Guide to scanning old family photos; tips, best practices and more.

This is a pretty simple run down of the basic workflow I go through when scanning in old family photos, whether it's from film or prints.

Don't have time to watch the whole video? Here's the TLDW version:
-organize the envelopes and negatives before you start scanning.
-Look to keep images from the same year, or decade together. Maybe break them up in to smaller boxes.
-Scan in only two to three rolls at a time, then move onto the editing part.
-Name your files based on the roll they were scanned from (ex. 1955-Arizona-trip-Roll-01
-focus on the dpi/ppi (dots/pixels per inch) of the output. Basic rule of thumb is make sure you can print an 11x14 inch photo at 300 dpi or higher.
-if you are scanning in negatives, make sure you have a can or two of Dust-off.
-Use software like Adobe's Lightroom to keyword people and places.
-Use Lightroom's facial recognition feature to help with the process.
-If you know the date change it in the meta data. Helps for searching later.

I recorded most of this during one day of scanning, so there are some situations that may come up that weren't covered in this video.

Scanner: Epson Perfection series V750 Pro
Software: Epson scanning software, or Silverfast Ai 8 https://www.silverfast.com/

Editing & cataloging software: Adobe Lightroom
https://www.adobe.com/

Anything else I forgot to mention, let me know in the comments, I'll gladly add it in.

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