Guide to scanning old family photos; tips, best practices and more.

This is a pretty simple run down of the basic workflow I go through when scanning in old family photos, whether it's from film or prints. Don't have time to watch the whole video? Here's the TLDW version: -organize the envelopes and negatives before you start scanning. -Look to keep images from the same year, or decade together. Maybe break them up in to smaller boxes. -Scan in only two to three rolls at a time, then move onto the editing part. -Name your files based on the roll they were scanned from (ex. 1955-Arizona-trip-Roll-01 -focus on the dpi/ppi (dots/pixels per inch) of the output. Basic rule of thumb is make sure you can print an 11x14 inch photo at 300 dpi or higher. -if you are scanning in negatives, make sure you have a can or two of Dust-off. -Use software like Adobe's Lightroom to keyword people and places. -Use Lightroom's facial recognition feature to help with the process. -If you know the date change it in the meta data. Helps for searching later. I recorded most of this during one day of scanning, so there are some situations that may come up that weren't covered in this video. Scanner: Epson Perfection series V750 Pro Software: Epson scanning software, or Silverfast Ai 8 https://www.silverfast.com/ Editing & cataloging software: Adobe Lightroom https://www.adobe.com/ Anything else I forgot to mention, let me know in the comments, I'll gladly add it in. Vincent Johnson on social   / vincentdjohnson     / vincentdjohnsonphoto     / vincentdjohnson   Lost Americana https://www.lostamericana.com/   / lostamericana     / lostamericana      / lostamericana     / lostamericana   https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard/blog...