If your serious about converting those old slides to digital – but can’t get motivated to start the effort, here’s something to try. If have an iPad or expect to acquire one soon, you can add to its’ utility, have a little fun and learn some useful new apps by including your iPad in your photo scanning workflow. Many would admit that using cool new apps on an iPad can be a blast, and the prospect of mixing old school with new school could be the motivation needed to get you started.

The first step is admittedly conventional, digitize slides by scanning them yourself or by using a photo scanning service to get the job done. If you choose to use a slide scanning service rather than DIY, you can save your time for the fun part – reviewing, editing and optimizing those vintage images using your iPad. Click here for a way to get those newly digital photos to your iPad.

If you used a slide scanning service, it’s likely they enhanced the digital images for the best results. Nonetheless, its still possible to manipulate and add cool effects to your old images on your iPad using a variety of photo apps. The iPad is perfect for browsing those newly digital images in a whole new way, and it can also be used as a digital frame. If you scanned the photos yourself, save the post-processing for the iPad and experiment with using the device as the final step in your photo scanning workflow. Here are some iPad photo editing apps available in the App Store that will get the job done:

PhotoForge 2 – Available for both the iPad and iPhone, this app is a powerful photo editor with full resolution and layers support similar to many desktop programs.

Photogene for iPad – This app is a favorite among pros with features for album management and Twitter sharing.

FX Photo Studio for iPad – Known for a great library of easy to use effects, this app is also a powerful editor and photo organizer.

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