Thomas Video Studio

Thomas Video Studio can create an archival, high resolution photo CD or photo DVD of your valuable family photographs of any size up to 8 x10. We commonly create a 600 dpi Tiff file of each photo and will apply standard color and contrast improvements. We will ask you to number the photos and to tell us about your cropping preferences.

Our Photo CD/DVD can be used on any PC or Mac to view or perform further photographic work with these professionally scanned images, or you can simply take the disc to your usual photo finishing store to have reprints made.

For nearly 30 years, Thomas Video Studio has created hundreds of award winning video presentations made from non-copyrighted family photos of all sizes, from tiny 1.5 inch school photos up to 14 x 20 enlargements. All shapes, sizes and ages of photos will be cropped to fit the television screen, 4:3 mode.

Our photomontage DVD videos provide our family customers with very special and memorable presentations for Weddings, Graduations, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Retirements, Family Reunions and School Sports or Performances Highlights. These presentations can also include selected video clips from family collections.

Your choice of music and songs can be supplied to us in any form you wish; CDs, MP3, cassettes and even old records. Please stop by our studio to pick up a free copy of our helpful planning information and to see samples of our work. We will give you all the information you need to organize your photos, music and title pages into a warm and wonderful video keepsake. We will set up a second visit to carefully go over all your materials to make certain of your wishes.

Our memorial DVD tribute video is a comforting, “celebration of life” photomontage made from pictures of your loved one from birth through most recent. The music you choose can be soft and reflective, or can be favorite selections that your loved one enjoyed. An average range of photos to use would be from 50 to 150 photos, or about 5 to 15 minutes viewing time. We will create a special “auto-play, continuous play”, self repeating DVD for use at the visitation night. We can usually produce a memorial DVD video within 24 hours, next day service. Multiple DVD copies can be ready at the same time. See our photomontage prices below.

Thomas Video Studio duplicates any and all sizes of slides to DVD, with your choice of creating an archival photo CD/DVD for your computer use as Tiff files, or as a slide show on DVD video, along with background music and helpful title pages in between specific slide groups, to be enjoyed on your DVD player and TV. Standard color and contrast improvements of every image is included.

High Resolution Tiff Files, Scanning for Computer Archiving:

$30 set-up and digital mastering fee, and $1.75 per photo or slide. Photo CD/DVD is included with printed labeling. Advanced image retouching available optionally.

Photomontages on DVD Video:

$30 set-up and digital mastering fee, and $1.75 per photo, .99 cents per digital image and $1.75 per title graphic page. Music adding and editing, scene transitions between photos, opening / closing title pages and the Master DVD album professionally printed and packaged - are all included.

Slides (35mm) on DVD Video as a Slide Show:

$30 set-up and digital mastering fee, and .99 cents per slide. Slides can be left in the slide trays or carousels, or can be placed loose in small boxes. Slides should be organized in the desired order and numbered with a pencil. Background music can be added at $15 per hour of video viewing time. Viewing rate is approximately ten slides per minute or ten minutes per one hundred slides. A custom DVD menu will be included to help you to easily choose and access slide groups organized by year or by subject. The DVD holds up to 1,200 slides, two hours of viewing.

This is available as a walk-in, same day, next day service! We can take your Digital Photo or Video Camera’s memory card or stick and transfer the images to photo CD/DVD. We can also separate the still photos from the video clips and put each media on it’s own DVD. This gives you the safety of backing up your photos to a disc, plus the convenience of having the video clips duplicated onto DVD for permanent, easy viewing on TV.

$24.95 per Master DVD, mixed images as they were recorded, or separating photos and video onto their own DVDs.

$19.95 per copy DVD of any of the above. Discounts for 12 or more. Please call our studio for lower cost packaging and printing options.