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Image Scanning

Digitising Your Photos

If you take pictures with a digital camera, once they are in the computer you have all the possibilities of the digital world: modern photo printers produce colour prints in improved quality; the images can be edited, manipulated and retouched; you can even watch the photos on a television or DVD player.

But despite this digital age being fascinating, there is still one problem left - what do you do with your old photos, negatives and slides? Boxes of slides have been lingering at the back of a cupboard for years or decades, without having been touched, let alone watched. Unlike a good red wine, photos and films do not become better with age. Their colours fade, blisters and mould form on the surfaces, and the layer of dust on slides becomes thicker from year to year. It's important to transfer these old photos into digital format in order to protect them from further loss of quality. Delay and your memories will be lost forever!

The reasons for converting all your photos to digital format are clear:

Photographs, slides and negatives deteriorate over time. They fade, get damaged, mouldy, stained, scratched, torn, bent, and they get lost.
Secure your memories for generations to come with multiple copies. Digital images do not degrade as they are copied and reproduced. A well cared for CD or DVD can last up to 100 years!
Get rid of those shoe boxes of photos. Gain back valuable space in your home and cupboards.
Have all your photos organised and consolidated in a single digital photo album. Digitising your photo collection will allow you to find, view and share the pictures you want faster and easier than ever.
Organise your lifetime pictures in a digital photo-book, use them as wallpaper or screen-savers in your computer, print them on postcards, greeting cards, shirts, coffee mugs, print them wallet-size to poster-size, or even display them on your mobile phone or digital photo frame.
Email your photos, upload them to the web, share them with friends and family.
Increase your printing flexibility, print at home, at the office, at a photo-lab, print from the web, any size, any media, any time
Print your photos as many times as you want without quality loss.
Create animated and musical DVD movies and slideshows. Forget about slide projectors, carousels and trays. They are more fun to watch and are a perfect gift for friends and family!
Restore and enhance your photos. Eliminate dust, scratches, red-eyes, add brightness and contrast. Bring those faded colours back to life.
Zoom in and crop around smaller details, persons or objects; add a digital frame, or even remove people and objects.
With Virtuoso IT, it's easy, it's quick, and it's convenient!

We Have The Technology To Rebuild Them

Photographs, slides and negatives often develop problems from age and storage conditions.
Don't worry. Many of these problems can be corrected and the images returned to their former glory!

Each photo, slide and negative is individually processed
Digitally minimise mould, mildew, and dirt
Colour correct faded and over/under-exposed images
Trim image edges
Scan output is 600 dpi or higher to ensure the best quality possible.

Examples of images with typical problems and how they can be corrected:
	Left Starting to turn red Mould spots Right Colour corrected Mould minimised
	Left Film turned red Starting to fade Right Colour corrected Contrast enhanced
	Left Under-exposed Right Brightened Colour enhanced

Convert your old images to digital photos today by having them scanned to disc. We use quality devices for the scans and professional graphics editing software for the optimisation and editing. All the work is carried out by us and nothing is sent out. We treat your photos with care and any editing or image enhancement is done digitally. Your original images are not harmed.

You can phone us on 07 3800 1509 to discuss your needs or email your inquiry to sales@virtuosoit.com.au