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Preserving Your Memories: The Importance of Digitizing 8mm and 16mm Film Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

The digital age completely revolutionized how we capture and watch home movies. Analog formats became history in what seems like just a few years and suddenly the world had converted to digital. This has unfortunately rendered most home movie collections...

How to Protect and Restore Old Damaged Photographs Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

For more than a century, people have used photos to encapsulate their lives and immortalize important moments. But while today most of the photos are stored permanently online or on our digital devices, not too long ago the only way...

What are the Best Ways to Clean Negatives? Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

Negatives are a great way to store high-quality images for printing later. They're easy to store, decay slowly, and are (or at least were) relatively cheap to produce. However, even they succumb to environmental factors sooner or later at whether...

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...