mach48 on versiontracker.com: "I found the software/hardware combination to be truly amazing! This $600.00 package will give scanners costing 10 times the price a run for the money. I'd like to see a little better Dmax but all in all it's the best value for a scanner out there."

Remaking your Portfolio, Part 1
Professional Photographer, 2005-08

John R. Spurr, 2011-08 - My thoughts on using SilverFast SE as my only scanner control program. Recently I had the misfortune of having my Windows XP Professional Computer die when the main board quit. While looking into upgrading with a new board or switch out completely to a New Window 7 Professional it became evident that I would have to make the big switch to a new replacement. I am heavily loaded with XP software so I was concerned about which software would have to be upgraded as well. I have an Epson Photo 3200 and have been extremely happy with the results that I have obtained. I am heavy into retouching and restoration of photos as it is a sizable part of my photo business. I installed all the software packed with the 3200 which consisted of the regular supplied company software and SilverFast SE. When I discovered just what I could do with the software and the amount of control that it offered for black and white films (such as by brand) as well as transparencies and prints, I selected to use it exclusively and never really used the alternative software.

Now I come to the recent mishap. Alas the older version of SFSE did not function with the new computer no matter what I tried. I had a sizable retouching job with a quick turn around needed and had to rely upon the original software to scan the prints. I was very unhappy with not the final results but the way I had to get there. I couldn't just pull up my old standby SFSE and choose the resolution, size of final print and perform all the adjustments to the final output before I even scanned the print. I had to do what I could do with any of those controls and had to set a higher resolution than needed so that I could resize later to get a decent final output. Plus forget about any adjustments to the image and not even have the ability to size for a final output.

After I finally finished I thought back of all the work that I needed to perform just to get prints and still have all the adjustments to perform yet and wondered if I would have tossed out the scanner if I hadn't had SilverFast SE in the beginning..... I owe my sanity and pleasure to what SilverFast SE has offer to me over the years.

So what did I do? Kept the scanner and purchased an upgraded SilverFast SE. Now I am content again.

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