Scans

[Leon]

Personally I do whatever I need to do to a scan to make it look like it looks when holding the card in your hand. That is what I want when i buy a card from a scan. I want what i see on the screen.

[gregr2]

Originally Posted by Leon

Personally I do whatever I need to do to a scan to make it look like it looks when holding the card in your hand. That is what I want when i buy a card from a scan. I want what i see on the screen.

Agree. I do a lot of photography editing so I calibrate my monitors monthly using a Spyder4. After I scan the card I hold it up in front of the monitor and make the minor adjustments needed to make the screen image match the card. This is usually just minor changes to Exposure, Contrast and Vibrancy.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I don't use a scanner so this might be an ignorant question...But isn't one of the problems that images look different on all types of computers and devices?

Jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Not an expert by any means, but what I noticed is that if a card has some surface flaws (a little stray print, a spot, a dot, uneven color, whatever) then when a scan is super bright, those tend to get lost in the background. As a rule of thumb, I would say that if your holding the card in hand, know there is a flaw, and the scan isn't showing it, it would be better to make some scan adjustments.

On a note unrelated to brightness, I remember one listing once - a really nice card graded PSA 3, a head scratcher for sure, but the seller noted "spider creases" in the description. I would've rather seen them, but maybe he just couldn't capture them.

[clydepepper]

This all reminds me to put the Windex to my scanner screen.