Scan Photo Albums To Preserve and Digitize Old Photos

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Quickly Scan Photo Albums to Digital and Preserve Your Family's Memories

Digitize your family’s physical photo albums and photo books without removing any photos using Capture’s revolutionary touchless album scanning service.

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Digitize Photo Albums Without Removing Photographs

Photo albums are a great way to organize your precious memories, but they make it hard to preserve and share them. Unlike other photo scanning services, Capture’s start-of-the-art technology scans photos without removing them from the album while removing glare and warping for pristine digital results.

This unparallelled scanning process turns your memories into high-quality digital format so you can organize them onto DVDs, USB flash drives, and easily shareable digital downloads.

Plus, we treat your precious memories with ultimate care and the most advanced tracking so you can have comfort knowing that your family history will be returned promptly in exceptional condition.

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How Does Capture’s Album Scanning Service Work?

Capture’s album scanning service is the first of its kind and uses cutting-edge technology to digitize photo albums without ever removing printed photos from the album page. Our professional service scans your family photos without glare and turns them into preserved memories in digital format.

Then, you and other family members can view them with ease and ensure that future generations can cherish them just as much as you do. Turn your family photos into high-quality digital heirlooms in three simple steps:

To start, simply place an order and gather your photo albums and any additional information you'd like to provide.Don't worry about counting out every single photo – a rough estimate is fine. We'll only charge you for the photos that we successfully scan, and if there is any difference in the final count, we will either issue a refund or send you an invoice for the difference.

Follow the instructions in the order confirmation email and send us your albums. You can use your own shipping label or add one during the easy Capture checkout process.

We’ll keep you updated about the scanning process and when we finish the scanning process, you receive high-quality digital versions of your wonderful photographs as well as the original albums.

Our digitizing services are efficient and streamlined, with a turnaround time of less than 30 days from start to finish, including shipping and handling. This is significantly faster than the typical turnaround time of other companies, which can take more than 70 days.

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Why Should You Digitize Photo Albums?

TThere are many reasons to digitize photo albums including to:

As your albums get older, they can wear out, lose vividness and color, and risk damage, so transferring them into digital format can preserve them for future generations. .

By digitizing your precious photos, you protect them in case of events like floods, fires, and natural disasters.

With digital copies of your photo album images, it’s easy to rename, organize, and add additional information to organize memories any way you want.

Digital versions of your photo albums take up significantly less space because you can store them on your MAC or PC, in the cloud (via iCloud, Google Photos, or Dropbox), or on any hard drive.

It is much easier to share digital images across the country and with multiple people than it is to trade and fight over original physical albums.

By digitizing your photo albums and uploading them to social media and platforms like Google Photos, you can instantly benefit from advanced search, archive, and reminder features.

Once your images are digitized with our professional photo editing software and image enhancement tools, the possibilities are endless and you can create photo gifts, artwork, mugs, or combine them into new memories.

Capture Touchless Scan Photo Albums vs. Scanning Old Photo Albums Yourself

When preserving your photo albums, you have a couple of options. You can do it yourself by taking pictures of them or scanning them or you can choose to digitize photo albums with Capture.

Let’s look at the pros and cons of each of these options so you can decide if our cutting-edge touchless photo album scanning service is right for you!

This method uses a photo scanner machine to scan each photo or page of photos to upload to a computer or other device. Each scan will produce a new image, which means it is a lot of work.

The machines that produce the highest-quality results are typically expensive and you could end up spending $299 or even more in some cases like with an Epson FastFoto that costs $499.99.

Pros

Typically, decent quality if you buy a high-quality flatbed scanner
Can be fun to do it yourself because you get to go through all your old photos
Creates jpeg files, which typically have good detail and color

Cons

Flatbed scanners that create high-quality images are expensive
Taking separate images of your photos take a lot of time
It will be impossible to fully eliminate glare and warping
You will have to remove each photo if you want them as separate digital files

Some people decide to use a digital camera, iPhone, or Android smartphone to digitize print photos. It’s affordable, convenient, and fast, at least compared to scanning each one by hand.

However, the digital copy will end up looking different from the original photo because it will pick up glares, highlight inconsistencies, and reduce the quality. Plus, it often ends up being difficult to get only the photograph in the picture.

Pros

Affordable (if you already have a camera)
Convenient and you can do it yourself
Faster than scanning images one by one

Cons

Low-quality that looks different from the original photo
Will show glares, dust, scratches, and debris
Harder to crop so you may cut out some of the picture or show surrounding areas

Capture uses innovative, patented technology to digital photo albums without removing any photos. Plus, our hand-scanning experts know how to maintain the highest-resolution from your photos and offer multiple digitization options including DVDs, USB flash drives, and digital downloads.

Finally, we are just as affordable as any other option and get your originals as well as your high-quality digital copies back to you in less than 30 days including shipping.

Pros

High-resolution digital photos that brings your old memories to life
First-ever touchless scanning service so you never have to remove your photos from the album
Affordable at only $.35 per scanned image
Auto integration with Google Photos

Cons

We only accept albums up to 14” x 14”

Photo scanning apps like Google Photo scan and Photomyne take advantage of your smartphone technology to scan your photos better than simply using your camera, but there are also some significant downsides. First of all, the quality of the scans will depend on the quality of your phone’s camera. Additionally, the lighting conditions, your photography skill, and the time-consuming nature all restrict the outcome.

Pros

Affordable if you already own a smartphone
Convenient and easy DIY process

Cons

Time-consuming, especially if you want separate files for each picture
Quality depends on your phone’s camera, lighting, and user skill
May show more glares, dust, reflections, and more

How Long Does It Take to Scan Photo Albums with Capture?

We pride ourselves on not only doing the highest-quality work using patented technology, but we also ensure that you get your original photos and digital format copies back within 30 days with shipping or 20 days without shipping as opposed to the industry standard for photo scanning services that take 60 to 80 days or more while also removing each photo from your albums.

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Is it Safe to Send My Previous Photo Albums to Capture?

We know how important your photo albums are to you because they contain your memories, experiences, and legacy. That’s why we do everything possible to ensure they remain safe every step of the way. With our partnership with UPS, a reputable carrier known for respectful handling, you can rest assured knowing that your photo albums will arrive without damage.

Plus, we offer optional prepaid shipping labels so you can make sure that your photo albums are shipped to the right place and never lost. Not only that, but this ensures fast shipping so you can get your original albums and digital memories back in less than 30 days.

Finally, you will receive order status updates every step of the way so you can always check on your original photo albums for complete peace of mind. From the moment your order arrives, we track every step of the order and track it all the way back to your front door.

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What if My Photos are Glued into an Album?

Because of Capture’s patented touchless scanning, we can digitize photos that you have glued into your photo albums. While most photo scanning services wouldn’t be able to scan glued photos without potentially damaging or ruining your wonderful memories, our new technology allows us to do so professionally and beautifully without needing to remove them at all.

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What’s So Unique About Capture Photo Scanning Service?

Trusted by top retail brands

We have partnerships with major brands like Costco, Walmart, Google Photos, CVS, and Sam’s club.

A state-of-the-art tracking and security system

We track your photo albums and any other media every step of the way so you can rest assured knowing your memories are safe

Guaranteed results

If you’re unhappy with the digital results, we’ll reprocess your photo albums for free.

State-of-the-Art Touchless Photo Scanning

Capture is the first ever touchless photo scanning service to digitize photos and completely remove glare and warping

Automatic Integration with Google Photos

Automatically transfer photographs and other media to your library with API integration. We also help iCloud users to upload media to their accounts.

Sensitive Information Protection

Our secure Memory Cloud storage platform guarantees that only customers have access to their one-of-a-kind memories.

Complementary backup

We offer a complimentary 60-day backup of your digitized media, giving you extra peace of mind.

Fast Turnaround Time

You will receive your digitized copies within 30 days - this is much faster than the industry standard of 70+ days.

Quality Care

We take great care in handling your original media and creating high-quality digital replicas that are guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Photo Album Scanning Services Price Guide

Capture album scanning service will only charge you for the successfully scanned photos, which means you pay nothing if, for any reason, we cannot adequately scan any photo. You will only pay$.70 for every scanned image.

Most photo albums contain between 100 and 200 photos, so you would only pay $35 to $70 to digitize an entire photo album to preserve the priceless memories forever.

It is easy to estimate your albums without counting every photo using the guidelines below. If the count is inaccurate, that’s okay! Capture will adjust the final invoice to accommodate the difference.

20 Album Sheets – 80 Pictures
30 Album Sheets – 150 Pictures
50 Album Sheets – 300 to 350 Pictures

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12 Million Happy Customers

Henry

They did an excellent job! The transfer of my vhs camcorder cassette to dvd looks great, and I had good email updates throughout the process to know where it was at.

Massachusetts

Mike

I highly recommend Capture for VHS to DVD transfers. They do quality work. The music they use to showcase certain footage enhances the quality and the memories.

US

Phil

It was amazing what you did to digitize my 40 year old movies. They appear to be better than the original movie itself. Picture quality is very sharp and crisp.

Conneticut

M. Camp

This means so much to me – you don't know. My dad was a movie taker, and now it's me who is passing along the tradition.

Michigan

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Frequently Asked Questions

No! Capture offers the first-ever touchless photo album scanning service that produces images without glare or warping, which means we can scan photo albums without removing the photos at all!

By digitizing photographs, you preserve them in high-quality forever because it’s harder to lose or damage digital versions. Plus, it makes them easy to share and they take up much less space.

We accept albums of all sizes up to 14” by 14” and can preserve photos of any size within an album.

It literally means we are not touching the photos in your album. Our patented technology of digitizing images straight from the album pages creates a touchless process where no handling of the individual photos is involved. We will need to touch your album to position it in our scanner, but will not touch your photos, unlike other services that need to lift and flatten your photographs on a flatbed scanner.

We only charge you for the successfully scanned photos. If a photo doesn’t get scanned, it won’t cost you anything. The cost per scanned image from your album is $0.35 each. Most albums have 100 to 200 photos, which would cost $35 to $70.

Yes, we can digitize documents within the album as long as the dimensions of the document (unfolded) do not exceed that of the album. If the document is folded or is not attached to the album, we may need to touch the document to position it for scanning. We would treat the document with care.

Capture uses a patented technology to digitize images straight off the pages of your album. This creates a touchless process and removal of the photos from the album is not necessary.

No, it won’t! Our patented technology of digitizing images straight from the album pages so no handling of the individual photos is involved. This, in turn, eliminates any chance of damage to your photos through the album scanning process.

You will receive your completed order in about 4 weeks (includes processing and return shipping) from the time we receive your album; it will include your originals and any Digital Copy, USB, or DVD you ordered.

Yes! Your original albums and containers will be returned with your completed order.

You will receive your original album(s), a secure download for digital copies, plus any additional devices you ordered, such as a USB thumb drive and DVDs. If you have a Google Photos account, we’ll automatically save your digital photos to your library, allowing you to easily share them with loved ones from any device, at any time and from any location.