

- #BEST PHOTO SCANNER FOR MAC 2013 ARCHIVE#
- #BEST PHOTO SCANNER FOR MAC 2013 PORTABLE#
- #BEST PHOTO SCANNER FOR MAC 2013 ANDROID#
With the standard features such as auto crop, perspective correction and great export settings, Scanner Pro also uses professional algorithms to remove shadows on scans when you haven’t got the best lighting.Ĭons: At £4.99 this app doesn’t seem to stand out from the free options available. This app delivers reliable, good scanning from your phone with ultrafast processing speeds.
#BEST PHOTO SCANNER FOR MAC 2013 ANDROID#
Produces light PDFs with small file sizesĮxport options let you save your photos straight into Dropbox.Ĭons: Best quality results are not available on free version of app only on Pro and its Android only Straightens and enhances readability of documents and pictures Pros: Professional filters and export settings Because the app is designed for scanning documents too, you can play with the contrast to improve readability and scan multiple images and link them into one document- handy indeed! Handy Scanner turns pictures from your phone into PDFs and JPEG images. Tagging and labelling really sets it a bar above other scanning appsĮndless export options such as Dropbox, Evernote, Sky driveįaxing images is not free, with each use costing up to £1 Pros: Automatic enhancement of photos and documents means you don’t have to play around with the filters.
#BEST PHOTO SCANNER FOR MAC 2013 ARCHIVE#
What gets our Album People juices flowing with this app is that it allows you to add your own tags and notes so you can retrieve files with ease – this is an app after our own hearts (check out our Archive Booster product where we add tags and notes to your photos) This app really is posing a threat to office equipment! It is able to digitise your pictures and documents, create PDFs from them, then send them straight to printers and fax machines. As part of our archiving service, you can choose to upload your digitised images to Shoebox, have a looky hereĬons: Unable to edit photos after scanning The trick is to ensure that the document or image to be scanned is as flat as possible, and then move in a steady way. What we love about this app is that it allows you to upload your photos directly to where you can build your family tree and tag family members in photos. Good Results All handheld scanners have a few quirks, of course, but with a little practice you can scan more or less anything accurately. Shoebox (by 1000 memories and ) lets you scan, crop and organise your photos ready for storage in your own online ‘shoebox’. So here it is, The Album People’s official favourite photo scanning apps: As digital archivists here at The Album People, we still recommend using professional scanning equipment to get the best results when converting your old photos to digital formats, but these apps make a nifty alternative especially if you’re on the move.

#BEST PHOTO SCANNER FOR MAC 2013 PORTABLE#
With the right app your phone can become your own portable scanner, able to digitise anything from old photos to important letters. Is there anything a Smartphone can’t do? They’ve replaced our notebooks, MP3 players and our cameras and now Smartphones are posing a threat to the humble scanner.
