RE: SilverFast (Good? Bad? Ugly?)

["Tunney Moriarty" <tunney@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use SilverFast AI (5.5) with my Nikon LS2000 and can't say enough good 
things about it. Works perfectly all the time. Very little to do when I finish 
the scan and go into Photoshop. I also have the IT8 target. However, you 
have to have your monitor calibrated properly as well. My prints come out as 
close to perfect as one can get but part of that is because I also have custom 
profiles for printing on my Epson 1280.

The new feature on ver 5.5 is nega-fix. The color work I do on the magazine 
is as close as one can get using the LS2000 and SilverFast AI. 

I wouldn't be without it.. nor I do I believe that there is software on the 
market that can come even close to what it can do. I'm not saying this is the 
problem, but if you are not getting good results with it, aside from the 
scanner, I would suggest that a visit to Ian Lyons home page is worthwhile to 
ensure that it is set up properly with PS. Most of my scanning is 36 bit but I 
have done 48 bit raw scans and have great results. Again, check out Ian 
Lyons home page on this as well. I should add that I am using Win98 
(original) and my monitor is calibrated using ProveIt 4.0 and the colorimeter 
which provides a custom monitor profile. I create a custom monitor profile 
about once a month.

Regards..

Tunney
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Tunney Moriarty
Editor - "Red Coat Digest" Magazine
Mounted Police Association of Ontario 
WebSite - http://www.association.on.ca
Email: tunney@rogers.com
Ph:(519)746-0236, Cell:(519) 584-5253

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