Film emulsions are in constant change, even after they have been developed and fixed. Humidity, temperature, light, etc keep changing film and pictures start to fade or change. These changes plus scratches and dust particles deteriorate the image and film emulsion. SilverFast was conceived with this type of images and users in mind. With assistance of fully automatic or […]
Entries Tagged as 'Alejandro Morales'
Quicktip: HiRePP (High Resolution Picture Performance) is sweet!
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo, News, Processing, Quicktips, Scanner, SilverFast, Tips and Tutorials
One of the mostly overlooked features in SilverFast is HiRePP which stands for High Resolution Picture Performance. It lets users open huge files in almost no time, even gigabytes picture files can be opened by SilverFast HDR or HDR Studio within seconds for editing.
Tags: Alejandro Morales·analog to digital·analogue·analogue photography·Digital Photography·digital workflow·Quicktip·Scanner·scanning
Quicktip: Using customized frame settings as a standard in SilverFast Ai and Ai Studio
December 15th, 2010 · 10 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.
Tags: Alejandro Morales·analog to digital·analogue photography·Digital Photography·fotografía·optimized workflow·Photography·SilverFast Quicktip·SilverFast settings
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 […]
Tags: Alejandro Morales·analog to digital·analogue photography·color management·Digital Photography·How to·scan·Scanner·scanner software·scanning·SilverFast
Quicktip: Why and how to IT8 calibrate the scanner (part II)
July 14th, 2010 · 6 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 […]
Tags: Alejandro Morales·calibration·Color Calibration·digitizing·effective tools·image quality·IT8·SilverFast·workflow
Quicktip: Why and how to IT8 calibrate the scanner (part I)
June 23rd, 2010 · 42 Comments · 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 […]
Tags: Alejandro Morales·Color Calibration·color management·digitizing·effective tools·image quality·IT8 calibration with SilverFast·Manual calibration with SilverFast·manual color calibration with SilverFast·Quicktip·SilverFast·SilverFast Quicktip·workflow
Quicktip: Using high resolution preview to your advantage.
May 21st, 2010 · 7 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 […]
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 · 7 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: Scanning 35mm film for Full HD TV output
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · analogue photography, Digital Photography, HowTo
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