Alastair Cross 13H AGO

My mum’s 80th birthday is next week, and my dad, sister, and I wanted to create a photobook of her life. My dad scanned hundreds of photos from over the years and sent them to me to clean up. Because we were on a tight deadline and I was away on holiday, I didn’t have time to open and edit each image individually in Photoshop. I asked ChatGPT to build a tool that accepts a folder of scanned images in various formats, including single photos, multiple photos on one scan, overlapping photos, and photos cut off by the scanner. The tool processed each scanned image, cropped and straightened the individual photos, and provided a UI where I could review the results and make manual adjustments to the crop and orientation before saving the changes to new files. I then configured the tool to output the images to Google Drive and create a spreadsheet containing thumbnails of every image, along with a rating system. I shared the spreadsheet with my dad and sister so we could use it as a central space to rate the photos we wanted to include in the final book. This saved me hours of work and meant we could complete the photobook in time for my mum’s birthday. Step-by-step: 1. My dad scanned hundreds of photos from over the years and sent them to me. 2. I asked ChatGPT to build a tool that could process a folder containing scanned images in various formats and layouts. 3. The tool identified and processed individual photos, cropping and straightening them, including photos that were overlapping or cut off by the scanner. 4. I reviewed the automatically processed images in the tool’s UI and made manual adjustments to the cropping and orientation where needed. 5. I saved the adjusted images as new files and had the tool output them to Google Drive. 6. I had the tool create a spreadsheet with thumbnails of all the images and a rating system for each picture. 7. I shared the spreadsheet with my dad and sister so we could rate the photos we wanted to include in the photobook. 8. We used the selections to build the photobook in time for my mum’s birthday.