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History of Broadcast Video Tapes Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

With the move to digital, many people have forgotten what came before and how good it was. For years TV studios, movies, and other companies all over the world used professional broadcast quality videotapes. Two styles of tape, in particular,...

Cost of Scanning Photos: DIY Vs. Professional. Written by: Cora Foley

While photo scanning seems like such a simple thing to do, many people don't realize the time and effort that actually goes into scanning large quantities of photographs. Obviously, you will have to spend some money on equipment, software, and...

Do You Have Memory Insurance? Why Digitizing Your Photos, Videos and Other Media Is So Important Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Quick Reasons to Digitize Your Memories: Eliminate the risk of damage to items from fire, floods, and other unforeseen disasters Insurance against losing priceless photos, videos, and film forever Protect your one of a kind keepsakes from fading and deteriorating...

Video Timelines: The Best Way to Organize Your Videos Written by: Cora Foley

A big shout out to Marci Brennan of Past Present Pix for this guest post on what to do with all of your videos. Everyone has videos randomly throughout their digital photo collections & it can be hard to decide...

8 Tips for Taking Photos with Your Smartphone Written by: Cora Foley

Year-round we have reason upon reason to snap photos like crazy. Maybe there is a beautiful snowfall, a birthday party, a family reunion, or a vacation. Don't you wish these memories could be captured with professional quality? But what if...

How to Clean 35mm Slides – The Best Ways for Cleaning Photo Slides Written by: Cora Foley

Slides provide amazing, 1st generation images - creating the ability to produce uninhibited printed and digital copies of the original picture. HOWEVER, for the digital images to be clear, you must scan a clean slide. Nowadays, slides typically end up...