> I was just curious if specifying a contrast argument to the backend > is different from doing a default scan and adjusting the contrast in > the gimp after the scan.
The contrast argument is not a standard option, so it depends on the backend. Gamma curve adjustment is often better done in the scanner, simply because the scanner often has a deeper A/D converter than the 8 bits per channel of the data you get from it. Therefore performing the adjustment in the scanner gives better results. On a slow computer, you can also save time by having the scanner do the adjustment. Andras =========================================================================== Major Andras e-mail: and...@users.sourceforge.net www: http://andras.webhop.org/ ===========================================================================