[dba-Tech] Convert slides to jpeg

Sounds like the biggest deal is CLEANING the slides first. A spec of
dust scanned at 4800 dpi will look like a boulder. Get some compressed
air cans and soft dust free cloths.

GK

On 4/6/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> The only quote she's gotten is from Kinko's (Our motto: "Why Pay Less?").
> They want $10 per slide!
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> My father-in-law is a computer hardware freak.  He's at Fry's every day
> practically. Whenever we need something here I always call Grandpa's
> Computer Supply first.  So he'll probably like Gustav's approach.
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> But I'll probably try to get a couple of quotes today.
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> Most flatbed scanners can do slides or negatives. Don't know if you need
> anattachment of some type to deal with the little frame around the slides. I
> would think that a photo printing shop could also do it for a fee.
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> GK
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> On 4/6/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
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> > Dear list:
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> > My step-mother-in-law is an artist who needs to convert about 80
> > slides of her work to jpgs.  Anyone have experience with the best way to
> do this?
> > Local commercial service? Or is there some widget she can buy to scan
> > and digitize.
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> > MTIA
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