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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 07:44:41 AM
I am posting this here because I think the most people read Across the Fence and I really need your help!!
Our local photo shop just shut down and I had promised to make copies of a bunch of old family snapshots. Does kinko's do this? I want actual photo quality copies - I am so computer/technology unsavvy it is not even funny so any recommendations are welcome
Thanks y'all
Amy Grace
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| Photobugs |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 9:34:12 PM
It all depends on how long you want them to last, keep in mind that the "copies" that you get at Kinko's and such places are not run through the normal photo processing...so they will not have the longevity of a photograph. If you are using them in a craft project this does not matter, but if you are copying them for family members and to have around for a long time, you may want to take a photo of them and have them printed out at the photography store. The one problem you might face is that if they are a professional photo then some places will not print them up...even if you have taken a photo of the original. There was a law suite a few years ago and now there are copyright issues. Some places will still develop them as long as they don't say "copyright" or something like that on the back. But you have to ask in your local area who does this.
I took some pictures of a few old ones and took the film (before digital) to Walmart and they would not print them because some of them were professionally taken, although they were pretty old and the original studio is no longer in business. The lady told me they did not want to take any chances on being sued because Walmart gets sued enough as it is.
I hope all of what I have said is still current info...I try to stay on the cutting edge of this topic, but it has been awhile since I have had any old photos made up.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 12:17:10 PM
Morgen you would probably be better off scanning them rather than taking a photo.
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 08:50:38 AM
I copied a ton of old family photos last fall. I did some at Kinkos and others I got done at the photo lab at Eckert/RiteAid (around here, all the Eckerts were bought by RiteAid).
There is a difference in how they come out. The photocopies at Kinkos will preserve the sepia tone and the size and dimensions of the original picture. Picture copies from a photo lab will change everything to 4x6, so some of the details in the picture may be cropped out or the focus of the picture may seem different. Also, the colors were weird in some of the old snapshots. Red turned into purple, yellow turned into green.
On the other hand, though, the problem I had with the copier at Kinkos was that when you have an old photo with a lot of blank background (like old portraits) you will see lines in the background. And the colors sometimes come out weird also, but in a different way.
You may have to experiment a bit to see which equipment gives you better results on individual photos. |
| mrsmorgen |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 08:09:34 AM
someone told me about taking pictures of old pictures too to get them into the computer. Not as nice as the professional but I thought a resourceful idea if you are like me, an hour or more from a kinkos and cant ever remember to take stuff with me!
Morgen
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 08:03:21 AM
Kinko's will make copies onto photo paper (matte or glossy) for you. Make sure that they use the color setting, even if it is a black and white or sepia-toned photo. It captures the age of the photo and makes them much truer than when copied in black and white.
Karin
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 09 2008 : 08:03:20 AM
Yes Kinkos does that. And if you have a scanner on your printer you can do it there--all by yourself. I learned, you could too. MB
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