How To Scan And Archive Old Photos

How do you save old photos, if you don't want to stand next to the scanner all day? We tried a new app from Google – PhotoScan, which allows you to archive all your old family photos.

Beth Jarovska

Before we started to store pics in our smartphones, people usually stored them in boxes. Each time I go through our old family photos, I see how my dad once had more hair than the whole Bonnie M group, and I think to myself, this should really be preserved for future generations.

Do you know this as well? Did you dig out the old pics you want to scan and keep on in the shoe boxes? All you need is a mobile phone and one application.

Photo Scanner Plus

download for iPhone

Photomyne photo scanning app will delight all iPhone users. Why is this Photo Scanner one of the most downloaded applications? You can scan several photos at once with one click. You can adjust the filters and add captions to the scanned photos. It takes only minutes to keep old family albums for generations to come.

You can digitalize your old family albums in a minute!

PhotoScan

download for Android

A new scanner app from Google enables you to digitalize and store any printed photo right from your cell phone.

How to scan your photos?

You can scan your old family pictures just by using your camera. The app will edit it and crop it automatically by itself.
The result is an enhanced digital copy of the original photo, which you can save and print again whenever you want.
You can edit your scans using filters or put them into a movie and immediately share it with your friends!

Don't leave the pictures in boxes. Save them in computer and make a family poster from old photos.

What next?

Family photo album, begin with old pictures of your grandma and grandpa when they were young and continue adding photos until you reach recent photos. Print them in classic formats or try polaroid-style prints
Photo book with scanned photos can be a beautiful gift for both grandma and mom
Collage of your favourite photos as a wall decoration