Applies to: Smartphones (including iPhones) & Tablets (including iPads) – doesn’t work on some older devices.
You know that big stack of photos in the loft? The ones in the shoe box at the bottom of the cupboard and those ones on the wall you always wanted a copy of?
Introducing, PhotoScan from Google. This app promises not just to take a “Photo of a Photo” but rather 5 photos of 1 photo, merged together to give 1 high-quality photo.
How does it work?
You take several photos of the photo you want to ‘scan’ and the app figures out the best way to merge them together to give the highest quality copy.
The app then saves 1 copy of the image to your device and you are ready to save it forever / email it to a friend or share it on Facebook! To be honest the video from Google below describes it better than I could. The app is free.
Get the App
Follow this link to get it for your device: https://www.google.com/photos/scan/
Available for an iPhone / iPad (Apple) as well as Android phones / tablets.
Watch the video
Or watch the video here if that didn’t work.
As ever, if you have any questions or want to know more just pop a comment below, or leave a message on The Clubroom.
Happy Snapping
Mike 🙂
December 13, 2016 at 1:28 am
Hi Tim thanks for Mondays email. I had that problem getting on the internet. I did what you said and it worked a treat. Thanks very much for that. MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERY ONE.
December 13, 2016 at 10:30 am
Hi Mike
Thanks for letting us know Tim’s email helped you! It certainly seems to have been a problem for a large number of people.
Mike 🙂
November 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm
Just read the entry below and have the answer to my question.
December 1, 2016 at 9:35 am
Hi James
You are quite right it won’t work on Windows devices. A scanner is still the best option for Windows devices.
Or if you are feeling brave you can look at the instructions below.
Mike
November 30, 2016 at 5:23 pm
The App for “Photo scan from google” I presume is NOT available for the likes of me who only has a Laptop and not a tablet/smart phone?
November 30, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Ignore.
November 28, 2016 at 3:28 pm
I like the idea of Google PhotoScan. Question- can this work on a lap top? I have just bought a new lap top with Windows 10. Any answers please!!!
November 29, 2016 at 9:31 am
Hi Dave
I am afraid not, it only works on tablets. Your best bet on a computer is still an actual scanner.
If you only have 1 or 2 photos to scan quite often a local print shop (or even bigger Asda/Tesco stores) will scan them in for you (for a cost).
If you are feeling brave (and I haven’t tried this so can’t confirm if it works) you can run Android Apps on Windows this article tells you how
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-run-android-apps-inside-chrome-on-any-desktop-op-1637564101
[Warning: advanced how-to in that link, make sure you have a backup of anything important before you start]
Mike
November 16, 2016 at 11:33 am
Music to scan photos to…
♫ Nickelback – Photograph ♬
Listen along on Youtube here
November 16, 2016 at 11:15 am
A Missed sales opportunity!
Doh, totally missed out on mentioning, we have just launched books for help using smartphones! We don’t cover this app in the books (this App was only released today, our books were printed last week)
Want to know more about our smartphones and our ?famous? (Can I say that ?) free trial, look here:
http://www.helpfulbooks.co.uk/smart_phone_launch_2016.htm