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Subject: [OM] Re: What should a scanning program (not) do?
From: Nils Frohberg <nilsf@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:09:15 +0100
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 09:10:48PM +1100, Ian Manners wrote:
> I use Tame/Sane for scanning, and PMView Pro + ColorWorks/2 for editing
> post scan.
> 
> http://www.sane-project.org
> http://www.xsane.org/
> 
> Compile amazingly easy using GCC, including the USB and SCSI support.

I also thought about adding the FS4000 to SANE. (Hmm, better check if
someone else didn't add it yet :P) It's just a bit faster/easier (if you
already know IRIX's SCSI library) to do your own.

> With Tame you can adjust the ends of the curves only, retaining the
> original full range but just smoothing the curve out a bit. As the OS/2
> version is simply ported from the Unix/Linux version, should be the
> same. If you "drag"/"Adjust" the curves off screen, then you may lose
> the end(s) of the spectrum. Once the adjustments are done, scan away.
> ie, adjust the curves before you scan, or adjust and do test scans to
> see what suites best for particular photos.

Will this change settings in the scanner or will it only postprocess
the data?

> Those who can, do.  Those who can't, supervise!

Hehe :)

Nils

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