We perform fast and professional scanning of slides, 35mm negatives and pictures in Topsham Maine. All images are subject to pro Adobe color correction.
These simple slide shows feature moving pictures that are broadcast quality (540 lines per inch), Dolby Digital surround sound, and are stylized after the Ken Burns TV series on PBS called "The Civil War". The movement however, is smooth, not jittery as created on consumer grade products and many claiming to sell "high quality" photo slide show software. We also add professional sound track music free. Or, simply include your own music and we will use that - free of charge.

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Ben says,
     Thanks for the great service. If I want to make some large prints you gave me plenty of resolution. Look forward to sending you all my old negatives for
converting next. Thanks again, Ben
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

We have been working professionally for over three years and have produced a wide variety of videos. Our state of the art lab produces video quality that rivals a rented movie in sound track quality, video picture and stability as well as menus and labels. Many in the video industry have become complacent with the status quo and have produced the same video for each client. We produce a unique and personal video for each of our clients. We are passionate about our work, and our work is our proof.

BENEFITS

• Get it done right, and fast

• Digital is a better way to archive old pictures

• Avoids further decay from the elements

• Eliminate dust, mold and spec damage

• Remove cracks and correct colors

• Scanned at over 3 times the recommended minimum, our minimum 2,400 DPI scans allow for stunning color correction and high quality future prints.

• Allows viewing on PC, MAC or TV

• Use your pictures to make slide show christmas cards and more!

• Includes a Photo to DVD slide show movie

• Includes a Photo Picture CD

• Pick from a number of professional themes

Great for holidays, saving time, christmas, organizing the shots after the birthday and more. Include on screen text, credits, notes you give us and more.

ORDER BULK SCANNING : $0.12 cents per slide/35mm negative exposure on picture CD's only with purchase of at least a 100 image DVD slide show movie, or $0.15/slide for just bulk scanning. Printed "photographs" are $0.10/picture, 500 minimum. For smaller amounts, order a Photos-DVD package below - they all come with a picture CD. Note: a 35mm negative strip with 5 exposures on it would constitute 5 images.

PICTURE CD

$0.15/slide or neg

PICTURE CD & DVD MOVIE
See below packages*

$0.15/35mm slide or per 35mm negative is for bulk scanning to picture CD only. For picture CD and a playable high end "DVD Movie" slide show, see the packages below.

How affordable is that? Here is a real life example: 2,000 slides at home on a consumer scanner and a typical Dell PC would require, at 600 DPI, a minimum resolution for TV (not printable, it is too low), approx 80 seconds per slide, or 160,000 seconds, or 2,666 minutes or 44 hours. it also presumes you have no fatal computer crashes during this intensive use of a machine. Or, for $0.12 times 2,000 slides, or $240, you can work a few extra hours at your day job and get it done for 15% as many hours. We can do it fast using 6 scanners at once on 6 editing PC's. Test our summary. Ask at Best Buy or Circuit City how long their scanner will take to pull a 1,200 DPI or 600 DPI image. Bring a slide in and ask them to scan it live, in front of you, so you can time it. Use a calculator in the store, multiply the seconds by the number of your slides. Divide by 60, then divide by 60 again. This is the number of hours you are looking at.

ORDER 100 slides on DVD : $65 for a complete movie & picture CD
ORDER 200 slides on DVD : $120 for a complete movie & picture CD
ORDER 500 slides on DVD : $250 for a complete movie & picture CD

ORDER 100 35/Neg on DVD : $65 for a complete movie & picture CD
ORDER 200 35/Neg on DVD : $120 for a complete movie & picture CD
ORDER 500 35/Neg on DVD : $250 for a complete movie & picture CD

ORDER 100 photos on DVD : $37.50 for a complete movie & picture CD
ORDER 200 photos on DVD : $60 for a complete movie & picture CD
ORDER 500 photos on DVD : $125 for a complete movie & picture CD

ORDER 100 digital pics on DVD : $19.95 for a complete movie
ORDER 200 digital pics on DVD : $34.95 for a complete movie
ORDER 500 digital pics on DVD : $49.95 for a complete movie
    * the prices on photos include limited restoration of auto level and color adj via Adobe photo shop. For crack removal and aggressive restoration for older photos, use the prices for slides.

Why would you want to get all your slides onto DVD or picture CD's?

Slides decay in the same fashion home movies do. Water vapor and dust attach themselves to the exposure of the slide and cause damage. Tiny reactions with the material used as the base and water molecules, OHO, Hydrogen Hydroxide, nicknamed H2O, cause acids to form inside your slide. The base of the 35mm slides is made of a material far more resilient than typical 8mm film from say 1950, but the damage occurs every day regardless. Putting slides and pictures and photos onto DVD or picture CD ensures a long term and permanent solution to archiving important family treasures. Some day your children or grandchildren will be getting married and they will be looking forward to reminiscing through these old treasures with you. Don't let them disappear. For further reading, see our articles. They are fully researched, footnoted and include links to sources such as the U.S. Library of Congress.

Many put this off because they think they can do it at home, or in many cases, they bought a scanner and computer 5-6 years ago with the plan of scanning their pictures and/or slides. In most cases, the slides and pictures still have not been digitized. We can actually get this done for you at a great price. To scan 1,000 pictures at home might take 60 hours, but we can do it at a fraction of the time due to large numbers of scanners being operated at once. Your time is likely too valuable to sit for 2 days scanning. We also have access to state of the art photo repair codecs in Adobe Photoshop. As part of a "put slides and photos to dvd" package, your pictures are repaired. From color to tint to cracks to mold.

Putting slides and photos onto DVD or picture CD's is easy and fast. Click on a form above and get started today before more decay occurs with this heat and humidity this summer.

BEFORE/AFTER

We can remove cracks and slight water damage from your prints as well as state of the art restoration of faded slides and transparencies. Don't let the only shots of your dad, or mom, or grandparents remain at the bottom of the pile never to be seen. Make them new again for TV. See some more before and after shots from real orders to put slides and photos on DVD. BEFORE/AFTER

What do I send?   Send the whole album as is! Just make sure the pictures are not glued in. If they can come out easily like the clear static transparent overlay sheets, just send the whole thing! We will scan them as they appear in your photo album and add notes and text is appropriate. It is that easy!

Our movies are great for -

• Christmas
• Birthdays
• Graduations
• Weddings
• Growing Up videos
• Funerals
• Anniversaries
• Promotions
• Retirements
• and more

Can I do this at home if I have a scanner? (and lots of time!)

Yes. Creating a simple consumer grade photo show can be done for free. It is recommended that you scan 10 pictures with a stop watch and time the scanner and computer you are using. Divide the seconds by the number of pictures you scanned, and multiply this by the total number of potential pictures to be included in your movie. You will be surprised how much time it can take just to scan them in, let alone set up a movie file in a video editor! In fact, 500 pictures scanned on an inexpensive $80 scanner and a typical 1GZ computer, at a resolution of 2,400 DPI would require over 5 hours alone (approx 40 seconds per slide and letting your computer batch them to save). We can scan at a much faster rate using 4 lightning fast 2.8GZ Hyperthreaded computers each running Windows XP Pro and one high quality Epson Scanner each.

 You do not need to buy software from www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com or www.photo-to-dvd.com for $29.95, or any other company's software package. Download the free windows MOVIE MAKER II for windows and follow our tutorial (Tutorial avail April 20, 2005) . You will be able to produce consumer quality video good for some applications. Though not simple and very tedious to learn, it is a good way to get your pictures on the TV as a basic plain movie if you cannot afford to use a professional service. Most professional editors that produce picture based movies can use stunning expensive special effects, make layers transparent and float over other pictures, create moving objects that scroll towards you, banners, moving text, as well as produce in high quality sound, or like us in Dolby Digital Surround Sound and more.