1.0Bitstreams: The Digital Collections Bloghttps://blogs.library.duke.edu/bitstreamsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AR24qycEep"><a href="https://blogs.library.duke.edu/bitstreams/2015/07/16/the-beauty-of-auto-crop/">The Beauty of Auto Crop</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.library.duke.edu/bitstreams/2015/07/16/the-beauty-of-auto-crop/embed/#?secret=AR24qycEep" width="600" height="338" title="“The Beauty of Auto Crop” — Bitstreams: The Digital Collections Blog" data-secret="AR24qycEep" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.library.duke.edu/bitstreams/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://blogs.library.duke.edu/bitstreams/files/2015/07/camera_stand.jpg30462396One of the most tedious and time-consuming tasks we do in the Digital Production Center is cropping and straightening still image files. Hired students spend hours sitting at our computers, meticulously straightening and cropping extraneous background space out of hundreds of thousands of photographed images, using Adobe Photoshop. This process is neccessary in order to … Continue reading →