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4th of July Savings

Now through July 6th (11:59PM PT), save a whopping 15% on any Slides 2000, Slides 3000, or Slides 5000 Package. Simply enter coupon code JS234 when entering your online order (prior to July 7th) and save on your entire order, savings extend to all options and upgrades.

Also now through July 6th (11:59PM PT), save 10% on any Negatives 1000, Negatives 2000, or Negatives 3000 Package. Simply enter coupon code JN123 when entering your online order and save on your entire order.

More July Promotions

50 FREE Slides Scan with Slides 1000 Package

For the month of July, ending July 31(11:59PM PT), receive 50 FREE SCANS with the purchase of our standard Slides 1000 Package. Enter "July Promotion" in your online order comments placed prior to midnight July 31, 2009.

150 FREE Print Scans with Print 3000 Package

For the month of July, ending July 31(11:59PM PT), receive 150 FREE SCANS with the purchase of our standard Prints 3000 Package. Enter "July Promotion" in your online order comments placed prior to midnight July 31, 2009.

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XtremeCamera.com is a popular online photography magazine dedicated to providing top-notch reviews, opinions, interviews and exhibits of fine photography. Recently, the publication conducted a review of FotoBridge's service for it's readers. While this Review Notes category generally covers our take on products and services for people interested in photographic preservation and imaging, we turned the tables in our direction this time by including reference to a review of our service.

Feedback and critical reviews are vital to the success of any professional service firm. Even of greater importance for a service like ours, one that regularly asks customers to entrust us with their priceless memories  - and in the case of many in the photography profession, their valued life's work.

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It's nearly upon us.. Summer, and we're all looking forward to spending more time outdoors with friends and family. Summer means sun, fun, vacations and celebrations from the beaches to the mountains. So why not take advantage of our June special deals, rekindle and share some of those cherished moments from summers gone bye.

FATHER's Day Savings

Now through June 21(11:59PM PT), save 10% on any Slides 1000, Slides 2000, or Slides 5000 Package. Simply enter coupon code FD0910 when entering your online order and save on your entire order, savings extend to all options and upgrades.

50 FREE Slide Scans with Slides 500 Package

For the month of June, ending June 30(11:59PM PT), receive 50 FREE SCANS with the purchase of our standard (2000dpi) Slides 500 Package. Simply note the inclusion of extra slides in your online order comments placed prior to midnight June 30, 2009.

100 FREE Print Scans with Print 2000 Package

Also for June, send us up to 2,100 prints when purchasing a standard Prints 2000 Package (300pdi) - thats 100 FREE SCANS. Simply note the inclusion of extra slides in your online order comments placed prior to June 30, 2009(11:59PM PT).

 

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Everyone knows there are tons of super-smart, practical reasons to convert old photos to digital. We won't go there yet again, it a no-brainer. But what fun can being practical, responsible, and smart with your legacy photo collection be?

We'll if stumble upon a site like Photofunia you'll find an incrediably entertaining and fun way to "play" with your digital photos, and share the laughs. 

Want to put your face on Mt. Rushmore? Or see how grandpop looks on the cover of Esquire? Perhaps make your Star Wars crazed brother a Jedi in a snap? It's simple. All you need is a digital photo with a clearly discernable face and PhotoFunia. Just go to the site, select an effect, select your photo and your done. You save and share the images for free. Warning: this may become addictive.

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Although computers make sorting, organizing and locating specific images among hundered or even tens of thousand of digital photos fast and easy, sometimes touching and seeing a physical reference when looking for photos is just as satisfying. FotoBridge's Index Print option, available on all scanning packages, provides the "hi-touch" quick reference many people desire.

The Index Print is a high-quality, durable printed and bound album containing thumbnail images of all your newly digital photos.  Index Print pages are portrait orientation, double sided and contain 25 photos per page side.  Under each photo is the corresponding file name as stored on your DVD(or CD). The bound Index Print ranges from about 5-10 pages for smaller packages up to 100 pages for larger collections. Extremely large collections may include several volumes of Index Print albums. So if you think you would enjoy perusing your one-of-a-kind, now digital photo collection in a more "hi-touch" fashion, you may consider the Index Print option.

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The universe of digital image file formats is large.  The good news is when it comes to today's digital photography, there is broad agreement about what file formats make the most sense for the majority of uses. The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format is arguably the most popular and versatile format in use today and is likely to continue it's utility well into the future. Nearly all digital image devices support this format. Cameras, digital photo frames, printers, photo kiosks, photo product production machines, mobile phones to name a few all support JPEG. Similarly, photo related services like digital printers, online hosting and sharing sites, online forums, blogs, scanning and restoration services all use and support JPEG.

There are other formats, typically used for commercial printing, photography, and in the graphics arts community. These formats tend to be used for specific purposes apart from the general use JPEG file format. Often, these other formats are ultimately converted to JPEG in their final form to maximize usability. These formats include TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), RAW (family of minimally processed image formats), PNG (Portable Network Graphics), GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), and BMP (Windows bitmap).

At FotoBridge, we provide JPEG files as the standard file format delivered with every scanning package. We also include a free duplicate "Web Ready" JPEG file which is useful when a full sized JPEG is not ideal - such as when emailing or loading a large number of images to a digital frame. Whether delivered on DVD or CD, all the delivered JPEG files are fully open and unrestricted for copying, editing, renaming, resorting, slideshow/movie making, uploading - you name it, you can likely do it with JPEGs.

FotoBridge also offers TIFF files (in addition to the two included JPEG versions) as an option for slides and negatives packages, ordering this option means you receive three files for every photo scanned (TIFF, JPEG, and Web Ready (small JPEG)).

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Oh, the things you can do with your newly digital stash of photos!  Where to start? We like to think of digitizing images as a gateway to the many possibilities and things to come, not merely a shrewd project to preserve a valuable legacy. One of the things people often discover first is the pure power and emotional gold mine of a simple, produced digital movie traversing decades of family history and significant personal events. That's why we decided to offer the TV DVD SlideShow Movie option as a companion product for all of our scanning packages.  From special events such as anniversaries, birthdays, wedding celebrations, and class reunions to travel logs and stirring family histories spanning generations - the TV DVD Movie is a must have for many.

With the TV DVD SlideShow Movie option, you receive an additional DVD disc that automatically plays on any DVD equipped TV or computer. Set to the music you select, the movie is an enjoyable way to view and share your images, memories and stories - especially with friends and family that don't use computers, yet have TV DVD players. Each movie can include up to 1,000 images (this option on Scanning Packages greater than 1,000 photos will include more than one TV DVD Slideshow Movie Disc).  Musical selections include tracks our artists select within the categories you prefer such as classical, jazz, 60/70s mix and oldies or the tunes you provide on CD.

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Today we announced the launch of our new Super Value 5000 Packages for prints, slides, and 35mm negatives. These new packages extend our flat-rate, value based offerings to the next level by increasing the benefits of progressive pricing up to 5000 scans. Now, anyone with large legacy collections can get the same top-quality results at an even better price than in the past. From pro photographers seeking to monitize vast traditional collections online to universities seeking to digitize photgraphic histories in support of fund rasing initiatives - the new packages lets everyone "do it once,.. do it right,.. and preserve, utilize and enjoy forever".  Our goal continues to be to simplify the process of converting very large legacy photo collections to digitial, while providing the best value in the business.      

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