I just bought the latest copy of Adobe Photoshop... something. (Illusions, Effects... one of those vowel words)
It's a great program and I am slowly figuring it out. For the most part, I'm satisfied with the majority of my scans
(Paul Hegge isn't though... we're both being tested for colorblindness in the near future

I did this red Tahoe diecut in same program... same preferences (DPI etc).
New scanner + good software + bad operator = YIKES
But did this one yesterday - and it even picked up metal flakes.

But the black hot-stamp... forget it!!