Card capture
Photograph your cards. Quest reads them.
Card images are where a collection starts. Take a photo of a card, or a handful at once, and Quest tells you what it read. You accept, fix or reject each one, and the card joins your collection with your own photo on it.
How capture works
Photograph a card, or a handful at once. Quest reads each card in the photo and shows you what it read: the card it thinks it is, ready for you to look over.
Nothing joins your collection on Quest's say-so. You accept the read, fix it, or reject it, card by card. That's the Check, and it's the same whether you photographed one card or a page of them.
Have a spreadsheet already? Bring it in and Quest reads that too. See Import on How It Works.
Taking card photos that read well
Any phone camera is enough. A few habits make every photo easier to read and better to look at:
- Lay the card flat on a plain, dark surface, so its edges stand out.
- Use soft, even light. Daylight from a window works well. Tilt the card or the phone slightly if you see glare on a sleeve, top loader or slab.
- Fill the frame. Hold the phone straight above the card rather than at an angle.
- Photograph a slab with its label in the frame. The label carries the grader and the grade, and Quest reads them from it. More on graded cards.
- Keep the back in mind. The back of a card often tells two similar cards apart, so it's worth a photo when a card has a twin.
Your photos, your collection
The photos you take are of your own cards, and they're what your collection shows. Use them in a Stack to show the cards you choose, one at a time, or on a certificate you hand to a buyer.
How many reads you get
Reading a card from a photo uses an AI read. Every plan includes reads, and Pricing lists how many come with each.