop and acrobat (if pdf output is required) are good as
they can be scripted Keytext from mjmdesign is a great automation tool to cover any
gapsyou could you an xl spreadsheet to keep track of file names/content Irfanview is great for checking and viewing because its fast. The cataloguing will at least double the workload of the image
capture and the images will be almost worthless if you don’t put enough
information with them so people can understand what they are (known as the
metadata- information about information) Good luck Edwin From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Mason An acquaintance on a non-photo forum is looking to scan a
bunch of old family photos. Here are the questions posed in their own
words: Anyone
using a photo/negative scanner they would recommend? I'm looking at getting one
specifically to scan old photos and negatives to turn in to digital images. What
works good? Was actually looking at this one: CanoScan 8800F The need is to digitize A LOT of pictures & slides. Along the same lines, I'm trying to figure out how to
archive them once they're scanned. Anyone have experience with the Canon model? Any other
suggestions? How about the archiving? Not sure what software they
have as I'm typing this but will add that when I get the info. Thanks, Rich |
