LaserSoft Imaging

I'm scanning B&W 6X6 negatives (FUJI NEOPAN ISO 400) in order to produce my first photobook. Since publishing company is a small one but with good distribution methods, I've deal with them that I'll provide the final images in a tiff format well balanced and well scanned for the offset.

I've bought an Epson perfection V750-PRO.

However I'm quite desesperate. Before using Silverfast Ai I had problems with the pther software coming with the scanner. Now with SF Ai I have better control over the images, the program doesn't cropp it and also I have more control over focus but... I have a problem with greys, images are very flat and poor in grey richness due maybe to film profile (FUJI NEOPAN 400 is not in the profile's list).

I have experiencie with photoshop and I'm able to improve images to achieve 'something' from this poor scanned negas, but the idea is doing it well from the beginning. Sadly, my dominion of scanning negas are pretty poor. But this book means so much for me... and I don't want to give the publisher a ridiculous scanned portfolio.

So, finally, the question:

Which is the best settings to scan 6X6 B&W FUJI NEOPAN 400 negatives in order to produce a nice offset photobook?

Thank you in advance for your help :wink:

Dear setsuri

if you are missing the profile for your film material, or want to adjust the values set by SilverFast, you want to use the enhance the Negafix dialogue by clicking on the expert icon (not present in SilverFast SE).
After developing your own profile you can save it and import it lateron to another computer, if you like.

You will find a guide to the Negafix tool in PDF format here:
https://www.silverfast.com/show/negafix/en.html

A valuable read is the SilverFast Negafix tutorial in Ian Lyon's Computer Darkroom:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/sf5-ne ... egafix.htm

If you would like to have the Negafix workflow presented in a movie, you're in the luck, too:
https://www.silverfast.com/showmovie/en. ... Fix-en.mov

Best regards
Sonny Noack
- Manager Technical Support, LaserSoft Imaging AG -