Abstract: A system and method for discretizing individual documents from a concurrently scanned group of documents includes an intelligent controller having a processor and memory and a scanner that generates an scanned electronic image from a group of documents disposed on a platen of the scanner with spaces between the individual documents. The controller determines the edges of the each of the individual document areas within the scanned electronic image and generates a unique image file for each of the determined individual document areas. The controller previews each of the unique image files on a display of an associated user interface, and the user interface receives user input for performing desired operations of the previewed image files.