Scan 35mm Slides in San Diego

Because 35mm slides were the most popular slide format, many families have hundreds or even thousands of images stored in collections that haven’t been viewed in years, but they don’t last forever. Colors can fade, images can discolor, and slides may deteriorate over time, putting irreplaceable memories at risk. At DVD Your Memories in San Diego, we use professional Nikon 35mm slide scanning equipment and proven digitization techniques to capture the detail, color, and clarity of your original slides.

Our experienced technicians have scanned countless slides and understand how to get the most from aging film. We can often correct common issues found in older slides, including color shifting, fading, and other age-related deterioration. Once digitized, your images can be delivered on our 100-year archival DVDs or through a convenient digital download, helping you preserve and share your memories for years to come.

Pricing and Info Get Started

Supported Formats

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Consumer Series

35mm

110

126

127

127 Super Slide

120

3D Stereo

Other Services

Photo
Scanning

Slide
Scanning

Negative
Scanning

Video Tape
Transfer

Film
Transfer

Audio
Transfer

Celebration
Videos

Mounted 35mm & 126 Slides

	4000 DPI	3000 DPI	2000 DPI
Pricing (per slide)	$0.89	$0.79	$0.69
Prices include Digital ICE4 dust and scratch removal, exposure correction, cropping and proper image rotation.
Delivery Options:
Most Popular	Thumbdrive … starting at $20.00
Upload emailed to you	starting at $5.00
Data DVD	No Charge (Please note: the Data DVD is not a playable movie DVD…it just carries the files so that you can copy them to your computer)
Simple Slideshow:	if you’d like to view your slides as a movie that plays all of the images at random, you can add a simple slideshow to your order. You can have up to 900 images. This video is silent, no music, and is randomized: $49.00
If you’d like a slideshow video of your slides with music of your choice, titles, and even video clips click here to visit our Video Celebration Page.

NOTE: For quantities over 500 slides, additional bulk discounts apply; please inquire at the time of your order.

All Orders: If you chose to receive your files on a data DVD, the first DVD Master of your scanned photos is NO CHARGE. DVD copies thereafter will be $10.00 each and Blu-ray copies are $20.00 each.
Slides that are glass, metal, or plastic mounted, please add 50¢ per image.
There is a $20 minimum for all orders.
If you are organizing your slides into groups of less than 20 images, then there will be a $1 per custom folder/filename only for the groups that have less than 20 images.

Extra Copies

Sharing your memories with others? We provide extra CD/DVD copies packaged and ready for only $10 each.
$10 per CD / DVD

Resolution Upgrade

Upgraded Resolution – 4000 DPI

Our professional-grade slide scanners can create JPEG or TIFF format images up to 4000 DPI. This is the highest resolution available and is recommended for the true archivist. Imagine being able to print out your images as large as 11″x17″!

Click here for Optional Add Ons

TIFF Format

Files are in JPEG format. If you would like TIFF files please add 25¢ per image.

Add $0.25 per image

Contact Proof Sheets

These are also known as proof sheets. Contact sheets allow you to view all your pictures in seconds on a few pieces of paper.

$10 for every 100 negatives

Upgrade to Blu-ray

Upgrade your negative scanning order to our Blu-Ray discs for only $20! We'll place your negatives as digital images on a Blu-ray disc, which holds much more data than a CD or DVD. For more information about our Blu-ray services, please visit our Blu-ray transfer page.

$20 per disc

Basic Restoration

For most manual color corrections (color balance, levels, brightness, contrasting, etc.) the cost is $1 per image. A technician will inspect and manually adjust each image; we don't rely on an automated computer program to judge what looks good to the human eye.

$1.00 per image restored

Advanced Restoration

DVD Your Memories charges $40 per half-hour for image restoration (fixing deep/wide scratches, scuffs, damage from tape/glue).

$40 per half hour

Slideshow Movies

Once we’ve scanned your slides, why not make a slideshow movie out of it? Pick out your favorite music and let us do the rest. What better way to watch your memories than in your own personalized DVD slideshow movie!?

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Geek Corner

Slide Scanning

35mm Slide Scanning

35mm film is the basic film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures, and remains relatively unchanged since its introduction in 1892 by William Dickson and Thomas Edison, using film stock supplied by George Eastman. The photographic film is cut into strips 35 millimeters (about 1 3/8 inches) wide—hence the name. The standard negative pulldown for movies (“single-frame” format) is four perforations per frame along both edges, which makes for exactly 16 frames per foot. (for stills, the standard frame is eight perforations).

The Process

Slides are first cleaned with compressed air. This removes any extra dust and other particles without damaging the slide. For this we use a special air compressor to allow just the right amount of air pressure. We use the professional grade Nikon SuperCoolSCAN 5000 ED and 9000 ED slide scanners to digitize your slides. These are dedicated units that produce amazing results when used properly. There are companies out there that will scan slides to dvd using flat-bed scanners. Those companies will not be able to attain the depth of color or clarity of a more high-end dedicated slide scanner such as the Nikon SuperCoolSCAN 5000/9000 ED. Slides are previewed in the scanning software program where the cropping and other adjustments are set. All slides are labeled numerically by box marking (ie: FarmHouse_001.jpg). Folders are also named according to the original organizational structure of the slides. After all the slide scanning is finished we go through each image one-by-one and make sure that it is oriented properly (people are standing upright) and not flipped (words appearing mirrored). Once the image scanning technician has looked over all the images, a second technician will look over each image again and sign off on the “customer notes sheet” showing that each image has truly been double-checked. Once all the slides have been scanned and inspected, they will be burned to our special 100 year archival DVDs (unless otherwise specified by the customer). These disks are regarded as the best medium for long-term storage.

Deteriorating slides

Almost every 35mm slide we encounter has deteriorated in some form. Let’s face it, slides are usually pretty old and nothing stays looking new forever. There are many defects that arise through the aging process. The most common ailment for slides is simple fading. Fading usually manifests as colors losing their vibrancy and a general yellowing of the entire image. If you are interested in seeing how we can restore your old slides please ask your image scanning technician to give you an example.

Manual Color Correction Service vs. Image Restoration Service

Manual color correction is described in the Pricing and Basic Info section and mainly is used to fix problems with color. For example if the slide has a yellow cast to it, in many cases we can neutralize that color and bring back the original colors. We will check for the whitest pixel in the important viewable area of the image and reset that to the 100% white value, and do the same for black. No software program can do this because we are evaluating the image based on the important data and disregarding things like backlighting from windows and such. If your images has a color cast to them or are too dark, just ask our image scanning technician to employ the manual color correction service. We can even enhance one or two images so that you can see how beautiful your slides can be.

The Image Restoration Service will digitally repair your slides. If your slides have folds, scratches, color blots, fungus or any number of imperfections, ask our image scanning technician for a quote for your slide(s). Even if the image has a piece missing it may be possible to reproduce this missing section based on another slide or other data inside the same slide. It is amazing what can be done with Adobe Photoshop, some extra plug-ins, knowhow and experience. And don’t worry, all the original data will be saved.

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Photo Scanning

Slide Scanning

Negative Scanning

Video Tape Transfer

Film Transfer

Audio Transfer

Celebration Videos

Scan 35mm Slides in San Diego

Supported Formats

Consumer Series

35mm

110

126

127

127 Super Slide

120

3D Stereo

Other Services

Photo Scanning

Slide Scanning

Negative Scanning

Video Tape Transfer

Film Transfer

Audio Transfer

Celebration Videos

Mounted 35mm & 126 Slides

Extra Copies

Upgraded Resolution – 4000 DPI

Click here for Optional Add Ons

TIFF Format

Contact Proof Sheets

Upgrade to Blu-ray

Basic Restoration

Advanced Restoration

Slideshow Movies

Downloads

Geek Corner

Slide Scanning

35mm Slide Scanning

The Process

Deteriorating slides

Manual Color Correction Service vs. Image Restoration Service

From the Blog

How To Convert 35mm Slides To Digital Without Losing Quality

How Many Slides and Negatives Fit on a DVD?

Photobin Closing Down – Scanning in San Diego

SnapJet: Print Photos Directly From Your Smartphone

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