Digitizing Microfilm: Hudson Microimaging specializes in scanning 35mm and 16mm microfilm. Utilizing state of the art technology, retrospective microfilm collections can be scanned at resolutions from 200dpi to 600 dpi. Scanning output can be bi-tonal or gray scale images as needed to provide maximum capture of information.

Direct Capture: Hudson Microimaging's digital conversion services include bi-tonal, gray scale, and color scanning of: documents, photographs, glass plate negatives, photographic negatives, and 35MM slides.

Images are output as Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) and derivative formats such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Graphic Interchange File Format (GIF) and others are available.

Images are indexed to facilitate retrieval. Indexing can include full database creation, naming of images, electronic folders, or dirty OCR with fuzzy logic. Access to collections can thus be enhanced.

Output is to CD-ROM, DVD or other electronic storage media appropriate to the application.

Post-production services may include: image cropping, de-speckling, de-skewing, manual clean up, etc.

Many clients opt to have Hudson Microimaging produce microfilm with the intent to scan and index a collection at some point in the future. This microfilm is produced for optimum scanning results.