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 [...]
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Quicktip: Using high resolution preview to your advantage.
May 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, Photography, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
Tags: Alejandro Morales·digitizing·High res·high resolution preview·Quicktip·SilverFast·SilverFast Quicktip·workflow
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 [...]
Tags: Alejandro Morales·Color management system·Color Managemet System·Colour Management System·Farbverwaltung·SilverFast Ai
Quicktip: Managing resolution controls in SilverFast (Part III):
January 12th, 2010 · 3 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 · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Photography, Printing, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
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 [...]
Tags: image quality·Q-factor screen value·scaning resolution
Review: Scanning with SilverFast
December 20th, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, HowTo, Photoshop, Processing, Reviews, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
Photographer Mark Segal is an expert in scanning technique and has recently written a tutorial entitled: Scanning – The Old World Joins the New Mark explores calibration, scanning with the EPSON V750 Pro and techniques for an integrated workflow between SilverFast and Adobe’s Lightroom. The tutorial is available as a free downloadable .pdf file, which [...]
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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Quicktip: Scanning 35 mm film stripes with the Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED + SA-21, SA-31 (Filmholders)
December 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · 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 [...]
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Quicktip: Displaying the infrared channel in iSRD
November 14th, 2009 · No Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Processing, Quicktips, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
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 [...]
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