[sane-devel] Current TODO list

gerard klaver gerard@gkall.hobby.nl
28 Jul 2003 15:54:32 +0000


On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:59, Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:

> In order to profile scanner, you would pick one gamma setting, create 
> the
> profile and then restore the same setting everytime you are going to use
> this profile. A scanner profile is only valid for one set of scanner 
> options.
> 
> Scanning based on a profile is probably not something the average user
> would do, it's a very advanced concept. Therefore it does not have to
> be fool proof.
> 
> Using the gamma table to perform color corrections is not always a good
> idea: Some scanners use only 8-bit gamma tables, even though they
> scan with 12, 14 or 16 bit per channel. ICC profiles can deal with 16
> bit data, and therefore will create less error.
> 
> Karl Heinz
> 
Some idees about different user needs:

The average user only wants a button to select enable/disable use of the
default profile and the default settings belonging to the profile.
After that the user can use for example Gimp to check/change the scan.

Default profile generated by the manufacturer or backend maintainer(or
any body else who supplied a profile file with a settings file).

The more demanding user wants to select between different profiles
depending on his scanning object.

The advanced user wants to add his own profiles to the backend and use
them when he wants and takes the effort to get a reference target and
use it. 
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