New business/product idea. What do you think?
 

(or if this already exists, PLEASE let me know where to find!)

I have been scanning cards for years and years, and waste so much time straightening the images in photoshop. Just nearly impossible to line them up just right.

What about a transparent overlay that has little grooves for holding cards that you put on scanner? could have pre-57 size, vertical, etc., versions.

If you are talking flatbed scanners, there's a scanner program called "Silverfast 8" that is adaptable to a bunch of different scanner brands.

They tailor the software to the specific scanner that you have.

I discovered it after my Epson Scanner Software, just stopped being recognized by my computer, no matter how many times I re-downloaded the drivers from the Epson site.

I was annoyed that I had to do this, but soon discovered it gave me lots more options then the standard software, once I started catching up with the learning curve.

In the software, there is a tool that lets you rotate your crop frame to however your card is lined up. So even if your card is in the scanner crooked, you just rotate the frame by grabbing onto it at the bottom, line it up, and you get a straight scan, no matter how crooked it's laying on the scanner bed.

It's a real simple tool, but I had never run across it, in all the various scanner programs I had used through the years......even though I had always used the advanced mode settings to scan my stuff.

Saves tons of time, for all those times I did a pre-scan and discovered my items weren't lined up properly, had to open up the scanner bed, reset, hope it stayed straight, and redo the pre-scan before the actual scan.

I've attached a couple screen shots.

I do understand the hardware options you are suggesting. Might also be a good alternative. My Epson V700 came with similar holders that are designed to be placed on the scanner to help with centering, particularly with specific acetate negative sizes. Don't know if they come in baseball card sizes already.

In the past I had just made some using posterboard. Or whatever that kind of posterboard is that has the thin layer of foam on the inside.

“foam core.”

I just drag all my scans into iphoto. It has the same incremental rotate feature, that Dave is talking about.

For me, straightening photos in iPhoto or Photoshop takes almost no time. I can't imagine an easier option.

I use a program called IrfanView to rotate, crop, and resize my scans. Its pretty easy and free.

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I've used that tool for years to resize and/or watermark large batches of photos at a time.

Haven't dug into it enough to see what else it can do, but it's pretty handy.

Yeah. The batch editor has been quite handy.

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This also reminded me of another program that i used in the past and works very well. It's Ransenscan http://www.ransensoftware.com/RansenScan/Default.htm
This scanner software will not only automatically straighten scans, it will separate multiple items into separate files. So if you put 4 cards on the scanner bed, the program can scan them, adjust them, and then create 4 separate files as opposed to one you then have to crop and adjust afterward.
It costs $30.

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Now THAT sounds pretty good. I will investigate. thanks