SilverFast: The Official Guide

Your Key to Better Scans, Beautiful Images, and Improved Efficiency

Whether you're new to scanning or a seasoned pro, SilverFast: The Official Guide gives you the practical knowledge you need to achieve the best possible scans and images using any of the SilverFast products: SilverFast Ai, SE, DC, HDR, or PhotoCD. You get a thorough introduction to scanning basics, in-depth instruction in correction techniques, and tips for using SilverFast's advanced features. Written by a widely acclaimed graphics expert, with the full support of Lasersoft Imaging, this is the authoritative SilverFast resource.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding resolution
• Understanding color modes, spaces, and theory
• Understanding scanner operation
• Setting up scanner defaults and workspace
• Calibrating your scanner
• Making a quick scan
• Setting advanced options
• Identifying problems using the densitometer and histogram
• Correcting images selectively using masks
• Removing color casts
• Sharpening and descreening images
• Scanning line art, slides, and negatives
• Using color management profiles
• Adjusting existing images in SilverFast HDR, SilverFast DC, and SilverFast PhotoCD
• Using batch scanning and Job Manager

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Prepress "guru" Dr. Taz Tally is a Ph.D. and author of Avoiding The Output Blues, Avoiding the Scanning Blues, and his Electronic Publishing textbook. He has also created numerous training videos and CDs, and authored textbooks used throughout the industry. He is in demand nationally as a presenter on topics related to pre-press and graphics. More than 30,000 graphics professionals have attended his seminars.