[sane-devel] meaning of "--contrast" option to backend

2004-01-14 Thread Gerhard Jaeger
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 18:02, Christopher Marshall wrote: > allan: > > I am using the CanonScan LiDE 30 with the plustek backend. > > Chris Then the contrast option manipulates the lut, as well as the brightness option. The analog front end values are not touched. Ciao, Gerhard

[sane-devel] meaning of "--contrast" option to backend

2004-01-13 Thread Major A
> 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

[sane-devel] meaning of "--contrast" option to backend

2004-01-13 Thread m. allan noah
depends on the scanner. more expensive models will change the lut the a/d uses inside the scanner. cheaper models will do this in the backend. which scanner/backend are you using? allan On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Christopher Marshall wrote: > I was just curious if specifying a contrast argument to t

[sane-devel] meaning of "--contrast" option to backend

2004-01-13 Thread Christopher Marshall
allan: I am using the CanonScan LiDE 30 with the plustek backend. Chris __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus

[sane-devel] meaning of "--contrast" option to backend

2004-01-13 Thread Christopher Marshall
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. I would imagine that it does mean something different in that you would be setting the contrast before the A/D step in the scanner if