Re: photo darker then original

From: Chuck (nospm_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:42:00 -0400

It's hard to say. A way to find out is to import a reference picture, adjust
the display controls and video driver to show the reference file image as
you would expect it to look. Then compare it to a scanned picture. I suspec
that the scanner software has some settings that might improve things for
you.

Anyway, on http://www.inkjetart.com/custom/ Are a couple of such reference
pictures.
The same pictures work well for adjusting printer color compensation.

The basic idea is to get the display to show a reasonable reference picture
in terms of color, intensity, etc. with little compression of colors at
either the very light or very dark colors. Then, a printer may also be
adjusted, based on a printed copy of the reference file. A scanner might be
adjused with this, if the printer can produce good quality picture printing.
The best method is to obtain a preprinted reference, Kodak's Q-60 target for
example.
This can be scanned in and the scanner softwaer adjusted to optimize the
scan results.

"John Kuiper" <jkuiper@thematec.nl> wrote in message
news:ced56n$mcp$1@reader11.wxs.nl...
> Hi,
>
> I use XP for a several months. It works fine except the imported photo's.
> When I use my scanner or digital camera and import the photo's via the
> scanner wizard or twain-software, the photo's always displayed darker then
> the original. On windows 98 are the colors exactly as the original. Is
> this a configuration problem or has Microsoft built it in?
>
> Regards,
> John Kuiper
> 

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