#SILVERFAST SE PLUS 8 UPGRADE SKIN#
AI can do 'multiple exposure-scans' and I assume 16bit files (but it seems impossible to get a yes or no-answer for such a seemingly straight forward question which is why I guess there is something I'm not understanding here).įinally, ppl keep talking about this VueScan, I've only tested the free demoversion and it seems as to about the same as Silverfast (how many ways can one skin a cat?). I don't know what HDRi upgrades are or how they would help me (I assume 64bit files must mean something else entirely - is it 16bit/channel + 1 channel ir?). When editing (not extreme manipulation, but exposure correction, curves and levels mostly) I feel I need 16 bit as they sometimes suffer from unnecessary posterization. I don't use scratch and dust removal as I find it degenerates over all IQ and I might as well do it by hand (I don't scan old film so they're generally not scratched).
#SILVERFAST SE PLUS 8 UPGRADE ARCHIVE#
I don't care much for archive scanning for later processing, I scan one neg at a time at highest possible colour-depth (as to the OP 8bit), export to PS and do the necessary edits (I do NO edits other than adjust orange mask detection/tolerance, in scanner software). Let me explain, an upgrade for me to AI would be €250 online (yes, I agree, that is expensive). Thanks, but somehow this needs to be explained to me like I'm 5.
Or you could save a lot of money and get VueScan but I really don't find it very intuitive. If you do go down that route look at the HDRi upgrade as it's an excellent and fast tool for scanning high-res 64Bit files (80-160MB) from 35mm negs for digital archiving (it also stores an IR scan for later scratch & dust removal).īeyond getting a high quality neutral TIFF I leave more sophisticated adjustments to LR/PS after exporting from SilverView HDRi. You should be able to upgrade online, but for a Plustec scanner it will be expensive. I decided after much angst that the HDRI version with batch scanning for digital negative archiving on my Nikon CoolScan 5000 saved me so much time that it was worth it - I think.
With SilverFast nothing beyond the bundled SE version comes cheap. Quite likely but I haven't used SE for ages.
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