Basically color management allows for a complete controlled color reproduction through the entire imaging workflow.
In other words, the colors of your originals are maintained over the entire process of manipulation with a high accuracy percentage.
There are two color management systems in SilverFast scan software, the one contained in SilverFast Ai and Ai Studio and the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'analogue photography'
Quicktip: Color Management System in SilverFast (part 1)
February 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · HowTo, Photography, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials, analogue photography
Tags: Alejandro Morales·Color management system·Color Managemet System·Colour Management System·Farbverwaltung·SilverFast Ai
Digital Analogue – beautiful stop-motion video
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Photography, Distraction, Humour, Photography, Video, analogue photography
Really cool video made from a combination of old cameras mixed together with modern day sound and video. I even recognized some cameras I used to photograph with – back in the days.
[via jnack]
Tags: analogue·Photography
Quicktip: Scanning 35mm film for Full HD TV output
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, analogue photography
The previous three articles (I, II and III) should provide users with the necessary tools for managing resolution in SilverFast.
And the introductory article Scanning for TV explains some common issues to be taken into consideration.
Tags: Alejandro Morales·Photography·scan·scanning for tv·SilverFast
SilverFast for the Reflecta ProScan 7200
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments · News, Scanner, SilverFast, analogue photography
The german specialist for slide technology Reflecta has introduced the new CCD scanner ProScan 7200 for quick image processing at the end of november. The ProScan 7200 scans 35mm negativ and positiv filmstrips as well as framed slides with an optical resolution of 3600dpi x 3600dpi and a color depth of 48bit. An additional infrared [...]
Tags: ProScan 7200·Reflecta·SilverFast
Quicktip: Managing resolution controls in SilverFast (Part II):
December 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Printing, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials, analogue photography
In the Previous article I described the different parts of the resolution control panel in SilverFast, and how to use the resolution slider.
This article deals with the second part of the resolution panel, the “Q-Factor and Screen” values.
Where Q-Factor stands for Quality factor and Screen value is related to the lines per inch used for [...]
Tags: image quality·Q-factor screen value·scaning resolution
Quicktip: Displaying the infrared channel in iSRD
November 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Processing, Quicktips, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials, analogue photography
iSRD (or infrared Smart Removal of Defects) is a tool in SilverFast which allows users to remove scratches and dust particles from transparencies (slides or negatives).
This process is hardwarebased and uses an infrared lamp (included in some scanners) to create a map of dust particles and scratches on the film.
It is possible to see the [...]
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Film-based photography contest
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Flickr, News, Photography, Scanner, SilverFast, analogue photography
A little while ago we announced our dedicated SilverFast Flickr-group here on our blog.
We just discovered another interesting Flickr-group that is part of a cool photo competition, started and prominently endorsed by the popular german magazin Spiegel Online. Filmchemie is the Flickr-group for a series of articles on film-based photography and they regularly showcase the [...]
Tags: analogue·contest·facebook·film-based·Flickr·Photography·SilverFast·spiegel online
Update: HDRi & EPSON scanners
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, News, Processing, Scanner, SilverFast, analogue photography
The 64bit HDRi RAW data format developed by LaserSoft Imaging is now available for three further EPSON scanners; newly added are:
Perfection 4490, V500 and V600.
Thus, the following EPSON scanners of the Perfection series are benefitting from the HDRi format:
4870 Photo
4490 Photo / Office new
4990 Photo
V500 Photo / Office new
V600 Photo new
V700 Photo
V750 Pro
Are you [...]
Tags: epson·HDRi·photo archive·scanner software·SilverFast·workflow
Quicktip: Using NegaFix on heavily scratched negatives.
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials, analogue photography
Scanning heavily scratched negative stripes can be problematic because big scratches and imperfections affect the general exposure and histogram in Negative mode. Especially those dark scratches (white on the negative stripe) can influence in the correct representation of the image.
The next pictures illustrate a possible effect created by a long scratch and a solution to [...]
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The Fogra attests the high quality of LaserSoft Imaging’s IT8 targets and SilverFast’s color calibration system
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · News, Processing, Reviews, Scanner, SilverFast, analogue photography
The Fogra (Fogra Graphic Technology Research Association) is an internationally renowned German association with the objective to promote print engineering and its future-oriented technologies in the fields of research and development, and to enable the printing industry to utilize the results of this activity. Fogra has over 700 members, from which about two thirds are [...]
Tags: calibration·color management·Fogra·IT8·IT8 targtes·SilverFast·workflow