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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 12-19-2018, 01:01 AM  
Plustek scanner weird results
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 12
Views: 2,991
Hi mtux,

I've seen this effect as a side effect of running Quickscan and SilverFast at the same time. Quickscan usually starts automatically with Windows and runs in the background.
Please take a look at your task manager, shut down the Quickscan process and try if your images come in completely. If that solves the problem, you can might want to consider to not have this program start automatically. You can disable the automated start in the corresponding task manager tab.


Please note that this the buttons on your scanner won't work while the software is shut down. You need to launch the scans from within the software.

Hope that helps,

Alex
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 01-17-2018, 02:17 AM  
First thoughts on Pacific Image PrimeFilm XA
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 27
Views: 10,630
I can only speak for SilverFast and not for Cyberview, but we do differentiate between a batch scan and a JobManager scan.

Batch scans usually run with the same settings for every image of the batch. Using the automatic image optimizations AutoCCR and automatic dust and scratch removal iSRD and Multi-Exposure togehter with an appropriate film choice in the NegaFix tool will result in good quality already. You wouldn't be able to adjust brightness individually for one image of the batch with this way of scanning.

JobManager scans (Ai Studio function) allow for individual image optimizations. You can adjust every image one by one and have them scanned in a row after that. This offers you the choice to use the automatics that you use in the batch scan, to adjust them or to use your own settings for every image. This leaves you with the full control over every single image on your roll or strip.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 01-15-2018, 05:56 AM  
First thoughts on Pacific Image PrimeFilm XA
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 27
Views: 10,630
I'm sorry to hear that your installation caused you some troubles. However, good to hear that you made it!

There are so many ways to work with SilverFast... some use our own HDR RAW archiving workflow and only need a quick prescan to set up the scan area while some others need hi-res prescans for their editing.
We keep the prescan quick. We have added exact previews for users that edit their images in SilverFast. Thus, some of our tools offer to use the chosen scan resolution to give you a 100% preview (1:1 or HQ) of your images.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 01-11-2018, 03:12 AM  
First thoughts on Pacific Image PrimeFilm XA
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 27
Views: 10,630
I am glad I could help. Please let me know if you have any questions. The concepts behind the SilverFast software are not always self-explaining...
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 01-10-2018, 02:32 AM  
First thoughts on Pacific Image PrimeFilm XA
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 27
Views: 10,630
Hi IgorZ.
In SilverFast Ai Studio for the PrimeFilm XA Scanner, you can use the "Overview" function to adjust the scanning of your film. This is where you select which images to scan and which to skip.
Add them to the JobManager, adjust one frame and copy your settings or parts of it to the other images on the strip.
The overview dialog is also where you can correct film offset for the entire film strip, if necessary.
It takes some time to get used to the process, but then it should work fine - no matter if you wish to have most settings done automatically or frame by frame manually.
Hope that helps to get your batch scanning started...

timw4mail, if you're looking for only very basic scanning, Epson Scan might be sufficient for you. It does seem simpler on first sight, I agree. Once you get accustomed to SilverFast however, you'll notice that you can get better results in the same time. SilverFast looks complicated at first, but you'll notice that it's just a lot of different tools from which you can pick the ones that you'll need for your particular image. You don't have to use all of them for every image. There are a lot of different issues that pictures might have and you'll be happy to have the tools to correct them at some point. It's better to have than to be in need of... :D

I haven't used the Wolverine so far, but isn't it a digitizer, not a scanner as such? It's more like a low-res digital camera, isn't it?
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 01-02-2018, 04:02 AM  
Trouble Scanning Slides
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 27
Views: 3,098
Trying Multi-Exposure like twilhelm suggested is a great way to improve your scans. The double exposition will result in more grayscales and should result in less color issues during processing.
It needs to be handled with care, but did you try adjusting the lamp brightness for the PIE scanner?
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 01-02-2018, 03:54 AM  
Scan a print or scan a negative?
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 11
Views: 1,552
You may find that you get more details from the negative if you want a blow-up of the picture to hang it on the wall etc.
The resolution of the print is rather limited...
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 12-08-2017, 01:38 AM  
Plustek Help
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 28
Views: 5,622
I thought, I'd leave a quick reply since this question comes up from time to time:
SilverFast 6.5 doesn't officially work with Win10. It was developped in 2006 while Windows XP was still current OS with Vista not being published.
In terms of computers, ten years is a lot of time and a lot has changed since then. In the meantime we have seen Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
It might feel like a lot less than ten years have passed, though.

SilverFast 6.6. is still a 32bit application. It still works with the systems that it was built for.
You might get to work on a Win10 64bit system, too. However, this is nothing that we'd recommend.

SilverFast 8 is out now for several years. It's a 64bit application that can use your system ressources way better than limited 32bit applications.
You can get SilverFast 8 at an upgrade price with your SilverFast 6.6. license so that you don't have to pay the full price again.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 12-01-2017, 08:26 AM  
Cheap, less-painful scanning while you sleep: the PrimeFilm 7250 Pro3
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 23
Views: 4,746
Hi tasharp. SilverFast is not doing any automatic optimizations until you tell it to. It comes with a lot of very powerful functions and in Ai Studio most of them have a regular mode and an expert mode making them somewhat easy to learn and hard to master.
The good thing is, SilverFast comes with a quite complete set of functions that cover a lot of special image optimizations - however, you'll find that you can handle most of your images with only a small set of tools that can be handled easily.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 12-01-2017, 08:04 AM  
Plustek Help
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 28
Views: 5,622
I'm a bit late... Good to hear that you were able to sort things out. SilverFast 6.5. is out there since 2006, 3 years before Windows 7. 11 years is a long time in computer business and it is very interesting to see that you still used the good old 32bit SilverFast 6.6. software on a modern Win 10 / 64bit system. There is a SilverFast 8 version which is Win10 and 64bit compatible, you're right. We also offer upgrades at a reduced price and you seem to have made quite a deal.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 07-31-2017, 04:32 AM  
How can I scan my negatives for archival purpose ?
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 30
Views: 3,265
Absolutely. Not to forget the various ideas of what is to be considered accurate. Some prefer specific film profiles to get as close as possible to a "neutral" picture. Others use no specific film profile to keep the specific traits and qualities of their particular film. If you compared both versions of one picture, the two images would look completely different - though both are legitimate interpretations of the film material. In this regard, accuracy really depends on what you're looking for...


Great Idea ! Made my day :-)
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 07-26-2017, 12:15 AM  
How can I scan my negatives for archival purpose ?
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 30
Views: 3,265
Thanks Stevebrot :-) It's been a little longer than a month, but thank you! I am trying to help our SilverFast users where they are looking for help, but I also have a personal interest in scanning.

The forward migration of digital files should be a lot easier and quicker than re-scanning a complete collection every 20 years or so - whenever the standards have changed significantly. Not to mention that film won't get any better with time...
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 06-30-2017, 08:09 AM  
How can I scan my negatives for archival purpose ?
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 30
Views: 3,265
Digitizing your film is something you really should consider in time. You may be in luck with the type of film you chose,
but the film will not look the same in a hundred years most likely. Perhaps the colors have completely faded by then.
Take a look at page 13 of this research on film persistence: Spain Paper

I can't tell if TIFF will still be around in 100 years, but TIFF is an open, non-proprietary format without any fancy encryption.
In my opinion, someone will be able to open those files...
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 10-14-2016, 05:06 AM  
Epson V600 vs V800 vs V850
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 26
Views: 47,966
Yeah, that's quite time consuming. This is exactly why we've come up with a raw data workflow in the first place. In SilverFast Archive Suite you can concentrate on scanning your images as raw data files with all the information that is coming from the scanner (even the infrared channel, if the scanner has one). You'll concentrate on nothing but scanning in the first place and do all the editing in the second software which is part of the Archive Suite, the SilverFast HDR Studio Software.
With this HDR Studio software you can edit your images one by one or in a batch - whatever you like. It's way faster than doing it inbetween the scans since the images are digital already.
You keep your 16bit per channel and all image information until you decide to output the images as new files finally. Your originals will stay unchanged - your adjustments are written in addition to them. Thus you can work in a non-destructive and lossless workflow. The HDR Studio comes with everything that you need to bring old photos back to life (no fancy filters for art purposes) so that you basically don't need to have a Photoshop neither.

A nice weekend to all.

Alexander
- SilverFast Support Staff -
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 06-27-2016, 12:57 AM  
DSLR scanning compared
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 25
Views: 3,377
SilverFast HDR Studio can work on standard 48bit tiffs and on the raw format files coming from our scanning solution Ai Studio. You'd need to convert your raw files if you use camera raw data.
HDR Studio offers the most important tools, making post-processing in Photoshop a lot easier and faster, if not unnecessary.
Of course the workflow in SilverFast is lossless and non-destructive. You don't need to be afraid of bad results.

There are a lot of interesting articles about DSLR vs scanner. I picked up some of the more recent for you since DSLR have made quite some progress.
I am always astonished about how much money and time people invest into finding a set up that works with their camera,
and into learning how to process the resulting scans in Photoshop until quality is ok.

Digitalize Slides: DSLR with Macro or Scanner?: Open Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
Using a DSLR w/macro instead of a scanner to digitize film negs - Photo.net B&W Photo - Film & Processing Forum
Scanning without a Scanner: Digitizing Your Film with a DSLR | explora
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/107-film-processing-scanning-darkroom/322...ides-dslr.html
Why You Should Digitize Your Film Using a Camera Instead of a Scanner
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/22-pentax-camera-field-accessories/170530...er-k-dslr.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregmoll/sets/72157622121204478/
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 06-24-2016, 01:57 AM  
DSLR scanning compared
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 25
Views: 3,377
Very interesting findings and something you can read a lot on the forums.
Have you compared the dynamic range, too?

We see that people are having severe issues with colors (on negative film in particular) and with dust and scratches on DSLR scans.
Have you tried using SilverFast HDR Studio for that matter? It works with standard 48bit tiff files and offers the same tools for adjusting colors that the scan soft does.
There is also SRDx - a dust and scratch removal tool which works great with Kodachromes and black and white film.

Here is a review on the dust and scratch removal, besides IR cleaning, of course:
SilverFast Ai Studio 8 Scanner Software Review | Shutterbug
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 06-06-2016, 08:15 AM  
Scanning of 35mm Slides with a DSLR
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 29
Views: 5,508
Hi there,

I think the dynamic range of the scanner and the infrared dust and scratch removal are the main pro's for a scanner.
Calibrated workflow, too, of course. I'm not sure if you can capture all the information of very dense film with a cam.
I have to admit that your results are quite good, a bit too reddish for my taste, perhaps.

Bying a digital camera with a Photoshop or Lightroom licence is quite expensive, too.
If you start without any hardware, a decent scanner together with SilverFast software might
be less expensive; in particular since you don't really need Photoshop or Lightroom when you have the HDR Studio
software for your digital images.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 04-25-2016, 12:43 AM  
First Roll developed
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 13
Views: 1,669
You can't use the infrared cleaning on black and white images - you probably know that already.

But you can use our new software based dust and scratch removal which we've developped
with cleaning black and white images and photos in mind. It's included in both, our scanning program and our processing software (for digital pictures).

You've got an overall detection of dust and scratches and you can very easily add / exclude areas that you want corrected / to remain untouched.
We don't use blur effects so that your images keep their original sharpness. It's a very efficient way of dealing with dust and scratches.

PM me if you need any help with it.

Alex
(LaserSoft Imaging Support Team)
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 04-25-2016, 12:33 AM  
Removing mould from a very old sepia print
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 8
Views: 1,212
Removing dust and scratches with ICE or iSRD sure would be the easiest way. Unfortunately, not available for photos.
Perhaps, you might want to give SilverFast a try. We have recently developped a new tool which is meant to fill this gap: SRDx.
It is included in both, our software for scanning (like SilverFast Ai Studio) and our software for processing images that are already digital (SilverFast HDR Studio).

It a software based dust and scratch removal with a basic detection for your overall image. In addition to that you can add or exclude particular spots to
the corrections. Interesting thing is: it doesn't use a blur effect and thus doesn't soften your image.
You should be able to clean your image with it fast enough.

PM me if you need help with it.

Alex
(LaserSoft Imaging Support Team)
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 03-03-2016, 12:52 AM  
New Epson Scan Article!
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 13
Views: 2,525
I am not sure if you took the time to look at all the settings that SilverFast offers... Once you get used to the settings, it's very effective and there's way more in there than in Epson scan.
I think it's the other way round: in Epson scan a lot of what I'd like to control is automated.
I really like to work in the split histogramm for the three channels - can't seem to find that in Epson scan. Just to name one of the many examples...
Just because there are a lot of automated functions for inexperienced users doesn't mean that you have to use them or that there are no manual controls...
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 02-23-2016, 08:39 AM  
New Epson Scan Article!
Posted By LSI_Horn
Replies: 13
Views: 2,525
Good guide, but it seems a bit tedious to remove the color cast like that.
Have you tried the SilverFast software already? You should have had a SilverFast software in your V750 package...

There is a Neutral Pipette Tool that allows to remove color casts in one click.
Also, there is a histogram which can show all 3 colours at once in a split view.
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