Do you have boxes upon boxes and albums upon albums of old photos sitting somewhere at home? Whether they are prominently placed on a living-room rack, or hidden and collecting dust in storage, it’s time to get those treasures digitized. And we’re here to make it simple.

Photomyne’s revolutionary scanning app, Photo Scan (which has been popular with Family History Daily readers for several years), makes the job of scanning pictures quicker and much easier than ever.

The distinct app:
auto identifies and perfectly aligns pictures for scanning
can scan multiple images at once and auto-separate them
doesn’t need you to remove your images from an album
can optimize, boost and colorize images
permits you to quickly tape-record details from the back of a picture
keeps your scans arranged in albums, collages or slideshows
allows storage on your phone or in the cloud
supplies a voice note option
applies face tagging to help you identify and sort scans by person
is incredibly easy to utilize
and produces lovely results!
Photo Scan is complimentary to download (with economical upgrades for limitless tools) and easy to use. In the following guide you’ll see simply how to start with it on any mobile phone or tablet.
How to Scan Your Old Family Photos With Photo Scan by Photomyne
If you’re staring at a huge mess of photos it may be intimidating to start. Don’t fret, you’re not alone. With this guide, you’ll soon be able to rapidly scan your photos so you can access those memories whenever you want– and share them too!

First, let’s talk expense. Photo Scan is totally free to attempt (so you can decide if you like the procedure) however a fairly priced membership can be purchased if you want to take advantage of every feature. This includes endless scanning, photo optimizations, cloud storage and the ability to view images from all of your gadgets (or share them!).

Without the subscription, you can still scan a choose variety of pictures and attempt the functions, but lots of will lock once you’ve reached the limit.

If you’re ready to try, you’ll need to download the app from either Google Play or the App Store. Simply click the links we’ve offered and we can carry on to the fun part– scanning!
Now, pick a few photos, or a whole album, and get them set up on a flat, tidy surface area in an intense space. Daytime is best.

Open your app, face your phone at the pictures or images you wish to scan, and hit Start scanning. That’s it. The scanning itself is rather easy, needing only a tap and hold of the shutter button. This makes it additional simple to move from picture to image without much doubt.

Unlike taking a shot of a photo with your phone’s basic camera app, Photo Scan auto-crops the images so you don’t need to put in the time to do it yourself. If you’re not happy with how a scan turns out, you can constantly retake the shot or change the cropping to your taste.

Auto-cropping also works with multiple photos at as soon as for those looking to quickly digitize. Simply point your device at an album page, or numerous pictures on a flat surface area, and scan.

Images scanned together will still scan at a high quality, however the image resolution does reduce with each additional picture so it’s recommended to keep your scans to three or less if possible. If you’re more thinking about the first-rate images, stay with scanning one at a time as the app still makes it simple to move rapidly through your albums.

Getting the perfect scan can occasionally be difficult due to a range of elements, but with the best conditions, and a couple of minutes to learn how to get the best outcomes, you’ll be on your way to fantastic looking scans of all your old household images.
Follow these suggestions for the very best results:

It’s finest to scan printed images with great deals of daytime and little overhead synthetic light to prevent glare– if it’s a good day, try scanning outside. Attempt different lighting angles and positions until your scan is glare-free.
Take pictures out of their plastic coverings if possible so it doesn’t trigger a glare of its own. This is not required, however recommended.
Try to scan with your phone as parallel to the image as possible to avoid any cool angles and distortions to the scanned image.
Ensure your scanning surface is smooth and even-colored so the app’s AI doesn’t misidentify the photo’s borders.
Catch your scans from as close to the image as possible with narrow margins. This goes for both scanning a single image and a group of pictures.
If you’re having a hard time to keep a stable hand, utilize the helpful voice command function to catch your scans. All you need to do is say ‘Go’. You can even put your image on a tripod if you have one and scan in this manner.
The app instantly brings back a photo’s color, but you can likewise select from extra color filters to enhance the image and include an imaginative touch (or perhaps colorize black-and-white images).
Choosing the Right Distance When Scanning a Photo.

As soon as you’re satisfied with your scans, tap Done and all of those images will be saved in an album together.

You can even save the information of a photos once scanned.
Scanning your photos might be the meat and potatoes performance of the app, but do not ignore the importance of organizing and saving your pictures with details. There’s a peace-of-mind in knowing exactly what’s going on in each album and picture, specifically when sharing them with others.

Adding an album title, dates, places, and individuals in the picture will give an album more context when arranging years of pictures. You can also tape as much as a 60-second voice note for each album.

Adding Details to a Photo Using Photomyne’s Photo Scan.

You can go even further for private images. Not only can you add the date and area, however you can likewise fill out a description of what’s occurring in the image so its story can be saved together with it.

For those of us that wrote information on the flip side of the photo in the past, you can scan the back of the image too. The app will then save any written text into the photo’s description.

The face-tagging will connect the automatically-identified faces with the name you assign to it. The more details you add, the simpler it will be to look for your pictures.

What about keeping and sharing your scanned photos?
The premium version of Photo Scan deals incorporated cloud storage for all of your pictures, and this makes it easy to back them up and share them.

Plus, it’s simply great to remove the concern of conserving lots of photos to your device. With cloud storage, you’ll understand that you can access them anywhere and, no matter what takes place to your gadget or physical collection, you’ll constantly have them.

If you wish to save your scans in your area, you have that choice too. You can either conserve them straight to your device or send them in an email. In either case, you’ll have the choice to save the image with information.

Picture Scan Details on Photo.

For an artistic vibe, you can pick up to 6 images to put in an image collage. For a more comprehensive spread of pictures, you can develop a time-spanning slideshow.

Image Scan Collage.

Finally, you can share all of your scans with your loved ones. Individual images, albums, collages, and slideshows are all fair game. Each can be shared through apps like iMessage, Facebook, and WhatsApp.

For big choices of photos, you can likewise select to share through Photo Scan’s email alternative. All of your selected pictures– whether a whole album or a hand-picked selection from multiple albums– will be sent out as a web link which opens to a newly created gallery.

Do not delay scanning your old images any longer. Download Photo Scan by Photomyne on the App Store and Google Play and start scanning your pictures today.