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) 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 |