Preparing Your Slides for Scanning
What steps do I need to take to prepare my slides?
The first slide in each of your groups should identify the side of
the slide that you would view the slide from if it was sitting on a
light table or if you were holding it up to the light of a window.
Most slides are labeled on the “screen side/non-viewing” from
the lab that processed your slides. If your slides are not labeled,
you should label the first slide in the group and then ensure that
all slides within the group are uniform.
The “screen side” is:
The side that sometimes has “This side toward screen” printed
on it.
Typically the side that has the company name on it, i.e., Kodak, Fuji,
etc.
Note:
All slides enter the scanner with the same orientation. Please do not
arrange the slides so that the portrait slides are stacked at a 90
degree angle to the landscape slides. Use the illustration on the
right as a guide. We will rotate the digital scans back to the correct
orientation before burning them to a disc. The only exception to
this is if we cannot determine the correct orientation, which is
sometimes the case with artwork and close-up shots.
When preparing your slides we recommend that you create groups of
about 50 slides. Stack the slides from one group in front of you with
the viewing side of the mounts facing up. Arrange the mounts so that
top of the image is at the top or the left (for portrait photos).
Slides of different sizes (35mm, 126, etc.) must be grouped by size
within each group due to the crop sizes needing to be set for different
film size.
The slide at the top of the stack is slide #1 and should be marked
accordingly. You do not need to mark a number on each slide if you
don’t want to-just the first slide.
Be sure to secure each stack of slides with two rubber bands to make
sure that they don’t get mixed up during transportation. Take a
piece of paper for each stack and write the sequence number of each stack
so that we understand the order in which the groups are to be arranged
on your discs.
Create an instruction sheet that will outline the group sequence and the
name of each group. These names will become the folder names on your CDs
and DVDs. Please type the instruction sheet or make sure that your handwriting
is very legible. We will not be responsible for errors from handwritten
instruction sheets.
For added protection we strongly recommend that you place the slides in
Ziploc bags. By doing so you will eliminate the chance that your slides
will pick up moisture or dust from the packing material during shipment.
Package the bags of slides in a shipping box with foam peanuts or newspaper
for cushion. If you are not comfortable with doing your own packaging,
your local UPS, Staples, Office Max, Kinko’s or Fed-X stores will
do the packaging for you for a small fee. We recommend that you do not
ship in soft containers such as padded envelopes.
To avoid additional handling charges DO NOT SHIP SLIDES TO US:
- In Airequipt cases
- With metal clips on the sides
- Thrown in a box or envelope
- Poorly secured in a box
Mounts with loose stickers, mounts that are bent, or mounts that are falling
apart will jamb in the scanners and may incur additional costs. If your
slide mounts cannot be processed, we will notify you and you will have
the option of having the slides returned un-scanned or we can remount them
in new mounts for a cost of $.50 each.
Taylor Photo offers Basic and Premium services. At the time you place your
order, we can discuss what file size and file type (jpeg, tiff, etc.) you
need. |
