How to use YASW

(Yet Another Software Wizard)

An introductory user’s guide

By David Landin

Download the freeware program from

YASW.EXE
You will need all your
photographed page
images preferably in two
folders – the LEFT pages
and the RIGHT pages.

Click on YASW.exe to
open the program.

Click on Image > Add

image

Navigate to the folder

where your left images
are stored. Click CTRL-A
to select them all. If you
can’t see any files in the
folder check the bottom
right of this window to
see you have the right
file type.
Click “open” to load the
left pages into YASW
The files will appear in
the Left column in YASW,

Click in the right column.

Again click on Image >

Add image, but this time
navigate to the folder
with the Right book
images
Use CTRL-A to select
them all, then click open.

This will load the right

pages into the right
column of YASW
 START BY PROCESSING THE LEFT PAGES
Click on the topmost of
the Left page images

Click on the Rotation

Tab, then on the rotate
clockwise button
Choose the propagation
options at the bottom of
the page.

You are working on one

side at a time , either the
left images or the right
images.

So, what you do to the

first image on the left
will be propagated to all
the following images on
the left

Next click on the De-

keystoning tab. This will
enable you to make
accurate rectangular
images from skewed
photographic images
Unclick the preview box.
A square will appear with
four handles. Start by
clicking and dragging the
bottom right handle to
the bottom right of the
page

Drag the other handles

to the upper right of the
page, the bottom left of
the page and finally to
the top left of the page
IN THAT ORDER
Adjust the handles so
that the red lines run
exactly along the edges
of the photo image of
the page

Click on the Cropping

Tab with the preview box
unchecked.
A red square will appear
with TWO handles.
Drag the bottom right
handle to the bottom
right corner of the page.
Drag the top left handle
to the top left corner of
the page.

This will indicate which

parts of the
photographic image you
wish to keep.
You can now preview
your finished work by
clicking in the Preview
box.

Finally click on the

scaling tab.
I chose millimetres as
the scale to use, but you
can choose another
scale. I chose 600 dpi to
give the best resolution.
The width and height
values are size of the
actual page of the book
in millimetres.
 REPEAT THE ABOVE STEPS FOR THE RIGHT PAGES
Start by clicking on the
topmost right image.

Then use all the steps

above to make the
necessary corrections of
Rotation, De-keystoning,
Cropping and Scaling of
the RIGHT page images.

Visually check though all

the corrected images on
both the left and right
sides. If any tweaks are
needed, correct the first
one that needs tweaking
using the appropriate
tab. These tweaks will
be carried forward to the
last of the images on
that side.
When all the pages have
been processed, export
the files to a new folder
Save the project settings
in case you want to use
them again. But if you
scan a new book you will
have to go through this
whole process for the
new book.