Scanning photo prints paper is rare, but sometimes you need to do just that. Scanning is a process in which photographic prints on paper are used in digital photo files. There are a few things to know and a few tips to follow when searching such photo paper prints. In this article, the most important.

There are three types of photos you scan:

paper prints photo: The most common, usually in sizes of 5x7 and 4X6. Photo paper are easy to scan. You can scan them yourself at home with a home scanner. Home scanner can do the job are relatively cheap and usually costs less than 100 dollars. You can e-mail or hand them in person to a professional service to scan them for you. Once they are in the mail service, you will return to the originals and a DVD with the digital photo files - or alternatively the service you can use online access to digital photos (examples include services such as www.digmypics.com, www.digitalpickle . Com, www.britepix.com and many more), there are pros and cons at home scanning, or professional scanning services. If you have a small number of scanning photos at home is easier. If you have many photos with a service may be easier, but it can be expensive. If you decide to home, you should consider:

Resolution: The resolution of a scan is the number of dots per inch that the scanner can produce. Home scanner can scan at 1200 dpi or more. The scanner can be set to scan at different resolutions. The higher the resolution, the slower the scan and the greater the digital photo file. For most photo paper prints scanned at 300 to 600 DPI is enough. You can experiment with higher scanning resolutions.

Speed: The speed is not important if you only have a few photos to scan. If you have hundreds or more photo prints speed is important. For faster scanning, you should scan at the lowest resolution that is satisfactory - for most paper prints 300 to 600 DPI is enough .. Various scanners scan at different speeds measured by the number of scans per minute. When buying a scanner to focus on his speed.

Photo prints care: The type of feeding photo mechanism is not important if you scan only a few photos. It is important if you have many photos to scan. In this case, make sure you buy the scanner supports fast and easy loading of photo prints. High-end scanners can load a stack of photos and automatically retrieve and scan them. They should such scanners, if you scan hundreds or more photos.

Keywords: negatives are also known as a film. Negative film to be developed normally in 35-mm format from which paper prints photo printing. Scanning of negatives is harder than scanning paper prints photo. In most cases, it is also easier and cheaper to use a professional negative scanning service (for example, services such as www.slidescanning.com, www.myspecialphotos.com, www.pixmonix.com and many more). Standard flat home scanners are not good enough for negative scanning and money and you must buy a special film / slide scanner. Negatives are small high-resolution sources and therefore require scanning at higher DPI than paper prints. In most cases 2400dpi or higher. Negative also need to be illuminated in a special way when they are scanned. Flat home project paper scanner light on the paper from the front and then scanned by the reflected light. Negative on the other side, illuminated from behind, and the search is the inclusion of the light passes through the

the negative.

Slides: very similar to the negatives, for projecting images on large screens. The same considerations and tips for scanning negatives and slides for.