Prices for scanning slides and negatives
1) Prices
Scanning
Up to 100 slides:
40p per slide/negative plus postage and packing. Minimum order 20 slides/negatives.
Up to 500 slides:
35p per slide/negative plus postage and packing.
Up to 1000 slides (1000 maximum):
30p per slide/negative plus postage and packing.
If you wish to have the TIFF files as well as the JPEG files add 10p per slide. Why would I want the TIFF files? See section 3 on this page.
Any extra copies of the disk will be £1 each.
Postage and Packing
Add £4.00 for standard Second Class Recorded return postage and packing, £7.00 for Special Delivery up to 1 kilo and £9.00 for Special Delivery up to 2 kilos.
Collection of your slides will of course save the return postage and packing. If you live locally you are very welcome to deliver and collect rather than use the post.
2) What's included
The basic premise is that I will scan the slides in exactly the same way (and with the same care and attention to detail) as I have scanned my own slide collection.
Every slide is dealt with separately. The price includes:- checking slide for suitability (no loose bits)
- careful brushing
- scanning using a state-of-the-art professional film scanner
- inspecting the result and if necessary:
- applying any scanning technology that may be able to improve the image. This includes using infra-red scanning technology (ICE4) to reduce incidence of ingrained dust and other blemishes.
- applying post-scan processing to improve the image. This is sometime not necessary but if it is, it is carried out with very great care. Note however that this is not a restoration service; I would not spend more than 2 or 3 minutes on each image. It may include altering the colour balance, the white balance, etc. I will also attempt to remove any blemishes that Digital Ice has not removed. If however a slide has a lot of blemishes that are too large for removal with Digital Ice I would not embark on a full restoration - I would only remove the most prominent ones if possible.
- copying the images onto a data-CD or data-DVD as JPEG files.
- optionally copying the images onto a data-CD or data-DVD as TIFF files.
- designing a label, printing and attaching it to the disk.
- the photos are supplied on disk(s) in a tranparent plastic sleeve.
- dispatching the disk along with your slides back to you.
3) Why would I want the TIFF files?
The TIFF files are large, around 14MB, but they contain all the information from the scan. The JPEG format is an extremely clever means of reducing the filesize to a manageable 0.75 MB by snipping away lots of bits of information that you hopefully won't notice. If you are only going to look at the photos on your screen or print them, then the JPEGs will be fine. But every time you open, edit and save a JPEG file, even if you ask for "100% quality", you introduce degradation to the image. So if you want to manipulate the image further you should use TIFF files. TIFF files are 'lossless', JPEG files are 'lossy'. When I did the original scanning, I worked on the TIFF files and only saved once to JPEG as the final operation.
Prices for Transposing Sheet Music
1) Prices
£5.00 per sheet generally. If it is particularly complex I would have to give you a quotation. Please read the page on Other Stuff: Transposing Sheet Music.
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