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Cleaning slides and transparencies
The first transparencies were developed in 1917, with colour versions appearing in the mid-1930s. Family archives often date back to the 1950s and 1960s, and that's an awful lot of time to have accumulated dirt and damage. Once scanned, tiny flecks of dust and dirt are magnified and appear more obvious in the digital image. In this article, we consider how best to remove dirt from your slides, before starting the digitisation process....Read more
Storing your old slides
While your slides may have survived many years in a box in the attic, once digitised and stored electronic format, you will be faced with the dilemma of what to do with the originals. In this article we explore the options of what to do post-digitisation....Read more
Digitising your slides
When it comes to digitising old collections of slides and photographs, there is a vast choice of equipment available or specialised scanning services who will do the job for you. In this article we explore the basics of resolution, the key differentiation in your choice of equipment when converting slides and transparencies to a digital format....Read more
Repairing damage to your slides
Once digitised, you can use image editing software to correct damage and even adjust exposure and focus, just like you would with a photo taken with a digital camera. As with all things photographic, you're faced with a vast choice of image editing software and options. In this article, we discuss considerations for software when used to edit an analogue-sourced archive of images....Read more