Should a scanned image under Linux and Windows look similiar?

[John Abreau]

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> I am a naive novice when it comes to scanners and images, so maybe this is a 
> ridiculous expectation, but I would think that a scanned image under Linux 
> would look fairly close to one scanned under Windows, especially when run on 
> the exact same hardware.  Both XSane and the Windows software have default 
> scan values that are almost identical.  So why aren't the images almost identical?

I recently scanned a bunch of stuff using xsane, and the default settings 
were way too dark; I had to adjust the gamma up to get the images to come 
out looking good. When I tweaked the settings, though, the scans came out 
looking exactly like the original photos.

It looks like your xsane settings are overenhancing the green; you should 
pop into the expanded mode (click on the icon on the left, that looks like 
a tree-tined multicolor fork) and try tweaking the color settings 
individually.


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