Scanning pictures

[RhinoZ]

thanks dshumake,
I was also playing with lighting levels and I just spent about an hour with one friggin picture. But it was worth it. It was too dark at the bottom of the picture but it was just right with the top.
This Photoshop 7 is a pain to learn.

[chaoliang]

ACDSee (I only use the classic version and can't say about the newer versions) is very fast and handy. AFAIK, it has yet some disadvantages: 1. It doesn't support colour profiles. So the colours of the photos will appear differently as original scans. 2. It can't handle 16 bit chanel images. 3. It doesn't support tags, which are important for archiving, I think.