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Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:51 pm
by anazelia
I want to do some hertiage LOs but I am not sure where to begin.  I guess, my problem is that I only have one copy of each picture.  Do you all scan your picts to make them digital or what?  I don't' want to use the original picture, but I am not sure if I should send them out or try to do something at home with them.  Any advice?

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:53 pm
by -Tracy-
anazelia wrote:I want to do some hertiage LOs but I am not sure where to begin.  I guess, my problem is that I only have one copy of each picture.  Do you all scan your picts to make them digital or what?  I don't' want to use the original picture, but I am not sure if I should send them out or try to do something at home with them.  Any advice?

I didn't scrap the original photos. (When I did paper). I scanned them. Plus that way, I could correct any problems with them.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:01 pm
by AnnOminous
 I am planning to scrap a bunch of really old photos.  My plan is to scan them in.  Most of them do need some fixing.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:21 pm
by Art_Teacher
 Yep!  I scan them and correct anything that is needed.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:47 pm
by DisneyInsider
 I have been thinking about doing an album of my childhood and am considering scanning my photos as well. I have a scanner, but haven't used it for photos. Can I change the pics to black & white?

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:50 pm
by -Tracy-
Luv2Shop wrote: I have been thinking about doing an album of my childhood and am considering scanning my photos as well. I have a scanner, but haven't used it for photos. Can I change the pics to black & white?

Sure! Save them as a copy so you can have the color version too. You can do it in any photo editing program.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:50 pm
by naney1952
I would scan them yourself. I'd be afraid to send out photos if I only had one of each. Just me I guess. 

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:20 am
by bluejeans7
 I always scan mine and get several copies made.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:28 am
by butterfly843
 I scan mine.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:42 am
by Laura Fiore
 I scanned all of them I found of my mom's. I wanted to do that anyway, so that I could make a disc for my brother and sister. But, yeah, I felt a lot more comfortable using copies of the photos than I did using originals!

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:23 am
by Bea
 I wouldn't want to send them out. With only one copy of each, you certainly don't want to risk losing them.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:47 am
by scraps313
anazelia wrote:I want to do some hertiage LOs but I am not sure where to begin.  I guess, my problem is that I only have one copy of each picture.  Do you all scan your picts to make them digital or what?  I don't' want to use the original picture, but I am not sure if I should send them out or try to do something at home with them.  Any advice?
           I scan my pictures first .. bought the scanner just for that purpose. Then print what I want to use. Sometimes I will use an original, though. Especially if I have multiple copies.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:52 am
by koala1966
I always scan mine first, and usually print out the scanned copy to scrap and keep the original filed away.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:49 am
by bethr
 I had doubles of alot of mine, so i used originals on some of tyhem. Scanned the rest.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:09 pm
by
 I have done alot of heritage l/o.  Please Scan your pics first. Dont use the originals!!!!  Learn as much as you can about the pics. I recently joined ancestry.com and I have found draft cards, census things-= some have their actual handwritings on them. awesome sight! I even got pics of relatives that I didnt have before.

 I use alot of vintage embellies too.

Re: Question for those who do hertiage LOs

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:17 pm
by Queen Mum
 I'm too lazy to print them all out.

(Too expensive too)

I scan and put them on a disk and take them to Walgreens.