LaserSoft Imaging

Bought used PF1800 with bundled 5.5.1r.06. and Photoshop Elements 1.0. Was able to some how view negatives by using the "Negative" on the Negative/Positive "option box." I set the Negative option before the prescan. Then I installed new Photoshop Elements 2 and have not been able to view negative film, because I cannot find that " option" box to switch to "Negative" and view the prescan as a nice picture. Is that option found on SilverFast SE 5, or is a Photoshop Elements feature?
I uninstalled Elements 1 and SilverFast, then reinstalled Elements 1, Elements 2 and SilverFast SE 5 in that order. How do I view color film strips? My system is WXP Home. I somehow was able to do it before by geeking around. My PC inexperience is likely a contributing factor to the problem.

NegaFix Option SilverFast versus Photoshop

NegaFix is a function to work with negative film and has been developed exclusively for SilverFast. There is no such function in Photoshop.

Photoshop only has a "reverse" function which does not really help to adjust negative film, where there are so many different emulsions that need special set-ups.

Also you should upgrade your SilverFast SE 5.5 version to version 6, which has quite a number of enhancements for better results!

Thank you for your reply. Can you give me a possible explanation regarding why I was able to view negative film before with the 5.5 version by using the "Negative/Positive" option. Or why I can no longer find that option? I was able to find the "invert" option in Photoshop Elements 2, and you were correct in that it does less than a real good job.

I intend to take your advice and upgrade to 6.0 and also to upgrade to Negafix. Thank you for the advice.

Working with negative film - NegaFix


Please also check out the "Negative Guide" movie here:

https://www.silverfast.com/show/silverfa ... es/en.html

and in addition look at the SE tutorials from David Brooks here:

http://download.silverfast.com/misc/Dav ... Eguide.pdf