I’m seriously starting on this project now… my Great Aunt sent me tons of pictures and I began scanning them last night.
When I originally was going to start this, I had scanned in some of the photos, but there was a problem and they weren’t right for the size I needed for the book. Now I have a better software program, and after doing a few test scans, I have the method down pat. Unfortunately, each scan takes over 3 minutes to do, and that doesn’t include any touch up time!
I have a deadline to scan them in by the end of January (so I can return them to my patient aunt), and from there, I can retouch, type in the actual story, and format the book.
Very exciting!
Just scan a couple a night…unless there are hundreds of them. I am sure your family will love to have someone record all of this for future generations.
Not hundreds, but probably 80-100. These were the cream of the crop that I’ve taken from what my aunt sent me. I’m sure my mom has some more in her stash that I can add to once I’ve returned these.
But I’m just like that. Maybe that’s why I’m the one who has taken on this project!
And you are right… if someone else had already done this, I would most certainly have bought this book for myself… probably even a couple copies so my kids could have them someday!
By: morethananelectrician on January 10, 2009
at 1:51 pm