Cannonfodder Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 I have a ton of pictures from my BurningMan trip that I'm scanning in. I've noticed that when I use xsane to scan a picture that is outside (e.g. desert scene, blue skies, mountains), I get streaking through the picture. I just tried it in windows with Adobe PhotoDeluxe and the picture no longer has streaking.. I would rather be using xsane/gimp to do this project, does anyone know why I'm having this problem? I have a UMAX Astra 3400 and Mandrake 9.1 with all latest updates.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 Have you tried Kooka, I've found it nicer to use than XSane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted May 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Totally missed this reply.. I'll check it out Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted May 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Ok, my scanner problems continue. Regardless of whether I use xsane or kooka, it looks like this.. Anyone have an idea why? See the blue streaking? If I do this in Adobe PhotoDeluxe, its a clean image.. :( My GOD! I'm trying to avoid windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Def wierd. It kind of looks like a moiré pattern that you would get from scanning newsprint or a textured paper. Or I also seen this when a scanner begins to die. But it don't do this with Windows/Adobe. Maybe something to do with the way it is connected? Parallel, USB, USB2? I know there's been some USB problems with 9.1 Maybe the transfer is like skipping a beat and causing those lines. Also same results with xsane or kooka, so lets rule that out for now and look more at the scanner driver or whatever exactly plugs into the kernel. Just some guesses til we come up with something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted June 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Hmmm, I can try some things like swapping the usb ports to see if its a difference... I can try messing with the kernel usb modules. I think there are a few different ones I can try.. Have to check my old 8.2 errata page for that fix :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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