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Photographs
TownsWeb Archiving’s digitisation technicians have a wealth of experience in scanning photos, offering you an expert photo scanning service.
Any references on loose or mounted photographs (front or back) can also be captured, and our digitisation technicians are experienced in the removal of items from the wallets or envelopes in which they are stored. Our technicians can also enhance photos by straightening and cropping.
Digitisation protects your photographs from loss or damage and makes them quickly accessible. We can create output formats in TIFF and JPEG (JPEG2000), or any other industry-standard image format you may require. We can also create further surrogate files or reduced resolution for the creation of thumbnails, for example.
Find out how much your project could cost
Visit our digitisation studio – See how our Photograph Scanning service works
Hear what our clients have to say about our digitisation services
I can safely say that with TownsWeb I happily recommended them to other companies for similar scanning and digitisation [projects] because I know they can be trusted. They can be relied upon to get the job done… they get it right, first time, every time.
Project Manager
Thanks to the digitisation carried out by TownsWeb, we have been able to extend the reach of our collections, for example by using the high quality images on our website. This makes the material available for those that cannot physically get to our museum due to its rural location, but also globally for research and educational purposes.
Museum Curator & Project Leader
TownsWeb offered us a complete end-to-end service, from scanning and transcription, to web design and content management software. Their work was completed quickly and to a high standard, and we are extremely pleased with the results.
Museum Curator
Digitisation Frequently Asked Questions
TownsWeb Archiving uses specialised, flatbed scanners as well as a combination of overhead non-contact high-resolution cameras to digitise photographs. Documents are always fully supported throughout to safeguard the capture of your precious, old and fragile material.
All files are captured by our highly trained digitisation technicians using overhead, daylight balanced, non-heat producing lighting, before undergoing a formal quality assurance checking procedure. The final step in the process is the delivery of your electronic files by hard drive.
Calculate the cost of your digitisation project
Enter your digitisation requirements and tick the box to confirm whether you would like us to get in touch to discuss your requirements further. If you’re not quite ready to use our online quote calculator, feel free to call on 01536 713834 or email us [email protected]
Quote assumptions and specifications
- Size: 35mm Frame
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 5,000 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Na
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to A1
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 200 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Front and Back Capture (if selected)
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: 35mm Frame
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 5,000 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Na
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to A4
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 600 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Na
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to A5
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 300 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Front and Back Capture (if selected)
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to A1
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 200 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Front and Back Capture (if selected)
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to A4
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 600 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Front and Back Capture (if selected)
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
- Size: Up to A4
- Folder Naming: Excluded (unless selected)
- File Naming: Sequential (example: “001.tif”, “002.tif” etc.) Unique (example: “Accession-Number.tif”) Excluded (unless selected).
- Resolution: 300 PPI
- File Formats: TIFF and JPEG (other formats available on request)
- Simplex/Duplex: Front and Back Capture (if selected)
- Pre/Post Processing: Image adjustments, rotation, flipping, cropping excluded
- Quality Checking: Fees included
