Whenever necessary, the selected negatives and prints were remounted and numbered. Inventory numbers were maintained and negatives were numbered by sheet, from left to right and from top to bottom. Every negative was given a number consisting of an inventory number and, in most cases, one or more serial numbers. The corresponding descriptions were entered in the Memorix online database and then transferred to the site of the Memory in an Excel sheet.

An important advantage of digitization is that the original object is less subject to handling and, consequently, there is less risk of it getting damaged. However, a scan (or print) of a negative does not necessarily convey the same image as the photographer himself had in mind. Photographers are able to influence the final print to a great extent in the darkroom. The scans made for this subsite did undergo some processing, but were not entirely touched up. The only original prints to be directly digitized were those of photos taken by Werner Mantz.

The negatives were scanned by means of an Imacon Flextight 848/X1 and a Hasselblad X1 negative scanner with Flexcolor and the prints on an Epson Perfection V750 pro with Silverfast Ai. All the negatives selected for the Memory were processed in Adobe Photoshop (version CS 3) and are on view here as JPEG, maximum size 1200 pixels wide (resolution 72 DPI). The master files are 16 bit TIFFs of maximum 45 centimeter (resolution 300 DPI). The files were partly processed (framing of the entire negative, histogram and curve), but not touched up.
All the pictures are also accessible through the website of the Nederlands Fotomuseum (Dutch Photography Museum) and may be ordered for professional use.