Our Photo Album & Scrapbook Scanning Services
Albums & Scrapbooks
Looking for a way to save and share your old photo albums and scrapbooks? Our local photo album scanning service makes it easy and convenient to digitize photo albums and scan scrapbook pages.
Simply bring us your albums and we’ll convert the carefully curated pages and pocketed prints into digital photos. You’ll leave with a digital photo album archive that’s organized into folders on your portable drive, preserved for safekeeping, and ready to share.
We have extensive experience working with all types of albums and digitizing large collections.
Enjoy the resolution, color, exposure, contrast and overall image quality of our photo scanning service. Our professional equipment and imaging software, along with our expert technicians, ensure each digital photo is the best possible replica of your original media. From there, we offer options to enhance your scans with basic photo editing or advanced photo editing and restoration.
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Once we convert your albums and scrapbook pages 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 location that accepts walk-ins.
We Digitize Photo Albums 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
Expert Scanning of All Types of Albums and Scrapbooks
Scan scrapbook pages and digitize albums with confidence—with years of experience, we know just how to tailor our scanning process to suit your project. Choose from full-service or budget-friendly options, including page or individual image scanning, binding disassembly/reassembly, and photo removal/replacement from pages and sleeves. We offer three levels of service and three digital resolutions, and will work closely with you to select the best fit to achieve your goals.
Additional Information
What's Included in Our Photo Album Scanning Service
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 and pages to create excellent quality digital replicas of the original media. Read about album and scrapbooking 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 original materials are returned to you with your finished project. All scanning 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 Photo Albums for Digitizing
- Select the photo albums 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.
- Decide on the level of service and resolution for each album. Identify images 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 Convert Photo Albums and Scrapbooks to Digital
Albums & Scrapbooks All prices are per image except as noted | Good Scan Only (JPEG Files) | Better Scan + Imaging (JPEG Files) | Best Scan, Imaging + Slideshow (JPEG Files plus a playable disc or MP4) | |||||
Albums with photos that can be removed: | ||||||||
Each image scanned as a loose prints up to 8x10 | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | $0.49 $0.69 $0.89 plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | $0.99 $1.19 $2.49 plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | $1.59 $1.79 $3.49 plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | ||||
Each image scanned as a hand-scan print up to 8x10 | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | $1.99 $2.99 $4.99 plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | $2.49 $3.49 $6.49 plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | $3.09 $4.09 $7.49 plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | ||||
Albums with photos that cannot be removed: | ||||||||
Each page as a single image | ||||||||
Hand-Scan Pages 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 Pages 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 Pages 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 remove/replace photos | $3.49/scan $4.49/scan $7.49/scan plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | $4.09/scan $5.09/scan $8.49/scan plus $90/hr editing time to remove/replace photos | ||||
Each photo as a separate JPEG | ||||||||
Sections of pages scanned and each image cropped out | 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi | Hand-Scan Page price + $0.49/image + $0.69/image + $0.89/image | Hand-Scan Page price + $0.99/image + $1.19/image + $2.49/image | Hand-Scan Page price + $1.59/image + $1.79/image + $3.49/image | ||||
Volume discounts: 5% off over 250 scans, 10% off over 500 scans, 15% off over 1,000 scans
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 album pages, mounted photos, fragile or torn photos, etc. Additional charges apply to removing photos from pages, unbinding and rebinding albums, replacing photos corners, taping photos onto pages for scanning or back onto pages after removing, etc. Removing photos from pages, pulling back cellophane, unbinding and rebinding albums, placing albums on the scanner bed, etc can result in damage to the album binding, album pages, individual images, photos corners, etc. Additional charges would apply to remedying this normal wear & tear caused by the photo removal and album scanning process. Removed photos do not always re-adhere to album pages. Additional charges would apply to taping photos onto pages for scanning or back onto pages after removing.
Please note: it is not advised to scan photos through plastic or cellophane. Doing so can result in glare and/or dirt, debris scratches and artifacts from the plastic or cellophane appearing in the digital images. If directed to scan through plastic or cellophane, additional charges would apply for rescanning or editing to remedy any issues caused by the scanning process.
Scanning Scrapbook Pages & Digitizing Photo Albums
We take pride in ensuring you get the best possible digital replica of your original albums. Our advanced imaging services offer the opportunity to improve the digital version of the original image.
A Sample of a Scrapbook Pacge Scan
A Sample of an Album Page Scan
A Sample of an Album Page Scan
See the Difference Removing Cellophane Makes
See the Difference Removing Cellophane Makes
See the Difference Removing Cellophane Makes
A Sample of Our Basic Imaging Service
A Sample of Our Basic Imaging Service
Additional Services
With our experience and your creativity, the sky’s the limit in creating the photo album archive you envision. We can organize, edit or enhance your collection of old albums, 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 album 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 albums 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 photo albums 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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Preserve Cherished Memories with Ease – Scanning Scrapbook Pages and Digitizing Photo Albums Service
Family albums and scrapbooks are more than just collections of photos—they’re personal histories, carefully crafted with photographs, handwritten notes, and love. Digitizing these treasures not only ensures their long-term preservation but also makes them easier to share and enjoy with loved ones.
Why Digitize Albums and Scrapbooks?
Your old photo albums and scrapbooks hold priceless moments, but they can be cumbersome to store, tricky to share, and vulnerable to damage. By converting them to digital, you can safeguard your memories from fire, flood, or time itself—while making them effortlessly shareable with loved ones.
What We Digitize
Our professional photo albums scanners can accommodate every shape and size of album. Likewise, we are equipped with the expertise to handle the wide variety of album and scrapbook formats, including dry mount photo albums, slip in photo albums, self-adhesive photo albums and magnetic page albums, brag books, digital photo books, albums with frame pages, post-bound, three-ring or book bound albums and scrapbooks, strap-hinge scrapbooks, and more!
Turn Your Albums Into Digital Keepsakes
Bring your family albums and scrapbooks into the digital era. By converting them into high-quality digital formats, you’ll protect their unique charm while ensuring they’re easy to share and enjoy for years to come. Each scan is delivered as a separate JPEG (JPG), or TIFF file, perfect for archiving or reprinting. You can provide a drive to receive the scanned files or we sell USB flash drives and external drives.
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