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 > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
