Comment Re:Automated process required (Score 1) 398
Kinkos has a cheap device into which photos can be fed en masse. It is called a "Photo Funnel". It is like the sheet feeder on a photocopy machine, except that it is for feeding photos. I think the cost is 10 cents a minute to use it.
But, I'm still not giving up on the flatbed scanner approach. I am developing an app using basic image processing algorithms to simplify the shoebox-of-images to digital archive (jpg or png) process. This has an advantage over the Photo Funnel in that it works with photos of any size or aspect ratio whereas the Photo Funnel only works with one image size at a time. My app allows me to place as many photos on a flatbed scanner as I can fit. The app automatically identifies, segments, rotates to perpendicular orientation, crops, and saves each of the detected photos in the scanned image from the flatbed to a unique filename. I'm working on adding additional adjustments or features such as automated and interactive color/brightness/contrast etc. adjustments for each of the resulting images.
But, I'm still not giving up on the flatbed scanner approach. I am developing an app using basic image processing algorithms to simplify the shoebox-of-images to digital archive (jpg or png) process. This has an advantage over the Photo Funnel in that it works with photos of any size or aspect ratio whereas the Photo Funnel only works with one image size at a time. My app allows me to place as many photos on a flatbed scanner as I can fit. The app automatically identifies, segments, rotates to perpendicular orientation, crops, and saves each of the detected photos in the scanned image from the flatbed to a unique filename. I'm working on adding additional adjustments or features such as automated and interactive color/brightness/contrast etc. adjustments for each of the resulting images.
