Does anyone have any experience using Silverfast SE with Jasc's Paint Shop Pro? I'm considering the purchase of a Prime 1800 film scanner, with the separate purchase of Silverfast SE. I'm primarily interested in digitizing an old, but large, collection of 35mm slides (mostly travels). I'm already using Jasc's software and really would like to avoid learning Photoshop. Minor color shifts between the final scan and what I see on the screen, some minimal degradation of image quality, don't really bother me too much.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Jose on 2001-10-11 21:53 ]</font>
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Dear Jose,
you won't lose anything by downloading a SilverFast SE version but not paying for it. Doing so, that downloaded software remains in demonstration mode, allowing everithing including scanning (however with water marks).
Only when you are convinced of SilverFast you should go ahead and purchase it.
you won't lose anything by downloading a SilverFast SE version but not paying for it. Doing so, that downloaded software remains in demonstration mode, allowing everithing including scanning (however with water marks).
Only when you are convinced of SilverFast you should go ahead and purchase it.
Jose,
I am using a Primefilm 1800u scanner in conjunction with the Silverfast Ai package to scan 35 mm color negs. The software is spectacular, about 100X more capable than the Cyberview software that comes with the 1800u. You do get Silverfast bundled with the scanner if you purchase the 1800s (i.e. silver) model. Costs $100 more which is about right if you were planning to get Silverfast anyway. The two work together well but the scanned frame is offset so that a black strip is present across the top of images and a comparable amount is clipped off the bottom. I generally scan negatives upside down so that only the sky, hats, etc. are cropped off. This does not happen with the Cyberview software.
The scanner is pretty good. It's slow, and the film strip positioner is primitive but I've got no complaints about the quality of the images. Mine did start producing a yellow caste down the left side of images but they fixed it promptly and effectively under warranty. In summary, the Ai version of Silverfast is terrific with the 1800 scanner. It can retrieve awful photographs and contradicts the old axiom, garbage in - garbage out.
I am using a Primefilm 1800u scanner in conjunction with the Silverfast Ai package to scan 35 mm color negs. The software is spectacular, about 100X more capable than the Cyberview software that comes with the 1800u. You do get Silverfast bundled with the scanner if you purchase the 1800s (i.e. silver) model. Costs $100 more which is about right if you were planning to get Silverfast anyway. The two work together well but the scanned frame is offset so that a black strip is present across the top of images and a comparable amount is clipped off the bottom. I generally scan negatives upside down so that only the sky, hats, etc. are cropped off. This does not happen with the Cyberview software.
The scanner is pretty good. It's slow, and the film strip positioner is primitive but I've got no complaints about the quality of the images. Mine did start producing a yellow caste down the left side of images but they fixed it promptly and effectively under warranty. In summary, the Ai version of Silverfast is terrific with the 1800 scanner. It can retrieve awful photographs and contradicts the old axiom, garbage in - garbage out.
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