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SilverFast:
The Official Guide
TAZ TALLY, PH.D.
SilverFast:
The Official Guide
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SilverFast:
The Official Guide
TAZ TALLY, PH.D.
A s s o c i a t e P u b l i s h e r : DAN BRODNITZ
A c q u i s i t i o n s E d i t o r : WILLEM KNIBBE
D e v e l o p m e n t a l E d i t o r : PETE GAUGHAN
P r o d u c t i o n E d i t o r : ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, DONNA CROSSMAN, ERICA YEE
T e c h n i c a l E d i t o r : PAUL BUCKNER
C o p y e d i t o r : JUDY FLYNN
C o m p o s i t o r : KATE KAMINSKI, HAPPENSTANCE TYPE-O-RAMA
G r a p h i c I l l u s t r a t o r : CARYL GORSKA, GORSKA DESIGN
P r o o f r e a d e r s : EMILY HSUAN, NANCY RIDDIOUGH, SARAH TANNEHILL
I n d e x e r : TED LAUX
B o o k D e s i g n e r : CARYL GORSKA, GORSKA DESIGN
C o v e r D e s i g n e r : JOHN NEDWIDEK, EMDESIGN
C o v e r P h o t o g r a p h e r s : TAZ TALLY: MOUNTAIN, ROSE, BUILDING WITH TREES,
JOHN NEDWIDEK: CHILD, SIGN, WOMAN IN POOL, AND BOAT, SILVERFAST/LASERSOFT: PLANE, HOUSE, CLOWN
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ABOUT S Y B E X
Taz is perhaps best known for his entertaining, content-rich seminars and his ability to
present complex materials in a simple, easy-to-understand fashion. Taz is currently writing
books on Acrobat & PDF, Digital Photography, Photoshop, and OSX, and is developing an
on-line training print curriculum for Sessions.edu.
When Taz is not touring the country by plane or motor home presenting his seminars, he
splits time between houses in Homer, Alaska, and Ft. Myers, Florida, with his fabulous partner
Jaz and their Cardigan Welsh corgi, Zip. In their “spare time,” Taz and Jaz generally head off
to the outdoors. They can be found hiking or mountain biking in Alaska, skiing the powder
snow in Utah or diving with the whales in the waters off of Hawaii.
Taz is available for custom training and consulting.
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[email protected] or [email protected].
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Dedication
To my Mom, amazing Rae, whose courage is an inspiration.
I will love you always.
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Acknowledgments
Many people have contributed to the success of this book. First thanks go to Karl-
Heinz Zahorsky and the other key members of the LaserSoft Imaging development team,
who created SilverFast. Karl and his co-workers have for the first time provided us with a
scanning-software standard, and an excellent one at that. Paul Buckner at LaserSoft Imaging
deserves special recognition for spearheading the development of this project, providing
technical review, and seeing it through to completion. ■ The editorial staff at Sybex has been a
terrific team to work with. Pete Gaughan, the developmental editor, is the best I have worked
with. Many thanks go to Judy Flynn, who has provided some terrific copyediting, which made
this book easier to read and understand. Pete Gaughan, Donna Crossman, Erica Yee and
Elizabeth Campbell all get gold stars for keeping the book on schedule. I would like to recognize
the fine work done by Kate Kaminski in the layout of the final chapters; they look great! ■ I
would like to acknowledge Hal Hinderliter for his fine contributions to this book, especially his
input on the first three chapters. And finally, I want to thank my wonderful Jaz for all her
help in preparing the Word files for submission and for running interference so that I could
work on this project. She’s the best.
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
Foreword ■ xvii
Introduction ■ xx
Index ■ 191
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Contents
Foreword xvii
Introduction xx
Parts of an Image 4
Calibrating 42
ScanPilot 150
Foreword
Over the recent decades the role of images in the communication of information has
steadily grown. The technological progress regarding the capture, storage and display of
images has created a situation in which images have become a standard means of communi-
cating information. The proverb “a picture is worth a thousand words” clearly demonstrates
the unique significance and compactness that images have on the process of gathering and
processing information with our brain.
When we realize that all living beings base every decision on what images they recognize,
we become aware of the powerful impact of images in nature as well as in our personal life.
All intelligent actions in the universe are guided by images. Bits and pieces of structures, pat-
terns and colors are communicated through our senses and computed (or recognized) by our
brain into a picture connecting the unrelated fragments into a meaningful oneness—a picture.
A few years back only professionals could work with images since the technology was very
complex and costly. Drum scanners used to be $100,000 and more. Today the equipment is
affordable for everyone but working with digital images still remains complex. We must not
forget, color reproduction has been a science, where people have had an in-depth education.
Using an imaging work station enables photographers to realize, for the first time, their proj-
ects in multi-purpose formats: the digital image which can be printed onto paper or fabric,
projected as a presentation, e-mailed across the globe, or displayed on the World Wide Web.
Digital imaging is on the way to rapidly replace the conventional photography and printing.
With the emergence of color publishing in the 90s, I was confronted with the complexities
of high-end imaging with drum scanners as well as with the inadequacies of the early desktop
scanners. At this time, software for scanners was either too complex or too simple. While a
normal user could not use the complex software, the professional could not achieve accept-
able results with simple software. This was the point where I saw the opportunity to bring
these two opposites together into one piece of software; so beginners and professionals
could work with the same package. This was the inception of SilverFast Ai.
SilverFast Ai version 1 appeared in early 1995 and was available only for a few scanners
on the Macintosh. The two-level user interface with an automatic intelligence (Ai) image
type presets was well received over the years and gained worldwide recognition through
large bundles with PFU, Epson, Nikon, Microtek and others.
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High-end drum scanners such as the Howtek scanners where supported very early in 1996
while low-end scanner bundles with SilverFast SE started to appear with the advent of Epson’s
Perfection 2450 in 1999.
With SilverFast Ai version 4, the ScanPilot was introduced. The ScanPilot was a contri-
bution from myself being a pilot, where securing workflows by checklists safeguards using
complex technology in flying.
With version 5.5 NegaFix¨ was launched, adding a complete solution for negative film
scanning with over 120 different film types and a film type editor.
The early recognition of 48-bit raw data (a side note: I was involved in the development
of the raw data concept of 48-bit tif with Leaf Systems in 1990) led to the development of
SilverFast HDR in 1996 when several scanners could already write out raw data. The addition
of a JobManager turned SilverFast HDR into a powerful production tool. In version 5.5 HiRePP
was developed so users could open one Gb files in one second only.
SilverFast Ai 6 was introduced in August 2002 supporting the new Macintosh OS-X oper-
ating system with new features such as SRD¨ (dust and scratch removal), ACR¨ (adaptive color
restoration), SC2G¨ (selective color to gray) and others.
The key to SilverFast Ai’s success is based on having a clear vision of the future of imaging
and maintaining a close relationship with many users all over the world from different areas
of the industry. Since we have added our SilverFast Forum on our web site, the communication
with SilverFast users has become so much more extensive and efficient. The “New Features
Wish List” in our forum allows large numbers of users worldwide to discuss their suggestions
for new functions.
Today SilverFast Ai 6 supports over 200 scanners on Macintosh and PC. The latest devel-
opment dedicated to digital cameras is SilverFast DC-VLT. This package integrates the imaging
power of SilverFast with the “Virtual Light Table” and permits photographers to effectively view,
organize, edit, and process their pictures. By the time you read this, SilverFast DCPro-VLT
will available supporting all digital cameras (SLR) with raw data capability.
SilverFast: The Official Guide has been a timely undertaking offering users a great guide
to review basic principles of imaging and the application of SilverFast tools. I am glad that
someone as competent as Taz Tally has undertaken the task to help all levels of users to bet-
ter understand imaging and successfully use the various SilverFast tools.
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CHAPITRE VII