LaserSoft Imaging

Hi,

I am amazed, but new to SilverFast, so I got some questions and hope you can help me. I just updated from my bundled SE 6.5 to 6.6.1r1a. I just used it with negative 6x6 film yet. Now my questions

a) I am a bit confused, that the 48Bit color option is greyed out now. Do I have to update to get it back? I remember in SE 6.5 I could choose it. I would like to get auto corrected 16bit per channel images, already inverted. This leads me to b)

b) Without 48bit color option I tried using 48bit HDR color, which lead into very blue toned results. I`ve read the manual and understood the raw idea behind it. But how is the workflow to bring them back to normal color space, without buying SilverFast HDR. I would like to stay in Photoshop.

c) I`ve noticed iSRD doesn`t work properly at my negatives. Not to say I don`t see the difference except the long IR scan and calculation time (the IR scan also looks more like a the dark areas of the picture, than a mask for dust). What am I doing wrong? Do I need to activate special options? Moreover I noticed, that I can`t turn it off for black & white negative scans. The button indicates, it`s off, but during scanning it still does IR scan and dust removal calculation (I can`t even turn it on regarding the button).

my configuration:
- MacBook 13", 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
- OS X 10.5.7
- SilverFast SE v6.6.1r1a
- Canon 8800F USB

Thanks for all!

with best regards

SnoopyPTS

SnoopyPTS wrote:a) I am a bit confused, that the 48Bit color option is greyed out now. Do I have to update to get it back? I remember in SE 6.5 I could choose it. I would like to get auto corrected 16bit per channel images, already inverted.

This mode is not available in the bundeled SE Version, maybe you tried the demo which has the feature set of the SE Plus ?
Before serialising SilverFast runs in SE Plus Demo mode, maybe this is what happened ?

SnoopyPTS wrote: This leads me to b)

b) Without 48bit color option I tried using 48bit HDR color, which lead into very blue toned results. I`ve read the manual and understood the raw idea behind it. But how is the workflow to bring them back to normal color space, without buying SilverFast HDR. I would like to stay in Photoshop.

I would really reccomen using SilverFast HDR as it is far more comfortable and the workflow matches SilverFast.

SnoopyPTS wrote:c) I`ve noticed iSRD doesn`t work properly at my negatives. Not to say I don`t see the difference except the long IR scan and calculation time (the IR scan also looks more like a the dark areas of the picture, than a mask for dust). What am I doing wrong? Do I need to activate special options? Moreover I noticed, that I can`t turn it off for black & white negative scans. The button indicates, it`s off, but during scanning it still does IR scan and dust removal calculation (I can`t even turn it on regarding the button).

this is strange with all the improvements in iSRD you should really see the difference , please try if deleting the prefs fixes this issue.