Thanks Allan and Ulrich, that's exactly the sort of information I was looking for.
Chris Chris wrote: > Hi group, > > Can anyone tell me whether any of the colour (and other) adjustments > that I make in XSane affect the actual (hardware) output of my scanner, > or are all these adjustments simply applied in software after the raw > scan has been sent to XSane? In other words, do these adjustments > actually alter what the hardware does? > > The reason I ask is that, when scanning, I usually make a number of > adjustments in my scanning software and then make some more adjustments > in my editor (Gimp/Photoshop etc) after acquiring the scan. But if the > initial adjustments are only done in software, wouldn't it make more > sense to simply take a raw scan with default settings and do all the > adjustments in Gimp only? In terms of workflow, it would make sense to > only be doing one set of adjustments. > > Cheers, > Chris > >
