This isn't for professional photography, just to "archive" my large collection (couple hundred) of photos as digital images. First, my equipment comprises a Canon CanoScan 3000F scanner (USB) and a Sony Multiscan G520 Trinitron monitor set at 1600x1200 @ 32-bit. Using Adobe PhotoShop 7 and the accompanying ScanGear for scanner for scanning and editing the photo images. What I'd like to achieve is a consistent color matching between the photo and what I see on screen. The monitor is calibrated, but there is no easy way to check the scan preview against the scanner settings (and there are too many variables: brightness/contrast/etc. and ICC profiles for source/target among others). So, currently I'm using trial and error on both the scanner settings and Photoshop adjustments, but neither is approaching a match. In Photoshop, you adjust the red, great, then the blues are purply, so you adjust the blues, but the yellows or greens are off - it's a mystifying struggle to get all of the colors to match the photograph. How does one achieve color matching in less than a lifetime without professional equipment or going insane? Kuroyume

I feel your pain, but can add no gain to your dilema. My scanner (HP ScanJet) does a pretty good job with accurate colors. My problem is when I try and print it out to true color. There is color matching software out there, but I can give no recommendations.

I was really hoping someone would be able to answer your question.... I'm no expert either, and wouldn't know where to begin to help.

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