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Slide Scanning Service | Negative Scanning | Photo Scanning

Slides and photographs are kept by many different types of organisations as well as the general public for personal use. Printed photographs are usually kept stored away in boxes where these pictures are susceptible to wear and tear after time. Slide scanning and photo scanning are an effective way to ensure these are all safely backed up electronically for the long-term along with any newer digital photographs.

With our high quality photo scanning, slide scanning and image enhancement processes we can have any collection of photographs or slides digitised and indexed into whatever category you require. By having slides and photographs available electronically it offers many benefits to the owner.

Slide and Photo scanning Benefits

• Have all of your old photographs available in digital format for slide shows or for uploading online.
• Have site/building photographs available from your desktop.
• Search for your photograph or slide quickly by name or reference number.
• Ensure old pictures and slides are digitised safe from loss or damage.
• View slides on your screen as opposed to inconveniently using an old slide viewer
• Slides and photographs can be digitally enhanced or edited to improve their final image quality
• View your pictures/slides as a DVD movie

Slides are also susceptible to damage and can be digitally retained during the slide scanning process while also maintaining their original quality just in the same way as microfilm, microfiche and aperture card scanning works.Using high resolution image scanning, the pictures are scanned to capture every intricate detail and if required the pictures can be enhanced to improve the quality of the images and remove any slight wear and tear from the media.Slide scanning

Slide and Photo Scanning process

Fast and Secure Collection
You can either dispatch your slides, transparencies or photo, etc. to us or we can collect from you using our secure next day courier services.

Scanning and Conversion
Scan negatives, scan photos, scan slides London, Manchester and rest of the UK. We can scan and digitise the following industry format to any digital format required;

• 35mm slides
• Negatives (110mm), Quarter Plate, Half Plate Negatives
• Transparencies
• Glass Plate Negatives
• Printed Photos, Albums

 We can scan to the following formats:

• TIFF (Compressed, Non-Compressed)
• PDF
• Jpeg

 
Indexing and Cataloguing

Once scanned we can then index each image by its relevant or required data, for example, Name, Reference Number and Location etc.

Quality Assurance and Control

Our negatives, slides and photos scanning services are fully accredited to ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance standards and in addition to this, we have developed our internal quality-control procedures to ensure that the scanning and digitalisation process meets the required quality standards.

Data Delivery Medium

The scanned images are normally delivered on a CD, DVD, USB or via secure FTP. For the security and confidentiality of the data delivery, we can encrypt the entire data using highest level of encryption.

Artwork Scanning & Print scanning

Pearl Scan also offers high quality reproduction of artwork or prints in many formats, if you have any paintings, collages, canvas work or glossy prints we can have them scanned at very high resolution capturing every detail from the original. It makes sense to have your artwork in electronic format to upload online or send via email.

Your photographs can also be used in a DVD movie so you can watch them all on your DVD player in chronological order with an accompanying soundtrack viewable on your DVD player/home TV.

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