plustek opticfilm 8200i with silverfast se plus 8

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Plustek opticfilm 8200i with silverfast se plus 8 software#

Using this method does produce significant colour casts once the image is inverted and it does require some work in your photo editor to correct these. Plustek 8200i – A scanned HDR RAW image open in Lightroom This can then be inverted and adjusted in Lightroom using the Tone Curve or in Photoshop using Levels. Choosing this disables most of the adjustment options and produces a ‘digital negative’ like the one below. (HDR in this case just refers to the name LaserSoft gives to its own photo editing programme, nothing more). SilverFast offers the option of saving your scan as a DNG file by selecting ‘48 Bit HDR RAW’ output for colour film. If you want more control over the decision making turning this feature off gives you access to all available tools. LaserSoft recommend starting with the ‘Workflow Pilot’ which provides a guided pathway through the many options. There are a lot of options even with this version of SilverFast as you can see below from the multiple menu items. SE Plus is one of three versions of the software, more advanced than SilverFast SE, less so than SilverFast AI Studio. But it doesn’t take that long to get the hang of it since LaserSoft provides online video tutorials for almost every feature.

Plustek opticfilm 8200i with silverfast se plus 8 software#

Like Photoshop, it’s not the most intuitive software so there is a bit of a learning curve.

Silverfast is to scanning what Photoshop is to photo editing. There’s no reason to, since the scanner comes with SilverFast SE Plus. Plustek provides its own QuickScan software which provides some basic scanning options, but I have no idea how good it is because I’ve never used it. Software: Plustek QuickScan and SilverFast SE

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With SilverFast I did have to get a new serial number but the process was quick and simple. Plustek’s customer service were very helpful here replying to my email explaining where to find the software, and providing a link to SilverFast within the day. Since I don’t have a DVD reader I did have to track down the relevant software online and load it from there. Apart from the on/off button there is a button marked ‘QuickScan’ which starts Plustek’s own basic software package, and a button marked ‘IntelliScan’ which starts the SilverFast SE Plus software from LaserSoft Imaging that comes with this particular model.Īlso in the box is the software supplied on an ancient technology known as a ‘DVD’. What can I say? It’s a black box with three buttons and slots for the supplied negative and positive film holders. I chose this model from Plustek over a couple of others from the same company (one of which is identical in hardware but with different software) and a couple from Pacific Image which (under the brand name Reflecta) are well reviewed by, but from user reviews do seem to have some quality control issues. Once the first three questions are answered the options are reduced further.

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Since I don’t have a large archive of images to scan I went with manual feed.įourth question: which scanner? The options are quite limited – a quick search on B&H throws up only 32 film scanning devices in total. Others require each individual frame to be placed manually. Third question: automatic or manual feed? Some scanners allow for automatic feeding of images from a filmstrip or automatic advance of a film holder. I don’t see myself moving to medium format in the foreseeable future but obviously, if that was an ambition it would make sense to consider a multi-format model. Since all my old negatives are 35mm and as I’m currently only shooting that format, I decided I could work with a 35mm only model. Second question: 35mm or 120? Some scanners are designed for 35mm film only while others can also scan 120 film (or other formats).