Posted By:
JKLeon,
I would respectfully disagree - in part. In my opinion, if the software is able to make the card more true to how it looks when you are holding it than is the unedited scan, I think its perfectly fine to use the software. However, I do not believe its ok to brighten up cards to hide flaws etc.
The Brown above looks like its had the contrast turned up a tad too much IMO. Granted, I havent seen the card in person, but the top image looks better to me. Ive found that the best way to get a nice scan is to scan it as a .bmp rather than .jpg file. Its a larger file size, but you get a more accurate scan.