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Scanning Images
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Incredible high quality scanning service for 35mm slides, transparencies and photos.
We offer the full high resolution scans in JPEG format so you can print and share as you choose. We also offer beautiful slideshows on DVD, as well as full high definition version on Blu-ray. Most people opt for both so you have the slideshow to sit and watch with your family on your TV, with the added bonus of the JPEG files.
How do we scan your slides?
Every slide is individually scanned using a high-end low noise 3-line CCD sensor built specifically for 35mm slides and negatives. The quality is so far superior to a flat-bed system that it is not even comparable. Our vertical scanner scans each slide 4 times at alternating angles to achieve the best possible image. A further pass is made with an infra-red light which can detect the difference between the actual surface of the film and dirt and dust stuck to the surface.
Where it detects an object that is stuck to the surface it scans past this, resulting in a cleaner, more restored image. The system also checks the lighting and contrast of your photo and alters it's settings to compensate for under/over exposed pictures. Scanned at a true optical resolution of 4,000 dpi gives us an average pixel size of 5300x3500 (54mb)
More info on How we scan your slides?
If you own a fat-bed scanner, you may have read about a feature called 'Digital Ice'. This is a feature designed to help you clean up your image without any graphical skills or software, and is performed by the scanner. This is fine if you're doing the scanning yourself, but it is well known that a human graphic artist will always be able to acheive better results, so here at Alive Studios we do not opt for the short-cut. We do not use Digital Ice, instead we spend the extra time and have our graphical team painstakingly touch-up each image by hand.
Once the hardware has done it's work, our skilled graphic artists get to work. Each photo is loaded into image manipulation software and painstakingly improved to remove unsightly hairs, scratches and blemishes. We also pay close attention to making sure the colours are restored to their original brightness and vibrancy, in effect bringing those dull tired slides back to life. |
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| 35mm Slides to DVD, Blu-ray or JPEG
Here's what you get...
Production
Every slide is individually scanned using a high-end 20 megapixel scanner
Scanned at true 4000dpi gives us an average pixal size of 5300x3500 (54mb) We scans each slide 4 times at alternating angles for the best possible image We remove unsightly dust, hairs, scratches and blemishes.
Availabe on DVD, Blu-ray and JPEG Images
Presentation
Archive quality Verbatin Blu-rays or Taiyo Yuden Watershield DVD discs
Professionally screen-printed dvds
Professionally designed dvd cases
Free professionally composed background music or send your own cd |
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| Negatives to DVD, Blu-ray or JPEG
Here's what you get...
Production
Every neg is individually scanned using a high-end 20 megapixel scanner
Scanned at true 4000dpi gives us an average pixal size of 5300x3500 (54mb) We scans each neg 4 times at alternating angles for the best possible image We remove unsightly dust, hairs, scratches and blemishes.
Availabe on DVD, Blu-ray and JPEG Images
Presentation
Archive quality Verbatin Blu-rays or Taiyo Yuden Watershield DVD discs
Professionally screen-printed dvds
Professionally designed dvd cases
Free professionally composed background music or send your own cd |
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| Photos to DVD, Blu-ray or JPEG
Here's what you get...
Production
Every phot is individually scanned using a high-end 20 megapixel scanner
Scanned at true 4000dpi gives us an average pixal size of 5300x3500 (54mb) We scans each photo 4 times at alternating angles for the best possible image We remove unsightly dust, hairs, scratches and blemishes.
Availabe on DVD, Blu-ray and JPEG Images
Presentation
Archive quality Verbatin Blu-rays or Taiyo Yuden Watershield DVD discs
Professionally screen-printed dvds
Professionally designed dvd cases
Free professionally composed background music or send your own cd |
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Try us out for FREE!
Free slide sample
Your slides are priceless and you need to know they're going to be transferred to DVD to the highest standard. If you want to sample Alive Studios quality, please send upto 3 slides and request a free sample. Please provide an email address so we can email the results to you.
(If you would like your slides returning, please enclose a £1 coin and we will send them back via recorded delivery).
To take advantage of this offer, download the form below, and post it along with your 2 or 3 slides to our studio in Devon. If you have any questions regarding this service then please call us on 01803 873472.
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DVD Slideshow
Contemporary themed memories
Your DVD starts with a beautiful intro which fades to one of our fantastic optional themed menus. We will automatically put chapter markers every 2-3 minutes (approx every 50 photos). If you want to separate your photos into your own chapters, simply separate them into envelopes, or with elastic bands, indicating what each chapter should be called, ie photos 1-25 are called "Our Early Years - 1960's" photos 25-50 are called "Late 60's with the Boys" and so on...
Themed mens are £25 and are available for both DVD and Blu-ray.
Presentation
Archive quality Taiyo Yuden Watershield DVD discs
Professionally screen-printed discs
Professionally designed, personalised colour sleeves
Free professionally composed background music or send your own cd
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Blu-ray Slideshow
35mm slides in full High Definition
Our Slides to Blu-ray service produces a true, full High Definition movie on your TV screen in full 1920 x 1080. So if you've invested in a HD TV and really want to show off the full power of it, then go for this service - you will be blown away!
And remember to future-proof yourself... even if you've not gone HD yet, it's still a good idea to order a copy on Blu-ray now as well as your DVD, because we will all be HD very soon and you don't want to pay out again in a few years to do this job all over again to high definition! It's just a one-off cost of £25 to produce your Blu-ray disc no matter how many slides your have.
Presentation
Archive quality Verbatim Blu-rays
Professionally screen-printed discs
Professionally designed, personalised colour sleeves
Free professionally composed background music or send your own cd
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DVD & Blu-ray Menu Themes
Bring your viewing experience to life for just £25
Gone are the days when you have to endlessly rewind & fast forward through your photo slideshow to find your favourite part... With the introduction of DVD & Blu-ray we give you the facility to jump straight in at your favourite part - instantly - at the touch of a button.
There are many ways you can split your photos or slides into chapters. Perhaps you want to sort them into years, or decades, or specific events. However you split them, just arrange them in a way that we can follow - there is no hard and fast rule here, as it depends on how your photos are stored. Many people like to separate each batch into it's own envelope and write the title of the chapter on the envelope. Please do what suits you best, and provide us with clear written instructions to follow and we'll do the rest. You have a choice of 6 beautiful menus which are available on Blu-ray and DVD. Price is just £25.00 regardless of how many slides you send. |
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Add titles to my photo slideshow
£2.50 per screen
On-screen titles are now available to really personalise your film. Perhaps it’s a dedication to a loved one, maybe you want to have the title of your film displayed such as “The Smith Family Photos 1965-1975”
You can have upto 2 lines per screen, maximum 30 characters per line.
£2.50 per screen. |
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| 35mm Slides Demo |
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Slidshow |
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35mm Slide Sample 1 Download
If you would like to see how slides look in HD, then you can download a sample JPEG file from here.
Please bear in mind that we have had to save these out 'for web' to make them small enough for download, so you can expect even higher quality when you place your order. The colour and sharpness on these samples are comparable to what you can expect, but the file size will be higher. ie. this download is 4.6mb, but the actual scan we give you will be nearer to 54mb uncompresed.
Enjoy!
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35mm Slide Sample 2 Download
If you would like to see how slides look in HD, then you can download a sample JPEG file from here.
Please bear in mind that we have had to save these out 'for web' to make them small enough for download, so you can expect even higher quality when you place your order. The colour and sharpness on these samples are comparable to what you can expect, but the file size will be higher. ie. this download is 5.4mb, but the actual scan we give you will be nearer to 54mb uncompresed.
Enjoy!
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35mm Slide Sample 3 Download
If you would like to see how slides look in HD, then you can download a sample JPEG file from here.
Please bear in mind that we have had to save these out 'for web' to make them small enough for download, so you can expect even higher quality when you place your order. The colour and sharpness on these samples are comparable to what you can expect, but the file size will be higher. ie. this download is 6.4mb, but the actual scan we give you will be nearer to 54mb uncompresed.
Enjoy!
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Negative Sample 1 Download
If you would like to see how negatives look in HD, then you can download a sample JPEG file from here.
Please bear in mind that we have had to save these out 'for web' to make them small enough for download, so you can expect even higher quality when you place your order. The colour and sharpness on these samples are comparable to what you can expect, but the file size will be higher. ie. this download is 3.4mb, but the actual scan we give you will be nearer to 51mb uncompresed.
Enjoy!
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Photo Sample Download
If you would like to see how photos look in HD, then you can download a sample JPEG file from here.
Please bear in mind that we have had to save these out 'for web' to make them small enough for download, so you can expect even higher quality when you place your order. The colour and sharpness on these samples are comparable to what you can expect, but the file size will be higher. ie. this download is 4.3mb, but the actual scan we give you will be nearer to 54mb uncompresed.
Enjoy!
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From: Ishbel Poole
Date: 10 July 2011
To: jennie@alivestudios.co.uk
Thank you very much Jennie.
My mum and dad were both really moved by the photos which I printed and put in an album for them. My dad said it was the best present he'd ever been given - except for the birth of his four beautiful children!! ;)
Ishbel Poole
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How to Order
getting your material to us
1) Build your order using the 'Build My Order' button below.
2) Print off the order-form.
2) Wrap your films securely and place in a box with your order-form.
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Send your box at the post office, or use our FREE collection service.
Order by Phone
You can order with us over the phone.
lines are open 8:30am to 5:30pm weekdays. Tel: 0800 0830561
How to book a collection
We are happy to arrange our courier to collect your films Collection is completely free so long as you spend over £50. If you spend less than £50 it's just £8.50 to collect. (upto 10Kg from any UK address)
There is an option on the form to request your collection day, or you can call 01803 873472 to arrange your collection by phone. |
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Why Choose us ?
We are the home of over 11,000 customers
We specialise in the transfer and restoration of old cine film, video and camcorder tapes, and 35mm slides. We work for museums, TV companies, documentary makers, archive facilities, historians and members of the general public.
Every customer is given a Karishma account free of charge.
All your orders and quotes are stored here, and Karishma will help you monitor the progress of your order through every stage of production, sending you regular emails to update you on our progress. Managing large collections of films and photos is so simple because Karishma helps you log and organise everything in our user-friendly interface. Karishma is available to you 24 hours a day, you can even chat and send messages directly to your editor.
Not only are your order details stored here, but very soon, the actual movie files will be there too! You will be able to view and share all your films with your family and friends via your Karishma Account. With built-in social networking, sharing your family history and precious movie moments will be right there at the click of a mouse! Karishma V2 is in development now and will be launched early 2012. You don't have to wait though, as you can tick the 'take part in K2' button on our order-form and we will save your movies to the development server today, so they are online on launch day.
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Get a quote & build your order
use the "save for later" feature to return anytime
Your choice of output formats are: JPEG, DVD, Blu-ray
| All images cost just 65p each, to any format |
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| Additional formats cost just £25 per format |
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