Use this tool for importing a Google takeout file. Follow the examples for Google photos.
https://github.com/simulot/immich-go/blob/main/docs/examples.md#google-photos-migration
I also did it with this.
While you can change it afterwards, it might be worthwhile to check a setting in immich on how it organizes the photos on disk you upload.
I changed it to year/month/photo-id because I find it convenient, but it does not organized them like that for backups.
You can change it at a later date and run a job to "fix it", but it might be worthwhile to set it up correctly from the start ( if this matters to you ). So no harm done if you change your mind later.
I used this a few months ago and it worked fantastically, uploaded like 800G worth of photos!
Yes, there are a couple import tools for Google Takeout, and you should absolutely use one. I don't recall if I used this particular tool, but it is strictly necessary to get a clean import.
Other examples:
Google Photos Takeout Helper - Readme includes detailed step by step instructions.
Takeout Helper Neo - a fork of the above with additional features
Photo Migrator - designed to work with multiple services
Use the takeout as already mentioned for the google stuff.
For editing, I'd really recommend doing it outside immich first. I happen to like using darktable + krita for my workflow, though thats mostly DSLR not scanned.
I struggled with everything else and had to use exiftool to get things working
I like to sort, crop, add comments etc beforehand, I also prefer to separate the wheat from the chaff for upload to Immich rather than uploading everything carte blanche.
As someone else mentioned it's a good idea to set up your Immich template at the beginning if folder organisation is important to you
I never got this template thing well done :(
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