Upgrade from SE to What?

[timjen]

I have purchased an Epson Perfection 4990 Photo scanner with the intention of scanning 30+ years of slides and prints. SilverFast SE was bundled with the Epson and it is excellent but I would like to upgrade. Would Ai Studio be sufficient?, as I also have digital images as well as film.
Undecided Tim.

[LSI_Noack]

Dear Tim

SE, SE Plus, Ai, Ai incl. IT8, Ai Studio, and Ai Studio incl. IT8 option is the available range of SilverFast scanning software products.

To access a digital camera, you will need e.g. SilverFast DCPro, if you want RAW file format conversion.

SilverFast scanning software also offers to scan of raw CCD image data to a TIFF file (HDR scan type) and work to further on it with SilverFast HDR / DCPro.

Best regards
Sonny Noack
- Manager Technical Support, LaserSoft Imaging AG -

[timjen]

Thank you Sonny,
Ai Studio will be my choice for scanned images and I will buy the download version. How big is the file, ie, how many Megabites?, because my internet connection is only dial-up with a download speed of 42-46kb/sec.
Tim.

[LSI_Noack]

Dear timjen

about 5.5 megs for Windows, 10.1 megs for Mac OSX.
Perhaps you want to acquire it per CD (about €20,- additional charge if I am not mistaken)? If so, I will ask sales for a price.

Best regards
Sonny Noack
- Manager Technical Support, LaserSoft Imaging AG -

[timjen]

G'day Sonny,
Thank you for your prompt reply. The CD version would be best because it would include the IT8 target, which is not available via download.
I am OK about the software costs, but how much would the freight costs be to Australia?.
Cheers, Tim.