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This SilverFast Quick Tip was inspired by a post in our LSI-Forum. Rather than scanning in positive mode and having to tweak the image in Photoshop, SilverFast provides a simple yet powerful solution.

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A couple of security related websites are reporting a security leak in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3! Apperently some manipulative code hidden in harmless bitmap files, such as .bmp, .dib and .rle, will make the computer vulnerable for remote acess. The security expert Marsu shows in an example how opening a bitmap file will trigger [...]

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If you are a shorcut freak there is a PDF that is useful for beginners as well as “hardcore” SilverFast users.

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This free PDF for download (published under Creative Commons Public License) provides photographers with a batch of tips and helpful background info, in order to make your daily digital job a lot easier.

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John McCarthy left a wonderful comment in another post on this blog which inspired me to present some interesting sources on the art of panoramic imaging and editing.

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Any CCD or CMOS creates noise no matter whether it is inside a scanner or a camera. Even the most expensive ones show this effect although a lot less than cheaper ones, but they do. Usually noise becomes visible in the shadow areas of an image as random coloured pixels. Now this noise is [...]

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Today was a busy day at work because we have released our newest update. As usual we have included a number of optimizations and improvements (and yes them nasty little bugfixes too) under the hood. But one feature stands out comes in pretty nifty when there are lots of images to scan. It´s called the [...]

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There is a very interesting quite technical article from Paul Butzi on whether the software matters when trying to get the maximum quality out of a scanner.
Rather to my amazement, it turns out what scanner software you use makes a difference, and the manufacturer’s software in this case is the clear loser.
He performed a series [...]

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This has been announced for quite a while now and the day has finally come. Watch the live webcast of the unveiling of Adobe Creative Suite 3, hosted in New York City at 3:30pm EST. Adobe’s very own Bruce Chizen (CEO) will be moderating the “largest and most significant launch in Adobe history”. Some details [...]

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It is my pleasure to write this very first post at the same time while wishing Mr. SilverFast aka. Karl-Heinz Zahorsky a very special “Happy Birthday”. For those who don´t know yet, he is the guy who founded the company LaserSoft Imaging in 1986 and the President of the company today.
LaserSoft Imaging became an early [...]

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