Hi, Sorry for the missing info.
I have an Epson V700. I'm running Xsane and iscan-free. Regards, David. Tel (Aus): +61-(0)3-9504-6288 Mob (Aus): +61-4-11513404 Skype (computer): djmski On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:10:24 m. allan noah wrote: > 1. what frontend are you using? > 2. what scanner? > 3. what backend? > > allan > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:06 AM, David Mills <djmills at netspace.net.au> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just joined the list so apologies if others have already made the > > following suggestion > > > > I'm scanning a lot of negatives and have set up a template for batch mode > > for 35mm negatives. The trouble is that every time you load a new set of > > negatives, the frames are always in slightly different possitions. > > > > Suggestion 1: it would be great if when you select a frame in the batch > > list that movements to the selection area edges were remembered without > > requiring the extra steps of adding a new batch entry and deleting the > > old one. > > > > The next issue is that it is rare that all the frames have the same light > > levels. The way that I get around this is to set up the template for the > > frames and save a copy, then remove all except a group that have the same > > light level, do the bacth scan, reload the saved template, remove the > > ones just scanned and all bar a second batch etc. Very time consuming. > > > > Suggestion 2: it would be much better if it was possible to set the > > brightness, contrast, colour balance etc. for each image in the batch > > individually and batch scan the lot in one hit. > > > > Suggestion 3: Finally, given that scanning negatives or slides would > > probably be one of the most common uses for the batch scan, it would be > > great if there was an "Auto select all frames" next to the "Autoselect > > scan area". In the options you could add a choice for whether this option > > simply found the frames or also auto adjusted brightness, contrast, > > colour balance etc at the same time. > > > > If this last option existed I could > > > > Load a collection of negatives > > Choose "Aquire preview" > > Press the new "Auto select frames" (with the light balance option set) > > Perhaps make a few minor adjustments to a couple of frames or remove any > > that I don't want > > Batch scan > > > > Thanks, > > > > David. > > > > Tel (Aus): +61-(0)3-9504-6288 > > > > Mob (Aus): +61-4-11513404 > > > > Skype (computer): djmski > > > > -- > > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org
