Silverfast Efficiency

[vakiper]

To Whom it May Concern,

I work at an archives that has 100 years’ worth of undocumented materials, including well over 10,000 photos that need to be scanned. After doing some research, many archivists suggested this program to me.

I have SilverFast 8.2 with an EPSON Expression 11000XL scanner.

There was no manual that came with this program so I have been playing around with it for a week to figure out the fastest way to get this scans done with the high quality I need. Right now, with the prescan, cropping/resolution, filing, and final scan, it is taking me about 3 minutes per photo.

My question is: Is the program smart enough for auto-crop or to do multiple scans? How can I make this process faster so I can get more photos done at a time?
Thank you

[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Dear customer,

SilverFast can automatically find/create the frames for you.
This function can be found in the Frame menu.
To increase the precision of the automatic frame detection you can activate the high resolution Preview in the preferences' general tab.
Try setting it to 8x.

You can easily copy settings from one frame to the others using the "copy settings to all frames" option which also is located in the Frame menu.

It is also possible to define certain settings to be used for all created frames.
First set up a frame with your most common settings.
Then save it in the Frame Dialog -> Settings -> save settings.
You will then be able to select the saved frame as a default in the preferences' general tab under "default setting".

All created frames will be scanned if you start the batch-scan.
(in scan menu or by holding the scan button pressed for about a second.)

Kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.