[rugbymarine]

As for settings and other general info, I cannot take credit. net54 member NGS458 (Nic Schmitt) has put extensive time and effort into this, and has shared it many times.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...g+graded+cards

I started with everything he said, and made a few changes. Please note: None of these are meant to disagree with Nic. I only tinkered to find what I thought looked like the clearest scans, as well as the most accurate representation of the card as I hold it in my hand.

1) I use 48-bit scanning. In his guide, Nic suggests using 24-bit. Bumping up to 48-bit does increase file size. I noticed on a few specific cards with large swatches of dark color (black sleeves in 60s Topps, dark backgrounds in 1957 Topps), switching to 48-bit decreased a faint 'cross-hatch' look that showed up in those dark areas.

2) I turned off the Unsharp Mask setting. Nic suggests Low, but he spends time in his guide talking about why each setting may be better.

3) I went into the Tone Correction menu (The middle of the 5 small picture icons just above the 'Unsharp Mask' setting), and changed from the default Linear setting to High Contrast.