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SilverFast 8 for Epson Perfection V10, V100 & V350

January 16th, 2012 · News, OSX, Scanner, SilverFast

SilverFast 8 has been successfully adapted to the individual hardware specifications of further three scanner. SilverFast 8 scanner software is now available for the Epson Perfecton V10, V100 and V350 devices on Windows XP, Vista, Win7 and Mac OS X 10.5 – 10.7.
 
 
 

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SilverFast 8 for Epson Expression 1640XL

December 14th, 2011 · News, Scanner, SilverFast

SilverFast 8 has been successfully adapted to the individual hardware specifications of another scanner. SilverFast 8 scanner software is now available for the Epson Expression 1640XL on Windows XP, Vista, Win7 and Mac OS X 10.5 – 10.7.
 

 

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SilverFast 8 for further Epson scanners

December 7th, 2011 · News, OSX, Scanner, SilverFast

Good news for many Epson customers: SilverFast 8 has been adapted to additional scanner models and operating systems. Under Windows and Mac OS X, SilverFast 8 is now also available for the following scanners:

  • Epson Perfection 2400
  • Epson Perfection 2450 Photo
  • Epson Perfection 4490
  • Epson Perfection V300
  • Epson Perfection V330
  • Epson Perfection V500
  • Epson Perfection V600 Photo


Multi-Tasking, Preview Concept and scanner-specific adaption ensure an increase of technical performance. The new user interface and the WorkflowPilot facilitate the handling for the user.
Order SilverFast 8 by clicking on ‘DOWNLOAD’. If you already own a SilverFast copy, please click on ‘UPGRADE’ to check, if you can get SilverFast 8 as a discounted or even free upgrade. Find out all about SilverFast 8 by clicking on ‘INFO’.

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The world-wide last Kodachrome Targets

November 22nd, 2011 · News, Photography Business, Processing

LaserSoft Imaging offers the world’s last Kodachrome targets for scanner calibration.
Kodachrome was a popular slide film produced by Kodak between 1935 and 2009. It was the first commercially successful three-color film with natural color reproduction. Kodachrome film features great sharpness, fine grain and vibrant colors. In addition, it is extremely well preserved in archives.Kodachrome is very different from other films in terms of material and developing process. This fact leads to problems when trying to scan Kodachrome film like ordinary color film. LaserSoft Imaging has produced Kodachrome targets in own production, which enable true-color digitizing of Kodachrome slides. Since 2010, there is not a single photo lab on the whole planet developing Kodachrome film. (Source: Wikipedia) This means, no new Kodachrome targets can be produced in future.
 
Why is the calibration with a Kodachrome target important?

The yellow dye in the Kodachrome emulsion is generally perceived less by a scanner than by the human eye. Thus, the human viewer captures more “yellow spectrum” from a Kodachrome image than the scanner. In return, scan results have a blue cast for the eye, if Kodachrome slides are scanned with a normal Fujichrome or Ektachrome ICC profile. With a Kodachrome Calibration Target, you get accurate color.

 

Before and after color calibration

 

iSRD® also for Kodachromes 
« I started a project recently, scanning several hundred 25-year old slides of our trekking trip to Africa. The old Kodachromes and Ecktachromes show their age. […] SilverFast provides a vast range of controls that were not previously available to me, allowing solid control over every element of the scanning workflow. The results are dramatically improved. … » (Richard Jacobs)

We would like to offer our last remaining stock of Kodachrome targets for 195,- per target to our loyal customers. All targets originate from our very last production batch and when properly stored can be used for many years without a loss of quality.

Get your SilverFast Kodachrome Target today by clicking on the ‘BUY’ button. Click ‘INFO’ for more information about the various SilverFast Kodachrome features.

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SilverFast 8 now also available on DVD

November 9th, 2011 · News, Photography Business, SilverFast

SilverFast 8, the completely new developed scanner software, is now also available on DVD.

The DVD comes with a printed quick guide in 6 languages​​ (english only for the US). Besides the SilverFast software, it includes the guide as a PDF file and a variety of QuickTime movies that concretely explain how to use every single feature. Of course, the SilverFast 8 documentation and QuickTime movies are also available online for free viewing.
SilverFast Ai Studio 8 

Order SilverFast 8 on DVD by clicking on ‘BUY DVD’ or as an immediately available download version by clicking on ‘DOWNLOAD’. If you already own a SilverFast copy, please click on ‘UPGRADE’ to check, if you can get SilverFast 8 as a discounted or even free upgrade.
 

 

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SilverFast HDR Studio 8 Public Software Pre-Release Update

November 2nd, 2011 · HDR, News, OSX, Processing, SilverFast

Development of the Pre-Release version of SilverFast HDR Studio 8 continues. We appreciate all your cooperation and received feedback. Update to version 8.0.1r2 brings: 

  • A time extension of the Pre-Release version. The first 30 days trial period is coming to an end on November the 2nd. This new version extends your trial period for another 30 days.
  • Bug fix: Opening 16bit HDR greyscale image file prior to color images led SilverFast HDR Studio 8 Pre-Release to believe all subsequent images to be of the same type. This appeared to be a cache problem solved in this version.
  • Bug fix: Infrared channel of HDRi images created with SilverFast 6.6 under Windows appeared to be ignored by SilverFast HDR Studio 8 Pre-Release. This led to a non-correction or malfunctioning of iSRD and is now fixed.

Thank you for your continuous cooperation and feedback.

You can download SilverFast HDR Studio 8 pre-release for free and without obligation by clicking on ‘DOWNLOAD’. Please also read the detailed information about the Pre-Release, please click on ‘INFO’. We always look forward to your feedback and suggestions, you can let us know by clicking on ‘FORUM’
 

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LaserSoft Imaging at Berlin fair ‘Moderner Staat’

October 28th, 2011 · News, Photography Business

As a professional provider for various solutions in the area of digitization and image processing, LaserSoft Imaging will exhibit at the Berlin fair Moderner Staat on 8 and 9 November, 2011. We will be located at Booth 409 in Hall 2 at the theme park Junge Innovative and are looking forward to meet you in Berlin.

For further information, please look here.

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SilverFast 8 for Epson Perfection 2450 Photo

October 26th, 2011 · News, OSX, Scanner, SilverFast

SilverFast 8 has been successfully adapted to the individual hardware specifications of another scanner. As of now, SilverFast 8 scanner software is available for the Epson Perfection 2450 Photo on Windows XP, Vista, Win7 and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
 

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SilverFast 8 for Canon CanoScan 8600F & 8800F

October 18th, 2011 · News, OSX, Scanner, SilverFast

The new SilverFast 8 scanner software is now available for the Canon CanoScan 8600F and 8800F. Supported are Windows and Mac operating systems including 10.7 Lion.

SilverFast 8 is now available for two additional scanners. Multi-Tasking, Preview Concept and scanner-specific adaption ensure an increase of technical performance. The new user interface and the WorkflowPilot facilitate the handling for the user.

Order SilverFast 8 for your Canon CanoScan 8600F and 8800F by clicking on ‘DOWNLOAD’. If you already own a SilverFast copy, please click on ‘UPGRADE’ to check, if you can get SilverFast 8 as a discounted or even free upgrade. Find out all about SilverFast 8 by clicking on ‘INFO’.

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Get Connected TV – Plustek & SilverFast

October 13th, 2011 · Distraction, Humour, Reviews, Scanner, SilverFast, Video

Get Connected TV is Canada’s #1 Technology TV Show. In the following movie clip they are introducing the Plustek OpticFilm 7600i slide scanner and SilverFast SE Plus, which is already bundled with the scanner and great for beginners starting to digitize their analog treasures.

Plustek OpticFilm 7600i product page

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