Scan Photo Albums in San Diego
Using our San Diego photo scanning services will allow you to digitally show off your entire photo collection on a variety of devices such as computers, phones and televisions! Our dedicated image scanning technicians will scan photos at optimal resolution on flatbed scanners to achieve the best photo scans in the country. The best part is that we’re local in San Diego!
In-Album Scanning
| Photo Size | 600 DPI | 300 DPI |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 8" x10" | $0.99 each | $0.79 each |
| Full Page Scans | $3.99 each | $2.99 each |
| Delivery Options: | ||
| Most Popular | Thumbdrive…starting at $12.00 | |
| Download link emailed to you | starting at $5.00 | |
| Data DVD | No Charge (Please note: the Data DVD is not a playable movie DVD…it just carries the files so that you can copy them to your computer) | |
| Simple Slideshow | If you’d like to view your photos as a movie that plays all of the images at random, you can add a simple slideshow to your order. You can have up to 900 images. $49.00 | |
| If you’d like a slideshow video of your photos with music of your choice, titles, and even video clips click here to visit our Video Celebration Page. | ||
NOTE: For quantities over 500 photos, additional bulk discounts apply; please inquire at the time of your order.
- All Orders: If you chose to receive your files on a data DVD, the first DVD Master of your scanned photos is NO CHARGE. DVD copies thereafter will be $10.00 each and Blu-ray copies are $20.00 each.
- There is a $20 minimum for all orders. Also, if you are organizing your photos into groups of less than 20 photos, then there will be a $1 per custom folder/filename only for the groups that have less than 20 images.
- File Format: By default, files are in JPEG format. Please ask us about TIFF format options.
Upgraded Resolution
300 DPI is fine for most photo scanning orders, but if you want a true archival quality image or plan on printing at sizes larger than the original then 600 DPI resolution option is for you. It is only a few cents more for 4 times the amount of data.
Click here for Optional Add Ons
TIFF Format
Files are in JPEG format. If you would like TIFF files please add 25¢ per image.Add $0.25 per image
Contact Proof Sheets
These are also known as proof sheets. Contact sheets allow you to view all your pictures in seconds on a few pieces of paper.$10 for every 100 photos 
Extra Copies
Sharing your memories with others? We provide extra copies packaged and ready for only $10 each.$10 per CD / DVD 
Upgrade to Blu-ray
Upgrade your photo scanning order to our Blu-Ray discs for only $20! We'll place your photos as digital images on a Blu-ray disc, which holds much more data than a CD or DVD. For more information about our Blu-ray services, please visit our Blu-ray transfer page.$20 per disc 
Basic Restoration
For most manual color corrections (color balance, levels, brightness, contrasting, etc.) the cost is $1 per image. A technician will inspect and manually adjust each image; we don't rely on an automated computer program to judge what looks good to the human eye.$1.00 per image restored 
Advanced Restoration
DVD Your Memories charges $40 per half-hour for image restoration (fixing deep/wide scratches, scuffs, damage from tape/glue).$40 per half hour 
Slideshow Movies
Once we've scanned your slides, why not make a slideshow movie out of it? Pick out your favorite music and let us do the rest. What better way to watch your memories than in your own personalized DVD slideshow movie!?Photo Scanning Features
We scan your photos on flatbed scanners by hand for optimum image quality.No document scanners!
*Why we don’t use document scanners
Transferring your images to an external hard drive
is recommended especially for larger orders of many negatives or high-resolution images.
Geek Corner
Photo Scanning
Photo Scanning Process
When scanning we only use the highest grade flat-bed photo scanners. We absolutely do not scan your memories using document scanners as many companies will do. Document scanners are the super-cheap method of scanning photos, but the quality is lacking in many ways.
After all the scanning is finished we go through each image one-by-one and make sure that it is oriented properly (people are standing upright) and not flipped (words appearing mirrored).
Once all the photos have been scanned and inspected, they will be burned to our special 100 year archival DVDs (unless otherwise specified by the customer). These disks are regarded as the best medium for long-term storage.
Manual Color Correction Service vs. Image Restoration Service
The Image Restoration Service will digitally repair photos. If your photos have, folds, scratches, color blots, fungus or any number of imperfections, ask our image scanning technician for a quote for your photo(s). Even if the image has a piece missing it may be possible to reproduce this missing section based on another photo or other data inside the same photo. It is amazing what can be done with Adobe Photoshop, some extra plug-ins, know-how and experience. And don’t worry, all the original data will be saved.
Create Slideshows From Your Photos
Contact Sheets
Beware of Cheap Scanning
Why We Don’t Use Document Scanners To Scan Photos
History of Document Scanners To Scan Photos: Document scanners have only recently been used for photo scanning purposes. Document scanners were originally intended to help businesses save time, money and file cabinet space by quickly scanning and cataloging large amounts of documents. Many entrepreneurs saw the potential with this service and new scanning companies started to pop up around the country looking for new ways to attract business. As more and more people started to realize the benefit of scanning and digitizing their photo collections, someone had the bright idea to use them for photo scanning and the era of cheap “shoe box” photo scanning had begun.
DVD Your Memories also thought this was a great idea, thinking we could scan so many more images in the same amount of time. It would be so profitable! We then bought our first machine (Kodak Photo Scanning System s1220), tested it out, and looked at the results. We very soon realized that the resulting image quality was not up to our standards at all and could not be considered archival quality.
Flatbed Scanners vs. Document Scanners
The most noticeable disparity between flatbed scanning and document scanning is the red, green and blue (RGB) streaking that happens with all document scanning due to the fact that the image is mechanically pulled through the scanner, rather than being stationary. What happens is, the glass in which the document is moved across will pick up tiny dust particles left on the photograph. This happens on flatbed scanners as well, but since the photos are stationary while the image sensor moves, there is no streaking. However, with document scanners there will be a big red vertical line going up and down your grandmother’s body. This is not what we consider archiving.
The second problem lies in the darker colored areas of photos. When viewing these images On a higher-end monitor, and of course when printing, you will see a crisscross pattern of white all throughout the dark areas. When the image is being pulled through the sensor at a rapid rate, the sensor only has a fraction of the time second to scan 24 square inches of a photo, resulting in lost color and image data.
The third problem is that since a document scanner is a machine with moving parts that must be fed images, there is a chance that one of your images could get caught in the scanner during the feeding process, and mangle or destroy your image before it could be scanned into the computer.
Companies That Still Use Document Scanners
Make sure to ask them what type of scanners they are using!
We’ve found that some companies are still using these types of document scanners rather than flatbed scanners for photo scanning orders!
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Areas Served
DVD Your Memories currently offering services in these and nearby San Diego areas:
San Diego Cities
Carmel Valley, Rancho Penasquitos, Rancho Bernardo, Mira Mesa, Poway, La Jolla, Torrey Pines, Encinitas, Del Mar, Escondido