If you used the basic coiled photo albums to keep your family photos in order, you should check their quality right away. Most of these photos have been fading behind the plastic sheets and they are sticking to the paper they were mounted on. These photos should be removed immediately. Photos that are stuck to […]
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How to Take Better Indoor Photos Without Flash
First of all, find out how to turn off your auto flash on your still camera. The flash on your camera is great for indoor low light photos of family sitting around the dinner table, taking photo’s of people outside in the dark and recording information on a photo. However, if done correctly and without […]
Scanning 126mm Slides
It is difficult to understand why most companies scan 126mm slides but scan them in a 35mm format. When you take a square and make it a rectangle it does not work very well. Your slides will be cut off on the top and sides. Most slide scanners do not crop these properly, they need […]
Scanning Film & Negatives
There are several scanner available that will scan negatives and slides. They have a rack to place about 4 slides or negatives to prepare for scanning. When you preview your scan, select a good size like 2400 dpi, color correction and dust removal. Scanning takes a long time but they come out pretty good. Most […]
Design Your Own Page
The basic art work in the studio is free, the Premier art has just has about 90,000 different backgrounds and embellishments at your fingertips (it is included with the Club Heritage Makers. I still like to make my own backgrounds. My two favorites are: Place a photo (a landscape, family home etc.) on the page […]
Best Way to Save Photos
The best way to save our photos is to back them up to something other than a computer. External hard drives are computers and they will not last forever, really, will anything really last? Our technology changes very quickly now. The old home movies were supposed to last forever, or at least 100 years, now […]
Best Way to Preserve Home Movies
Time and technology keeps changing and creating new ways to save our precious family film and slides. We have always felt that after we have transferred your family films that you should have some sort of a back up in case you accidentally damage or lost your DVD. The industry has always recommended that the […]
Time to Gather Family Film & Photos
Easter weekend is the perfect time to talk about preserving all the family photo’s and media. If you are going home, dig out the slides and film, fire up the projector and enjoy the memories. Check the family photo albums to see what condition they are in. Find out who has what in the family. […]
Special Event DVD Production
If you have a special event or celebration this year a music DVD can be a great part of the celebration. Often the parent of the Groom will have a DVD of the couple growing up and their dating photos and show this at the rehearsal dinner. Graduation is also a time when family gather […]
Backup Hard Drives Also Crash
It is wise to save your photo’s and important files on a DVD or CD disc as well as an external hard drive. We have heard people mention that they store thousands of photo’s on their external hard drives and feel confident that these treasures are safe. All computers store information on hard drives, and […]