I have produced a series of videos to help you preserve and share your family heritage and your stories.
Learn how to calculate the ideal scanning resolution, store images and documents in the Cloud, and get professional results with your SmartPhone.
How to Calculate Ideal Scanning Resolution
The ideal print resulution is 300 dots per inche (dpi).
That means if you want to print an image on 8 by 10 inch photo paper, the scanned image should by 2400 by 3000 pixels (dots).
This video shows the calculations and a demonstration of importing from a scanner to PhotoShop.
There are many scanners and software for scanning, so the demonstration is to show the calculations and general approach.
How to Store Photos and Documents in the Cloud
Here is a short tutorial on Storing Photos and Documents in the Cloud.
Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox, and others a good places to store photos and documents.
We use Google Drive for the demonstration, including creating folders, uploading files, uploading whole folders from local and external drive, adding descriptions, and more.
How to Shoot Video with a SmartPhone
How to get professional results using the video camera built into a modern smartphone.
With careful placement, you can get good results with the phone alone.
I also recommend a few inexpensive additions such as a tripod, external microphone, and lighting to get even better results.
How We Can Help
Our business was mostly to visit people and interview them in person to make a story production.
Now that is not possible during the Coronavirus lockdown.
We can still work with you to make stunning Story Productions.
The Story Production Secrets can help you to much of the work yourself.
We can offer coaching through the process and also take the images, videos, family documents, and interviews to create Story Productions featuring you, your loved ones, or your business.
Contact me at greg@tellyourstory.productions to discuss your project.
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