it makes sense that you're awake, being in austria, me, i should be in bed, but i'm up scanning. there are actually checkboxes on the order page, there is another post that i came across within the past few days
viewtopic.php?t=3209&highlight=upgrade+it8 which explains it a bit better than i can, b/c it has all become pretty jumbled to me as i try to figure out how to get both of my scanners working their best, monitors calibrated, etc. a note however, i've learned in the lst day that calibration does NOT work with negatives at the moment, so that's something to keep in mind. the negafix, i'm assuming works as the calbration, assuming some rough standard for the processed color neg film, mainly just trying to counteract the color cast of the film-base. i am imagining that the intial price jump is for the reverse-engineering that lasersoft must have to do for each scanner as far as the drivers go and how each one reads the light, etc. which is why i'm not so frious about having to buy the same software AGAIN, for my second scanner, b/c it is sort of like a whole new application (in ways), but the price gouge for simply upgrading to it8 studio from it8 ai is pretty harsh. not much choice on our end though. it seems to be the best app out there, as long as the scanner is capable of producing the results. anyway, good luck, wolke, i need to go to bed, it's 3:36 a.m. here in new york city.
michael.