LaserSoft Imaging

Hello
I have an Epson v600 on the way and I was originally going to get the Archive Suite SE for it. After deciding that AI Studio had some features I definitely want I thought it might be better to pay a little more for AI Studio now and get HDR later since the Pro Archive suite is a bit too expensive for me right now. My question is, can I scan to RAW format with AI Studio if I don't have HDR installed? I realize I would need HDR to open any RAW images I create but I thought for now I would scan to regular files and do a RAW scan for archival purposes.
Thanks for your help.

Hi there,

bri859 wrote:can I scan to RAW format with AI Studio if I don't have HDR installed? I realize I would need HDR to open any RAW images I create but I thought for now I would scan to regular files and do a RAW scan for archival purposes.
Thanks for your help.

Sure, SilverFast Ai Studio has the option to scan in 48 bit HDR raw files

Cheers

Thanks for the reply. I downloaded the DEMO of AI Studio and was disappointed to find that I can't use iSRD (which would also prevent me from doing an archive scan to HDR with the infrared channel). I found on the "scanner compatibility" page that you have to have HDR for this to be available in AI Studio. I wouldn't care so much about not being able to do the archive scan but I have a lot of slides to scan and the inability to use iSRD at all is major for me. Is there a possibility of iSRD being included in AI Studio when version 8 comes out? Thank You.

Hi bri

bri859 wrote:I downloaded the DEMO of AI Studio and was disappointed to find that I can't use iSRD (which would also prevent me from doing an archive scan to HDR with the infrared channel).

On the contrary, if you check our product site it clearly states iSRD as well as HDRi supported.
http://www.silverfast.com/product/Epson/722/en.html

You have to make sure you work in transparency mode because the infrared channel is not available (and does not make any sense) in reflective mode.

Cheers