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CTyankee

(65,012 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:48 AM Nov 5

Is there any way I can convert a color photograph from 40 years ago into a computer image?

I want to preserve it and also send it to DU as it is a photo of my daughter and me wearing Carter/Mondale buttons at a rally at her college. thanks!

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Is there any way I can convert a color photograph from 40 years ago into a computer image? (Original Post) CTyankee Nov 5 OP

Yes, use a scanner or you phone to take picture. we can do it Nov 5 #1

Have it scanned. MacKasey Nov 5 #2

Scanning the photo will do the trick. nt CaliforniaPeggy Nov 5 #3

If you know someone with a scanner, they will help you. louis-t Nov 5 #4

Have it scanned at a print shop. rockbluff botanist Nov 5 #5

A cell phone may also be able to scan TommyT139 Nov 5 #6

Guy with fantastical cameras says to use your phone. usonian Nov 5 #7

we can do it

(12,774 posts)

1. Yes, use a scanner or you phone to take picture.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:49 AM

Nov 5

MacKasey

(1,178 posts)

2. Have it scanned.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:49 AM

Nov 5

Go to Staples

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,069 posts)

3. Scanning the photo will do the trick. nt

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:50 AM

Nov 5

louis-t

(23,708 posts)

4. If you know someone with a scanner, they will help you.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:51 AM

Nov 5

You can also go to any drug store and they will have a machine that scans and you can send to yourself by email.

rockbluff botanist

(360 posts)

5. Have it scanned at a print shop.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:52 AM

Nov 5

They'll drop to a thumb drice.

TommyT139

(697 posts)

6. A cell phone may also be able to scan

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:11 AM

Nov 5

I have used apps like TurboScan, which takes three photos and optimizes them automatically. Then you can choose the output format, whether jpg or PDF or others. Search your phone for "scan" to see if it's already a function of one of the apps.

However, in a pinch, you can take a picture of the photograph, holding the camera still and making sure the light is even, and the flash is turned off.

usonian

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7. Guy with fantastical cameras says to use your phone.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:40 AM

Nov 5

The image will already be small enough to post, and modern phone cameras cover up a multitude of user sins.

Main precaution is to use flat light so no reflections. (and no shadows from your body and phone)

Use the phone's image editor to straighten things (or shoot over until you get "pitch and yaw" right.)

Go to an image host
Help is here: https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1036&pid=59987
And the host will ask to upload from your camera roll.

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