That time of year has come and gone again! We’ve all seen the cards and balloons in the stores, received the announcements in the mail, attended the ceremonies, parties and get-togethers and been updated via Facebook about all the graduates in our lives. This year I decided to take a walk down memory lane & pull out some of my old college graduation photos to see how easily I could scan, edit and share them. Thankfully, with my ScanSnap S1300 and iPhoto on my MacBook Pro, scanning and sharing my photos was more simple than I expected.

When scanning photos to iPhoto with ScanSnap, users have two options:

Option 1: Scan using the Scan to iPhoto preconfigured profile in ScanSnap Manager.  Click on the ScanSnap Manager icon on the dock and select ‘Settings’ from the ScanSnap Manager menu.  Un-check ‘Use Quick Menu’ on the top left, and select ‘iPhoto’ from the drop down list under Profile in the top right.

Option 2: As a new supported feature in the ScanSnap S1300, simply enable the ScanSnap Quick Menu and scan the photo & click on the iPhoto icon as shown below. This is the method I prefer, since I usually keep my Quick Menu turned on anyway.

Once the iPhoto icon is selected (using option 1 or 2) after scanning the photo, iPhoto will open the Last Import section of the application & display the recently scanned photograph.

Once the photo is imported into iPhoto, I can rename, modify, enhance, and even add special effects such as borders.

Now that my old photos are digital, they can be stored right in iPhoto or better yet, can be uploaded directly to MobileMe, Facebook, Flicker, or Email.

In the example below, I’m able publish my pictures to my MobileMe Gallery. I can also determine who can view my photos by adjusting the permissions of the MobileMe album.

Now my photos can be viewed by anyone who has been granted access to my Gallery.

How easy is that? In less than 5 minutes I’ve successfully digitized & shared my old photos.  Now I can update my Facebook status with my own graduation pictures.

Check back soon for more tips on scanning photos. For now I’m off to see what else I can dig up to scan!

Kimberly Hogan
Business Development Manager
Fujitsu Computer Products of America