Thank you, Roger, and that's exactly why I want to learn how to properly
use SilverFast AI and HDR. I couldn't figure any of that out at first,
though I was led to believe the capability existed in the software, so I
just worked with it inside Paint Shop Pro instead, I want all the
information that's possible from the scans and don't care about the size
of the files--though there is a practical limit for me as my Intel 815
chip only reads 512MB of RAM. I envy those who can put a Gig or three
Gigs in there for this purpose--I would in a heartbeat.
Now, though, based on your prior post to this list, I'm also curious
about the upgrade. Does this mean I'll have to pay $90 to SilverFast to
upgrade my copy of the software which came with the SS4000? I take it
they want $45 for both the AI and HDR modules? Do I have that
wrong?
Tris
It's
often easier to make the color corrections with the scanner software
rather than with Photoshop (and I assume that also applies to Paint Shop
Pro) because scanner software often includes film profiles, which is very
helpful in removing the orange mask from color negative film. But a
lot of scanner software can't "read" 48-bit raw files, so
you're forced to use Photoshop or equivalent for the color
processing. That's why I like SilverFast HDR since it can read the
48-bit raw files. I like to create the 48-bit files with SilverFast
Ai (I use Insight to create them for my medium format scanner as
SilverFast Ai crashes with large files) because I can do the time
consuming color correcting with SilverFast HDR days later if I want to,
and if I make a mistake with the color correction, I can always go back
to the original raw file and start over. That saves me doing a
rescan. Some people like to "arch! ive" the raw 48-bit
files as it has all of the information you can possibly get from the
scanner and you might want to process it differently some time
later. I don't do that as medium format scans at 48-bits are about
600 MB in size and take too much storage room. If you do a good job
of color correcting in the 48-bit mode, you can convert to 24-bit little
no fear of regrets later.
I think you'd find it easier to use SilverFast HDR to process your raw
scans, but if Paint Shop Pro works for you, use it.
In a message dated 12/4/2001 9:22:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
tristanjohn@mindspring.com writes:
I believe you, Maris, but I'm not
too swift when it comes to learning the
ins and outs of software. Let me get a handle on SilverFast, then we'll
see.
On a different note, I finally did a RAW scan and worked with it in Paint
Shop Pro until the result matched my mind's eye of what the scene
looked
like when I tripped the shutter. Up until now I exported TIFF files
exclusively from Insight. Do others here work with RAW images? What are
your results? I kind of like it.
