Scanning guide: autodetect

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This is the default operating mode of this photo scanning software. If you have individual photos (not hinged in an album for example) and you can freely lie them over the scanner window, this method should yield fairly good results - the photos should be detected without much problem most of the time.

Tips and tricks to increase autodetection accuracy:

Increase the gap between the photos
Make sure the edges and corners of photos are not aligned - stagger and scatter them a little bit
Attach a bright, vivid backdrop (no patterns - background must be uniform) to your scanner's lid so the photos will have a highly contrasting background. This can be very useful for example when scanning polaroids which come with pretty thick white borders.
Experiment with Options/Calibration parameters. If you place your photos over the scanner with very small rotation, lowering your Angle threshold parameter will improve results.
Ignore edges... parameter may improve autodetection if the edges of your scanned image are not quite sharp, noisy.

These actions should greatly increase success rate and accuracy of photo detection and cropping.

Should the results not be satisfactory, I advise you to try other methods: adjust the detected photos manually or use the 4 corners scanning trick.

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