Are your family photos stored here, there and everywhere? Wish you could fix those faded and discolored old pictures of Grandma? Let our Digitize Your Family Photos Value Pack come to your rescue, with tools to help you build a digital archive of your family's cherished memories.
The Digitize Your Family Photo Value Pack includes:
Organize Your Photos (Download)
Family pictures are precious; but if you don't pay proper attention, they could be lost forever. Nancy Hendrickson (the instructor of our Organize Your Genealogy and Digital Photography Essentials classes) will advice you on how best to organize and preserve delicate heirloom photos and modern digital images.
RETAIL $99.99
Photo Sharing 101 OnDemand WebinarLearn How to Organize, Archive and Share Family Memories Uploading photos is a great way to back up your digital photos while sharing them with family and friends. We family historians take the time to scan delicate daguerreotypes, digitize 35mm prints stuffed in shoeboxes and download the latest family snaps. Make sure all that work isn't done in vain!
In this one-hour Webinar, presented by Grace Dobush, Online Community Editor of Family Tree Magazine you'll learn:
• Digital photo terminology
• The pros and cons of four popular photo-sharing sites
• Things to watch out for when sharing photos online
RETAIL: $39.99
Photo Rescue Download:
Digital Solutions for Creating, Editing and Archiving Your Family Photos
Get the digital photography tools and advice you need to preserve and share your family history! This ebook provides detailed guidance on creating a visual archive of your family's memories.
Creating Digital Images
You want to create a visual record of your family history—combining today's digital pictures with photos and memorabilia from yesteryear. The first step is getting material in digital format. In this section, you'll find:
- a genealogist's guide to digital photography, with hints for capturing gravestones, heirlooms, documents and more
- digital camera buying tips
- photo taking tips
- 3 secrets to scanning quickly and efficiently
- batch scanning services
Editing Digital Images
One of the advantages of digital photography is the opportunity to optimize images. Using photo editing software, you can fix flaws in the originals, such as red eye or poor lighting. Even better, you can turn back the clock and restore old photos to their original beauty. This section will walk you through:
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- tips for creating a good scan
- step-by-step instructions for touching up rips, spots, discoloring and fading in old photos
- hints to tease out details in a photo of a worn tombstone
- tips and tools to edit multiple digital images at once
Archiving Digital Images
Once you've preserved your family history digitally, it's time to save and share your work. To ensure your hard work isn't lost in a computer crash or natural disaster, or even just a victim of technology upgrades, you'll want to keep multiple copies of photos in different locations. This section has the solutions you need:
- a comparison of four online photo sharing services where you can store and share your images
- four steps to back up your files to an external hard drive
RETAIL: $19.99
SPECIAL BONUS: When you order the Digitize Your Family Photo Value Pack, you'll enjoy a FREE download of the Digitize Your Genealogy Documents Virtual Conference OnDemand Video Class. After placing your order, this will be immediately available for downloading! There is a PDF (approx. 20 MB in size) and a video (in both WMV and MP4 formats). ENJOY!
