VueScan multi crop

<p>I'm trying to batch scan some strips of 35mm negatives. I set the options in VueScan and I get to the point where I need to set the crop boxes. It appears that each crop box has a "container" box. I can't figure out how to put this container over each negative. Any help would be appreciated. Here is a screen shot of what I am talking about:</p>

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<p>Good luck. The multi crop function in Vuescan is completely, utterly dysfunctional. You basically need to set the number of boxes ("X images" and "Y images") the same number of rows and columns as you have images, then try - and fail - to actually place the edges approximately between the shots with the "spacing" parameters. In the first tab you can set a list of which crop boxes to scan from in turn, and try to adjust the actual crop box to the right image for each one.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, it seems Vuescan thinks it knows what you want to scan better than you do yourself, so if your crop goes too far outside the limit set by the outer crop box it will switch to the next closest crop box by itself and you'll find that you're resetting the area and parameters for a different image - one that you may already have spent some time setting up once and now you're ruining it without even knowing it. And sometimes - I have no idea what triggers this - the scan will be cut where the outer box nds, not where your crop box does, so you end up with a partial scan.</p>

<p>I do use this for scanning 6x6 images. It is barely more convenient than simply scanning each frame one by one, manually. For 6x7 and 6x9 I don't bother - it takes me more time to try to use this stupidly useless function than just scan manually.</p>

<p>If they could just get rid of those container boxes altogether (I have not idea what they're supposed to be good for). What I would want is to simply say, for instance, that I have 6 images I want to scan. Then let me set which image I'm setting up right now - just like it works already - but without those outer boxes.</p>

<p>Vuescan is great at it's core, but then the user interface has a number of these incredibly frustrating, completely dysfunctional issues. Another dumb, easy to fix thing is that "Enter" is bound to "scan". So if I enter a number in a entry box and (from old habit) press Enter to make the number stick, Vuescan will start scanning. I'll have to abort and I'll have lost half the settings I just spent time to set up.</p>

 

<p>We tried to do something similar (creating small previews of 35mm negative strips stored in Printview archive sheets) awhile ago without much luck. As Janne mentioned, the crop box in this mode is tricky. If I remember correctly, another problem for us (scanning a 24-negative sheet) was that the file naming didn't necessarily go in sequence like the frame numbers. In this respect, other software (Silverfast, Microtek) had the same issue plus their own idiosyncrasies. We ended up just scanning a whole sheet and then sub-dividing in PS.</p>

<p>Good luck. The multi crop function in Vuescan is completely, utterly dysfunctional. Y...</p>

 

Here we are in 2018, and the multi-crop is unchanged. I am flailing at the size and placement settings, and will post here if I disentangle the thicket.

I like Vuescan as well as anybody, but I just scan the whole strip(s) and break it apart in Photoshop or wherever. Some of the OEM scanner drivers aren't much better when you wander off the default formats.

It can be tricky, but I have a V800 which takes 3 strips of 35mm negs. I also have a V700 holder which takes 4 strips of 35mm negs. I had to go into the crop tab and change the settings there.

The basic steps are:

Set the crop size, mine were 35mm,

Set your X and Y offsets or use automatic setting for a start.

Set the number of images down X=1 for a single strip

Set the number of images across Y=6 for a single strip of 6.

The other numbers are for setting the spacing and padding.

Multi outline gives you the max size of the crop. The smaller 35mm crop will be inside one of those boxes.

Turn the multi outline off, when the crop size boxes are where you want them.

 

When all else fails read the advanced notes.