How to Scan Old Photos With Your Phone and Actually Make Them Look Good

MakeUseOf: “You should photograph the film photos straight on. This might require some patience or a few attempts to get it perfect, but it will prevent warping or weird angles in your results. Don’t photograph your print from down below or tilted to one side, or you’ll have to edit the warping out, which will affect the quality later. Lay the photo print as flat on its surface as you can. All edges should be perpendicular to one another. If you’re unable to get flat edges, you might need to crop your photo after scanning it. While you can fix the angle by editing afterward, it will degrade the quality a little if you need to warp the result to get perpendicular angles. Getting it correct from the beginning leads to higher quality results…”