![]() ![]() I can mainly talk about SF HDR, since I use Ai just for scanning into the HDR format. I wonder that this was overlooked when the program was made since it likely happens often for everyone. Other cumbersome thing is that you can't easily cancel a once started batch scan - if you have 15 frames of 35 mm negatives preselected and realize that you have to make a change after the process has started, you have to cancel each of the 15 selected batch scan modules separately and hitting cancel to scan for each frame. I always have to re-enter the preferred scan resolution, the folder where I want to have the images saved to name a few. What annoys me most with SilverFast after lots of scanning with it is that every time I switch to either color to B&W or negative to positive (or vice versa) or to a different frame size, the program resets everything. I find the icons often not intuitive at all what they mean or can do. Otherwise SilverFast is a good program IMO after you get used to it and know how to avoid over-complication within the main menu window. I often like especially B&W results better directly out of the box with the Epson software compared to SilverFast 8 SE. My workaround is to select each medium format manually in the preview RAW view and then have it scanned - it works well. I didn't try 4x5" sized negatives since - not sure if the thumbnail view works here. Now there is another annoying bug: for images sized 6圆 or 4x4, the thumbnail view does not work because the software does not correctly recognize the frames in the preview view anymore. The Epson scan software didn't work for a while on PCs after MS enforced another cumbersome Win10 update in April, but in July Epson released a new driver version for the scanner which allowed to work with the Epson software again. This means that you can turn on or off individual steps to see the differences, but the changes cannot remain off if you wish to continue with subsequent changes in the process.After scanning for a while now (see my earlier comments in this thread) I found myself more often using the Epson scan software with the V850 scanner instead of SilverFast. Lasersoft Imaging claims you can temporarily turn on and off individual steps and observe the effect's changes. If you are working with DNG images (created in SilverFast AI 8) that can contain lots and lots of meta-data, SilverFast is apparently saving each step of your image correction within the DNG allowing you to examine your image's processes step-by-step. This allows you to "step back in time" and select one of your earlier edits and continue from there. By selecting the top "History" icon from the vertical Toolbar (see image below), you open up a scrolling (horizontal) view of each step you've done. Note that if you have AI Studio, HDR Studio and the Archive Suite, there are some added functionality with new special tools: A Marker Tool for decreasing and increasing intensity, an Eraser Tool for protecting important image areas, and Setup Masks for using different correction effects.īoth SilverFast HDR and SilverFast AI get HistoryĪlso new to SilverFast HDR and SilverFast AI is a History feature. However, if you've processed the image via SilverFast HDR and saved the image in the DNG format, any blurring you may have done can be deleted (along with any other changes) and then you do not need to re-scan, only re-fix the image.Įnhanced Tools for the new Dust & Scratch Removal Unfortunately if you've already processed the image by blurring the image to help hide the dust and scratches, you cannot backtrack. By comparing the pixels with dust and scratches, this means that this process can be done on already processed images and you do not need to re-scan. The trick here is that SilverFast 8.8 has new algorithms that analyze the actual pixels and compares what are pixels versus what are not pixels (aka dust and scratches). In prior releases, as well as everyone else's non-infrared dust removal, often the "Plan B" approach is based on blurring the pixels and thereby softening the image. This new algorithm is labeled as SRDx (Scratch and Dust Removal x) as opposed to their infrared initialization iSRD (infrared Scratch and Dust Removal). These latter two are significant because in both cases the infrared rays cannot pass through the the silver halide film emulsion or print backing. ![]() In addition, Lasersoft Imaging claims they can now work the same magic with black and white prints AND Kodachrome film. The most impressive one (in this free update to current version 8 owners) is the dust & scratch removal without the need for an infrared-capable scanner. LaserSoft Imaging's latest release of SilverFast AI 8.8 and SilverFast HDR 8.8 film scanning and image processing software comes with some very interesting new features. ![]()
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