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Welcome to Brismedia: We scan, transfer, copy, convert  Slides & 35mm Negatives to Digital  Images on CD / DVD in Brisbane
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         What Do You Receive With Your Slide or Negative Scanning

  • All slides & negatives are brush dusted before scanning to remove loose dust and hairs.
    Cleaning with chemical film cleaner is not included but can be requested. Prices for chemical cleaning vary a lot depending on the condition and size of the image. Negatives average around 20 cents per image and slides around 60 cents. Please note a lot of marks are actually cracks, scratches and damage to the emulsion (think of cracked paint) and this is not fixed by cleaning.
     
  • We scan at an incredibly high 3000 PPI !! that is the more than an 10 Megapixel digital camera image. We scan at this high rate to give you best detail and the ability to zoom in and crop your image. So many other companies scan at tiny dpi rates which mean you are loosing valuable information and cannot zoom in. With the HD Television becoming popular these high PPI rates are a must if you want to view your images on the large screen.  If your going to all this trouble to get it done, lets do it right!
     
  • We supply your images in Highest quality “JPEG” format identical to modern digital cameras. You can also have them supplied in uncompressed “TIFF” format for an additional 5 cents per slide. Just remember “Tiff” files are very large about 30mb per slide and are supplied on DVD’s not CD’s.
     
  • We number your image files sequentially PIC_001.jpg  PIC_002.jpg etc. By default we do not make folders or use special naming methods. If you require this optional extra please discuss it with us BEFORE scanning commences
     
  • We label your containers of slides with the start and end slide they hold eg PIC_025 to PIC_068. This allows you to find a specific slide as many paper mount slides having writing on them describing where they were taken. With negatives it varies depending on how they are supplied.
     
  • We run our scanning software in manual and scan the entire image and crop later. We do not allow the scanning software decide on colour balance or brightness etc. Instead a trained operator visually checks each slide and adjusts the following using Adobe Photoshop.
     

      • # Cropping the slide or negative intelligently (trimming  the furry edges off the image)
      To ensure that heads / people or important objects are left intact and not chopped off.

      # Brightness and contrast adjusted to bring out detail in dark/washed out areas and to optimise for peoples faces

      # Neutralise blacks and Whites and remove colour castes (usually purple) where possible. see below

      # Image sharpening where required to make the picture crisp

      # Removal of scratches, marks and blemishes where possible. See below

All this for only 90 cents per slide.  This is amazing value !!!

  • Colour restoration: We always remove minor colour castes and in a lot of cases even images that have gone purple can have a lot of the real colour restored. We however do not guarantee it on every slide /Negative / Photo as this is the most time consuming part of the process.
     
  • Marks & Blemishes: These are most visible on a single colour background such as blue sky or clouds. These can usually be removed easily as long as there are only a few in each image. Removing blemishes from the face/arms of people or objects is far more complex & we do our best to reduce them within the time we have. Chemical slide cleaning can help as discussed above
     
  • We direct print a black text label of your choice onto the chosen media CD /DVD and supply it in a clear plastic case. For large jobs our clients are welcome to supply a USB hard disk or request us to purchase one for them.
     
  • We burn your images using only Verbatim CD/DVD  disks at a slow burn speed to ensure long term reliability.

Fair Go Restoration Policy: For slide - Negative - Photo collections with major colour castes or large or numerous blemishes we work on a “fair go” principle. So if only a small percentage of your images are discoloured, scratched or have blemishes, we will do our very best to restore every one. However if a large amount are like this, we need to spread our available time amongst them all and only partially restore them.

Normally we will NOT call you if the above situation occurs as we have found the vast majority of people do not want to pay any extra... as most don’t even know what is on the slides - negatives.

You can however specifically request us to call you to prior to the scanning of your slides or negatives to discuss the various restoration options available if this occurs.

Phone  07-3351-4945 or 0407-647-866          info@scanningslides.com.au

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