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Quicktip: Color Management System in SilverFast (part 2)

amorales — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:32:05 +0000

In this article I will describe the second component of the CMS option in SilverFast Ai and SilverFast Ai Studio. The first section of the CMS options dialogue (Color Management) was explained in the previous article (part 1) The CMS options dialogue looks like this: The second section “Profiles for ColorSync” (on Mac) or “Profiles for ICM” (on [...]

Short movie shot on a flatbed scanner

Jan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:14:18 +0000

This short movie was shot entirely with a flatbed scanner. It’s called “memoirs of a scanner” and it tells us an interesting story packed with…..nah! See yourself! BTW the filmmakers used a HP flatbed and it was not documented whether SilverFast was involved. Pls put a note in our comments area if anybody knows any details.

new SilverFast Video on youtube

Christian Gregoire — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:15:01 +0000

After the IT-Enquirer extensively covered SilverFast recently, Erik Vlietinck has made a video to demonstrate, how uncomplicated it is, to bring color-faded negatives back to life in no time using the SilverFast Archive Suite. Watch the video on youtube or read the latest IT-Enquirer articles: - Bringing back to life colour-faded negatives in ten minutes - What can software [...]

Quicktip: Color Management System in SilverFast (part 1)

amorales — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:41:06 +0000

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 and the [...]

Digital Analogue – beautiful stop-motion video

Jan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:38:16 +0000

Really cool video made from a combination of old cameras mixed together with modern day sound and video. I even recognized some cameras I used to photograph with – back in the days. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] [via jnack]

Quicktip: Scanning 35mm film for Full HD TV output

amorales — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:09:25 +0000

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. Scanning pictures for a Full HD TV set is typical example of what you can do with the aid of the [...]

Quicktip: Managing resolution controls in SilverFast (Part III):

amorales — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:59:06 +0000

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) The previous two options can [...]

SilverFast for the Reflecta ProScan 7200

Christian Gregoire — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:13:35 +0000

The german specialist for slide technology Reflecta has introduced the new CCD scanner ProScan 7200 for quick image processing at the end of november. The ProScan 7200 scans 35mm negativ and positiv filmstrips as well as framed slides with an optical resolution of 3600dpi x 3600dpi and a color depth of 48bit. An additional infrared [...]

Auto-Sharpening function USM for SilverFast HDR and DC is now aligned to the scanner

Christian Gregoire — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:13:14 +0000

The human perception is aligned to the recognition of edges and lines. So the sharpness impression of photos can be increased by contrast rise of small brightness changes. Conventional sharpening functions often increase the detail contrast of the complete image in general and therefore strengthen also any image interference of the original, details get lost. [...]

Quicktip: Managing resolution controls in SilverFast (Part II):

amorales — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:45:01 +0000

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 used for [...]