Here are some of the reasons why you should digitize your film:

• Film fades over time, digital files do not. Preservation is the number one reason people digitize.
• To view and share your images on the web.
• To revive faded colours. Colours can be restored once an image is digitized.
• Film attracts dust & airborne particles. These can be permanently removed during scanning.
• Film can appear very "grainy," but this can be smoothed out when digitized.
• To preserve and archive your family history for later generations. Some images are irreplaceable.
• Digital images can be copied over and over at a very low cost, film duplication is expensive.
• You are more likely to view your images on your computer or TV than set up the slide projector.
• To give your collection of images as a gift.
• Images can be sorted and labeled very easily on your computer.
• You can email digital pictures to people.
• You can make several copies, one for storing in another location such as a safety deposit box.
• Save space! DVD's and CD's are much smaller than carousels of slides or VHS tapes.
• Prints can be made from digital files and they will probably look better than the originals!
• Digitize for Powerpoint presentations.

All of our scans are done individually by hand to ensure the highest level of quality possible. All materials are evaluated pre and post scan and adjustments are made, if needed. Your originals are always handled professionally and with care, we know they are priceless to you.

35mm Slides: Any positive image, colour or black & white, in a 2" x 2" mount falls into this category and can be scanned at up to 4000dpi.
• 35mm Negatives: Any negative image on 35mm film, colour or black & white, falls into this category and can be scanned at up to 4000dpi.
• 120/220 Medium Format: colour negative, transparency or black & white negative. 120/220 medium format includes: 6x4.5cm "120 half-frame format / 645 format," 6x6cm "120 square-frame format," 6x7cm, 6x8cm, 6x9cm "120 full-frame format".
• 4x5" Large Format: Colour negative, transparency or black & white negative.
• Print Scanning: Up to 8.5" x 11.7"

Print sizes are available from 8x10 to 44" wide banners. We offer a wide variety of surfaces; gloss, lustre, matte, watercolour and canvas. Our digital prints are made using an Epson 9800 - a 44" wide carriage printer incorprating 8-colour Epson Epson UltraChrome™ Inks. The resulting prints meet or exceed archival standards.

Photo Restoration: Bring your faded, blurred and damaged photos back to life. Old photographs can become damaged in many ways. Some simply from age, others from improper storage, becoming torn, folded, stained, or mildewed. These and other types of damage can be corrected.
• Change a colour photo to a tinted tone, creating a nostalgic effect.

Photo Montage: combine separate photographs to create a brand new picture, remove any unwanted figures and objects from your image. Make an exclusive, unique present to your relatives and friends!
Artistic Treatment: Add textured surface effects. Let your photo look new, gain style and mood. Transform your favorite portrait into a Pop Art masterpiece!
Framing: Place your image in a digital frame or modify the edge effect.

• "Cosmetic Surgery": Improve the appearance: remove acne, wrinkles, make a figure slimmer. Reconstruct a brick wall in a damaged photo. Make your portrait look like a glamour shot in fashion magazine!
• Colouring: Return colours to faded photos or colourize a black and white image.
• New Background: Replace an old background with a new one. Add or remove people and distracting objects. This technique can be used to create that picture that you always wished you had taken!

CD Rom and DVD archiving of your family photos and documents is important to ensure they can be passed on to future generations. Archiving is also great for weddings, insurance documentation, and retirements.

Digital Image Coaching: To use and process digital images effectively you need to understand some of the basics about them. Resolution, colour depth, and file format are three of the critical elements when using digital images. We start by covering the basic terminology and help you apply that to using your scanners and digital cameras.

Colour Calibration: Without a doubt, the most frustrating aspect of digital photography has to be that of matching the screen image to the final print. Our simple and affordable Colour Profiling Service will help ensure that you get the colours you want from your printer, and on your preferred paper!

One-on-one Photoshop Coaching: Have the Photoshop books you bought left you hanging and tutorials left you frustrated? This is where our one-on-one Photoshop coaching is the solution:

• Learn new techniques, reach new levels and achieve your creative goals.
• Learn how to use filters, color correct and retouch your images.
• Make your own gradients.
• Sharpen your photos correctly, tweak levels and curves.
• Restore old photographs.
• Understand actions and batch processing to speed up your workflow.
• Apply layer masks and layer blend modes.

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David was Photo Editor with "This Country Canada", a nationally published magazine focusing on the cultural mosaic that is Canada. The articles took the reader across the country from coast, to coast, to coast, visiting rural and urban communities, exploring how people live their lives, and the impact on those around them.

The magazine won numerous awards within the industry, most significantly the NPPA gold medal for "Use of Photography".

David has worked with both commercial and enthusiastic amateur photographers in Eastern Ontario for the past 20 years ... providing expertise, support and advice in all facets of film & digital image capture, processing, presentation and output ...