1. A photofinishing method, comprising the steps of: a) exposing machine readable metadata and a scene image within an entire safe frame area on a filmstrip; b) processing the filmstrip to produce a visible image including the machine readable metadata and the scene image; c) scanning the safe frame area to produce a digital image; d) extracting the machine readable metadata from the digital image; e) extracting the scene image from the digital image; and f) processing the scene image according to the extracted machine readable metadata.