Friday, April 22, 2011

How To Digitize Photos For Yourself

By Merle Nixon


Today thanks to modern technology, taking and preserving photos has become a whole lot easier. There are lots of new ways to take take pictures and even more ways to digitize your photos in case of a accident where they are damaged or destroyed.

When you make a digital copy of your image it works just like keep a spare tire for you car. The method of doing this is not hard at all and can be done be anyone with a little time and patience on their hands. The required materials for this will have to be a laptop or computer and a scanner. The scanner is what actually copies and registers the picture to your computer so choosing a decent scanner with a reasonable price is a good investment if you want stunning photo output.

To start this process you will first have to make sure that you laptop or computer is powered on and the scanner is on and ready. You will then have to place all your photos in a set order. You can arrange the by the date they were taken to give you an example. When your images are organized they are easier to scan to the computer without mixing things up.

After you have organized your pictures you can then open up your scanning software from your computer if did not already install it. Before you begin scanning you can create specific folder groups for the images so that they can be further organized. Now you are ready to take you first image and scan it. You will need to lift the lid on the scanner and place your image face down.

now you are ready to press the start button from your scanner to scan. This process should take only a few minutes, so you can relax for a little bit. Once the scanning of your first picture is complete you can remove it and go to the next one.

Many software programs give you the option of viewing you scanned object before saving it in case if it is crooked or for editing purposes during later use. If your photo is to your liking you can save it to one of the blank folders you created earlier. When saving the option of choosing a save format will come up and when it does you should save your file as a 'TIF' image.

When you digitize photos and save them in this format it may be a little large in file size but will give you more freedom to edit your photos if needed in other programs.

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