Lori I was going to use Paintshop Pro 7, But I do have adobe Photoshop 6. And you describe the photos well. (grin) They are a mixture of damaged, too Dark or too Light photos. Subject: Re:Black & White Scans > Steve, > > It depends on what software you are going to use to touch up the photos. If > you will be using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 you might want to experiment > with scanning some in color, using some of Elements one-step features, then > convert to grayscale for printing/saving. Some dark, damaged photos respond > amazingly well to color correction even though they are not in color. > > Lori >