Scanning Your Photos
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Minor Restoration
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Major Restoration
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Reconstuction
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Colorizing
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Alterations
We specialize in the repair, restoration and preservation of your damaged
and faded family photos. Do you have an old, faded or torn photograph that
you would like repaired, restored and maybe even colorized? Photo Doctor
911 is here to restore and preserve your cherished family photos. Over time,
old photographs simply fall apart and fade away, but you can prevent that
from happening by contacting us today.
A high quality, high resolution scan is essential for a successful photo restoration.
Before you send us your scanned photo, please make sure that you
follow the guidelines below.
General Guidelines
Here are some general tips that apply to all photo scanning:
- If you want us to print your restored photo at it's original size without any enlargement, scan your photo at 300 ppi/dpi.
- The format you choose to save your scan depends on the size of the print you want. JPEGs (.jpg) are sufficient for photos that are to be printed at 4" x 6" size or smaller. Anything larger should be saved as a TIFF (.tif) file.
- Do not scan your photo with any special effects or filters provided by your scanner software.
- Use your scanner software's cropping tool to scan only the image, not the entire white scanner bed.
Scan Your Photos For Enlarging
If you want us to enlarge or reduce your restored photo from it's original size, use our handy calculator below. Just fill in the size of your original photo and the size you want us to enlarge or reduce your restored photo to--then click on the calculate button. All you have to do then is scan your photo at the recommended scanning resolution. With your order you get one 4x6 and one 5x7 print so please calculate accordingly.
If you have any questions regarding how to best scan your photo, please don't hesitate to contact us.