Silverfast vs vuescan archive#
Silverfast vs vuescan full#
Silverfast vs vuescan software#
Silverfast vs vuescan trial#

I wouldn't mind investing into another program to scan, as long as I it gives me better results.

Silverfast vs vuescan full#

The question now is, would Silverfast or VueScan offer better results than the combination of the crappy Cyberview together with Lightroom? Is the quality of the 16-bit full resolution Tiff as good as it gets or can other programs get better base-data to work with? Then I import the Tiff-files into Lightroom for further processing.

Silverfast vs vuescan software#

With my digital camera I use mainly Lightroom.ДЄt the moment I can the images at the maximum resolution of 3200 dpi into 16-bit Tiff-files with the software that came with the scanner (CyberView X5). The whole process isn't really fast, but I'm not in a big hurry.

Also, the scanner I have either lets me scan one or two frames before I need to change position or reload the film-holder.

Silverfast vs vuescan archive#

I don't have a big archive to scan, basically I'm only processing only films whenever they drop out of processing, mostly black and white, but some colour will be coming soon too. I just got a film-scanner and wonder, what combination of software best to use. Perhaps someone has some experience to help me along. Most of my uploads are now scanned using SilverFast and you'll see why it's a good buy.I'm new here and starting right off with a question. Have fun - you'll notice the quality of Siverfast on my gallery - you can compare my older images(which is from page 3 to 12) is scanned on NikonScan3 or 4, pages 1 and 2 are from SilverFast, you'll see the difference. Do not forget Rule no 1, the lesser processing in PS, the better the quality. Most of the time, I don't adjust any colors on PS anymore - after the scan, I only use PS to save my file, that's it - with NikonScan3 or 4, I spend minutes editing on PS to compensate for its inaccuracies.

Silverfast vs vuescan trial#

In short, go and try the trial version of the SilverFast Ai or the SE version and don't forget to put your output scan size to 5700dpi - you'll see the difference. It makes you think that probably Nikon is using the same CCD chip for both the LS40 and the higher end models and the only difference is the software(which enables the scanner to scan on the minimum of 2900dpi only - on the SilverFast, this one is bypassed and allows you to use the maximum resolution of 5700dpi! amazing isn't it?)but yes, you would question yourself this after seeing a 5700dpi created out of your LS40 at 150Mb - that is why SilverFast is quite expensive because it is very good or near excellent. On 5700dpi resolution, you can see the grain of the film 'clearly' with the proverbial smoothness(doesn't mean blurred). If you are using LS40, you'll realize too that you don't need the LS50, why? The SilverFast allows you to scan your slides up to 5700dpi! - compared to NikonScan4(2900dpi) and this is on 48bit(Nikon doesn't do this). With the SilverFastAi or SE, you get the accurate colors after the prescan! The color correction facilities of the SilverFast is amazing and user friendly - if you have been using NikonScan for 3years, you'll see the difference and you'll never turn back. The ICC color profiles embedded on the NikonScan are haywired - meaning inaccurate - you'll find reds to be too red and yellows are bland - even though you have matched the profiles from scanner to PS and monitor - you get inaccurate colors - this was on NikonScan4, NikonScan3 was 'OK', but after upgrading your scanner's firmware, the ICC profiles do not work properly anymore and you can't use the NikonScan3 too - it has been internally locked and your left to anguish with NikonScan4. In my opinion, SilverFast Ai or SE does outperform NikonScan4.

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