Processing profiles

Define a reusable sequence of image edits and apply it automatically to every page in a flow.

A processing profile is a saved sequence of image-editing actions that Scanning Station applies automatically to every page in a flow. Use profiles when the same edits need to run across many pages — for one-off edits to a single page, see One-time editing actions.

Apply a profile

A profile can run in three places:

• To every batch of a batch type — configure it on the Image Processing tab of the Batch Type Properties dialog box.

• On image import — configure it in Tools > Options… > Image Processing.

• To selected pages, manually:

  1. In the Batches window, select one or more pages. Use Shift or Ctrl to pick multiple.
  2. Double-click a profile in the Processing Profiles window, or choose Page > Apply Processing Profile, or right-click the selection and choose Apply Processing Profile.

  Pages you didn’t select are left unchanged.

You can also apply most one-time editing actions to multiple pages the same way. Split, Crop, and Redact only work on a single page.

Built-in profiles

Scanning Station ships with two default profiles:

• Photo — recommended edits for photos of documents (including mobile photos).
• Scan — recommended edits for scanned documents.

Create a profile

1. Open the profile editor

   Click Add at the top of the Processing Profiles window. The profile editor opens, and the Image window previews edits live so you can test the profile as you build it.

2. Choose actions

   On the Operations panel, toggle on the actions you want. See the action reference below for what each one does and the options it exposes.

   You can restore the original image at any point while testing.

3. Name and save

   Enter a name in the Edit profile field and click OK. The new profile appears in the Processing Profiles window.

To edit an existing profile, select it in the Processing Profiles window and click Edit.

You can also manage profiles from Tools > Processing Profiles….

Action reference

Geometry and layout

Action	What it does	Options
Split	Splits an image horizontally or vertically into pages.	Make sure document placement is consistent across images — misaligned scans will split incorrectly.
Resolution	Changes image resolution.
Rotate	Rotates the image.
Flip	Flips the image horizontally or vertically.
Autocrop	Auto-detects page boundaries, crops to the data area, and corrects skew and distortion.	Three modes: Generic, Photo, Scan.
Deskew	Corrects image skew.	Use black separators to correct skew / Use black squares to correct skew. Already included in Autocrop — skip if you’ve enabled Autocrop.
Remove Geometrical Distortions	Removes perspective and geometric distortions.

Color and contrast

Action	What it does	Options
Invert Colors	Inverts image colors.	Use for light text on a dark background.
Photo Correction	Cleans up photographed documents.	Whiten Background, Equalize Brightness.
Remove Color Marks	Removes colored marks from an image.	Remove marks of specified colors only — pick specific colors. Without this option, all non-grayscale marks are removed.
Brightness & Contrast	Sets brightness and contrast manually.
Convert to Black and White	Converts color or grayscale to black and white.

Noise and artifacts

Action	What it does	Options
Remove ISO Noise	Removes camera/scanner noise.
Remove Motion Blur	Removes blur caused by document or camera movement.
Remove Scanner Shadow	Removes scanner shadow from an image.
Despeckle	Removes small extra elements (specks). Black-and-white images only.

On very light or fine text, Despeckle can remove thin letter elements and punctuation along with the specks. Check the output, especially if you’ve tuned the despeckle size by hand.

Import and export a profile

Custom profiles can be moved between Scanning Stations as XML files.

Export a profile

1. Open Tools > Processing Profiles….
2. Select the profile and click Export….
3. Choose a location and click OK.

Import a profile

Open Tools > Processing Profiles… > Import… and choose the XML file.

Advanced: change the deskewing background color

You can change the color of the background that appears beyond the edges of the image during deskewing. Edit the DeskewColor value under the registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ABBYY\ScanStationVantage\5.0\Shell\PageView

Set it to the DWORD redComp + greenComp * 256 + blueComp * 256 * 256. If the value is unset or equal to 4294967295, the background color is determined automatically.

Related topics

• One-time editing actions
• Editing images
• Image Processing parameters
• Operator mode