Pro Scan & Raw Scan Examples

Two children, a boy and a girl, sitting side by side in front of colorful balloons. The boy has curly brown hair, wearing a blue sweater and beige pants. The girl has curly reddish hair, wearing a white shirt with colorful hearts, a pink skirt, and white tights. Both are smiling.

Raw Scan

No color correction
No border cropping
No sharpening
No rotation to correction orientation

Pro Scan

Color Correction
Cropping of border
Rotation when needed
Sharpening of images

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A black and white dog is lying on a green carpet looking at a small table with snacks and drinks, while a person holds a plate with a partially eaten piece of cake above the table.

Two young men stand in front of a construction site with wooden framework and utility poles under a cloudy sky.

Slide Scanning

A woman and two children sitting on grass in front of green plants, smiling at the camera.

Young boy with curly hair smiling lying down next to children and colorful balloons at a celebration.

A black and white dog with a fluffy coat sitting on a green carpet, looking up at a small round wooden table with a decorative top. The table has a bowl with a colorful, shiny object inside and a glass of what appears to be a beverage. A person is holding a pink and brown object, possibly a toy or a treat, near the table. There is a patterned curtain on the right side of the image.

Two men standing outdoors near a construction site with a wooden framework and power lines, cloudy sky in the background.

Photo Scanning

Negative Scanning

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A woman with curly hair and a red shirt sitting outdoors with two children, a boy and a girl, lying on the grass in front of lush green plants, smiling at the camera.

Read what our customers are saying about us!

“They were able to provide a truly amazing slide show for a life celebration that my whole family was thoroughly impressed by. Everyone was asking for their info as we all have memories that we need to have archived to pass on to our next generations. I couldn't recommend them any higher!”

— Andre B. Dublin, CA

“Sean and Andrea were great to work with. They took my old VHS cassette tapes, digitized them, and uploaded the mp4 video files to a secure server. Communication was excellent, price was fair and I'll certainly be back again. Thanks!”

— Robyn H. Oakland, CA

“They transferred 8mm film and a few old prints to digital video format and jpeg format. Unlike many similar online services, this business does all transfer work in house. So there's less risk of your precious family analog memories getting lost in transit.”

— Timothy M. North Berkeley, CA

35mm Slide & Negative Scanning FAQ

You have two options when it comes to the digitization of your 35mm slides & negatives. You can invest in a scanner and digitize the negatives/slides yourself, or you can hire a company like Digital Roots Studio do do the scanning to digital for you. The cost may be cheaper when shipping your materials out of state, but you risk possible damage/loss of shipment when not handing your materials to someone directly.
No, you don’t need to organize your materials prior to dropping off. Some clients will organize the slides & negatives prior to dropping off, this way each grouping can be scanning into its own0folder by subject and/or year. We ask that all slides/negatives be in groupings of no less than 20 per grouping.
We have two resolutions to choose from, either 2000ppi or 4000ppi.
No, we do not offer frame selection when scanning the negatives.
The digital images can be given back to you on a USB empty drive that you supply, you can buy a drive from us, DVD-ROM or we can do a web upload for an additional fee. (not a cloud storage. Download only available for one month before auto deletion.
We use the Nikon 5000 to scan all 35mm slides and negatives.

Close-up of a strip of film negative with images of buildings and a street scene, lying on a white surface.

Randomly curled and partially uncoiled strips of vintage brown-and-white film negatives.

Photo Scanning FAQ

You have two options when it comes to the digitization of your photographs. You can invest in a photo scanner and digitize the photographs yourself, or you can hire a company like Digital Roots Studio do do the scanning to digital for you.
No, you don’t need to organize your photographs prior to dropping off. We receive photographs from our clients various ways. Some clients will organize the photographs prior to scanning in folders by subject and/or year. We ask that all photographs be in groupings of no less than 10 photos per grouping.
We scan photographs at 300ppi or 600ppi to digital JPEG format. If you want your photographs scanned at a higher resolution then please give us a call to talk about your scanning project.
Yes, we can scan your family photo albums and photo scrapbooks. Additional fees may be applied b/c of special handling as well as album access fee’s, so please reach out to speak about your scanning project prior to dropping off.
The digital images can be given back to you on a USB empty drive that you supply, you can buy a drive from us, DVD-ROM or we can do a web upload for an additional fee. (not a cloud storage. Download only available for one month before auto deletion.
Its not possible to know without counting every photography you want to have scanned. But one thing you can do to get a rough estimate, is to stack the photos and measure the stack. About one inch of photos is 100-110 photos. Obviously this fluctuates based on the thickness of the physical photograph, but it will give you a ballpark idea.