Batch Auto Correct in Photoshop

cunnins4

Hi folks,

following on from a thread I posted a while ago I've a load of photos to scan in and enhance a bit for my Grandad-He doesn't have the negatives, so I've to go with the prints. Some are over 80 years old :eek:!!!

There's about 3500 all told, so this is gonna be a huge task-I'd say it'll take a year of doing a few pages from his albums at a time.

I'm not very familiar with Photoshop, but I know you can do some auto-corrections to images so my plan was to enhance them all a little. They don't have to be perfect-just a digital copy of each to be kept for me and the rest of the grandchildren.

So is there a way to run a script or something to just auto correct a load of files at the one time?

This is probably chancing my arm, but I'll be scanning in several at a time then cutting up the image to separate files-don't suppose there's a way to auto detect different images from one scan?!!!:)

Thanks!

Borderfox

Yeah photoshop can do that in file/automate/crop-straighten photos just scan in a full platen and then import into PS and run the above task, it then spits out the individual shots

stcstc

some scanners can do the auto detect and straighten stuff, mine does for example

although i have never used it in anger it seem to do the job when i have used it like this

smelltheglove

I had to do a hob like this for someone once, as they wanted a slideshow of many many images, as mentioned in a previous thread unless the scanner has high quality you may be better off photographing them, I know Steve knows more about htis we spoke about it before but he knows the technical reasons, i.e. pixels etc.

I basically just stuck the tv on and sat down with my camera and 220 photos and shot them all. I had it done by the end of the evening with the images cropped and corected as needed, I'd just say this may be an easier option for you rather than scanning and seperating a few images at a time.

Borderfox

I still think the scanner would be the best bet, I had to do a similar slideshow and they brought me around a shoebox full of pictures and I managed to scan them 6 at a time, but I think the scanner software was able to separate them.