Leave A Legacy
1827 E. Harmony
Fort Collins, CO 80528
(for shipping or drop-off)
Leave A Legacy
3065 S. Broadway
Englewood, CO 80113
(for drop-off)
Leave A Legacy can transfer your regular 8mm film, super 8mm film and 16mm film directly to DVD. We have both an 8mm and a 16mm projector that have been modified and are mounted in line with a 1CCD digital camera. The camera captures the image from every frame of your film and sends it […]
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We all have them. We have them hidden – out of sight – out of mind – but they still exist – our photos, and boy are they a mess!When you are ready – Leave A Legacy is ready to help you get started. Below are steps to follow to get them organized? Collect all
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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 environmental factors can damage your disks. These include: exposure to direct sunlight: intense heat; fluctuations in temperature and humidity; gravity; fingerprints; and smudges and scratches.
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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 environmental factors can damage your disks. These include: exposure to direct sunlight: intense heat; fluctuations in temperature and humidity; gravity; fingerprints; and smudges and scratches.
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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 scratches but when your video skips a lot it may be indicating that it is time for
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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 in write performance, capacity, quality and price. Quality manufacturers have determined through testing that current
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 you take today can have the same problem when they are admired a few generations from now if
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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 photo files can be quite overwhelming. I suggest that you choose a manageable sized project; 2006, Christmas 2006, family
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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 important variable is the resolution. The units of measuring resolution are dots per inch or dpi. The more dots per
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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 clear protective sheet. We now know that these were not a safe place for our precious photos. The
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