A potentially important plus for vuescan is that hamrick software says it supports more than 2,000 models, compared with silverfast supporting about 350, so its more likely to support the scanner. This first video shows how you can efficiently scan negatives using a flatbed scanner and silverfast software. The scanner provides an extremely good image quality at. Silverfast seai for film scanners, slide scanners, flat bed. But one scenario in particular exposes a problem i keep having trying to export totally flat, l. It has accurate color correction from color negatives. This made me realize i havent blogged about my scanning progress for quite a while, or the fact that i have abandoned the bundled software silverfast and gone with vuescan instead. In this course, photographer and scanning expert taz tally describes how to use the lasersoft imaging silverfast software to scan photos, line art, film negatives, and other printed documents, while getting the highest quality scans possible from your scanner. A twain interface is not provided, it instead accesses the scanner hardware directly at low level. The advanced tools of vuescan will allow you to scan the automatic document feeders, scan to.
I use silverfast with my epson v550 for 120 and vuescan with my plustek. Silverfast is available for mac and windows and is usable as a standalone software, as well as a photoshop plugin. Mar 22, 2011 unlike vuescan, the same version of silverfast is issued in an edition customized to each scanner model and interestingly enough at difference prices depending on the scanner. When i started scanning at home i used the epson scan software that was packaged with my epson 4990. If youre a previous versionuser of silverfast, say versions one through six, youre going to see some pretty familiar tools, but youre also going to see a completely changed interface.
The scanner manufacturer has all the engineering specs and can produce a finetuned algorithm for a specific model. Hence there could be some differences between how silverfast operates with my scanner versus others. Silverfast is a professional scan software which achieves buch better results with many scanners than the scanner own software. I risk an angry mob at my door when i say this, but i will move forward anyway. Reading the vuescan bible is a help, but it wont teach one how to scan, just the settings to use initially for different applications. This scanner is connected to an imac with an eizo graphic screen. There are a few scanning software possibilities available for you to use. I have only used vuescan in trial mode the others in registered full mode, from worst to best imoexperience. Silverfast seai for film scanners, slide scanners, flat. The unthinkable switching from vuescan to silverfast film. Vuescan vs epson scan software cambridge in colour. Jun 06, 2018 with vuescan or silverfast scaning software you can use a nikon coolscan v ed ls50 scanner on macs with os x sierra.
Vuescan is an image scan utility freeware for windowsbased pcs, developed by hamrick software. Silverfast and vuescan are the most commonly used professional tools for scanning film and slides. With vuescan or silverfast scaning software you can use a nikon coolscan v ed ls50 scanner on macs with os x sierra. Silverfast is an incredible software once you have mastered it. Unlike vuescan, the same version of silverfast is issued in an edition customized to each scanner model and interestingly enough at difference prices depending on the scanner. Ive been pretty satisfied with vuescan the last few years. Every day more than 10,000 people download vuescan to fix their old scanner.
Lasersoft imaging, founded in 1986, is worldwide known as a pioneer of scanner and digital imaging software. I did the scans, with other software gave copies of the slide show to all the members of the family. But the ui is from the stone ages and it crashes pretty often. Literatur bucher buchtipps empfehlungen rezensionen kritiken. Vuescan can make an it8 target on your printer which you pop into your scanner and scan to profile the printer. Basically, all silverfast products which support windows 8, will run on windows 10 64 bit systems. Apr 08, 2014 the really outrageous thing about silverfast is how they set the price of their software according to the market value of the scanner. Jun 07, 2016 thats all changed with a new breakthrough in scanning technology from lasersoft imaging called srdx, which can work with scanners without the need for installed irchannel capability. It is the pack of all those tools that you need for your scanner. It can also create ocr text files from your document to make editable files from your originals. The vuescan one is actually the better scan, while what you got from silverfast is a backed finished product. The years progressed and at some point the software failed to work reliably with my computer and so i upgraded to vuescan. Any changes to the settings require that the highresolution scan be redone.
The compatibility of the silverfast scanner software is also dependent on the manufacturers device drivers. Some 5 or 6 years ago i had a nikon ls4000 and back then i bit the bullet and bought the terribly expensive silverfast software. Vuescan has to reverse engineer each specific scanner that they produce by running test images through their software to come up with scanner profiles that deliver decent results within the limitations of their software. And now that the lightroom plugin negative lab pro has become part of my workflow, vuescan is the only software i can use. One very last thing, i forgot to write one advantage that silverfast definitely has over vuescan. Jul 16, 2017 aside from these issues, vuescan is my goto scanning app over epson scan or canon scangear, and silverfast isnt even an option for my old scanner which still works perfectly well. Vuescan is often faster than the scanners original software, both scan and focus. Silverfast is the standard in the field of scanning and archiving software, featuring powerful highlights like fully automatic it8 calibration and multiexposure function both patented. The super coolscan 9000 is a awardwinning medium format scanner which accepts virtually any format up to 6x9cm.
Silverfast is not bad, its simply just to big a hassle to use. If the software worked with my sheet scanner hp 7520, i could scan multiple prints at a time, frame each of the prints, adjust the corrections for each print separately, and obtain a separate scan for each print. It also comes with lifetime free updates for the professional edition and works on all scanners that you own, not just the one that you purchase it for like silverfast. For the same or better scan quality you can purchase vuescan for a fraction of the cost. It looks like silverfast needs a separate license for each scanner, maybe for each different type of. Silverfast epson scanner software free download and. Why i switched silverfast for vuescan david naylor. Vuescan is often faster than the scanner s original software, both scan and focus. Personally i think vuescan is a more powerful and configurable software if you want raw files to edit in lightroomphotoshop. Silverfast ai6 hdr scanprgramm silverfast lasersoft. Hamrick softwares vuescan allows your scanner to perform at a higher level. Unfortunately batch scan is not useful with my slide scanner. And for film scanning, you really should use a scanner that also supports the multiexposure mode in silverfast or vuescan, which greatly extends the. The really outrageous thing about silverfast is how they set the price of their software according to the market value of the scanner.
Nikon scan, silverfast or vuescan for coolscan 5000. It looks like silverfast needs a separate license for each scanner, maybe for each different type of computer with each scanner. Like the new silverfast 8 interface, this course is broken up into two section, automatic scanning and manual. I got an email the other day asking what i thought about my negative scanner, the reflecta crystalscan 7200. Feb 18, 2016 this first video shows how you can efficiently scan negatives using a flatbed scanner and silverfast software. Supported scanners vuescan vuescan scanner software. As part of the archive suite and our lossless raw data concept, silverfast saves your slides, filmstrips, kodachrome pictures and fotos, with all data that can be captured, as raw data image files. It seems that both silverfast and vuescan will sell software to use my nikon ls with my macbook air, but no suggestion on how to connect one up. My question is that having spent a reasonable amount of money on a high quality scanner is the nikonscan software good enough or should i consider vuescan or silverfast which adds to the overall cost. Silverfast plustek scanner software download zdnet. Vuescan scanner software for windows 8, mac os x 10. Scanner, processor, ram, resolution setting have more effect on scanning speed than software. Due to the it8 colour calibration the individual scanner is calibrated and a color correction profile is generated, so that you get better, real colors and you virtually dont have to rework your images. The printing solution printao 8 has great success in the area of large format printers since 20.
Vuescan vs silverfast seai plus 8 film forum leica forum. Vuescan makes the users able to use their exiting scanner and start scanning the as many pages as they want. Vuescan will take a few seconds to scan the drivers and will deliver the same. The nikon super coolscan 9000 ed is a real alternative for very expensive drum scanners. So if speed is an important enough factor, then sf is far ahead. You can also use vuescan and your scanner to profile your printerinkpaper combination. How to scan film negatives using silverfast software youtube. Thats all changed with a new breakthrough in scanning technology from lasersoft imaging called srdx, which can work with scanners without the need for installed irchannel capability. It can be as easy as loading them up and just a few mouse clicks. I just want some opinions from users of silverfast. In addition, it retrieves the full bit depth of data from scanners, process and manages to get a. My go to scanner software is vuescan, although the learning curve is a bit steep, its still the best software out there if you ask me.
Now its your turn to bring your scanner back to life and keep it out of the landfill. It also does batch scanning, auto focus, multiscanning. Vuescan is a good allrounder and isnt as frustrating, but it feels very basic compared to silverfast. Also, dont expect the software to hold your hand and simply press a button to get good negative film scans. Vuescan pro is completely user configurable, which also mean completely user screwerupable. Voiceover hello, im taz tally, and id like to welcome you to scanning with silverfast 8. But silverfast seems to have better color correction if you want a software that will produce a final image. And then sometimes the silverfast scan showed a touch more detail somewhere, and sometimes the vuescan image held tiny details where theyd apparently disappeared in the sf scan. Since the nikon scan software is not supported by the newer generation apple computers, i dont know what is best. Software gives you the tools to extract the information from the scanned object and get the most from the scanner. Vuescan can often retrieve the full bit depth of data from scanners that otherwise only output 24 bits.
The images are likely to be printed at a max of 10 by 7 at 300dpi so only an issue if the. Silverfast 8 is windows 10 compatible on july 29th, 2015 microsoft released the new windows 10 operating system. They both can also be used to scan other things like. Silverfast tries, and fails in my opinion, to be a complete thing while vuescan tries to get the most information from your film. These tests were done on an early 2014 macbook air with 10. Oct 23, 2014 a potentially important plus for vuescan is that hamrick software says it supports more than 2,000 models, compared with silverfast supporting about 350, so its more likely to support the scanner. In the past i have tried vuescan and epson but this version of silverfast puts them to shame. An orange rectangle on the image is the scan frame that defines the area included in the final scan. Srdx, which comes in silverfasts ai studio 8 scanner software, is a dust and scratch removal cleanup tool for blackandwhite negatives and kodachrome.
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