Digitize your Music, Photos, Film, Documents

Do it yourself – Send it out to a service that does it for you

 

*Photographs (Prints) & Film (VHS, 8mm)
– Search Google for Online Services

Send it Out to be Digitized:

Saves time if you have tons of them

Many services include color correction and image touch up

Picasa – Free Photo Management has Face Recognition

*Photographs (Slides/Negatives)

Send it out to be digitized:

Equipment is expensive

*Music (Record Albums)

Send it out to be digitized:

Additional equipment is needed

*Music (CD)

Do it yourself:

Use iTunes (free download)

Open iTunes ->Insert the CD->choose import->wait for the songs to be copied (change or label the info for the songs, select all the tracks -> go to file ->choose get info -> add or change the Album Name or Artist in the Info tab)

Digitizing Documents into a PDF

Do it yourself:

Multifunction Scanner/Print is okay for occasional scanning

Better-Standalone scanner with straight paper path

Scanners come with PDF document management software to organize your scanned documents making them easy to find

Send it out:

One-time services based on quantity of documents

Monthly services that have a fixed cost but limit the amount of documents you can have scanned

(most services store and organize your documents online as a backup)

***Use your handheld device, iPhone, Android, iPad to scan to pdf*** Visit the app store and search for pdf scanners, try the free ones first before you buy



Jason Dare
Computer Trainer
415/240.4843
learn@sfct.net
1617 Balboa St.
San Francisco, CA 94121
www.sfct.net

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