Mountain View 35mm Slide & Negative Scanning to Digital

Mountain View, CA - 35mm slide scanning, negative scanning and medium format scanning to digital format. Digital Roots Studio can scan your 35mm slides & negatives to high quality JPEG or TIFF digital files that can be shared online, archived and/or printed. Every slide & negative is cleaned with compressed air & scanned using Nikon 5000 Coolscan scanners that produces high quality digital images.

Digital Roots Studio offers two scanning resolutions, 2000 ppi or 4000 ppi which is the preferred choice for archiving and printing. For the type of scan you have two choices, either our raw “as is” scan where no post production is done or you can have the “pro scan” and let us do the color correction, cropping, dust removal and rotating of the images prior to giving back to you.

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Materials That We Scan

Medium & Large Format

Digital Roots Studio can scan your medium or large format negatives into a convenient digtial fromat. By default digital images are output into JPEG format, but for an additional fee8/16bit TIFF files are available.
35mm Slides

Let us scan to digital your 35mm slides into a convenient digital format that can be give back to you on a data disc, digital upload or external drive. By default we output all digital images into JPEG format, but 8/16bit TIFF files are also an option for an added fee.
Negatives

Let us convert your Negatives into a convenient digital format that can be give back to you on a data disc, digital upload or external drive. By default we output all digital images into JPEG format, but 8/16bit TIFF files are also an option for an extra fee.

Our Process

With all of our scanning services, you have the choice between our raw scan & pro scan. With raw scan you receive back the images as-is, without post production, rotating or color correction. Pro scan includes cropping, rotating image, sharpening & color correction.

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Two Scanning Options: Raw Scan or Pro Scan

Raw Scan Example - Negative

Raw scan output, or untouched, is when you receive the image back without any post production work done on the image. Raw scan is suggested for clients who have experience using photo editing applications like Photoshop, and would like to do their own post production on the photo, or who simply want the image backed-up for preservation.

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Pro Scan Example - Negative

With pro scan you will get a folder with the touched raw images, in addition to a folder that has all the final images that have had post production work. Pro scan includes cropping the image border, photo rotation, and color correction. This provides a view-ready collection without any additional efforts on your part.

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Scanning Resolutions

You have the choice between two resolutions for 35mm slides & negatives, 2000 PPI & 4000 PPI. If you plan on having a print 8” x 10” or smaller made, or simply enjoying the transferred materials digitally, we recommend 2000 PPI. If your print size will be larger than 8” x 10”, we recommend 4000. Medium format negatives can be scanning at 1000 PPI or 2000 PPI, and large format negatives can be scanned at 600 PPI or 1000 PPI.

WE DO NOT OFFER SELECT FRAME SELECTION

Digital Ice Technology

Digital ICE is applied to all color 35mm slides and negatives. Digital Ice works by building a record of defects in the image during scanning. Scanners normally work with three input channels - red, green, & blue. Scanners equipped with Digital ICE add a fourth channel called the D channel (defect channel). During scanning, the information on defects, surface dirt, and scratches is collected. Digital ICE then applies a series of algorithms (formulas) to rebuild the missing information. The result is scans that are scratch free and dust free even if the original film has serious defects. Digital Ice DOES NOT work on black & white negatives, so scratches along with surface marks will appear if present on physical slide/negative.