Digitize your memories with the help of your mobile phone camera in very little time.In the age of digitalization, it is essential to have all our information digitalized and always at hand. That is why Google has made an app available to users, with which you can scan any printed photo and always carry it with you. Below, we will tell you what it is and how it works.
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It is no longer necessary to have a desktop scanner to digitize any document. It is true that in most cases it is much more comfortable, since we do not depend on our pulse or other factors to achieve a good result and it is the best solution if we have to record a large number of photos. Although thanks to the app, saving the photos of our memory albums in digital format is much easier, faster and more intuitive.
But if we are not in the office or at home and we need to quickly scan a paper photo, we can do it quickly and easily with the help of Fotoscan. The app developed by Google with which we can digitize printed photos using just the camera on our mobile phone. This way we can also have them in digital format and share them with other users in full quality.
- The app is available for both Android and iPhone , so you can scan your photos by removing reflections, which will improve the image quality.
- With the app installed on our device, it is as simple as finding a place with good lighting to avoid shadows and placing the photo on a flat surface.
- Now it’s time to point your phone’s camera at the photo , taking care to align it within the app’s frame.
- To take the first photo, press the red button to release the shutter.
- Follow the instructions of the wizard, which tells us to move our phone to four different positions.
- All of them are indicated on the screen and are located around the photo.
- As we move the phone , images are automatically captured from different angles.
- Once the process is complete, the app combines all the images obtained, improving the quality and eliminating possible reflections.
- Similarly, it automatically crops and adjusts the image at the same time.
- Additionally, it allows us to review and adjust the cropping manually if necessary.
- Finally, we have the option to save the resulting image on our device or directly upload it to Google Photos to keep it and later share it.
The application is a powerful tool whose purpose is to preserve and conserve our memories in physical format, creating a digital copy. This way they are much more accessible and we will always have them at hand to share with other users.