Scanning color negative film with SilverFast on Epson V600
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2020
- After using Epson Scan for almost a year, since I first started shooting film, I've decided to give SilverFast a try and got completely blown away with the results. I know there are quite a few methods out there, but using this software produces great results. To be honest, I think it really comes down to personal preference. It doesn't matter how you scan your photos as long you love what you come up with. It's your work at the end of the day.
SilverFast is a complete game-changer for me, but it doesn't mean I should stop trying other scanning methods.
[ 0:03 ] SilverFast Scans + Side by side comparison with my SilverFast and Epson Scans.
[ 0:51 ] Why did I start using SilverFast? + An insight into how I usually scan with Epson Software.
[ 2:54 ] Quick SilverFast walk-through
[ 6:03 ] Download SilverFast for free
[ 6:40 ] Final thoughts on scanning
Are you an Epson V600 or Epson V550 owner? Download a copy of SilverFast for free.
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It's 2022! If you just stumbled upon this video, I still scan my photos like this. I've retired the ANR since it's always giving me newton rings. - Visit my website or my Instagram to see the photos I've scanned.
With the ANR it looks sharper too! Love it! I also just started using Silverfast. Still figuring things out but I do like the results I'm getting.
Hey Mambo, ANR definitely helps a lot and now that I'm using SilverFast, I'm getting results I like. 🍻
Great call on the free copy of silverfast! Genuinely had no idea and I was just about to buy it 😅
I don’t think you want to spend that much LOL. Hope Silverfast works out for ya. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers!
Thanks so much for this! have had the Epson V600 for a number of years and didn't know that I could get a version Silverfast 8 for free, as I was already looking at getting Silverfast 9.
No problem man. Just got my hands on Silverfast 9 and will make an updated video some time next year.
Yee! Thanks for the shoutout brotha!
Bro we need you on here!!! And thanks for telling me about Silverfast 🙌
Oh man... haven’t tried Silver Fast yet, but you made my life just saying I can have a free copy of the software lol 😂
Rodrigo Souza Unofficial sponsor of SilverFast 😉 Jokes aside, Silverfast is free for Epson owners. It was announced awhile back but don’t know how long it will continue. Anyways, I hope SIlverFast works for ya. 🤝
Great quick to the point video. Some other videos on this are like 30 minutes of fluff
Appreciate it man. Thanks for watching! 🤝🎞
Hey, great tutorial! Would like to know, how come when moving the red square to include your film borders doesn’t change the image color automatically, even tho the automatic setting is toggled.
As of publishing this, I want to make it clear that this method works for me and so far I like my results. I don’t care if it doesn’t follow [insert UA-camr name here] or follow the rules of the manual, these results will either make you happy or not. I hope some of you find your sweet spot, this is mine. Cheers!
Great video man. I just downloaded SilverFast, so I'm gonna try it out and see how I like it. Looks good from your video. Where you using Epson scan 2 before?
Thanks Rob! Yeah, I was using Epson Scan 2 and a friend recommended Silverfast as an alternative. Tried it and really liked the results. I’ll never go back to Epson scan.
I know there’s NGLP and Vue scan but I going to stick with Silverfast for now.
How do you scan your negatives? Using the supplied holders or just on the glass with your anr glass?
Hey Ron, I have a few videos on how I scan my negatives. It really depends on how I want to present my photos. It’s one or the other.
hey! i just got a silverfast se, how did you add the negafix?
Nice! Negafix should already be on the left panel.
How do you scan without ANR glass? Do you just lay the film directly on the scanner? I can live with less sharpness to get that sweet film border look
I made a video on scanning film without ANR glass over a year ago. Browse through my video library and you’ll see the one with film borders. If you’re uploading online via Instagram, it’s hard to tell when it comes to sharpness.
I'm having some issues doing this. I have an Epson V800 and a piece of ANR glass from scan tech. I'm trying to scan medium format negatives by placing them on the flatbed and then putting the anr glass on top of the negatives and scanning in Silverfast. Instead of getting negatives, I'm just getting some colorful lines and not much else. I'm using Glass-->Negative-->48 to 24 bit. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hey Drew, not sure what the issue is. What you see here are my settings for Silverfast. No hidden settings. The only difference is our scanners but I doubt that’s what causing you to get just coloured lines. I could be wrong. - You should try troubleshooting it. Put your settings at default. Try Epson Scan software and see if you can scan your negatives. - Hop on my Discord (link in description) and share your issue in there. Let me know if you get things sorted.
@@russellrabanal Hey thanks Russell. Actually I kept plugging away at it and I think I figured it out. Thanks for responding. Cheers.
hey! i noticed when i scan my photos the photos look like it lack of details. but noticed u put 3200 for the resolution and i put mine at 300 u think thats the issue?
Switch it to 3200 💫
Love the video! I do have a question though, how did you include the film borders in Silverfast? Whenever I try to include the film borders the white balance becomes really messed up.
Neil Gustafson I’ve always done it this way with a 6x9 even on the Epson software. Are you able to get the colors you want before the white balance is off? - I’m going to make another video on this.
@@russellrabanal Yeah man everything looks great until I try to add the borders to my photo
Silverfast manual says that you should not include any part of the film border whatsoever or negafix will be off. It makes a huge difference for negafix. Please don't include the border!
Nick carver has a good video where he talks about this.
Peter Farr I have tested my scans between having my negative stay flat on the glass or with the tray and both have similar results. Telling people what not to do doesn’t give them the opportunity to experiment. What I do works for me and it can work for others. If it doesn’t follow the manual or follow the other guys who talk about scanning, I’m fine with those who disagree. Whatever makes you happy, that matters the most.
The corrective algorithm works in a very specific way. If you like the look of negafix with the border left on, then you simply like the look of a color cast and inaccurate film stock correction.
The same is true for any software. Read the manual. This is about optimizing corrective algorithms. Those algorithms don't work as well if they aren't used the way the software developers built them to be used.
I cannot get silver fast started I have the license key and all from my v600
Hmm are you getting any errors? Or is it saying it’s already used? I downloaded the software from the link I provided in the description.
I just downloaded Silverfast 9. Does this include Negafix?
I haven’t updated it yet and I didn’t even hear about the new changes. I don’t see why they shouldn’t have that in the new version, it should be there. I’ll update mine soon!
hey man! Sorry if this is a dumb question - when using ANR (or in my case, it's going to be a piece of acrylic), do you stack it like:
--ANR--
--film--
Scanner glass
or is it like
--film--
--ANR glass--
Scanner glass
I'm sure I'll figure it out trial and error, but just curious! Cheers homie
You place the ANR on top of the film. I made a separate video on this several years ago. ua-cam.com/video/D6fVMk-JDf8/v-deo.htmlsi=Cd5m6hY7pCE6AYEH
Also I don't use ANR anymore. I found that I get more newton rings with it.
Hi! For negafix you should crop (or at least resize) the frame without the black border for a better result. thanks for the video ^^
You can get good results either way. Thanks for watching.
At 2:21, Where can I buy this piece of glass?
I am using GT-X980, the original clip
jokerkillerx you can find the glass here scan-tech.net/
Russell Rabanal Thanks!
I have heard of another brand called betterscanning, is there any difference?
jokerkillerx I have not. I’m looking it right now and their website looks very similar but they make film holders too.
For scan tech, you can also find the glass on eBay.
Hey Russell ! Dope your pictures at night ! Any tips to share about exposure of your film (which one by the way) ? Regards, Simon from France.
I use a medium format camera that doesn’t have a light meter built in. So your best option is to buy a light meter like Sekonic, download a light meter app on your phone, or use a digital camera to read your exposure. My night shots on film were shot handheld at f3.5 at 1/60.
Russell Rabanal i have one but i was wondering how much you overexpose at night for example?
Simon Guillemin If my photos are dark, I’ll adjust the exposure during the scanning process or use Adobe LR. Again, I don’t shoot photos on a tripod and the GW690iii has its limitations. If I wanted to achieve something that I want from my photos (if it’s even needed at all), its all done during post processing. All these photos are straight from the camera properly exposed based on my exposure readings on my device or app. These don’t need any post editing at all. at least in my opinion. I’m happy with these photos.
All my night shots I always keep it at 1/60 3.5 on a roll of Portra 400. I haven’t done a lot of night photography with this camera but i got good results at that setting.
Russell Rabanal super good to know ! Thanks for your time Russel 😊
Hey I’ve been having trouble with silver fast when I want to include the border. Doesn’t “recognize” the image unless you formatted right to image. Please help! lol
Altered Tourism I currently have my Mac on repairs but I should be getting it soon! I’ll make another video on that. To explain it here, I don’t use the tray. I lay the negative right on top of the glass and when I scan it, I just highlight each frame. - the method is very similar to the Epson Scan software. Check my other video on here called “how to include film borders when scanning.”
Thank you i will!
Great video, thx! I heard you shouldn’t include the borders since negafix won’t work correctly. Nick carver covers this in a video and apparently it’s written in the Silverfast manual...
@@nicolasdoring2686 Thanks for watching Nicolas. I appreciate it. I do want to give you my input. Rules are meant to be broken and I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong here. When someone says this or that or the manual is stated that you shouldn’t, you don’t need to follow either one including myself. I believe the scanning process can go through many ways. This is how I do mine and I think what I did helped out a lot of people and it works. I’m happy with my results and I know what I do is not for everyone.
I just released a new vid on how to scan 35mm film with film borders on my channel. Have a look. It took me while to release it but i hope you find it useful.
I got my V600 second hand off of eBay, the serial number has already been registered, no free copy of Silverfast for me.
Ooh man that’s a bummer. I assume you got a good deal on it at least. I got mine refurbished from Adorama and the serial number was unused. SilverFast isn’t too expensive if you have money to spend. I still use it and it’s worth it.
ANR glass is kinda overrated. I find that I still get Newton rings even with the ANR glass. Wet mount scanning is where I’ve been getting the most out of my negatives
I hear ya man. Newton rings still appear even with ANR glass. 100%. I’ll definitely check that method out and see if it will change my workflow.
Can you fix one frame with iSRD and copy that to the other frames??
When you make changes to one frame, you can duplicate it to add a new frame. Duplicating it will copy the settings to the new frame.
I click “copy setting to all frames” ?
@@russellrabanal I click “copy settings to all frames”? And it includes iSRD?
If you are not getting good result with negafix, try crop out the borders. I think negafix analyzes the cropped out area so it would confuse the border for the actual image if the border is cropped in.
On medium format, with or without the borders, the results are often similar. Most people don't get the results they are looking for when scanning 35mm. To each their own. Cheers.
@@russellrabanal Yeah that makes sense because medium format has a larger image / border ratio than 35mm
are you using the film carrier or just placing the film in the scanner without the carrier
Film on the glass.
@@russellrabanal damn sick! but how do ur colors maintain to be accurate when u include the borders? when i include the borders my scan doesn’t come out proper color-wise everything looks bleached
@@russellrabanal haha nvm just saw you posted a video about it
@@cheems24 all good! let me know if it helped ya! 🤙🏽
Silverfast is great I have scanned a couple of 100 rolls of film with a v700. Two pointers do use TIFF for further processing in Photoshop. Keep the DPI in green and do not go beyond yellow. You are scanning the image in red and will degrade the result, why would you need a 200 Mb file anyway?
How would a higher dpi degrade the result?
Unfortunately Silverfast now requires an internet connection for their version 9 of HDR and AI Studio. This is a real no go for those who scan film out of our rigs in National Parks or BLM land in the middle of nowhere. Version 8 does not require an internet connection. I've stuck with V8 for now.
BLM land? Africa? Peace brutha!
BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management.
I'm still using Version 8 and don't see the need to upgrade to Version 9. I'm happy with the results that I get from it. And about the internet connection required, I don't think they'll remove that unless there's a huge demand.
The one with no nega fix looks better. My opinion
Opinions are welcome. Thanks for sharing yours!🤘
Checkout negativ lab pro 😊
When I'm ready to cash out $99, I will. What I'm already getting with Silverfast, I'm happy with. Cheers!
@@russellrabanal alright man cheers
just gonna put it out there - you're cute
flattered! thanks! 🖤🤍
I am just trying to set this up for the first time and I actually feel stupid... fml.
All good man. You learn something new everyday. Feel free to shoot me any questions. 🤝
A mistake, many make, is including the film border when using Negafix. Negafix won’t work properly when doing so. Don’t do it :-)
I share by experience and a lot of my photos turned out amazing. I wouldn’t be making these videos if it didn’t work. - I’ll just say that it just doesn’t work for you and that’s ok. Thanks for dropping by.