We Scan All Types of Photo Prints to Digital!
Prints
Overwhelmed by old prints? We make photo scanning easy!
Simply bring us your boxes and bins, and we’ll scan your photo prints into digital photos. You’ll leave with a digital photo collection that’s organized into folders on your drive, preserved for safekeeping, and ready to share.
Enjoy the resolution, color, exposure, contrast and overall image quality of our photo scanning process. Our professional equipment and imaging software, along with our expert technicians, ensure each digital photo is the best possible replica of your original prints. From there, we offer options to enhance your scanned photos with basic photo editing or advanced photo editing and restoration.
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Once we scan your photos to digital, you’ll have a world of options for easy viewing, sharing, uploading, reprinting, editing and archiving. Get started today – pick a location and book an appointment, or simply stop by a lcation that accepts walk-ins.
Starting at $0.49/print and as low as $0.42/print with volume discount savings.
We Scan Photos to Your Specifications
Choose between three levels of service
Select from three resolution options
We'll follow whatever organization system you provide
Orders are customizable per your special instructions
When you choose us to scan your photos, rest assured we’ll treat each print with the care and attention deserved. We have extensive experience working with all types of photo print media, and with scanning large photo collections. We offer three levels of service and three digital resolutions and will work with you to select the best options for your project. Simply scan your photos to digital, enhance them with basic or advanced photo editing, or create a custom photo slideshow.
Additional Information
What's Included When We Scan Photos
Choose between three levels of service:
Good “Scan Only”
An economy option – digital images the way the scanner outputs them
What’s included:
- Meeting with you to discuss the details of your project. If you’ve mailed your material, we’ll call you for details.
- Dusting & scanning your photos to create excellent quality digital replicas of the original media. Read about print scanning resolution options and photo file formats.
- One original copy of your digital images on your drive
Better “Scan + Imaging”
Digital images that are ready to print or use
What’s additionally included:
- Applying professional imaging work to every scan, ensuring color, exposure and overall quality match or exceed that of the original.
- We also rotate your digital images to the correct orientation and crop to the image border
Best “Scan, Imaging + Slideshow”
Digital images that are ready to print or use plus a basic photo slideshow
What’s additionally included:
- Creating a basic photo slideshow of your digital images with fade transitions between photos and an opening title screen
- One original copy of your photo slideshow as an MP4 digital video file or on a playable disc, plus JPEG files to your drive.
- For playable discs, customizing the disc and case label with a photo you provide or a frame shot from your footage, and a title of your choice. View Disc Sample Image.
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Your origintal materials are returned to you with your finished project. All photo work is done by our professionally trained staff in our local lab.
Note: “Scan Only” images may need to be cropped and/or rotated. Drive not included in digitization prices. “Scan + Imaging” does not include digitally restoring and/or repairing damage, with the exception that color and exposure issues associated with normal photo fading are almost always corrected unless color/exposure distortion is extreme. Digital restoration and repair is available as an additional service and is billed at $90.00/hour.
Preparing Your Prints for Digitizing
- Select the prints you would like in your project.
- Organize your media into groups by date, subject or any other system you prefer. We will follow whatever organization you provide. We’ll create folders with 5-7 word folder names for free for groups of 20 or more digital images, for groups of < 20, add $1.95 per folder.
- If the order within a group is critical, number the photos on the backs. Keeping photos within given groups is standard protocol, however we can only guarantee order within groups if individual photos are numbered in order by you. Use a pencil or grease pencil to number photos. Avoid numbering with ink or marker that can smudge or copy onto other photos.
- Decide on the level of service and resolution for each group of photos. Identify groups that could benefit from our basic photo correction. Be sure to indicate photos that might benefit from advanced photo editing and restoration so we can discuss options.
- For slideshow projects, decide on options to enhance your production. For example, you can add music, text, effects, video clips, a menu and more. Our professional editors can create just the production you envision.
- Also for slideshow projects, select a title. “Richard’s Family Memories”, “Smith Slides: 1964-1975” are a couple of examples.
- For playable disc projects, provide a photo for the cover and disc label.
- Think about how many copies you’ll need. We recommend purchasing an archive copy on disc or a drive that can be stored for safekeeping.
- Get started – pick a location to drop off your media and book an appointment, or simply stop by a location that accepts walk-ins.
Pricing to Scan Photos
Prints All prices are per image | Good Scan Only (JPEG Files) | Better Scan + Imaging (JPEG Files) | Best Scan, Imaging + Slideshow (JPEG Files plus a playable disc or MP4) | |
Loose Prints | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | $0.49 $0.69 $0.89 | $0.99 $1.19 $2.49 | $1.59 $1.79 $3.49 |
Hand-Scan Print Items up to 8x10 | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | $1.99 $2.99 $4.99 | $2.49 $3.49 $6.49 | $3.09 $4.09 $7.49 |
Hand-Scan Print Items 8x10 to 12x17 | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | $2.99 $3.99 $5.99 | $3.49 $4.49 $7.49 | $4.09 $5.09 $8.49 |
Hand-Scan Print Items Larger than 12x17 Scanned in sections and digitally "stitched" together | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | $2.99/scan $3.99/scan $5.99/scan Plus $90/hr editing time to "stitch" sections together | $3.49 $4.49 $7.49 Plus $90/hr editing time to "stitch" sections together | $4.09 $5.09 $8.49 Plus $90/hr editing time to "stitch" sections together |
Volume discounts: 5% off over 250 prints, 10% off over 500 prints, 15% off over 1,000 prints
Minimum order: $29.95 Scan Only, Scan + Imaging, $99.95 Slideshow
Any print item that is not a standard loose print may need to be hand-scanned, including mounted photos, fragile or torn photos, multi-page brochures, etc. Please note, odd shaped photos requiring a custom crop, or photos requiring special cleaning and/or handling (e.g. particularly fragile or multi-piece paper items, removing photos from frames), may be subject to additional charges.
Basic & Advanced Imaging Work
We take pride in ensuring you get the best possible digital replica of your original photo. Our advanced imaging services offer the opportunity to improve the digital version of the original image.
A Sample of Our Basic Imaging Service
A Sample of Our Basic
Imaging Service
A Sample of Our Basic Imaging Service
Restoration & Repair
Restoration & Repair
Restoration & Repair
Additional Services
With our experience and your creativity, the sky’s the limit in creating the photo archive you envision. We can organize, edit or enhance your collection of old photos, and offer several options that make it easy to share and preserve your photo collection.
PREVIEW
We offer a range of options to help you view your media after digitizing so you can give us instructions for editing or for a photo slideshow production:
- The beauty of digital files: Pick up your digital image files to conveniently review at home. Then, just send us your detailed instructions for your final edited project. See conversion prices above.
- In-house preview: Once your photos are digitized but before we finalize your project, select locations offer the option to view your digital pictures in-store, in our software. Our software makes it easy to sort digital images into order for a photo slideshow or review your photos in detail to provide editing instructions. $39.95 for the first hour, $19.95/hour thereafter, plus the cost of any editing or enhancements. Please note, an in-house preview does not save you the cost of converting your photos.
- Need to review an edited project before we finalize it? We can upload a low-res version of your files or your slideshow production and share via the cloud for you to review for correctness. Slideshow pricing includes one low-res preview file. Additional previews $16.95 per upload.
ORGANIZE
Organize your photo collection by year, event or a system of your choosing. If you are purchasing a slideshow, add text screens, scene breaks or a menu to help viewers find what they want to watch and identify the contents. We offer a range of options to help you better organize your final digital photo product:
- Custom Folder System: Organize your photos into groups by date, subject or any other system you prefer. We will follow whatever organization you provide and organize your digital photos accordingly into a custom folder system. Folders with a 5-7 word folder name are free for groups of 20 or more digital images, add $1.95 per folder for groups of < 20 digital images.
- Custom File Name or Text On Images: Custom name each file for $1.95/file for 1-10 word short file names. Add text on a digital photo for $3.95/caption if copied from a digital document provided by client. Typing written or printed captions before captioning is $90/hour in addition to the per caption charge.
- Text Screens: Add a text screen before or on a photo or group of photos in a slideshow. $4.95/1-5 words, 6+ words or text over a photo $6.95/10 words. Scroll long-format text $90/hour of editing time.
- Scene breaks and additional MP4 exports: Add scene break markers within a slideshow MP4 file so you can jump ahead easily to the start of sections, or export select sections of your slideshow production as a standalone MP4. Exporting a section with clear, accurate start/end time codes is $9.95/MP4 export. For scene break markers within an MP4, add $29.95 to the slideshow price plus $1.95/per marker for sections with clear, distinct breaks or accurate start/end time codes. Add $90/hour for us to find the location of sections within a slideshow if not provided accurate time codes for the placement of markers.
- Disc Menu: Add a menu to your slideshow disc so you can navigate by chapter to specific sections. Chapters are also listed on the back cover of the disc case (there is no text in the footage). Slideshow price plus $19.95 for 1-6 chapters, $4.95/add’l chapter. Add $90/hour for us to place chapter breaks if not provided accurate time codes for the placement of chapters. “Press Play” menu screen $14.95/disc.
EDIT
If you order our Scan + Imaging service or a Slideshow, the price includes editing. We apply professional imaging work to every scan, ensuring color, exposure and overall quality match or exceed that of the original. We also rotate your digital images to the correct orientation and crop to the image border. For a photo slideshow, the basic price includes combining your digital photos with fade transitions between photos and an opening title screen.
Above and beyond this editing that comes included, any editing is possible. Did your old photos lose their luster over time? Our professional editors can adjust exposure, restore color, and fix or remove fading, tears, cracks and other imperfections. $90/hour of editing time.
Plan to edit your photos yourself? The high-quality digital photo files we provide are perfectly suited to “do-it-yourself” editing on your computer.
We offer a range of options to help you view your photos before or after digitizing, so you can give us instructions for editing. See the PREVIEW section for options to preview/view your photos.
ENHANCE
Enhance your slideshow by adding music, text, narration and more to any Slideshow project:
- Music – Set the mood by adding music your production:
- Royalty free music adds a nice, nostalgic effect $19.95/per hr, 1 hour minimum.
- Music you provide (on CD or as MP3 files) $9.95/song.
- Music purchased for you online $12.95/song.
- Sound/Voice Over – Have Grandpa narrate your slideshow and we’ll synchronize the recording with your footage. $90/hour of editing time.
- Text Screens: Add a text screen before sections or scenes, or over photos. $4.95/1-5 words, 6+ words or text over a photo $6.95/10 words. Scroll long-format text $90/hour of editing time.
- Mixed Media Editing – Combine photos or slides with video footage for a stunning production. See our Photo and Slideshow pages for more information on these services. $1.95/image, $9.95/video clip. Conversion and slideshow rates may apply.
- Motion Effect and Custom Transitions: Our most popular effect is our motion effect. We simply add a subtle pan across an image, or slowly zoom in or out. The effect brings the photo to life and dresses up the production. You can add the motion effect to all images or just to a select few, which has the effect of drawing attention to those images. $0.45/photo. Custom effects and transitions are also possible, $90/hour of editing time.
SHARE
One of the benefits of converting your photos to digital is that you can easily share copies of the files with friends and family.
An extra copy of your digital photo(s) is just the cost of additional USB drive. We sell reliable, fast drives starting at $16 per drive including loading your file(s). Drive price depends on file size.
If you would like to provide the drives to store your digital files, we’ll load any one drive for free. For each additional drive that you provide, there is just a small loading fee depending on the amount of data. For projects of up to 16g of data the charge is $5.95/drive to load. Loading fees vary by file size.
Our custom USB cases make great gifts and keep your drive(s) safe. Each USB case includes a label with a photo from your project (or that you provide), and a title of your choice. $14.95/case, $9.95/case with purchase of 2+drives, $6.95/case with purchase of 5+drives
If you put your photo slideshow to DVD, copies of discs start at $19.95/disc for DVDs and $29.95/disc for HD/2K projects. Ask about our discounts for multiple copies or copies of multiple discs.
Add an MP4 copy of your DVD slideshow order for just $29.95 per MP4.
Why Choose Memories to Digital?
We Treat Your Memories as if They’re Our Own
We founded Memories to Digital in 2003 after our family mailed their family films away and they got lost. We wanted our community to have a local place to convert family memories, one that offered an alternative to faceless mail-away services.
Today, whether you visit a Memories to Digital location, a Memorywise location, or one of our local partner businesses to drop off or pick up, you receive the same great service from the same dedicated local team. We are your media digitization experts.
We do 100% of our work ourselves, in-house, locally. We give you and your memories the personal service, care and attention deserved, and we use the latest technology to provide you with high-quality digital memories.
Safe, Secure, and Nearby
Eliminate the worry of mailing your memories. We’re local, we do all of our work in-house, and we take it seriously to safeguard your media while in our care.
Media Digitization Experts
Put our extensive digitization expertise to work! We don’t sell cameras or print photos–we specialize in converting all of the old media formats into the latest and best digital formats.
Quality You Can Trust
Our 30-day, 100% guarantee says it all. We pride ourselves on delivering the best possible digital replication of your media as ordered, and will work tirelessly to resolve any issues.
Customized Solutions
Meet with a real person and get your project done right. We’re not a cookie-cutter, drop-box operation– we offer a level of personal service and customization others can’t touch.
Testimonials
Just wanted to thank you again for the great job you did on my family’s movies. They were a big hit, especially the first DVD – The Early Years. Mom and Dad both teared up as they told their children and grandchildren about our family’s history.
Oke Johnson
Superior, CO
Thank you – the film transfers look terrific! It cost a little more than I had imagined, but it was well worth it. You did a great job and be sure that I will recommend your work anytime. I already did my first DVD with some of the clips and it just looks great!
Niwot, Colorado
Our Process
1. Contact & Drop Off
When you’re ready to get started, pick a location to drop off your media and book an appointment, or simply stop by a location that accepts walk-ins. During your initial appointment, we will gather the details, determine which services best suit your needs, and provide an estimate of cost and timing. If your appointment is via phone, we will make arrangements for you to drop off your media.
2. We Digitize!
3. Enjoy, Share & Preserve
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Our Photo Scanning Service: Preserving Your Memories for Generations
Photo prints hold a special place in capturing life’s treasured moments. From vintage family pictures to modern digitally printed photographs, our print scanning services transform your physical photos into long-lasting digital photo formats using photo print scanners.
What Types of Prints Can We Digitize?
Our photo scanning services are designed to handle all types of print photos. Here are some of the more common types of prints we scan:
Vintage prints such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen prints, collodion silver prints, cyanotypes, stereoscope prints, polaroids, and real photograph postcards
Contemporary black-and-white and color prints such as silver gelatin prints, platinum palladium prints, dye transfer prints, pigment prints, and chromogenic prints
All sizes of prints from very small to oversized large-format prints
Photos mounted on cardboard, in mounts or cardboard frames, framed photos and photos stuck to glass
Delicate, torn, curled or damaged photo prints
Why Scan Photographs with Memories to Digital?
We offer local photo scanning! Unlike other companies that scan photos, we are a local company, and do all of our work ourselves, in-house in Denver Metro and Boulder.
We are photo scanning experts. We specialize in knowing how to scan all of the old photo print formats to the best digital photo formats.
We offer a level of personal service and customization others can’t touch! Choose between three levels of service depending on what you need: “Scan Only”, “Scan + Imaging” and “Scan, Imaging + Slideshow”. Select from three resolution options: we offer 300 dpi, 600 dpi and 1200 dpi high-resolution archival scanning.
We deliver high-quality JPEG (JPG) or TIFF files and scan your prints using top-rated photo scanners, including multiple types of flat-bed scanners and photo scanners with a feeder. We use only the best photo scanners.
We’re a one stop shop where you can both get your print images scanned and take advantage of our advanced photo correction & restoration services. We can restore and repair faded, damaged, or discolored prints., and improve prints shot with poor exposure or in the shadows.
Why Scan Photos to Digital?
Whether organizing a collection of family photos or safeguarding old photos for the future, scanning printed photos allows you to preserve your priceless images, store them safely and back them up, and easily access them anytime, anywhere. Receive your digitized images on a drive that you provide or we sell USB flash drives and external drives. Let us help you bring your photo print memories into the digital age!
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