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More info?)
Mark,
> So what I am _really_ looking for is software that can work in
> batch mode, processing an entire directory full of scans of
> photo prints, identify the image(s) from each scan, straighten
> them, crop them, and output them to new files.
>
> Is the proverbial "person in hell" wishing for a nice cool glass
> of icewater here?
No, it can be done, and the software tool to do it has existed for years.
The main issue your criteria for straightening.
I suspect that it's rotating the scanned print so that the white (?) border
region is correctly aligned. If its the content of the image area itself
that needs additional rotation, then no automated system can take the place
of your desired visual interpretation.
The other issue is, are you prepared to either
a) buy another piece of software and write some suitable easy-to-learn
command code; or
b) buy the same piece of software and have the author create the prototype
app for you.
Everything you want to do
- processing an entire directory full of scans of photo prints
- identify the image(s) from each scan (display them as they are being
processed if you want with one line of code)
- straighten them (maybe 20 lines of code), crop them (one line of code)
- output them to new files (perhaps 20 lines, depends on the desired new
naming convention).
is competely possible using PiXCL. Such a program prototype would take me in
the order of four hours to code, and I offer a development service. PiXCL
app source is supplied.
regards,
Stewart DIBBS
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Developer of the PiXCL Image Processing and
Analysis Language for Windows 2000/XP
PiXCL 6.0 is available now !
www.pixcl.com Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA
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