We have thousands of old photos dating from the 1950s and had been putting off digitizing them for years.
I did some limited work many years back but it was tedious work, having to scan and crop the pictures manually.
A few factors prompted me to give it a shot again:
- After moving to Linux and realizing it is possible to do it without shelling out $ the traditional Microsoft way or purchasing some professional software just for a one time personal project.
- Google Photos now offering free unlimited photo storage and album sharing so I can share albums to family members to view even on their mobile devices.
- With a growing family tree on Geni.com, it's high time to provide some historical photos
Although this post is 6 years old, it saved the day and provides the means to split the scanned pictures automatically.
http://madebynathan.com/2010/05/13/scanning-lots-of-photos-at-once/
My setup: Fedora 23, Gimp 6.8.16, Epson L355.
I find it is easier to install the iscan package and do all the scanning with 4 to 5 pictures at a time with it, export to jpg files, then run a one time photo split job from Gimp on all the combined jpg files.
And finally ran an auto restore job on the photos to reduce the sepia tint of the aged photos with just a single command with the aaphoto standalone utility:
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Productivity-Sauce/Improve-Photos-Automagically-with-aaphoto
It may not be 100% accurate (especially the cropping), but it's good enough. It is also tedious repetitive work, but at least it is a one time minimized effort for our precious memories.
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