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Steve Razzetti Photography – Scanned with SilverFast

June 14th, 2011 · No Comments · analogue photography, Distraction, Photography

Travelling, mountains and photography are three of the great passions of Steve Razzetti, born in London in 1958. Between 1984 and 2003, he has spent an annual average of 9 months in the Himalayas. Recently, he has begun to scan a series of black and white negatives, which he has shot more than 20 years [...]

Quicktip: Using customized frame settings as a standard in SilverFast Ai and Ai Studio

December 15th, 2010 · No Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

I believe many of you SilverFast users might wonder: How can I change standard frame settings in SilverFast? SilverFast Ai and Ai Studio offer the option to save frame settings and use it as a standard for all subsequent scans.

Quicktip: Importance of embedding ICC Profiles into your color files (ICM in windows).

December 10th, 2010 · No Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, Photography, Quicktips, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

SilverFast has a very complete color management system, It allows to manage color options related to your files and how these will be interpreted by the machine and different devices (as explained in this previous post). If you plan to scan your pictures to archive or for post-editing an embedded profile will help the editing [...]

aphog Photo Competition – And the winners are …

October 16th, 2010 · No Comments · analogue photography, Distraction, Photography

Even in an age of increasing digital technology, classic film is still far from being obsolete. aphog (analog photo group) offers a common platform to all photographers, who are still or again using film. The recent aphog photo competition was won by Frank Rapp. He was awarded with a SilverFast Archive Suite for his Epson [...]

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Tags: aphog·photography contest

Quicktip: Why and how to IT8 calibrate the scanner (part II)

July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, Photography, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

On part I of the article, I mentioned a couple of reasons why IT8 calibration is important for the digitizing process. The manual calibration using SilverFast and third party IT8 targets was also explained. Now the easiest part Automatic IT8 calibration using LaserSoft Imaging IT8 calibration targets and its patented technology. This process is very [...]

Quicktip: Why and how to IT8 calibrate the scanner (part I)

June 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

Although Color Management is a very extent topic, I will briefly mention three good reasons for an IT8 calibration: Color reproduction accuracy Scanner aging. Construction parts age and with it the way these devices “see” things. These changes are reflected in light color inaccuracies which can be corrected by generating new color profiles for the [...]

Quicktip: Using high resolution preview to your advantage.

May 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, Photography, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

SilverFast (and most scanning applications) perform prescans in a low or very low resolution. The reason for this is to “save time”. While that is a good argument. The drawback of quick (slo-res) prescans is, that the image you are using for corrections and adjustments does not correspond 100% neither to the details of the [...]

The IPEX fair 2010 – LaserSoft Imaging will be there

May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Photography, Photography Business, Scanner, SilverFast

The IPEX is the worldwide largest English presentation for print, publishing and media. It’s taking place from May the 18th to 25th in NEC, Birmingham, England. This year, LaserSoft Imaging will participate in the fair sending Gerhard Wolff, who will introduce the brand-new CanoScan 9000F in conjunction with SilverFast at the Canon booth in hall [...]

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Tags: canon·CanoScan 9000F·IPEX·SilverFast

Quicktip: Color Management System in SilverFast (part 2)

March 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Processing, Quicktips, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

In this article I will describe the second component of the CMS option in SilverFast Ai and SilverFast Ai Studio.

Quicktip: Color Management System in SilverFast (part 1)

February 26th, 2010 · 6 Comments · analogue photography, HowTo, Photography, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials

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 [...]

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