Before purchasing a monitor for image editing, make sure it has the following features:
1. Brightness, contrast and red, green and blue channel colour adjustments.
If one or more of these controls is locked the monitor can't be profiled. Adjustable colour controls allow you to set the colour balance of the display and ensure the monitor screen displays colours uniformly from edge to edge. Screens that are brighter towards the centre and darker at the edges (or vice versa) and those that display colour spots are unsuitable for image editing. Avoid monitors with built in anti-glare and anti-reflection filters that overlay the screen because they can suppress the displayed tonal range.
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This article will concentrate on scanners for digitising photographs and look at two types: flatbed and film. Flatbed scanners are the most popular because they are cheaper to manufacture, easier to use and much more versatile. For business use, they are the only option available for document scanning and many businesses acquire a scanner as part of a multi-function device.
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