Photo Scanning Services

San Francisco Bay Area photo scanning services to digital format.

You have the choice of two resolutions for having your photos scanned to digital format, either 300 PPI or 600 PPI. Either option is a high-resolution scan that yields beautiful digital images and reprinting up to the size of the original photograph; 300 PPI is most common. If you plan on having prints made larger than the original size, then 600 PPI is advised. Please speak with one of our technicians if you are unclear about what resolution may be best.

$30 setup fee for scanning orders under $30

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Large & Small Photographs

Photo scanning service for all size photographs to digital is available. We can scan and digitize your scrapbooks or those photo albums you have laying around your house. JPEG compression 10 is the default output when we scan your photographs to digital format, but for an additional fee you can receive back an 8/16 bitt TIFF digital image of your photographs. Web upload, flash drive, hard drive & data disc are some of the ways you can receive back your digital photograph files.
Scarpbooks/Photo Albums

Digital Roots Studio can scan photo albums & scrapbooks but it is on a case by case basis, please call to speak about your photo albums/scrapbooks to see if Digital Roots Studio is able to work with you. Important info to know is the size of the photo album pages, do you want full page scans of each photo album page or individual digital images of each photograph in the album. Photographs falling out of the photo album will be scanned at the end of the scanning of the photo album. We don’t glue items back into photo album.

Two Photo Scanning Options: Raw Scan & Pro Scan

Raw Scan Example - Photograph

Raw scan output for photographs, or untouched for photographs are your two options. Raw scan is when you receive the digital image back without any post production work done on the digital image. Raw scan of photographs is suggested for clients who have experience using photo editing applications like Photoshop, and would like to do their own post production on the photo digital images, or who simply want the image backed-up for preservation.

Additional Examples
Pro Scan Example - Photograph

Pro scan option with photo scanning to digital will include a folder with the raw photo digital files and a final image folder with the pro scan digital images. Pro scan for scanning photographs to digital includes cropping the photo image border, photo rotation, and color correction of the digital images. This provides a view-ready collection of digital photos without any additional efforts on your part.

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Scanning Resolutions

You have the choice between two resolutions when scanning your loose photographs and photo albums, either 300 PPI or 600 PPI. Both options give a high-resolution scan that yields beautiful digital images and allows reprinting up to the size of the original photograph. If you plan on having prints made larger than the original size, then 600 PPI is advised. Please call if you need your photos scanned at a higher resolution than 600 ppi.

Pricing - Photo Scanning Pricing

Photos up to 5x7 Scanned, 300 PPI - Raw Scan $0.65 & Pro Scan $0.79 per scan

Photos larger than 5x7 to 8.5x11, 300 PPI - Raw Scan $1.09 & Pro Scan $1.29 per scan

Photos up to 5x7 Scanned, 600 PPI - Raw Scan $0.85 & Pro Scan $0.99 per scan

Photos 5x7 to 8.5x11, 600 PPI - Raw Scan $1.29 & Pro Scan $1.59 per scan

Output Options

DVD-Rom Data Disc - $10 per disc

Web Upload Per GB - $2 per GB (limitations on total file size able to upload)

Playable Image DVD video montage (For DVD players) - $20 per DVD created

Flash drive/hard drive provided by client - No charge but all drives must be empty & formatted ExFat or NTFS ( we can format if necessary)

No charge if you provided drive - We ask that all drives supplied be empty

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Rob Arias - Emeryville Historical Society

“For something as important as archiving cherished memories, sometimes it's better to work with a small, local company that provides a personal touch and personalized customer service.

We used DRS to archive our collection of printed journals and we couldn't be happier with the outcome.”

Photo Scanning FAQ

You have two options when it comes to the digitization of your photographs. You can invest in a photo scanner and digitize the photographs yourself, or you can hire a company like Digital Roots Studio do do the scanning to digital for you.
No, you don’t need to organize your photographs prior to dropping off. We receive photographs from our clients various ways. Some clients will organize the photographs prior to scanning in folders by subject and/or year. We ask that all photographs be in groupings of no less than 10 photos per grouping.
We scan photographs at 300ppi or 600ppi to digital JPEG format. If you want your photographs scanned at a higher resolution then please give us a call to talk about your scanning project.
Yes, we can scan your family photo albums and photo scrapbooks. Additional fees may be applied b/c of special handling as well as album access fee’s, so please reach out to speak about your scanning project prior to dropping off.
The digital images can be given back to you on a USB empty drive that you supply, you can buy a drive from us, DVD-ROM or we can do a web upload for an additional fee. (not a cloud storage. Download only available for one month before auto deletion.
Its not possible to know without counting every photography you want to have scanned. But one thing you can do to get a rough estimate, is to stack the photos and measure the stack. About one inch of photos is 100-110 photos. Obviously this fluctuates based on the thickness of the physical photograph, but it will give you a ballpark idea.

Read what our customers are saying about us!

“They were able to provide a truly amazing slide show for a life celebration that my whole family was thoroughly impressed by. Everyone was asking for their info as we all have memories that we need to have archived to pass on to our next generations. I couldn't recommend them any higher!”

— Andre B. Dublin, CA

“Sean and Andrea were great to work with. They took my old VHS cassette tapes, digitized them, and uploaded the mp4 video files to a secure server. Communication was excellent, price was fair and I'll certainly be back again. Thanks!”

— Robyn H. Oakland, CA

“They transferred 8mm film and a few old prints to digital video format and jpeg format. Unlike many similar online services, this business does all transfer work in house. So there's less risk of your precious family analog memories getting lost in transit.”