Digital BW, The Print

* -----Original Message-----
* From: sandersm@... [mailto:sandersm@aol.com] 
* Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 2:06 PM
* To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
* Subject: [Digital BW] Image Processors -- Silverfast HDR
* 
* 
* Is anyone on the list using Silverfast HDR?   What do you all 
* think about it? 
*   It shipped along with Silverfast Ai when I got my Microtek 
* 120tf scanner, 
* but I've never bothered to install it.   Is Silverfast HDR a 
* good alternative 
* to PS Elements?

Sanders,

Silverfast HDR is a piece of scanning software designed to "scan" TIFF files
of "raw" or unadjusted scans. I use it in my workflow which consists of
scanning to an "HDR" file with SF Ai, opening the file with SF HDR to set
the end point sliders using SF Levels and sending the file to Photoshop.

It is a nice tool for this if you got it free. When working with raw scan
files the data is often very bunched up close to one end of the scale. SF
HDR simply has a better on-screen Levels histogram and is easier to work
with. I have encountered some problems with SF HDR Levels if I adjust the
gamma as well as the endpoints so I wait to do these adjustments with Curves
in Photoshop.

Martin Wesley
http://www.carolyn.cc/Guests/MartinWesley/pages/MW_01.html
http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html