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Capture Launches Album Scanning Service
8 December 2022
Capture has announced its Album Scanning Service to scan, extract and enhance individual photos from a physical photo album without risk of damage to the photos.
"Our patented technology cuts through the plastic in albums making it seem as though photos have been magically extracted," said Capture VP of Product Anna Kwan. "The resulting scan is as close to real life as possible, oftentimes bringing forth details you wouldn't even pick up in the original."
The Album Scanning Service captures over 240 megapixels for each scan then "uses the best-in-class machine learning algorithm and is AI trained on more than 20 million photos to enhance and improve color and image quality," the company said.
FEATURES
Highlights of the Capture Album Scanning Service include:
- Photos are not removed from the album
- Touchless, risk-free photo scanning
- Complete image cleanup
- Eliminates glare and warping from photos stuck to album pages
- Photos are cropped, auto-enhanced and color corrected
- Final image is suitable for printing
- Auto-uploaded to the customer's personal Google Photos album
Capture CEO Lisa McCabe noted, "We are the only ones on the market doing album digitization in this way; safe, touchless, glare-free and without warping -- we do all the work for you. We are pioneering the consumer digitization industry and revolutionizing the way you share precious memories with others. Consumers wanted a better way to digitize albums and the Capture Album Scanning Service definitively answers the call and makes scanning a photo album easy and risk-free."
PRICE
Capture charges based on source material. The new Album Scanning Service is 35 cents an image for up to five albums an order. A digital copy of each image, which can be accessed in Capture's MemoryCloud and automatically saved in your Google Photos library, is included. An optional USB viewing option, which apparently requires a dongle for viewing on any device with a USB port, is $4.80 each. And a DVD can be burned with custom options for $2.49 a disc.
Capture Now Offering Touchless Digitization of Timeless Photo Albums
Patented technology enables touchless, glare-free high quality digital images cropped from each album page
CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Capture has announced the official launch of its Album Scanning Service. Using the innovative and proprietary technologies the company is known for, Capture is able to scan, extract and enhance individual photos from an album without risk of damage to the photos. The Album Scanning Service starts by capturing more than 240 Megapixels of information for each scan then uses the best-in-class machine learning algorithm and is AI trained on more than 20 million photos to enhance and improve color and image quality.
"Our patented technology cuts through the plastic in albums making it seem as though photos have been magically extracted," says Capture VP of Product, Anna Kwan. "The resulting scan is as close to real life as possible, oftentimes bringing forth details you wouldn't even pick up in the original."
Here is a video showcasing how Capture's Album Scanning Service works.
Photo albums become increasingly delicate as they age and digitizing the individual photos has historically been a complicated process. Over the years, many different products have attempted to "scan" photo albums, from flatbed scanners to handheld devices to expensive commercial setups. But none of these devices solved ALL of the challenges including warping, glare, wrinkles, shadows and damage.
Additional Benefits
Here are additional benefits of the Capture Album Scanning Service:
- Touchless, risk-free photo scanning
- Photos are not removed from the album
- Complete image cleanup
- Eliminates glare and warping from photos, caused by years stuck to album pages
- Individual photos are cropped, auto-enhanced and color corrected
- Final image is suitable for printing
- Auto-uploaded to the customer's personal Google Photos album
"Capture continues to be on the leading edge of technology," says Capture CEO, Lisa McCabe. "We are the only ones on the market doing album digitization in this way; safe, touchless, glare-free and without warping -- we do all the work for you. We are pioneering the consumer digitization industry and revolutionizing the way you share precious memories with others. Consumers wanted a better way to digitize albums and the Capture Album Scanning Service definitively answers the call and makes scanning a photo album easy and risk-free."
For over 20 years, families have been trusting Capture to digitize their media. As with all Capture orders, shipped media is tagged and tracked every step of the way and hand-processed in the USA. Once the images have been scanned, a digital album is created and uploaded to Google Photos for the consumer and then the original album is packaged and returned along with any requested media output (USB and/or DVD).
With the holidays quickly approaching, ensure cherished memories are available to all family members by digitizing albums that have historically been too delicate to risk.