If you are like me you have boxes and boxes full of old photos – it is true all those photos in all those boxes were taken before we had digital images! So, I need to scan them all, but it takes so long!
One thing that helps is if you scan a couple of photos at a time, but then they are all attached unless you can separate them!
If you don’t know how to scan multiple images and separate them – it is very easy. Let me give you that information – so you like me can save some time and start working on those photo boxes!
First add several of your photos on your scanner bed, leave some space between photos.
Next open up your Photoshop Elements software program.
Once you have opened Photoshop Elements In Editor Mode, you will need to scan the photos or images to your scanner
Go to FILE > IMPORT > “YOUR PRINTER”
If you have multiple printers/scanners, you will need to look through the list of printer/scanner options, and choose the scanner that you would like use to scan the photos.
Next, A pop-up menu will appear. Select Preview (see arrow in red) to view the scanned photo and to make the adjustments
Move the boxes that surround the photo until it fits the way that you would like it around your picture
Then select Scan (see other arrow in red) to begin scanning.
The scanned photos will appear in the work area the photos as one combined photo.
Don’t stop now – you are so close!
Next, go to the top menu and select Image > Divide Scanned Photos
Photoshop will separate each of the individual photos and put them in their own separate window. All you have to do is save each one and then you have all the images scanned and separated!
This is a very easy way to scan multiple photos and to separate them quickly!
Plus Photoshop Elements is pretty good at getting the photos aligned pretty straight even if they are not put in the scanner that way!
This is great tip for saving some time!
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If you need some basic information about scanning one photo at a time then you might be interested in checking out our Helpful Hint on Getting Photos from a Scanner in Photoshop Elements.
Or if you already know how to scan photos you might also be interested in this blog article: SCANNING TIP! The Perfect Resolution for Special Photos which is a mini lesson on how to set additional resolution setting for scanning a photo.
Enjoy!
Cheri
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