{"id":28490,"date":"2016-11-17T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28490"},"modified":"2020-06-18T23:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:44:49","slug":"digitize-old-photos-google-photoscan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/digitize-old-photos-google-photoscan\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitize old photos on your smartphone with Google PhotoScan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We may take thousands of photos these days but we all know that an old photo can turn more heads than what you ate for breakfast this morning. Google now lets you digitize your old photos with a special app called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/photos\/scan\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhotoScan<\/a>, currently <strong>available only for Android and iOS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hold your phone above the photo you wish to digitize, <strong>hover the camera over the points marked on the screen<\/strong>, and the app will kick in. It will detect edges, straighten the image, rotate said image to the correct orientation, and remove any glare automatically.<\/p>\n<p>Just like that, you\u2019ll have a semi-perfect digital copy of the old photo on your smartphone. If you\u2019ve been actively using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/using-google-photos\/\">Google Photos<\/a> as well, the <strong>digitized photos will all be uploaded to the cloud<\/strong>, giving you access to the images anytime you want.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/best-mobile-photo-management-apps\/\">15 Mobile Apps to Manage Photos<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/digitize-old-photos-google-photoscan\/filters-animation.gif\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"photoscan filter animation\"><\/figure>\n<p>Apart from PhotoScan, Google will also be <strong>introducing three new editing tools to Google Photos<\/strong>. The first is a new and improved <strong>auto enhance feature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve opened up a photo and tapped on the Pencil icon, you\u2019ll notice an <em>Auto<\/em> option found at the <strong>bottom of the screen<\/strong>. This is the auto enhance feature, and it will make various enhancements to your photo such as <strong>balancing saturation and exposure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Google has implemented <strong>12 new styles into Google Photos<\/strong>. This feature edits your photo according to its <strong>brightness<\/strong>, <strong>darkness<\/strong>, <strong>warmth<\/strong>, or <strong>saturation<\/strong> before applying the style onto it.<\/p>\n<p>Both the auto enhance feature and the new styles rely on machine learning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-selfie-enhance-apps\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Best Photography Android Apps For Selfies\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best Photography Android Apps For Selfies<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/android-selfie-enhance-apps.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-29163 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/android-selfie-enhance-apps.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Best Photography Android Apps For Selfies<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you can't stop taking selfies and own an Android device, then selfie apps can help you have...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may take thousands of photos these days but we all know that an old photo can turn more heads than what you ate for breakfast this morning. Google now lets you digitize your old photos with a special app called PhotoScan, currently available only for Android and iOS. Hold your phone above the photo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3399,3976],"tags":[37,3748],"topic":[4523,4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Digitize old photos on your smartphone with Google PhotoScan - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We may take thousands of photos these days but we all know that an old photo can turn more heads than what you ate for breakfast this morning. 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