Which Of The Following Is Better?

[E-Day]

I have 5 issues of GamePro from 1995 waiting to be scanned. They are staple bound and a pain to scan, though I might do it anyways. I might even dismantle them.

Anyhow, when looking at some of my scans, I noticed that the colours are not as vivid as some other members' scans. Up until now I had been using the default colour profile that came with my 8-year-old scanner. Tonight I tried the colour profile that came with my LCD monitor and the scan looked more vivid. Then I tried some other profiles. In the light of the room I am in, it is hard to tell which is closer to the actual magazine. The Samsung is more vivid, but it's also darker than the actual magazine.

So which of the following would be considered best for future scans (none have been colour-corrected in Photoshop nor have brightness/contrast been adjusted on the scanner):

Default Canon Scanner Profile

Samsung Natural Color Pro LCD Profile

sRGB IEC61966-2.1

Adobe RGB (1998) Profile

Apple RGB Profile

I find the first three to be the best. The Samsung is a bit dark and the sRGB a bit too light, but on my last scan, some of the colours seemed hazy using the default Canon profile.

Opinions? I am just wondering what others here prefer out of those 5...well, three, since the last two are almost identical and too pale

[Phillyman]

I say the third, Make sure not to base your decision off just looking at the guy, take a look at how the black writing appears on the yellow and the color of the red writing. I say #3 shows them the best.

[E-Day]

I agree, though #1 is closest to the actual magazine. When I get around to starting another scan, I will scan several different pages with different elements and see which of the three looks best on the screen.

Other opinions welcome! Let's start a fight!

[tch]

Yeah, the third looks great.

[TeaBaggins]

I say go with the third as well, although I do agree that the first looks closest to the actual magazine. If you are trying to have a more vivid image, the third seems the way to go to me.

[E-Day]

So I take it that having the scan resemble the actual magazine as close as possible isn't necessarily desirable? I can understand that, as reading something on a screen is very different than reading something from a page.

So far number 3 is kicking butt. I'll eventually scan different kinds of pages with the first three profiles to get a definitive result.

[meppi]

For me its' a tossup between 1 and 3.

I'm using Canon Scangear software along with Photoshop for scanning and have all the image settings set to either OFF or NONE.

But comparing the actual magazine to the scan, I have to adjust the saturation by +20 to get the most accurate and vibrant picture possible.

A lot depends on the screen you have as well, compared to my new one, my old one only seems to show brown and grey shades.