Using Snow Leopard's Image Capture app, or how to clean up a room

Anyone know if Image Capture will allow me to use my old Agfa 1212u with Snow Leopard?

This thread is deader than a hammer, but I hope someone might have the answer to this question.
I'd like to scan in my old pics with Image Capture, but the edge-detect and straightening only happens when the image is a standard 35mm print. Remember the old APS 25mm format? I've got a ton of prints from that format, but Image Capture refuses to detect the edge of these.
Any idea how I can get it to automatically recognize the edges and straighten the capture window accordingly??

okay i tried it but it didnt automatically straighten the photos. You said in the post that orientation didint matter, but for me it detected the 2 seperate photos but didnt straighten them, leaving me with crooked, cut off scans. Any idea whats wrong?

".....This latest version has made it possible for me to slap down a bunch of photos on my scanner without regard for orientation, and have the scanner digitize them individually for placement in a folder. All it takes is making sure to check the Detect Separate Items checkbox, and Image Capture analyzes the overview scan to pick out the individual photos, straighten them out, and save them to a folder, auto-numbering them in the process...."

The most astounding thing about this is the ability to detect and separate images from a single scan. Years ago I archived a family photo collection via scans, but have been too lazy to do all the cut and paste into separate files.

I was hoping to find a way to open pre-existing .tif scans in Image Capture and have it do the same to those. Alas... no can do.

Anyone know of any software that can accomplish this sort of thing on the Mac?

Two additional points with Image Capture:

It can be used to delete images from a camera card, including the iPhone (and that saves a lot of trash work); and

With any camera (except the iPhone), there is a tethering feature (File menu).

Enjoy.

The problem with my Canon scanner must be a Canon driver problem because I hooked up my Epson and this tip worked perfectly. I love the automatic straightening. Nice job Apple. This is a great built in feature for scanning multiple photos on the scanner bed at once.

I have 3 scanners. I tried using the Canon LiDE 25 and scanned with Preview. It is recognized and separates the photos but, they are all low quality even if I enter a higher DPI. And when I do enter a higher DPI it scans 3 separate photos but also scans the entire scanner bed. Anybody else getting that? I guess I should try my Epson or HP scanner to see if I get the same thing.

Too bad my Canon wasn't that easy. I have a LiDE 30, which has never really had official Canon support past PowerPC 10.4. Getting it to work on Intel 10.4 and all flavors of 10.5 was kind of a pain, but doable. I was hoping with Snow Leopard things would be easier, but it's still strange.

I ended up using the free TWAIN-SANE drivers, but of all programs, Image Capture refuses to work with my scanner. However, GraphicConverter and Photoshop CS4 (with the TWAIN plugin) will detect my SANEd scanner, and get me the basic functionality I need (anything more than just a standard scan I can clean up in Photoshop).

TWAIN-SANE (and a few other programs) saved me the money in having to replace a perfectly functional scanner simply because Canon won't get off their butts and write decent, new drivers.

I was more than pleased a few weeks ago when I scanned some photos in Image Capture and "accidentally" the preview window showed me 3 photos surrounded by selection boxes. Oh the joy.

As for originals, I say keep the 5 star originals, toss the ones with a finger in front of the lens, you know the ones :) I did keep all the photos from my parents childhood, wedding, etc. They are priceless for sure. Now that they're in iPhoto and double backed up, my family history is preserved.

I find that by working on meta data, tagging with the Faces and Places features, etc. it becomes enjoyable even though tedious at times because I end up looking at the photos so much more, recalling fond memories from the past. After all, if the prints are packed in a box at the bottom of a closet how often do you get them out and look. And, a once beautiful photo album on the coffee table ends up looking tattered and with faded pictures and yellowed holding pages after years.

thanks for the heads up about image capture, i've struggled with canon software for ages. however i can't get image capture to scan separate items on the same sheet, despite ticking the 'Detect separate items' checkbox. any tips?