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 III):
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Photography Business, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
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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 [...]
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Auto-Sharpening function USM for SilverFast HDR and DC is now aligned to the scanner
December 25th, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, News, Processing, Scanner, SilverFast
The human perception is aligned to the recognition of edges and lines. So the sharpness impression of photos can be increased by contrast rise of small brightness changes. Conventional sharpening functions often increase the detail contrast of the complete image in general and therefore strengthen also any image interference of the original, details get lost. [...]
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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 [...]
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The automatic Hot-Folder system for effective image processing
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, News, Processing, Scanner, SilverFast
Image processing is easier and quicker then it ever was before! With the new SilverFast Hot-Folder feature, which is available as an add-on to the SilverFast HDR Studio and DCPro Studio versions, automatic adjustments to the entire series of images is easy.
The Hot-Folder principle
The images to be processed are stored in different input folders, for that [...]
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Quicktip: Managing resolution controls in SilverFast (Part I):
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · HowTo, News, Photography, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
SilverFast has a very complete set of controls for managing the scanning resolution (although sometimes complex to understand). When mastered and properly used, these controls can prove very effective.
The resolution control panel can be found under the “Frame” tab and is basically divided into three:
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SilverFast for CANON’s CanoScan 5600F
December 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · News, OSX, Scanner, SilverFast
The 5600F is a popular flatbed scanner with a transmissive unit, which scans almost any original like photos, slides, filmstrips and documents. The scanner features LED technology and is therefore ready for scanning without any heating period. Windows support: For the first time the many additional features that SilverFast offers are now available for Canon’s [...]
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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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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 [...]
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