this depends entirely on which scanner, which backend, and which controls. for instance, Xsane has its own brightness/contrast controls, and so do many scanners. the scanner ones are often hidden under some sort of menu in Xsane.
allan On 11/9/07, Chris <640u at bimberi.com> 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 > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"