Scanning Film Negatives With SilverFast Scanning Software Version 8.8 And Epson V600
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Since I bought my Epson Perfection V600 scanner I have only used the Epson scanning software that came bundled with the scanner. However, I keep reading that many people prefer 3rd party scanning software so I downloaded a copy of SilverFast 8.8.
This video explains how to use the software and gives my thoughts and impressions about the SilverFast product.
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Thanks for the video! Helped me get set up! I figured out that if you hold down the scan button you can "batch scan" all the frames at once.
Thanks for the feedback. I can't remember if I mentioned that in the video. When you're scanning in thousands of your old negatives you don't want to be doing one at a time! When I batch scanned my negatives I used the Epson software, not this one.
Thanks for this video! Bought the V550 a week ago and spent yesterday playing with Silverfast. This video is a great overview (and the two of selecting Edit extensive is really useful !!).
Thanks for your comment. SilverFast isn't perfect and I find the Epson software faster for batch scans, but the more I use it the more I like it. Compared to Epson it definitely reduces the amount of work in Photoshop. Considering it was free for a fully licensed version I can't complain!
A great video for those starting out with silverfast, clear and concise, watch this first it will save a lot of time.
@@keithhamshere592 Thank you!
Great video. It's really important to mention one thing tho. Silverfast recommend to avoid including film border in your scanning area when you are using Negafix film presets in order to get accurate results. It does make a big difference in color rendering.
Thanks for the tip! I didn't know that. I will try to remember the next time I am scanning in some negatives.
Very helpful information which has convinced me that it is time to upgrade from my old Epson Perfection V200. One question, can you use the scanner to glass plate negatives? Many thanks Ian K
Thanks Ian, but I'm afraid I can't answer your question. I have no experience/knowledge of glass plate negatives at all!
09FEB2021 - Nicely down and well narrated. Here's where I am now: Retired. Epson V600 with it's own software that I've been using almost exclusively for scanning scores of the old family photos but was too clunky to use for the hundreds of B&W negs I shot years ago. After a lot of homework I settled on the PrimeFilmXA Super Edition and SilverFast SE. For the last month I've been unpacking, organizing, and getting ready to set up my desk area to digitize all the negatives I've shot over the years but didn't print. I've only played with the XAs a little, as it appears a substantial learning curve awaits me. Currently I have a couple of unanswered questions that I'm sure with time will work themselves out (1) With so much ahead of me, do I conduct medium res, raw scans and just produce a "catalog" of possibilities, later to be sifted through, edited, and selectively displayed; (2) Go with high res, edited scans on everything and abandon the negs in sleeves in storage boxes on a shelf, never to be seen again? I tend to overthink everything, but generally it pays off in the end with better-than-average results.
Hi Scoop, I'm another one who overthinks everything as well! Sometimes it's not good and wastes a lot of mental energy, but it does prevent a lot of problems in the future. I've had no experience with XA and I only use Silverfast because they were giving it away free! Personally, I wouldn't abandon your negatives. They, after all, are your real RAW files in analog form. When I was scanning my negatives in I wrote down information on the negative sleeves so that I would be able to find particular negatives fairly easy later on.
Scanning every negative at high resolution, doing image correction enhancement and editing on everything will take a long time. Further, a lot of negatives may not warrant all this work. Personally, I prefer option 1). Just scan everything fairly quickly at medium resolution, assess what you have, and then selectively scan in the best images at high resolution and do the editing work.
Just as an aside, I don't actually find the Epson Scan software clunky at all. With the different scanning options I find it quite easy to use for bulk scanning as well as for selective editing. The Silverfast UI is more friendly, but I don't really have any problems with Epson. Silverfast has also crashed a few times, whereas Epson has always been very stable. Jut my experience.
@@PhilUKNet Hey, thanks for the reply. I'm afraid I wasn't completely clear about the Epson. It's not the software I find clunky, it's the negative holders. With my new scanner, I can just put the raw film in, minimum of 3 frames. So to handle the 1 or 2 frame issue, I bought a box of slide mounts, load up the singles in the mounts, divide the 2-frame strips into singles and load them into mounts and then feed them into the slide slot on the front of the scanner. Can't wait to get going on this. Some of these are 30 years old and have never been viewed. Wonder what visual treasures await.
@@scoop4363 That wasn't clear on your first comment! You seem to have come up with a good solution. As you say, it's quite exciting doing this and bringing back memories. I moved from the UK to Thailand back in 2003 and unfortunately a lot of my negatives are still in the UK. Because of the situation, I'm not sure if I will ever see them again, which will be sad.
Great video! Can Silverfast SE Scan as “48-bit HDR” and save as DNG file? Or is SE PLUS needed?
The version I am using now is 8.8.0r20 (not SE Plus) and I have both of these options. Changing the output color format and bit depth also changes the output file format options. When choosing 48 Bit HDR RAW the only output file format options are TIFF and DNG. These are both lossless and I no longer have the options for PSD and JPG, as I do when choosing other output color format and bit depth options.
@@PhilUKNet Thank you! There's no information about this anywhere else on the internet!
Using SilverFast 8.8 And Epson V600 ... After scanning my first color photo it was saved automatically. I just scanned a B&W negative and it didn't saved automatically. Maybe someone can tell me why it didn't save or or how to manually save a scan.
I guess it saved your BW file but in the default location in User/Pictures. When choosing another frame you should indicate your save path again in scan dimensions section, otherwise it will be a default (same with all other options). Or just use "copy settings to all frames" pressing the Frame button. This was a bit confusing for me too at the very first time.
Are you using the Workflow Pilot? As you go through the dialogs, the penultimate dialog is File where you choose the destination to save your image. When you click scan the file will be saved there. If you aren't using the Workflow Pilot pressing Scan will save images to Users/USER/Pictures. If you use Batch Scan you can specify the folder. Once you click scan images will be saved automatically.
Thanks to Dennis Kalinin & Phil UK Net, you guys gave me hope lol ... I have my setting to save photos on my desktop, that's where the color scans went. I just searched my MAC HD and I found the scans by opening three folders 1st User, 2nd Deitz, 3rd Pictures. I was expecting to find a User/Pictures folder. Thanks again..
@@theDeitz I'm glad you got it figured out! I must admit, when you first open the application the interface looks mighty confusing. Lots of options make it very flexible, but they can also be confusing. I thought there would be an option to change the default Scan folder from User/Deitz/Pictures, but I don't think there is - at least I couldn't find it just now. When you use Batch Scan or Workflow Pilot you get the option to select a folder, which is much better.
Silver Fast sucks. Just use the Epson software
LOL! Like you, I actually like the Epson software and that is what I use most of the time. It does everything I need, it's quick and it's stable. I have read so many comments from people who don't like the Epson software and prefer 3rd party software that I thought I'd give it try. It was free to download. I can understand why some people prefer it, especially those who are probably not too technically minded, but I agree with you!