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The Ultimate Guide to VHS Tapes Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Do you have decades' worth of memories tapped on VHS? Transferring them to digital files can be a time-taking and overwhelming task. It's not as simple as scanning in photos or negatives. It can be tough to find a VCR...

How to Convert Slides to Digital & Why You Might Want To Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Before digital photography became widely available, slides were the most common way to preserve family photographs.Unfortunately, most people don't have a projector these days. Thus the memories captured on slides will never be viewed and cherished.This makes it essential to...

Understanding 7 Common Video File Formats and Their Purposes Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

In today's digital age, video content has replaced traditional media as the primary way people learn about the world. We find videos on most sites providing instruction, information, and solutions to common problems. Video content's relevance and impact will only...

The Ultimate Film Negative Guide: 6 Ways to Get Your Negatives Digitized! Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

While digital cameras have made photography available to everybody. There is still a good chance that you or someone in your family has a box full of old negatives or slides stashed away. If that's the case, it is time...

Transforming Negatives and Slides to Digital: A Comprehensive Guide Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Most of the time, our treasured memories from years ago are stowed away on negatives and slides in a small box in the attic. Soon, they would start facing the test of time. Picture negatives tend to decay, fade, or...

Three Simple Ways to Transfer Your MiniDV Tapes to Digital or DVD Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Before cell phones and digital cameras, camcorders were the best way to record home videos. In the mid-90s MiniDV tapes became a very popular format to capture home movies as well as professional usage. . However, today, with the advent...