[sane-devel] Re: Affordable film scanner supported by SANE

[Major A]

> >Orange mask: at least with Coolscan2, this one is trivial: adjust the
> >exposure times of the R, G, B channels so that the space between two
> >frames comes out exactly white. If you then scan with these settings
> >and invert, all colours will be correct, and you have used the scanner
> >at its best -- you get the best possible noise performance out of it.
> 
> What about automating that process ? Couldn't we set up pre-loaded profiles 
> for that operation ? I personnaly have a bunch of different neg films and 
> could help with my LS-30 by providing data. 

Just an idea -- since this is bound to become an issue with more than
just the Coolscan2 backend, how about adding a "preference memory"
feature to xsane? You could save multiple sets of settings for the
same backend and recall them any time. This way you could set up one
for each type of film you are using. We could also add a flag to the
options in SANE2 that tells the front-end whether a particular option
is specific to the scanner as a whole or just the object to be
scanned: xsane would then have a way of saving exposure values but not
resolution and bit-depth, for example.

  Andras

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