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Slides to Video

When was the last time that you viewed your slides? If you are like most people, it’s been a very long time. Setting up the screen and projector can be difficult (and disappointing too, if the slide jams in the projector or if the projector lamp is burned out). This hassle need not happen again because your slides can be transferred to video!

Often our clients tell us that they have several thousand slides. You may save considerably on your transfer fee by reviewing the slides first and removing duplicates, those that are not in focus, or those which were poorly composed, etc. Our clients usually find that there are a number of "vacation" slides that only picture a mountain or a beach and may not be as meaningful as those that include images of friends and relatives.

There are two types of slide transfer:

1. High Resolution Scanning - By this method your slides will be converted to files on a CD-ROM so you can easily edit them in a photo editor, print them out, or e-mail them to family and friends.

High resolution scanning of slides are done with professional scanners that utilize:

LED light sources. These produce very little heat so there is no damage to your slides.
DIGITAL ICE infra-red technology. This automatically removes surface defects (such as dust and scratches) without softening, blurring or otherwise altering any underlying details or composition of the original image.
Color Management Software. This provides an accurate reproduction on monitors, prints, etc.

Your slides will be saved as high quality JPEG (.jpg) files. The JPEG format has been adopted by museums, libraries and other institutes that have “the need to preserve this information in as accurate a form as possible...in addition, it is critically important to use widely adopted standards that have some chance of longevity in the face of technological change.” - Richard Clark, JPEG Historical Archive Group.

JPEG has been in existence for over 15 years now, with multiple software options available for viewing. JPEG files provide nearly lossless picture quality in a compact file size. You no longer have to have very large files sizes to get good quality. When saving your files we will set the compression ratio at the maximum practical quality that is possible. We typically utilize the industry standard of 2400dpi resolution when scanning your slides or photo negatives. Photgraphs that are up to 5x7 in size are scanned at 1200dpi, while photographs that are over 5x7 in size are scanned at 800dpi.

*Up to 4800dpi scans in .png files available upon request and at an additional cost.

2. Slide Montage - The transfer of slides to DVD or videotape includes:

a standard music track (the mood is light nostalgia and sentimental)
opening/closing titles
standard cross-fade transitions (as one image fades out, another fades in)

When choosing to have your slides put into a Slide Montage, please keep in mind that horizontally configured slides transfer better than vertical slides due to the shape of a television screen. The examples shown below illustrate this.

Pricing for each type of slide transfer is shown below:

High Resolution Scanning

Slide Montage

50  _____ $ 169.50
100 _____ $ 289.00
150 _____ $ 408.50
200 _____ $ 528.00
250 _____ $ 647.50
300 _____ $ 767.00
350 _____ $ 886.50
400 _____ $ 1006.00
450 _____ $ 1125.50
500 _____ $ 1245.00
550 _____ $ 1364.50
600 _____ $ 1484.00
650 _____ $ 1603.50
700 _____ $ 1723.00
750 _____ $ 1842.50
800 _____ $ 1962.00
850 _____ $ 2081.50
900 _____ $ 2201.00
950 _____ $ 2320.50
1000 ____ $ 2440.00
1050 ____ $ 2559.50
1100 ____ $ 2679.00
1150 ____ $ 2798.50
1200 ____ $ 2918.00
1250 ____ $ 3037.50
1300 ____ $ 3157.00
1350 ____ $ 3276.50
1400 ____ $ 3396.00
1450 ____ $ 3515.50
1500 ____ $ 3635.00
1550 ____ $ 3754.50
1600 ____ $ 3874.00
1650 ____ $ 4993.50
1700 ____ $ 4113.00
1750 ____ $ 4232.50
1800 ____ $ 4352.00
1850 ____ $ 4471.50
1900 ____ $ 4591.00
1950 ____ $ 4710.50
2000 ____ $ 4830.00
2050 ____ $ 4949.50
2100 ____ $ 5069.00
2150 ____ $ 5188.50
2200 ____ $ 5308.00
2250 ____ $ 5427.50
2300 ____ $ 5547.00
2350 ____ $ 5666.50
2400 ____ $ 5786.00
2450 ____ $ 5905.50
2500 ____ $ 6025.00
2550 ____ $ 6144.50
2600 ____ $ 6264.00
2650 ____ $ 6383.50
2700 ____ $ 6503.00
2750 ____ $ 6622.50
2800 ____ $ 6742.00
2850 ____ $ 6861.50
2900 ____ $ 6981.00
2950 ____ $ 7100.50
3000 ____ $ 7220.00

50  _____ $ 144.45
100 _____ $ 188.95
150 _____ $ 233.45
200 _____ $ 277.95
250 _____ $ 322.45
300 _____ $ 366.95 
350 _____ $ 411.45
400 _____ $ 455.95
450 _____ $ 500.45
500 _____ $ 544.95
550 _____ $ 589.45
600 _____ $ 633.95
650 _____ $ 678.45
700 _____ $ 722.95
750 _____ $ 767.45
800 _____ $ 811.95
850 _____ $ 856.45
900 _____ $ 900.95
950 _____ $ 945.45
1000 ____ $ 989.95
1050 ____ $ 1034.45
1100 ____ $ 1078.95
1150 ____ $ 1123.45
1200 ____ $ 1167.95
1250 ____ $ 1212.45
1300 ____ $ 1256.95
1350 ____ $ 1301.45
1400 ____ $ 1345.95
1450 ____ $ 1390.45
1500 ____ $ 1434.95
1550 ____ $ 1479.45
1600 ____ $ 1523.95
1650 ____ $ 1568.45
1700 ____ $ 1612.95
1750 ____ $ 1657.45
1800 ____ $ 1701.95
1850 ____ $ 1746.45
1900 ____ $ 1790.95
1950 ____ $ 1835.45
2000 ____ $ 1879.95
2050 ____ $ 1924.45
2100 ____ $ 1968.95
2150 ____ $ 2013.45
2200 ____ $ 2057.95
2250 ____ $ 2102.45
2300 ____ $ 2146.95
2350 ____ $ 2191.45
2400 ____ $ 2235.95
2450 ____ $ 2280.45
2500 ____ $ 2324.95
2550 ____ $ 2369.45
2600 ____ $ 2413.95
2650 ____ $ 2458.45
2700 ____ $ 2502.95
2750 ____ $ 2547.45
2800 ____ $ 2591.95
2850 ____ $ 2636.45
2900 ____ $ 2680.95
2950 ____ $ 2725.45
3000 ____ $ 2769.95

Additional DVD copies of your Slide Montage are only $30 each and additional VHS copies are only $20 each. Extra copies are a great way to enable several relatives to have these precious images (even though only one person has the actual slides).

All slides must be numbered in the order in which they are to be transferred. Preferably, slides should be loaded into standard "80 count" or "140 count" Kodak-style slide carousels.

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