Photographs - how to copy them?

wazza

I am sure many of us have seen and wanted the family photos but the negatives are missing. One option is to go to a photographic shop to get copies.

Is there any way i can do it a home? I know some scanners can scan negatives but what happens if negatives are missing? Will it scan photos?

If i was to buy a scanner will that be adequate or do i need software etc?

Donnie

A scanner will be adequate.

wazza

if you placed a photo, i take it you will cut/crop the empty space around the photo?

fudgem

wazza wrote: »

if you placed a photo, i take it you will cut/crop the empty space around the photo?

Yes. My scanner was the cheapest I could find, and I scanned all my old photos in. They are then available for 'fixing' things like red eye, poor exposure etc as well. Best £30 I've spent

Donnie

From what I remember, I didn't need to do that. Possibly because I used quite a high resolution setting.

Ivrytwr3

scanners are good but they aren't brilliant. You could take the pictures to a photo shop and they will scan them (higher resolution scanners etc) and burn them to CD.

You can then upload them to your pc, tinker with them, print them etc....

superscaper

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

scanners are good but they aren't brilliant. You could take the pictures to a photo shop and they will scan them (higher resolution scanners etc) and burn them to CD.

You can then upload them to your pc, tinker with them, print them etc....

Unless you're using a very poor scanner I don't think there's any point. The resolutions you can get from scanning are usually far better than the grain size of the photos.

elektra

and if you don't want to pay out for a scanner and have only a few photos to do then most libraries have a scanner.

mostly

this or this should do you fine.

Jzpop

If you want to know the first basics of using a scanner, see the link below -
http://www.scantips.com/