Album, Book & Document Digitisation

Careful, non-destructive digitisation of photo albums, letters, diaries, certificates, recipes, books and other family records. Originals remain intact while pages, photographs, annotations and their context are preserved as clean, organised digital files

Preserve More than the Page

An album holds more than its photographs. The captions, sequence and handwritten notes help explain what you are looking at. A diary preserves someone’s words in their own handwriting. A recipe book might carry decades of additions and adjustments that make it unlike any other copy. Digitisation keeps those details together, so the digital version preserves the character and context of the original.

It also makes the contents easier to use. Share an album without passing it between households, revisit a fragile diary without repeatedly opening it, or keep copies of important documents in more than one place. Pages that once needed careful handling can become accessible for everyday reading, research and sharing.

Breadcrumbs digitises loose and bound material with an approach suited to its construction and condition. Albums are captured page by page, retaining their arrangement and annotations. Individual photographs can also be supplied as separate images, while delicate bindings, adhered photographs and unusual formats are assessed before work begins. You receive organised digital copies and your originals back, with more ways to enjoy the contents while reducing the need to handle them.

Photo albums, bound books, folios, letters, diaries, certificates,
recipes and other documents

PHOTO ALBUMS

Albums are digitised page-by-page, preserving photographs,
captions, arrangement and the context of the original album.

HIGH RESOLUTION
600 DPI
$2.00 per page

ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION
1200 DPI
$3.00 per page

ARCHIVAL RESOLUTION
2400 DPI
$4.50 per page

INDIVIDUAL IMAGE EXTRACTION

Individual photographs are isolated from the page scan, straightened and supplied as separate image files. Nothing is physically removed.

+$0.75 per photo

MANUAL EXTRACTION

Where photographs can be safely removed, they are individually digitised and carefully returned to their original position.

HIGH RESOLUTION
600 DPI
+$1.75 per photo

ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION
1200 DPI
+$2.75 per photo

ARCHIVAL RESOLUTION
2400 DPI
+$4.25 per photo

Fragile, adhesive, magnetic and unusually complex albums are assessed individually.

PAPER RECORDS

LOOSE DOCUMENTS
Single Page Capture
$1.00 per page

BOUND BOOKS & FOLIOS
Single Page Capture
$1.00 per page
Double Page Spread
$1.60 per spread

Choose How Your Album is Digitised

Page capture preserves an album as it was arranged, including the relationship between photographs, captions and handwritten notes. It is the starting point when you want to revisit the complete album and keep each image connected to its original context. The photo-album prices above are per page, with resolution chosen to suit the detail in the originals and how you want to use the digital copies.

Individual image extraction is useful when you also want separate photographs for sharing, printing or a new photo book. Each photograph is isolated from the page scan and straightened into its own image file. This adds $0.75 per photograph to the page-capture price. The original album stays intact, and nothing is physically removed for this option.

Manual extraction involves a different process: suitable photographs are carefully removed, individually digitised and returned to their original positions. The additional price depends on the selected resolution, as listed above. Suitability is assessed before work begins, especially for fragile, adhesive, magnetic or unusually complex albums. Photographs that cannot be safely removed can remain in place for page capture and digital image extraction instead.

Additional Services

Optional enhancement, restoration, preservation, organisation and access services are available.

  • Selected photographs from your album can receive enhancement to improve colour, contrast and apparent clarity. Enhancement applies to individual photographs, rather than an entire album page.

    Your original scan is retained, with the enhanced version supplied separately. Results depend on the source image. Suitability is assessed before work begins.

  • Make your collection easier to search, navigate and understand. Beyond the page order, sequential filenames and folders included with digitisation, additional services include custom naming, detailed organisation, document indexes and transcription of handwritten material.

    Searchable text can be added to suitable printed or typed documents, helping you locate names, places and passages without reading every page. Handwritten transcription is assessed separately.

    Protective sleeves, folders and suitable archival storage can also be supplied and fitted for your originals.

    Collection organisation, custom naming and indexes: $65 per hour.
    Searchable text recognition (OCR): $0.25 per page.
    Handwritten transcription and text correction: $65 per hour.
    Protective materials and rehousing: individually quoted.