[sane-devel] Scanning question...

Karl Heinz Kremer khk@khk.net
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:57:29 -0500 (EST)


In the preview window, draw a selection rectangle. When you select an
area in the preview window, the scan operation will only scan the selected
portion of the image.

Brad said:
> I have Xsane 0.84 on Red Hat 8.0 and when I place, say a photo on the
> scanner  glass and scan it, it scans the whole page and I get an image
> with the photo  as a small item in the middle.
>
> How can I extract just the photo from the scanned image? I have tried
> the  preview function and I am able to get the photo to be full screen,
> but how  can I save it?
>
> I know that I could probably use The GIMP to cut the photo out, but is
> there a  way of just saving the photo itself?
>
> Regards,
> Brad
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