Archiving
Memories

1. Types of media

   
   
   
   

   1. Photographs
      

      
      

   2. Negatives

      
      

   3. Slides

      
      

   4. Documents

      
      

   5. Artwork
      (paintings, drawings, etc.)

      
      

   6. Digital pictures

      
      

   7. Home movies

      
      
   
   

2. Making digital
   photographs

   
   
   
   

   1. Why digital?:
      Storage, preservation, transmissibility, duplication, etc.

      
      
      
      

      1. One CD can
         hold 100-200 8x10 8x10 pictures

         
         

      2. One DVD can
         hold 1500-2000 8x10 pictures

         
         
      
      

   2. Fixing damaged or
      faded pictures.

      
      
   
   

3. Flatbed scanners:
   

   
   
   
   

   1. Some scanners
      allow you to scan transparencies like negatives and slides. There
      are many price ranges and qualities out there. ($100-$300)
      

      
      

   2. Film scanners
      are specifically for slides and film. ($150-$800)

      
      
   
   

4. Digital Cameras:
   

   
   
   
   

   1. Macro setting:
      used to take pictures 1-3 feet away (documents, other pictures,
      etc.)

      
      

   2. Megapixels: The
      number of pixels on each picture..
      

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

      Print Size	Megapixel Rating
      3 x 5 inches	1 to 1.9
      5 x 7	2 to 2.9
      8 x 10	3 to 3.9
      11 x 14	4 to 5
      18 x 24	6 to 8

      
      
   
   

5. Printers

   
   
   
   

   1. Usually the
      printer isn’t primary expense. ($80-200 for a decent photo
      printer)

      
      
      
      

      1. Ink ($40-60 for
         each replacement)

         
         

      2. Paper (I like
         Costco’s Kirkland brand)

         
         
      
      

   2. Kinkos

      
      

   3. Walmart

      
      
   
   

6. Commercial
   Services

   
   
   
   

   1. Scan Negative

      
      

   2. Scan Pictures

      
      

   3. Create albums

      
      

   4. Create slideshow
      DVDs

      
      

   5. Create gifts