BookDrive Capture is the software that controls the cameras connected to your computer. Press one button to capture both left and the right pages and have the images rendered on screen immediately.
Timed Lapse Capture
Digitization can be an arduous task when dealing with large books. Each time a page is to be scanned a button or foot pedal must be pressed. However, BookDrive DIY distinguishes itself from conventional scanners (flatbed and overhead types) in terms of operability and intelligent design with its ease of use and timed-lapse mode feature. Cameras can be triggered to shoot at pre-defined intervals, requiring you to simply flick through the pages.
BookDrive Capture allows you to easily change cameras setting from with in the software
You can adjust camera mode, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, image recording quality in the BookDrive Capture software.
Supported cameras
Canon EOS 350D (XT)
Canon EOS 400D (XTi)
Canon EOS 450D (XSi)
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Canon EOS 1D Mark II N
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
Canon EOS 1D Mark III
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
BookDrive Editor is DIY's powerful image processing software that can help you produce images of the highest quality ready for distribution or archiving. It combines robust image enhancement tools with an intuitive GUI to deliver professional results with minimal fuss.
Keyfeatures of BookDrive Editor:
Rotation
De-skew
Auto Level
Crop
Brightness and Contrast
Sharpen
Black border removal
De-speckle
Background removal
Resize
File storage and retrieval
Batch Processing and Book Profiling:
Scan the entire book, apply the desired effects to the first left and right page images, then have BookDrive Editor automatically adjust and enhance the remaining images for fast, hassle-free book digitization. Furthermore, you can save your adjustments and enhancements in a custom profile and apply these settings to subsequent jobs requiring similar attention with the book profiling feature. This guarantees consistent margins and borders on every page, for professional looking results ready for distribution or archiving.
Background Removal
Replaces an unwanted dirty-looking or tinted page background (common in old books) with a bright and clear background free from
speckles and stains, to give old and faded prints new life and improve readability.
Tinted or stained background is replaced with a bright and clear background increasing contrast and effectively preserving old, faded prints and priceless historical works such as scrolls and century-old books.
Gives new life to grey and drab pages printed on inferior quality or recycled paper such as newspapers.
Effective on color prints where color and highlights are to be preserved while removing the tinted background.
Adaptive Local Thresholding for B&W Conversion
An advanced algorithm that intelligently converts each pixel to black or white according to its brightness level relative to
the surrounding area will retains greater detail compared to standard techniques.
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