FotoBridge | Digitizing Photos Blog

Now through January 20th (11:59 PM PST), save 10 % on any Prints, Slides, or Negatives Scanning Package of $200.00 or more. Digitizing your prized photo collections has never been easier or more convenient.

Simply enter coupon code JATEN when entering your online order (prior to January 20th, 2010) and save on your entire order, savings extend to all options and upgrades.

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Beyond the pure emotional satisfaction of revitalizing and securing old photos, newly digital photos are valued not only for the images themselves, but also for the information they contain. One way to enhance and increase the informative properties of digital images is to capture or create annotations that can be preserved as part of the image.

For those looking for a quick and easy way to tag JPEG images with descriptive text, we suggest you check out FotoTagger. This application has been made available by Cogitum (a Virginia based company) as a free download for home users.

FotoTagger provides the ability to "tag" areas of an image with text descriptions that can be displayed or hidden and stored as part the the digital image file.  This feature can be used to identify people, record notes and detailed information, capture comments about specific objects and quickly find an image based upon annotation search.

Our initial tests indicate this product is both easy to use and contains ample utility for most potential users. Stay tuned for a complete functional and technical review in the near future, until then we rate FotoTagger "promising utility" and suggest folks interested in the product test it themselves and let us know the results.

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Moorestown Friends School (MFS), one of the oldest schools in the nation, engaged FotoBridge in 2007 as its' exclusive provider of photographic digital conversion and archiving services. This multi-year assignment is supporting the renowned institution's preparations for it's 225th anniversary of it founding in the spring of 2010. Events and activities for alumni, parents and all members of the school community will continue through the following school year and culminate at Commencement in June 2011.

Much of the school's rich history, captured in a treasure trove of images on traditional photographic media, was at risk of deterioration or worse. Many of the photographic prints dated back to the late 1800s, some transparencies dated to the inception of the medium.  FotoBridge worked closely with MFS archivists to convert, index and digitally preserve some of the oldest images first, delivering thousands of high-resolution images to coincide with planned preliminary events and alumni activities. A primary objective of this three year program to digitize its significant, priceless collection of photographic negatives, slides and photo prints, is to make this newly digital content available online to alumni and important stakeholder groups.

Along with the vast collection of one-of-a-kind images, MFS selected FotoBridge's "Text Note Archiving" service to capture and index important archive metadata. The partnership between MFS and FotoBridge on this significant and critically important undertaking is expected to deliver well over 200,000 high quality, digitally archived images.

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A retired Bell Labs employee in New Jersey has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. George Smith and a co-worker (Willard S. Boyle) invented the digital eye known as the charge coupled device (CCD) in 1969. The device transforms light into the electric signals that become digital images.

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Save on your next FotoBridge order and support breast cancer causes. Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, is a global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $1 billion since inception in 1982. As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, they work together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.

Now through midnight(PDT) October 20th, order any Prints or Slides scanning package and we'll donate 5% of the order value to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. You'll also get an additional 5% discount on the total value of your order, thats 10% - 5% for the breast cancer movement and 5% for you, teaming for the cure. Enter coupon code SGK55 when entering your order online prior to midnight (PDT) October 20th.

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Now through the end of September, save 5% OFF any Slides 1000, Slides 2000 or Slides 3000 Package. Enter coupon code SEPS5 when entering your order online prior to midnight (PDT), September 30, 2009 and save on your entire order - savings extend to all options and upgrades.

Also, now through the end of September, save 5% OFF any Negatives 500, Negatives 1000 or Negatives 2000 Package. Enter coupon code SEPN5 when entering your order online prior to midnight (PDT), September 30, 2009 and save on your entire order - savings extend to all options and upgrades.

September End-of-Month FREE SCANS PROMOTION

100 FREE  Slide scans with purchase of Slides 2000 Package. Enter "Sept EOM Promotion" in your online order comments field prior to midnight September 30, 2009.

150 FREE  Print scans with purchase of Prints 2000 Package. Enter "Sept EOM Promotion" in your online order comments field prior to midnight September 30, 2009.

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After weeks of painstaking planning, precise coordination and nothing less than world-class logistical feats - mission impossible became "job done".

Over this past Labor Day Weekend, when many were enjoying their final days of summer, the folks at FotoBridge were busy relocating the company's digital processing labs, fufillment center and corporate offices to a new, larger facility.  The new building is located within the same complex at 154 Cooper Road in West Berlin, NJ - but provides nearly twice the space and room to grow.  Growth in demand for FotoBridge services, an expanding team and continued onging infrastructure investments spurred the move.

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Today and tomorrow only, save 9 % on any purchase. To redeem, orders must be completed online prior to midnight (PT) September 10, 2009. Enter CC0909 in the coupon code field when placing order and you'll recieve 9 % off the entire purchase, including upgrades and options.

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