#SILVERFAST 8.8 BATCH SCAN DRIVER#

I felt I had to buy this software as my Canoscan 8800F comes with a driver that doesn't take advantage of all the scanner's features.

#SILVERFAST 8.8 BATCH SCAN PROFESSIONAL#

Which means the Windows version might be more stable and professional but I'm afraid I only have experience of the Mac one. Really amateurish conversion from Windows to Mac OS. I even tried to contact their CEO, 'Physicist and visionary' Karl-Heinz Zahorsky through a Facebook message but never got an answer. I turned to they Facebook page hoping to find more interaction, and they banned me from their page. You'll understand that such a forum has very little interaction and is not helpful, when for each question you post, you have to wait for it to be approved, after which it will maybe be answered with a staff member of LaserSoft (producer of SilverFast).Īctually, instead of using the forum, they open a support ticket for you to answer question like 'Where is the documentation' :-) ! There is a 'user forum', but all posts in there are moderated (even a typo edit!) or even censored.

#SILVERFAST 8.8 BATCH SCAN MANUAL#

There is no comprehensive user manual with something like a table of contents and an index to look up the needed info. These is a bunch of videos that show the use of some user interface elements, ans some of them are still describing and old version of the program. 8 pages on WorkFlowPilot, a back cover and THAT's IT! Other than that there are a couple of small (4 to 6 pages) booklets on JobManager, ADF Scan and Focus Control. But this is described nowhere in the documentation.ĭocumentation: virtually NIL There is a 15-pages 'quick start' guide (A5 format), with 7 pages for cover, legal stuff, installation etc. To delete a custom parameters set, there is no delete menu item, instead you must click on the item to add a set while holding the Alt key. The software and the (little existing) documentation, do not match, buttons are for instance described in the documentation that do not exist in the software. The 'WorkFlowPilot' and its childish little airplane may be a help for a single occasional scan, but as soon as you want to use JobManager or 'ADF scan' to do some serious batch scanning, it must be deactivated. I followed the advice in a review on and went to their affiliated web shop To begin with, the software uses an incredibly oldish, but most important, counter productive user interface. Now, time to start digitizing those old school slides, you might find some good treasures hidden there.Bought this software a couple of weeks ago together with a Reflecta RPS 7200 scanner.

#SILVERFAST 8.8 BATCH SCAN ARCHIVE#

Now that LaserSoft Imaging offers the SilverFast Archive Suite a more reasonable approach of digitizing this picture libraries is by scanning in raw format (creating a raw file on your computer) and performing the corrections described here in SilverFast HDR. This technique can be used in combination with other techniques like batch scans, dust and scratch removal, noise reduction with Multi-Exposure and for precise color reproduction an IT 8 calibration. The last step is to press the scan button, select the folder where the picture will be saved as well as the file type.

These are the basic steps to make a quick scan and enhancement of old slides with color casts and faded out colors. It is not mandatory to make this adjustments using the slider SilverFast offers other options to accomplish this task for example the scale factor or the Output value. To represent a real scenario for many people, the picture used for this thread has acquired a blue color cast, has lost color intensity (faded out colors) and it is a bit underexposed.įirst thing make a prescan and define the area to be scanned. Perform the endscan and save the image in a file.įor this I use a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i (it was the scanner available at the moment but you can use your own) and an old Agfa Chrome CT18 slide which was widely popular in the 60’s.

Make the necessary corrections (color correction and optimization as well as scratch and dust reduction) To scan and optimize one of this slides you will:ĭefine the area to be scanned and the enlargement factor With assistance of fully automatic or manual tools the image quality can be restored to its original state. SilverFast was conceived with this type of images and users in mind.

#SILVERFAST 8.8 BATCH SCAN PLUS#

These changes plus scratches and dust particles deteriorate the image and film emulsion.

Humidity, temperature, light, etc keep changing film and pictures start to fade or change. Film emulsions are in constant change, even after they have been developed and fixed.

Silverfast 8.8 batch scan