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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning

2003-05-27 by Austin Franklin

Hi Anthony,

> > Basically, there are three things you can adjust
> > in a signal. Gain, offset and linearity.
>
> Are there any scanners that allow adjustment of this third parameter?

Why yes!  I'd say all of them!  This is what you are adjusting when you
adjust the tonal curves in the scanner software.  Typically, this data is
downloaded to an internal LUT (Look Up Table), where the data coming in is
the address, and the data going out is the adjusted data.

Regards,

Austin

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