How to Avoid Damaging Disks
Last month we shared information on differences in disk quality and longevity. The next step to keeping your data long-term is handling your disks with the respect your data deserves.Many...
Cleaning your DVD or CD Player
Dust can collect on the lens in your DVD and CD players which causes difficulty in playing disks correctly or for them to not play at all. I used to always blame the disk in having flaws or...
CD and DVD Rot
Last month we made sense of + x and - on your CD and DVD. This month we look at disks and discuss their longevity. The first disk was created in the early 80’s. Today’s disks are much more advanced...
What are your photos saying
This common cliché has it all wrong. Otherwise we would look at stacks of old photos and tell our children and grandchildren just who is in the photo and what was special about that day. The photos...
So many photos, so little time
So many photos, so little time. Photo Preservation Another year has come and gone and now you have another year’s worth of photos that you haven’t done anything with! The mound of photos or list of...
Scanning slides 101
Resolute resolution At Leave A Legacy the slide scanner never stops. You would be amazed at the number of people with a number of slides that come to our door. When scanning anything, the most...
Removing photos stuck in albums
Magnetic Albums….seemed like a great idea at the time…but boy, were we wrong! Do you remember them? They are the ones with a sticky piece of cardboard that you laid your photos on and covered with a...
Pixel Pointers
A pixel is a term for a single point in a graphic image. The term was created from shortening “picture element” and using the common abbreviation “pix” for “picture”. The quality of a photo can be...
Better photographer, loose weight & a cleaner house
It may not sound possible but you can become a better photographer, loose weight and have proof of a cleaner house all by carefully cropping your photos. Professional photographers are great at...
Memory cards: how big & is there an adaptor that fits my brain?
Memory cards: they are the often the size of a postage stamp, they store 100’s of photos, but how big of a card do I need and is there an adaptor available that fits my brain? I don’t know about you...
Ideas Abound! Giving the Gift of Memories this Year?
Memories always make the best gifts, even for those “hard to buy for” people on your list. Where else can you make a priceless gift for an affordable price? We always seem to be hopping at Leave A...
DVD transfer to VHS? Yes, definitely
David brought a DVD into our Denver store and asked us to transfer it to a VHS. Sounds like he had movie films transferred to DVD but he really wanted it on VHS. This is definitely not a project...