Slide Scanning Services
Memories Renewed provides professional slide scanning services to preserve photo memories so they can be enjoyed in today’s digital age. We digitize all formats of slides at high resolution including custom editing.
QUALITY IS OUR FOCUS
We are a team of digital archivists preserving memories since 2005. Our top priority is quality which includes custom editing and organization with quality assurance review in every step of our process. All work is processed at our studio in Minnesota. We are proud of our 5 star reviews!
35mm Format
126/127 Format
110 Format
120 Format
Stereo Format
We accept slides loose, in boxes, in carousels, or in magazine holders and will return your slides in the same packaging and ordering as received. We accept slides mounted in cardboard, plastic, and glass.
Cleaned with Care
Each slide is inspected and cleaned as needed with gentle brushes and microfiber cloth. Digital corrections are also made to aid in producing clean images free from dust and scratches.
Custom Organization
Custom titled folders to correlate with labeled subject groups. We custom name the files to match subject folders for easy identification.
Custom Digital Output
Custom titled folders are output to an appropriately sized USB flash drive and/or a digital download link.
Custom Editing Included
Each slide scanned is custom edited for best quality results and all images undergo a final quality assurance review by a senior editor.
Editing includes precise cropping, color and contrast corrections, and cleanliness of surface blemishes.
We also offer scanning only without any editing for a discounted rate for those skilled with image editing or for higher volume collections.
Will you accept slides in carousels or do I need to remove them first?
We accept slides still in carousel or magazine holders and will create a file folder for each set of slides with any subject titles written on the groups. The slides are removed, scanned, and replaced in the same order we receive them.
What is the best way to estimate how many slides I have?
A good way to estimate the number of slides you have is to stack them and measure them with a ruler. One inch of slides equals approximately 20 slides. For example, 5 inches of slides should be about 100 slides.
Do you clean dust from slides?
We inspect and clean each slide as needed before digitizing by using air brushes attached to air compressors, and will use microfiber cloth and emulsion cleaner if needed. Our manual Photoshop editing process also digitally corrects surface blemishes.
What scanning resolution do you use?
High resolution is our standard, which offers greater flexibility for cropping and enlarging the digital images. This includes 4000 dpi resolution for standard slide formats in 2″ x 2″ mounts and 3000 dpi for 120 medium formats. A 4000 dpi resolution of 35mm format results in a digital image size of about 3600 x 5400 pixels or about 20 megapixels.
What scanning equipment do you use?
Depending on the condition of the slides and the format, we use well maintained Nikon Coolscan LS-9000ED scanners, as well as Nikon DSLR cameras coupled with SlideSnap Pro Scanners.
What image file format options do you offer?
The standard digital image output we offer is JPEG. Uncompressed TIFF format is optional by request for a surcharge.
How are the digital files returned to me?
We output your digital files to either an appropriately sized USB flash drive and/or a digital download link via Dropbox.
Do you also offer printing services from scanned slides?
We specialize in digitization and do not offer printing services. You can use the digital images to make prints from your preferred photo lab.
What is included in the price per image?
Included in the price for each slide is a high resolution scan for archival quality digital images which offers increased flexibility for enlarging, editing, and printing. Each slide is carefully cleaned and scanned by hand and includes precise cropping and manual editing for best quality results. We do not use any automatic processes for the retouching process. All images are reviewed 3 times through our digitizing process for proper quality assurance.
My slides have descriptions written in pen on the slide border. Can those be included in the digital file?
We do custom title groups of slides, but do not offer individual metadata entry per slide. We digitize in the sequential order we receive them to help make it easy to correlate the digital to originals if you wish to transcribe information.
How will my digital transfers be organized?
We will create custom titled folders by subject (if applicable) for each group of slides provided. We make it easy to correlate the digital transfers to the original media.
How many slides will fit on a USB drive?
On average about 1000 images from slides in JPEG format will fit on a 16 GB flash drive. 2000 slides per 32 GB. 3000 slides per 64 GB. 4000 slides per 128 GB.
