Tri-Color Brian

I know what you mean. I spent a lot of time with that book in photoshop to get the colors as accurate as I could. My scanner just doesn't do the job. The Haunt 17 was a real nightmare too...

Re-scanned some of my ECs...got the colors much closer to reality, if not right on...

Mine is an Epson V500 PHOTO model. If the fantastic colors you refer to are on the latest Photostream pics, those are the re-scans and tweaked colors. Some of them are still off, but close enough. Great info BTW. I appreciate your expertise.

My scanner is over 15 years old. I don't know if it has lost any ability over time or not. It has a professional mode, but I don't know how to use a lot of it and I'm too lazy to look up the instructions on line. In the beginning I scanned at only 72dpi, so I'm re-scanning a lot of books. At 300 dpi it seems to miss some of the color, translating it into grays. So, (and this is for @MattTheDuck too) after scanning I put the image into Photoshop Elements to correct as much color as I can. Sometimes I cannot match some colors perfectly (like DC candy apple red), but I get 90% of it right. Then I put the image into photo files by publisher, title, or genre, and also into my Flickr albums, which anyone can look at if you click on any of my pics here. it's a pain, but nice to have a record of what you have. I'm thinking of just taking pics with my camera and see if that is more accurate. I did it with magazines and they came out pretty good, but I still had to adjust a little in photoshop.

So, to give you an idea of how much a scanner can screw up your books...here's a before and after of one issue... Before: After Re-scan:

I've been re-scanning a lot of my GA books, since my scanner botched the job the first time (gotta scan at 300 dpi). I was amazed at how much color it missed. Here's a few Bakers...still not 100% perfect, but much better...

Mine is missing the top staple...I found that out when I sold it to a boardie. He sent it back. He didn't seem to like that...and it taught me to check the staples...

I love 2 pg. stories...

She's "The Seeker from Beyond", whatever that is...

Since I collect mainly for the covers, I pay no attention to pg. quality, as long as the book doesn't fall apart in my hands.

That is soooo great. Wonder Woman even brought her coffee...

Lets try another...with Target...