LaserSoft Imaging

Due to large format-printing I always scan the negatives/positives at the highest available technical resolution of the filmscanner NIKON LS 50 ED/V. After application of SRD - using different layers for each type of defect - the results in 1:1 preview are very satisfying. But after the scan with 4000 ppi, 48 bit-depth and after automatic opening in Photoshop CS in a at least 1:1 view it seems that only a small part of the defects was removed. I always go to the possible limits controlling before / after preview in SRD, but I fear to apply stronger settings in order to avoid an artificial and unsharp impression of the photos. Do someone of the audience have some creative ideas how to improve the SRD effectiveness.

Dear Robert

the good thing about using SRD for removal of defects is that you are able to define the areas where SRD is applied and the fine-tune its settings individually to each and every one of the areas.

You want to look into the SRD tutorial movie (especially the latter half of it) to find out how it is done.
You can call up this movie (if installed, else, have a look here: http://www.silverfast.com/highlights/srd/en.html) from the SRD dialog via the Quicktime icon (be sure to have a recent version of Apple quicktime installed).

Many thanks,

the key issue was that I applied - by error - too much the mask protecting scratches I rather wanted to be removed!

Sorry for bothering you!
Best wishes, Robert