I hope last week’s article, Photo Books 101: How do I Crop Photos, really helped!
Today we are going to answer another question people often ask us about photos:
Can I use scanned photos and how should I scan them?
How to use scanned images
Sure – you can roll out the scanner! Just use a few ‘tricks of the trade’ to be sure you get the best possible quality.
Before you scan, make sure your photos are dirt and dust free. You don’t want these little nasties blemishing your finished product.
Prep your scanned photos to look their best too. Crop out any white edges after scanning, so all you have is 100 per cent super‐duper snapshots.
Try to scan all your photos at a high dpi* value (600dpi is ideal). That way you’ll have more choice over how to use your piccies throughout your album. You won’t get fuzzy or badly fitting shots ... hurrah!
Don’t go overboard on the dpi though. If you scan higher than 600dpi you won’t get any better quality – just a frustratingly slow computer as it struggles to handle the whopping files. This can make for processing problems too. So use 600dpi as your benchmark wherever you can.
*DPI stands for Dots Per Inch and is printing trade speak for the resolution quality of a picture. In other words, how well your photo will print. You’ll find DPI setting options on most scanners.
So that’s the juice on scanning photos. Easy when you know how, isn’t it?
So that’s how it’s done! Come back and visit again next week because I’ll be talking about something a lot of people aren’t sure about in Photo Books 101: How do I swap photos between frames?
Ciao for now!
Sandra Williams
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