| Focus Control for crisp and sharp images
Some high-quality scanners, like the Epson Expression 1640XL, 10000XL and 11000XL, facilitate to adjust the optic’s focus. This means the possibility to offset the focus up to several millimeters above or below the regular focus level. Using SilverFast 8, the scanners mentioned above and some others feature an automatic focus control system. Additionally, the user is enabled to set the focus manually. |
| What do you do with a Focus Control?
You don’t need a focus control, if your originals really lie perfectly flat on your flatbed. However, using filmholders slightly lifts your originals, slide mounts are of different thicknesses and also filmstrips inserted to film scanners are not always perfectly flat, the focus can vary from frame to frame. Setting an appropriate focus leads to crisp and sharp images. Flatbed scanners, which feature a focus control, may also be used to digitize certain three-dimensional objects like coins. Click below to open Focus Control movie or PDF manual. |
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May 13th, 2013 · News
Dear All,
Just in case you haven’t seen the promo banner on our US-website yet – we currently have a unique promotion with B&H in place! Throughout the whole month of may you can buy your SilverFast 8 version or upgrade over at B&H and save up to US $90,- compared to the regular retail price. This is an exclusive promotion in cooperation with B&H – the professional’s choice – you won’t find a better price anywhere!
We’re extremely happy about this and invite you to check out the B&H website right now:
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Dear customers, starting today you may also use payment service PayPal to purchase SilverFast products. Visit our Online Shop.
(available in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia) |
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Dear customers, guests and business partners,
The eventful year of 2012 is coming to an end. We have successfully
released digital imaging software SilverFast HDR and HDR Studio in version 8. The SilverFast Archive Suite, consisting of scanner and digital imaging software, is now up to date and ready for actual operating systems Windows 8 and Mac OSX 10.8.We would like to thank you, our customers, of whom many have already switched to the new version.
The international press is also impressed with SilverFast 8. During the last year, a great number of
positive reviews about SilverFast 8 have been published. However, there is a lot to do in 2013. We will release SilverFast 8 for additional scanners, once the scanner manufacturers provide updated drivers. Of course, we will also optimize all released SilverFast 8 products.
« With warm appreciation for your trust in us and our products,
wish you a peaceful Christmas and a successful New Year. »
CEO LaserSoft Imaging
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November 22nd, 2012 · News
Only on Friday – Purchase a SilverFast Archive Suite 8 for your scanner and get a free IT8 target for color calibration. This offer also applies for upgrades from other SilverFast products.* Click on the « Buy » button to enter our online store.
* Note: We will ship a 10x15cm reflective target for flatbed scanners. For film scanners a 35mm transparency target will be delivered. This black friday offer is solely available on Friday, November 23rd, 2012, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EST.
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SilverFast’s Archive Suite SE 8 is now available! This affordable entry level version of our award-winning archiving software can now be ordered through our webshop.
With this software package, consisting of scanner software SilverFast SE Plus 8 and our new image processing software SilverFast HDR 8, you easily create a digital archive of your slides, negatives and photos. Start today saving your favorite moments and precious memories against decay, staining and loss.
If you already own a copy of SilverFast, you will receive the upgrade at a discounted rate. For more information and your individual offer, please click on the “Info” button!
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Photophiles, a French online magazine for photographers and photography enthusiasts, states: « SilverFast Ai Studio 8 is the scanner software par excellence. »
We take a bit of pride when we read that professional photographers who have never worked with SilverFast before, are immediately pleaseed with their first scan results.
 Rémy Pilliard: « Image material older than 40 years has been used for this test. However, SilverFast has delivered excellent results, and this although a little trial and error has been necessary due to our lack of experience. Also the HDRi functionality has been reviewed in detail and it has to be said, that all actually available image information can be captured with a single scan. »
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Photophiles attests that SilverFast 8 is designed for professional use as well as for motivated amateurs. Instructional video clips and numerous automatic functions are a great help during the initial learning phase.
You can read the original French article at the Photophiles website.
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Let the most precious moments of your life and your memories live on forever and start now to safely archive your images, photographs, slides and negatives digitally. Creating a digital archive and optimizing it subsequently has never been so easy and has never been so quickly done!
LaserSoft Imaging, a world-wide leading developer of scanner and imaging software, presents the “all-inclusive solution” for your images. With SilverFast’s Archive Suite 8 you get a package of completely new developed scanner software SilverFast Ai Studio 8 and imaging software SilverFast HDR Studio 8 as a perfectly adjusted supplement. Including an integrated color management system, this ideal archiving package is now available for your scanner.
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Apple’s new operating system OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is scheduled to be released in July. We will shortly provide a compatible version for those scanners, which are supported under OS X 10.7 Lion, as a free update. |
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