Slide Scanning
Bring Your Slides into the Digital Age
At Archival Works, we offer the best in slide scanning. Whether they’re in a shoe box or neatly organized into carousels, you can send them to us as is and we’ll transfer them to high resolution digital images.
We offer slide scanning services for home users, as well as professionals and organizations. Whether you want to share those precious family memories on social media, or if you need your slide archive preserved for your corporate library, we have a solution for you.
Unmatched Quality
We scan all 35mm slides at 5300 PPI. That’s the equivalent of 37.5 megapixels, large enough to print at up to 16 x 24 inches. To put it another way, that’s over four times the resolution of the latest 4k UHD TVs. This allows us to capture every single detail in your film.
In addition to this, slides can optionally have dust and scratches digitally removed via a manual touch up process.
Digital Color Correction
The truth is, most slides fade over time. We offer complementary solutions to combat this. For our Access Package we include a brightness correction that fixes black and white parts of the image that faded to gray. For our Access Plus Package and Archive Package we take this a step further by correcting each primary color individually to restore slides that have lost their color.
Cataloging Solutions Available
Having your slides transferred to digital is only the first step. After all, a collection of high quality images doesn’t do much good if you cannot find or access a given picture in the future. We are here to solve this problem for you. Our Access Plus Package includes some basic cataloging resources optimized for home users, while our Archive Package includes those same tools, plus additional technical metadata that can be beneficial to organizations, professionals, and technology enthusiasts.
Accessible Now, Archived for the Future
Our high quality slide scans are crafted to stand the test of time. All files are created to rigorous international standards. This allows for proper viewing on all computers, phones, iPads, and are compatible with all major social media platforms.
In addition to this, if you or your organization needs archiving solutions for the long-haul, our Archive Package includes lossless preservation master files created to Library of Congress specifications. Plus, we will deliver back Photoshop documents that allow you to reverse or fine tune any enhancements made to your slides.
Starting at Just 99 Cents Per Slide
With prices starting at just 99 cents per slide, we offer scanning for just about any budget. We offer three different packages. Here is a quick summary of each. For a more in depth explanation, please click here.
The Access Package
Starting at 99 Cents per Slide ($29.95 Minimum)
Slides scanned at 5300 PPI, saved as high quality JPEG images
Slides physically cleaned
Basic fade correction
Digital touch up and dust and scratch removal available as an option, please contact us for a quote.
The Access Plus Package
Starting at $1.19 per Slide ($29.95 Minimum)
Our most popular option
Everything in The Access Package above included
Advanced fade and color correction
Slides organized into folders with same name as your existing slide carousels, trays, or boxes
Contact sheets for rapid browsing, one contact sheet per carousel, tray, or box of slides
Digital touch up and dust and scratch removal available as an option, please contact us for a quote.
The Archive Package
Starting at $1.49 per Slide ($49.95 Minimum), Plus $99.95 One Time Data Management Fee
Everything in The Access Package and The Access Plus Package included
Uncompressed TIFF files, created to Library of Congress specifications for long term archiving (16-bit, ProPhoto RGB)
PSD files containing unaltered scans, dust and scratch correction layer (if applicable), and RGB corrective curves (16-bit, ProPhoto RGB). This allows for full reversal or fine tuning of any corrections made to your slide.
High resolution photographs of your carousels, trays, and original boxes
Technical metadata files created for all images
Digital touch up and dust and scratch removal available as an option, please contact us for a quote.
Digital touch up and dust and scratch removal is available for all orders, even for Kodachrome slides. Please contact us for a quote.
We understand that a pre-made package is not suitable for everyone. If you have special requirements, or just are not sure what package is the best fit for you, please feel free to contact us.
In addition to these packages, we can include extra flash drives for $14.95 each.