Professional Scanning Service - Technical Details

picture of photobook We scan and digitize photos, slides, and negatives of any format using high-end commercial scanners that produce unmatched image quality. Our expert digital imaging technicians spend time with each individual frame to ensure ideal exposure, focus, color fidelity, cropping, and orientation. We create files suitable for online photo sharing as well as CDs or DVDs with image files and folders.

We are a leading photography scanning, film scanning, slide scan service, photographic negatives (including large format scanning) and transparency scanning service used by professionals for slide conversion, photo conversion, negative scanning, and photo archiving.

Original Media Formats We Scan

Digital Pickle scans any type of slide and negative film
110	35mm negatives and slides
APS	120
220	4x5
126 - 127	Glass Plate

Our Scanning Process and Equipment

We use commercial grade scanners and have partnerring relationships with commercial scanning services when a more exotic process is required.

Photos are scanned on full color flat bed scanners up to 11'x17' with resolution up to 1200dpi. Larger items are scanned in segments and stitched together digitally, or scanned using an art scanning set-up at very high resolutions (call for quote).
Photos in albums are extracted from the album when possible, or scanned in the pages and separated digitally.
We scan documents on 11"x17" flat bed scanners with ADF or without (for delicate and uneven material) in full color at up to 600dpi. Items can be scanned on cradle scanners if required (call for quote).

35mm negatives and slides are scanned on dedicated Nikon scanners with resolutions up to 4000dpi. Our standrad resolution is 1500dpi and is equivalent to a full page scan at 300dpi. Digital-ICE dust and scratch removalis used by default. You may request that we do not apply it.

Other positive nad negative film items are scanned on high end Epson flat bed scanners with special adapters. Minimum resolution used is 1000dpi for large format film and up to 9600dpi for small items or special requirements. Digital-ICE dust and scratch removalis used by default. You may request that we do not apply it.
We can use wet process drum scanning as required. Please call for a quote.

Please see our resolution table for more information on what resolution is best for what application.

Output Formats

We can also produce high quality photo prints from your digital images. Prints can range in size from 4"x6" to 12"x18" printed on photo paper, as well as special orders for poster size prints on a variety of materials (paper, canvas, etc.).

JPEG and low comression (level 12) JPEG
16 bit and 8 bit TIFF
Web ready images (high compression) as well as PDF files for scanned documents ot images
Please see our resolution table for more information on file sizes and on what resolution is best for what application.

- Digital Pickle
- (415) 861-4565
- 1256 Folsom St.
- San Francisco, CA 94103

Video Transfer
Film Transfer
Audio Transfer
Photo Scanning
Restoration
DVD Slideshows
Photo Books
Slideshows
GSA Certified

We use dedicated commercial equipment complete with noise reduction and image stabilizationwhen we transfer home movies to DVD. Our process produces exceptional video quality. Digital Pickle can perform professional video editing and DVD authoring to your requirements. We are able to handle high volume video archiving projects and transfer video tapes to DVDs as well as uncompressed video to external hard drives or mini-DVs in AVI, Quicktime, MPEG4 (H.264), and any required proprietary format for editing and archiving.

We Digitize Movie Film – convert film to DVD. We convert 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm film using high fidelity digital transfer technology. Our aerial-capture process produces uniform lighting, unmatched clarity, and stunning color depth. Your film is converted to digital video in the form of full quality digital video files and/or a playable DVD disc that is compatible with almost all DVD players.

We digitize and convert records and transfer to CD any audio cassettes, reel-to-reel audio tapes and DAT and output the digital audio noisefiles to high quality audio CDs. Level optimization and track separation are part of our standard service. We also offer audio cleanup services to reduce noise, hiss, and to normalize audio levels for audio cassette to CD transfer. When we convert records the same service is available plus the optional noise reduction service may become very handy.

We scan and digitize photos, slides, and negatives of any format using high-end commercial scanners that produce unmatched image quality. Our expert digital imaging technicians spend time with each individual frame to ensure ideal exposure, focus, color fidelity, cropping, and orientation. We create files suitable for online photo sharing as well as CDs or DVDs with image files and folders.

We can perform digital retouching on any photo or digital image. Image retouching is performed by our expert technicians manually using Adobe Photoshop. Since photo touch up requirements vary greatly, we quote our work on an hourly basis and most projects take much less than an hour. Photo Editing is often requested to remove or add objects or people to an original image resulting in a very different final image. This work is also quoted on an hourly basis for the same reasons as photo touch up.

Digital Pickle specializes in producing spectacular, flicker-free DVD slide shows with interactive features and your selection of music. The final product is a DVD disc that is compatible with almost all DVD players and can be controlled just like a movie (i.e. pause, fast-forward, etc.). DVD photo slide show, or Slideshow DVD, are also known as: DVD photo album, video slide show, DVD photo slideshow, family slide show, photomontage, wedding photo montage, or digital photo montage. Essentially, a slide to video conversion is what it is about. These all refer to the same great movie that we create out of the compilation of your memories as captured in photos, slides, negatives and even clips of video and film.

Sharing all your digital images on the Internet or on your computer is nice. How about leafing through a glossy full color custom designed digital photo album with pictures that will never fade or discolor? How about sending these albums to family and friends at special occasions to preserve and share the memories? Well, this is what a photo book is all about. Digital Pickle offers you the full capability to unleash your creativity in creating custom designed long lasting beautiful photobooks with complete control over the layout, backgrounds, themes, and cover types.

We scan and restore photos, slides and negatives in any format and size. We convert (and enhance) any video and audio content to digital media in any required format, we transfer and restore 8mm and 16mm to digital media in full high definition, we produce DVD slide shows, photo books, and many custom photo gifts. We produce professional digital video productions and we duplicate CDs and DVDs. We perform commercial digital imaging services including video production and post-production services, document scanning - both standard and delicate handling, CD/DVD duplication, and conversion to digital records of large archives. We provide services to government agencies under GSA schedule 67 (Cameras, Photographic Printers and Related Supplies & Services, Digital and Film-Based) SINs 19 100 - contract # GS-02F-0066W.