Mines were 'point and shoot' photos so quality was not there always. If the photos were taken with a DSLR and carefully stored, then higher resolution would be good. If so, all good, collect all photos repeat. So the process was, open a new envelop with photos, name the folders for all 3 columns, open one scanner, place up to 4 - Go scan next scanner, 4 more photos -Go scan, next scanner 4 more photos - Go scan then go back to the start, watch the screen and confirm 4 green squares per column. When a pic got scanned in, it would appear with a green border that would fade after 1 minute. When scanned, it would watch the folder where the scanner put it, and move it into a folder that i had namedĪnd they got shown in 3 columns, each having showing the most recent 6 pictures. Said computer plugged into a 4K tv, running software I wrote to show me the photos as they got scanned.

One computer, being where all the files were stored, (via a network share, into adjacent folders) So, i had 3 computers, each with a printer connected to it, on a camping table. Whereas via wifi it would scan slower, and not be very good at identifying, and separating into multiple files. It would produce an image file for each identified separate image I discovered that if they scanned into a computer, through USB, they wouldī) allow detection of more than one photo on the platter, in a single pass. I obviously won't go through each photo one by one, is there an alternative that gives more granular control of how much 'recovery' which to apply? (I ought to mention due to qty, it has to be offline software only)Īny other tips would be greatly appreciated for this big task. Tried a demo of Gigapixel AI by Topaz Labs and I'm pretty impressed, but the result seems 'too good' for some examples, the time correct potato nostalgia is lost in translation. I will get a second hand photo scanner for this one time purpose only, how important is the specification of the scanner if it'll be AI enhanced/upscaled, and ran through a mass job of boosting contrast/clarity/etc in Lightroom?įollowing up on the above, since it's quite a time tax, how important is scan quality for each photo, 3mins/photo vs 45sec/photo? Have a few questions if someone can clarify?

Intend to reprint 60% in 6x4' and 10% in larger size physically. My mum has a collection of photos that I want to digitise for her, approx 1200 6x4', mostly from 80s-90s.

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