In this article I will describe the second component of the CMS option in SilverFast Ai and SilverFast Ai Studio.
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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
Quicktip: Managing resolution controls in SilverFast (Part III):
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Photography Business, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
The previous articles (part 1 and part 2) described the different parts of the resolution control panel in SilverFast, how to use the resolution slider and the “Q-Factor and Screen” values.
The last part of the article deals with the input-output value entries of the resolution panel (number 3 of the graphic)
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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: Scanning 35 mm film stripes with the Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED + SA-21, SA-31 (Filmholders)
December 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Processing, Quicktips, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
Nikon has created top notch film scanners (probably the best dedicated film scanners) for some years now, being the Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED the top of the line on its 35 mm scanner line. However, working with its film holders can prove complicated.
This is true for the film holders SA-21 and SA-30 which are [...]
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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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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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SilverFast Quick Tip: Scanning for TV
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, Processing, Quicktips, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials, Video
Scanning for a presentation on a TV can be tricky.
Image resolution and aspect ratio have to be taken into consideration.
SilverFast and especially the Archive Suite can help you.
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SilverFast scanner calibration targets: 10% off
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Photography, News, Photography, Processing, Scanner, SilverFast, analogue photography
LaserSoft Imaging is offering their IT8 targets at a 10% reduced rate until september 20th.
The patent registered Auto-IT8-Calibration is reliable and easy to use due to the barcode technology integrated into the LaserSoft Imaging calibration targets – This is the reason, why SilverFast was awarded by the EDP as the best color management software [...]
Tags: calibration·color management·discount·image quality·IT8·it8 target·SilverFast