Pete Fontaine


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Scanning Photos for Recreational Vehicle Use

Whether you are running a Featherlite or a Fleetwood, if you're spending serious time on the road then you probably want to take as many of the comforts of home with you as you can. No matter how big your rig is you'll never find room for those photo albums or boxes of photos you have stored in the closet. And even if you had room you probably shouldn't expose your photos to the additional risks that traveling... (posted by Pete 2 years 290 days ago.)
Scanning for a Slideshow Project

Everyone has that big box of photos in the back of the closet that's worth a million and at the same time next to nothing. If you can't share your photos easily then what good are they? You'll be surprised to find out that it's simple and inexpensive to turn your deteriorating images into an enjoyable work of art. There are photo scanning services that can digitize your photos for as little as a nickel apiece. And don't... (posted by Pete 2 years 315 days ago.)
Photo Scanning Tips

If you're not going to enlarge your digital scans then don't pay to have them scanned at a higher resolution than 300 dpi. Even if you will be enlarging them you are probably wasting your money. 600 and 1200 dpi scanning services do not mean better scans, but they do mean higher prices. For your typical photographs 300 dpi is the wisest choice. There might be a reason to scan at 600 or 1200 dpi if you were scanning from a... (posted by Pete 2 years 328 days ago.)