Crop and Straighten photos

You can place several photos on your scanner and scan them in one pass, which creates a single image file. The Crop and Straighten Photos command is an automated feature that can create separate image files from the multiple-image scan.

For best results, you should keep 1/8 inch between the images in your scan, and the background (typically the scanner bed) should be a uniform color with little noise. The Crop and Straighten Photos command works best on images with clearly delineated outlines. If the Crop and Straighten Photos command cannot properly process the image file, use the Crop tool.

  1. Open the scanned file that contains the images you want to separate.
  2. Select the layer that contains the images.
  3. (Optional) Draw a selection around the images you want to process.

    This is useful if you don’t want to process all the images in the scan file.

  4. Choose File > Automate > Crop And Straighten Photos. The scanned images are processed, and then each image opens in its own window.
    If the Crop And Straighten Photos command incorrectly splits one of your images, make a selection border around the image and some background, and then hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you choose the command. The modifier key indicates that only one image should be separated from the background.