Silverfast X Ray Medical Scanner Software For Mac
Bought this software a couple of weeks ago together with a Reflecta RPS 7200 scanner. I followed the advice in a review on www.filmscanner.info, and went to their affiliated web shop www.scandig.com. To begin with, the software uses an incredibly oldish, but most important, counter productive user interface. 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. 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. 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. But this is described nowhere in the documentation.
Documentation: virtually NIL; There is a 15-pages 'quick start' guide (A5 format), with 7 pages for cover, legal stuff, installation etc. 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. 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. There is no comprehensive user manual with something like a table of contents and an index to look up the needed info. There is a 'user forum', but all posts in there are moderated (even a typo edit!) or even censored. 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).
Silverfast X Ray Medical Scanner Software For Mac Pro
Actually, instead of using the forum, they open a support ticket for you to answer question like 'Where is the documentation':-)! I turned to they Facebook page hoping to find more interaction, and they banned me from their page. I even tried to contact their CEO, 'Physicist and visionary' Karl-Heinz Zahorsky through a Facebook message but never got an answer. Bought this software a couple of weeks ago together with a Reflecta RPS 7200 scanner.
I followed the advice in a review on www.filmscanner.info, and went to their affiliated web shop www.scandig.com. To begin with, the software uses an incredibly oldish, but most important, counter productive user interface. 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.
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. 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. But this is described nowhere in the documentation.
Documentation: virtually NIL; There is a 15-pages 'quick start' guide (A5 format), with 7 pages for cover, legal stuff, installation etc. 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. 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. There is no comprehensive user manual with something like a table of contents and an index to look up the needed info. There is a 'user forum', but all posts in there are moderated (even a typo edit!) or even censored. 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).
Actually, instead of using the forum, they open a support ticket for you to answer question like 'Where is the documentation':-)! I turned to they Facebook page hoping to find more interaction, and they banned me from their page. I even tried to contact their CEO, 'Physicist and visionary' Karl-Heinz Zahorsky through a Facebook message but never got an answer. Just appalling. Really amateurish conversion from Windows to Mac OS. Which means the Windows version might be more stable and professional but I'm afraid I only have experience of the Mac one. So overpriced.
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. Thanks Canon. After emailing support they told me the only option was Silverfast.
To be honest if I'd known this was going to be the case I would have chosen another scanner. Seriously: this software's so bad it's made me regret my scanner purchase. The scan results are fine but I'd hate to give it any credit, I wonder whether any driver could get half-decent results from the Canoscan. For the price I really don't see how this software is better than if I was able to scan directly into PhotoShop - which would be easier to use than the ridiculous Ai's controls.
Colour correction seems to take on an arbitrary life of it's own; every pre-scran of a strip of film brings up a new, blown-out, look meaning I have to go in and adjust each scan area during pre-scan even if I'm working on the same reel which was originally exposed at the same time - although, sometimes, just moving the scan area with the mouse will change the grading closer to what I expected the settings to show. Saving of presets is such a pain that I find it easier to manually adjust each time. The included preset for film stock hardly make any difference. Scratch removal leaves artefacts (now to be fair, this could happen any time you ask a computer to 'make up' the missing parts), it also takes so long to set up that I do the job quicker and easier in PS. Noise reduction is ok, but it's quicker in PS. I genuinely don't understand how others are saying it's a 'productive' piece of software. It's taken ages to get used to the interface and understand some of the bugs.
The latest version that I've just upgraded to now applies random settings to frames. Poorly written and designed (oh my: the music on the QT movies): a very unhappy software purchase. I anticipate a good review to appear above mine in a matter of weeks. Funny how this has happened with the other bad reviews of this software.
Just appalling. Really amateurish conversion from Windows to Mac OS. Which means the Windows version might be more stable and professional but I'm afraid I only have experience of the Mac one.
So overpriced. 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. Thanks Canon. After emailing support they told me the only option was Silverfast. To be honest if I'd known this was going to be the case I would have chosen another scanner. Seriously: this software's so bad it's made me regret my scanner purchase. The scan results are fine but I'd hate to give it any credit, I wonder whether any driver could get half-decent results from the Canoscan.
For the price I really don't see how this software is better than if I was able to scan directly into PhotoShop - which would be easier to use than the ridiculous Ai's controls. Colour correction seems to take on an arbitrary life of it's own; every pre-scran of a strip of film brings up a new, blown-out, look meaning I have to go in and adjust each scan area during pre-scan even if I'm working on the same reel which was originally exposed at the same time - although, sometimes, just moving the scan area with the mouse will change the grading closer to what I expected the settings to show.
Saving of presets is such a pain that I find it easier to manually adjust each time. The included preset for film stock hardly make any difference. Scratch removal leaves artefacts (now to be fair, this could happen any time you ask a computer to 'make up' the missing parts), it also takes so long to set up that I do the job quicker and easier in PS. Noise reduction is ok, but it's quicker in PS. I genuinely don't understand how others are saying it's a 'productive' piece of software.
It's taken ages to get used to the interface and understand some of the bugs. The latest version that I've just upgraded to now applies random settings to frames. Poorly written and designed (oh my: the music on the QT movies): a very unhappy software purchase. I anticipate a good review to appear above mine in a matter of weeks. Funny how this has happened with the other bad reviews of this software. SilverFast came in a bundle with my 9000F. Unfortunately it was just the basic SE version, though, it's preferable to the manufacturer's software.
I soon updated to the SilverFast Archive Suite, saving money by using an introductory discount. The Archive Suite offers a mass of very effective funktions for sharpening, remove noise and grain, eliminate dust&scratches, and so on. I'm quickly scanning photos and slides in my archive, batch processing them later.
The IT8 color calibration ensures true-to-color results. I would recommend this software to any scanning activities.
SilverFast came in a bundle with my 9000F. Unfortunately it was just the basic SE version, though, it's preferable to the manufacturer's software. I soon updated to the SilverFast Archive Suite, saving money by using an introductory discount. The Archive Suite offers a mass of very effective funktions for sharpening, remove noise and grain, eliminate dust&scratches, and so on. I'm quickly scanning photos and slides in my archive, batch processing them later.
The IT8 color calibration ensures true-to-color results. I would recommend this software to any scanning activities. Weakness: Silverfast customer support is the worst I have ever experienced. Initially, when I bought the software, they debited my credit card account, but never sent an access code. They absolutely do not respond to email inquiries, and have no other way to reach them.
I had to dispute the transaction with the credit card company to finally get my money back. By the way, I tried contacting them through their forum, but my post was rejected because 'our forum is not intended for individual tech support.' Obviously they read my inquiry, but weren't willing to address my issue. So, ultimately, I had to pay for it twice and cancel the first transaction with the credit card company. This is fairly good software for scanning your old 4x5 negatives and transparencies. I used to use it a lot when I was shooting with film.
I recently had a need to scan some old negatives, so attempted to buy the upgrade (the old version I had wasn't compatible with Mac OSX 6.) After a big hassle, I was able to upgrade to the newest version. It gives pretty good scans from 4x5 negatives, and I like the option of choosing profiled film types. There are a lot of redundant features though, so scanning isn't quite as straight forward as it should be. I found I get the best results by using different profiles, not necessarily the one that matches the film.
This software is much better than the Epson Scan software supplied with the scanner. Weakness: Silverfast customer support is the worst I have ever experienced. Initially, when I bought the software, they debited my credit card account, but never sent an access code. They absolutely do not respond to email inquiries, and have no other way to reach them. I had to dispute the transaction with the credit card company to finally get my money back. By the way, I tried contacting them through their forum, but my post was rejected because 'our forum is not intended for individual tech support.'
Obviously they read my inquiry, but weren't willing to address my issue. So, ultimately, I had to pay for it twice and cancel the first transaction with the credit card company.
This is fairly good software for scanning your old 4x5 negatives and transparencies. I used to use it a lot when I was shooting with film.
I recently had a need to scan some old negatives, so attempted to buy the upgrade (the old version I had wasn't compatible with Mac OSX 6.) After a big hassle, I was able to upgrade to the newest version. It gives pretty good scans from 4x5 negatives, and I like the option of choosing profiled film types. There are a lot of redundant features though, so scanning isn't quite as straight forward as it should be. I found I get the best results by using different profiles, not necessarily the one that matches the film. This software is much better than the Epson Scan software supplied with the scanner. I have a Nikon CoolscanLS5000 with the SF-210 auto slide feeder hooked up to a dedicated PowerMac G5 running Leopard (10.5.x). My project is to scan about 25,000 transparencies.
A year ago I got through about 20,000 with the Nikon supplied software. It was a painful process. Crashes, jams, etc etc. If I could get through about 100 or 150 slides w/o a mishap I was lucky.
The stack loader holds about 50 sowith 4 minutes a scan, every few hours or so I would 'top it off'. It took about 2 years to get through 20,000 then I had a one year hiatus. In November I wanted to finish the project off. When I started the G5 had OS 10.3 or 10.4 on it. Now with OS 10.5 the Nikon s/w was kaput. No technical support at Nikon, nada.
So I plunked down the money for silverfast Ai Studio. I've had experience with the Epson V750 version for larger negatives and transparencies. Downloaded product. Skimmed the manual which is pretty convoluted to be kind.
Ian Lyons on the web has good advice. In any case I needed to find a tweaking set up that could be untouched for the 5000 slides left.
Fortunately, nearly all are well exposed, etc. I had already tossed about 75% of my slides when they were first processed.
I used an artist's camel hair or sable hair brush to give the slides a quick clean - some are 45 years old. Tried the iSRD dust removal technique in SF.
Worked like a charm. Careful comparison of 2005 blow up of before and afer did not reveal ANY loss in sharpness, color, etc.
I am scanning at 4000 dpi yielding a 115Mb file. I use the multiexposure technique and settled on about 60% color tint removal and a small boost to the darkest parts of the slides. BUT - after a shortwhile the program began to crash. After a week or so of back and forth with the very helpful people in Germany, theysent me a somewhat fixed up version of the program and said I should delete every last trace of the Nikon scanning software. That was a couple of weeks ago. SInce then I have scanned nearly 2000 slides at 3 minutes a slide, not 4 as with the Nikon scanner. No crashes, no glitches, no problemas.
Except for a few times when the slide feeder hung because of problems with the slide mount. A million times better than the Nikon s/w ever was. But you might ask, how about the results? LOVELY, better than Nikon as well. Admittedly with use of constant set of parameters some slides could use some tweaking. But for overall archiving and quick prints they were great. Images I will use for exhibts I'll probably rescan on an as needed basis with individual twekas.
For now it seems that simple adjustments with LR 2.6, Photoshop, and/or VIveza do the job very nicely, again only as needed. I haven't tried the HDR version yet but may do this in the near future. WHo should buy this?? Anyone who has a signifcant amount of scanning to do, esp. If you own a Nikon scanner like I do. I'd guess that other slide scanners will work equally well.
I have a Nikon CoolscanLS5000 with the SF-210 auto slide feeder hooked up to a dedicated PowerMac G5 running Leopard (10.5.x). My project is to scan about 25,000 transparencies. A year ago I got through about 20,000 with the Nikon supplied software. It was a painful process.
Crashes, jams, etc etc. If I could get through about 100 or 150 slides w/o a mishap I was lucky. The stack loader holds about 50 sowith 4 minutes a scan, every few hours or so I would 'top it off'.
It took about 2 years to get through 20,000 then I had a one year hiatus. In November I wanted to finish the project off. When I started the G5 had OS 10.3 or 10.4 on it. Now with OS 10.5 the Nikon s/w was kaput. No technical support at Nikon, nada.
So I plunked down the money for silverfast Ai Studio. I've had experience with the Epson V750 version for larger negatives and transparencies. Downloaded product. Skimmed the manual which is pretty convoluted to be kind. Ian Lyons on the web has good advice. In any case I needed to find a tweaking set up that could be untouched for the 5000 slides left. Fortunately, nearly all are well exposed, etc.
I had already tossed about 75% of my slides when they were first processed. I used an artist's camel hair or sable hair brush to give the slides a quick clean - some are 45 years old.
Tried the iSRD dust removal technique in SF. Worked like a charm. Careful comparison of 2005 blow up of before and afer did not reveal ANY loss in sharpness, color, etc. I am scanning at 4000 dpi yielding a 115Mb file. I use the multiexposure technique and settled on about 60% color tint removal and a small boost to the darkest parts of the slides. BUT - after a shortwhile the program began to crash. After a week or so of back and forth with the very helpful people in Germany, theysent me a somewhat fixed up version of the program and said I should delete every last trace of the Nikon scanning software.
That was a couple of weeks ago. SInce then I have scanned nearly 2000 slides at 3 minutes a slide, not 4 as with the Nikon scanner. No crashes, no glitches, no problemas. Except for a few times when the slide feeder hung because of problems with the slide mount.
A million times better than the Nikon s/w ever was. But you might ask, how about the results? LOVELY, better than Nikon as well. Belkin powered usb hub for mac. Admittedly with use of constant set of parameters some slides could use some tweaking.
But for overall archiving and quick prints they were great. Images I will use for exhibts I'll probably rescan on an as needed basis with individual twekas. For now it seems that simple adjustments with LR 2.6, Photoshop, and/or VIveza do the job very nicely, again only as needed. I haven't tried the HDR version yet but may do this in the near future.
WHo should buy this?? Anyone who has a signifcant amount of scanning to do, esp.
If you own a Nikon scanner like I do. I'd guess that other slide scanners will work equally well. Recently made the switch from conventional printing to digital and use Silverfast software for both my Epson 1680 and Nikon LS4000 scanners. I use the Epson to scan 4x5 trannys and need everything that Silverfast has to offer to overcome the softness that flatbeds impose on scanned images. Very good product. As to Silverfast's product for the Nikon LS 4000, in almost all categories, it outperforms Nikonscan. Primary reason for using Silverfast: full support of color management.
Nikon's color management does not provide the means to use custom scanner profiles; Silverfast does. Silverfast for LS4000 support ICE and multi-sampling. Expect Silverfast to deliver their version of grain reduction (GEM)sometime in 2002. Recently made the switch from conventional printing to digital and use Silverfast software for both my Epson 1680 and Nikon LS4000 scanners.
I use the Epson to scan 4x5 trannys and need everything that Silverfast has to offer to overcome the softness that flatbeds impose on scanned images. Very good product. As to Silverfast's product for the Nikon LS 4000, in almost all categories, it outperforms Nikonscan. Primary reason for using Silverfast: full support of color management. Nikon's color management does not provide the means to use custom scanner profiles; Silverfast does.
Silverfast for LS4000 support ICE and multi-sampling. Expect Silverfast to deliver their version of grain reduction (GEM)sometime in 2002.
Contents. History SilverFast was introduced in 1995, Version 3.0 was finished in December 1996, and version 6.6 came out in May 2008.
It is the only software supporting the scanner on and 2000, XP, Vista and 7. Some scanner manufacturers bundle their hardware with SilverFast. The named SilverFast the 'Best colour management software of the year 2008' for improving the of most scanners and for creating automatically. In 2011 version 8 was introduced, and HDR imaging software followed in 2012.
Screenshot: SilverFast DC Pro SilverFast DC is a software solution for digital camera image processing. It contains features for reading the image data from the camera, for processing, optimizing, and archiving the images on the computer, as well as for printing the edited images. SilverFast DC SE - for Beginners. SilverFast DC Pro - for Professionals.
SilverFast DC Pro Studio - for Experts. SilverFast DC VLT - the Virtual Light Table All DC versions include a virtual for organizing, managing, and manipulating the images (for example regulation, adjustment, and correction). The user can create photo archives and albums, add comments to images, generate of the complete view port, and produce or print single pictures in high resolution and in variable sizes. SilverFast DC Pro has the functionality of the scanner-software SilverFast Ai for digital images. Supported are the standard image formats such as and, and unprocessed. The access to the raw data permits manual color correction or sharpening instead of using the camera's automatic adjustment, which often does not work perfectly.
SilverFast DC supports and many camera models, some optimized by special camera profiles. With the included -target, individual can be self-made for every camera. SilverFast DC Pro also has automated color optimization AACO, support for, unsharpmasking USMPlus, CloneTool, and an improved PrinTao module with text and layout functions. SilverFast HDR SilverFast HDR is a for processing. Many newer scanners are able to output the image directly with all existing data instead of breaking it down to 24-bit.
This 48-bit raw image can be saved immediately and digital processing performed later. SilverFast HDR.
SilverFast HDR IT8 - with -target for. SilverFast HDR Studio - with additional features SilverFast HDR contains the functionality of SilverFast Ai for 48-bit raw data, such as defining output size and, auto-adjusting of highlights and shadows, three-part histogram, gradation curves, selective color correction, color cast removal slider, and -preview. SilverFast HDR can be used as a native for, as a universal module, or as a application. The HDR Studio has AACO (Auto-Adaptive Contrast Optimization), USMPlus (Unsharp Mask Plus), CloneTool and PrinTao.
HDRi (64Bit RAW data with infrared channel) With version 6.6.1 any SilverFast HDR version supports the proprietary RAW data format HDRi. These 64-bit HDRi color files and 32-bit HDRi greyscale files contain additional 16-bit infrared RAW data besides the 48-bit color RAW data and 16-bit greyscale RAW data respectively. Therefore, a scanner with an infrared channel available to the software is necessary.
This RAW format can keep any readable image information for later post-processing. The acronym 'HDR' as used by SilverFast is not related to, a widely used technique to increase the dynamic range of (digital) images. The data format is: Format Encoding Compression Color space Color depth (Bit per pixel) Dynamic range (Dimensions of 10) Relative gradation HDRi (.tif,.tiff) RGB (linear) none 64 = 48 + 16 (infrared channel) 4,8 0,0014% RGB (linear) none 32 = 16 + 16 (Infrared channel) 4,8 0,0014% SilverFast Archive Suite The SilverFast Archive Suite includes SilverFast Ai IT8 and SilverFast HDR Studio with an integrated color management system. This package is suitable for archiving slides, negatives, and photos, whereas the post processing can take place anytime after scanning.
SilverFast Archive Suite SE - consisting of SilverFast SE Plus and SilverFast HDR. SilverFast Archive Suite - consisting of SilverFast Ai IT8 and SilverFast HDR Studio and calibration targets SilverFast PrintTao. Screenshot: SilverFast PrinTao PrinTao is a software for printing images and documents. Can be used to make workflow easier and faster by reducing similar and repetitive worksteps. PrinTao has predefined templates to which the user can add self-made ones.
Other features:. Positioning of pictures automatically or manually on the preview with the aid of grids and auxiliary lines., Mirroring, Rotation, layout of pictures.
Inserting text in or around a picture. Adding copyright information to pictures. Adding IPTC or meta data. The PrinTao module is already included in the SilverFast Ai / DC / HDR Studio versions. Optional features As marked in the table above, some products are available with additional features: Multi-Exposure (ME) 'Multi-Exposure' is an exposure blending technique for scanning transparent originals like slides, negatives, and film strips with increased. This is accomplished by scanning the original multiple times with different, increasing the dynamic range and preserving detail in the light and shadow areas of the image.
Multi-Exposure does not work with reflective originals and differs from 'Multi-Sampling,' which also scans multiple times but with unaltered exposure. PhotoProof PhotoProof is a tool for color-true and binding processing of images from digital cameras. The image optimization is done in the. When activating PhotoProof, the user immediately sees a simulation of the image by means of RGB softproofing on the calibrated monitor.
Thereafter a color-true contact proof can be created on any suitable, calibrated output device. The embedded media wedge is used as a reference for a true-to-color proof. ColorServer ColorServer executes the processes of color conversion, sharpening, and optimization of image data automatically (even ) in the 48-bit color space. JPEG 2000 allows a compression ratio of 10:1 without any visible loss of image quality. IT8 calibration. IT8.7/1 target by The process chain (original - scanner / digital camera - monitor - printer) requires device calibration for accurate color reproduction. Calibration runs automatically in SilverFast, using a combination of technology and auto-alignment.
SilverFast also utilizes the scanner as a measuring device to create an for printer calibration. Supported devices SilverFast supports 325 scanners and 214 supported digital cameras. Most Microsoft Windows-only 35mm USB scanners sold under various names are not supported. Each scanner model requires a separate license.
Heidelberg drum scanner SilverFast Ai Studio supports prepress made by (Linotype - Hell) on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7, as well as Mac OS X 10.3-10.5 operating systems. Supported models include the Chromagraph 3300/3400, Tango/XL, Topaz, Nexscan, and Primescan. See also Software supporting many scanner models:.
– scanner software for Mac OS X, bundled free with the operating system. (SANE) – multiplatform open source scanner API.
– multiplatform scanner software References. 2011-07-10 at the., European Digital Press Association, retrieved December 26, 2010. Sally Wiener Grotta and Daniel Grotta, August 25, 2009, reprinted from.
Patrick Wagner, by, retrieved December 26, 2010. it-enquierer.com:. silverfast.com:. by photographer John Barclay, May 6, 2010, retrieved December 26, 2010. by Dietmar Wueller, Image Engineering, February 5, 2007, retrieved December 26, 2010 (pdf). Patrick Wagner, FAQ, Scan Software Silverfast, filmscanner.info/ScanDig, retrieved December 26, 2010.
by Agostino Maiello., LaserSoft Imaging Further reading. Taz Tally, Ph.D. SilverFast - The Official Guide. Sybex, 2003.
Sascha Steinhoff. Scanning negatives and slides: digitizing your photographic archive - Rocky Nook, 2007.
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