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Version History

Version: 8.0.1r49 (2014-06-20)

  • Feature:
  • Other:
    • General: Add support for linear DNG files

Version: 8.0.1r48 (2014-06-05)

  • Bug:
    • General: Maximum iSRD offset hadn't been consistent all the time - fixed
  • Feature:
    • General: TWAIN support for Windows operating systems - batch scan over TWAIN will follow in a later release
    • VLT: Virtual Light Table
    • General: User can now specify the radius for Multi-Exposure search radius (Preferences, Special)

Version: 8.0.1r47 (2014-05-23)

  • Bug:
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Sometimes image in Navigator wasn't updated to show current JobManager item - fixed
    • General: Inadvertent automatic printing issue after processing resolved
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Making the iSRD filter even more stable
  • Installation:
  • Scanner Support:
  • Other:
    • General: Removed aliasing defects from preview image

Version: 8.0.1r46 (2014-05-09)

  • Bug:
    • General: JobManager could grow too small under certain circumstances and entries would not be displayed in a meaningful manner - fixed
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Improved handling of IPTC data
    • General: If SilverFast had been asked to import scans into Photoshop that were too large for it to handle, Photoshop could crash - now user is warned instead
    • General: Densitometer readings did not work in the way intended - fixed
    • Reflecta RPS 7200: Restart after media/holder change did not work in all cases - fixed
    • Nikon: Nikon LS 5000 stopped moving the sensor during prescan if an overview scan was done - fixed
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Ensured that rotation status of Navigator is in correspondence with the preview of the image loaded
  • Feature:
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Enabled DNG file format output for SilverFast HDR and HDR Studio
    • General: SC2G available for HDR scans
  • GUI:
    • General: During the manual IT8 calibration, the SilverFast IT8 calibration tool went beyond the SilverFast UI - fixed
    • Nikon: Eject button didn't do anything for IA-20 APS holder, now rewinds film

Version: 8.0.1r45 (2014-04-25)

  • Bug:
    • CanoScan 9000F Mark II: Auto-IT8-Calibration can't find IT8 target when slide holder is being used
    • Nikon LS 40ED / Coolscan IV ED: Using IA-20 crashes when previewing image - fixed for OS X
    • Nikon LS 9000ED: At the end of an overview scan, SilverFast could crash - fixed
    • General: Strange behavior in JPEG and JP2 option dialogs fixed
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: If Navigator was undocked, opening a new file could crash SilverFast HDR - fixed
  • Feature:
    • General: SilverFast SE, SE Plus, and Ai Studio can now output HDR and HDRi raw scans to the DNG file format
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Option to deactivate the "Save Job" request upon quitting SilverFast
    • Plustek OpticFilm 120: Added Kodak Ektar 100 film profil to NegaFix
    • General: SE and SE Plus users can now set the default unit for frame dimensions, too
  • Scanner Support:
    • Microtek Scanmaker 1000 XL: New scanner supported.
    • Microtek Scanmaker i900: Support for Microtek ScanMaker now implemented in SilverFast 8
    • Epson Perfection 2580 / GT-F550: New scanner supported on OS X

Version: 8.0.1r44 (2014-04-09)

  • Bug:
    • General: Scan frame could "disappear" when switching from positive to negative mode - fixed
    • General: "Copy settings to all frames" did not copy file path - fixed
    • General: Densitometer did no longer work - fixed
  • Feature:
    • General: Make offset of infrared image user configurable - implemented
  • Scanner Support:
  • User Story:
    • General: Improved scanner finding on OS X

Version: 8.0.1r43 (2014-03-26)

  • Bug:
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: NegaFix dialogue no longer vanishes after a copy-paste action in JobManager
    • General: SilverFast HDR didn't read the IPTC data given in SilverFast Ai - fixed
    • Reflecta DigitDia 5000: Sometimes artifacts when scanning with Multi-Exposure would occur - fixed
    • Reflecta MF5000: Offset issues when scanning multi-exposure images with Reflecta MF5000
    • Epson Expression 11000XL: Locking scanner could sometimes fail for Epson 11000XL when batch scanning - fixed
    • General: SRD didn't work in between versions
  • Feature:
    • General: Ability to use IPTC data when scanning to JPEG files
    • General: Photoshop Elements 11 and 12 are now supported
    • General: Ability to use IPTC data when scanning to JPEG2000 files
    • General: Future releases of SilverFast scanner versions can automatically detect and download multiple installations (due to more than one scanner being used), thus making updating SilverFast easier and more smoothly
    • General: After setting a white or black point, already existing neutral points will automatically be recalculated instead of being simply dropped
  • GUI:
    • General: Issues in Italian UI with Prescan and AutoCCR buttons
  • Quality:
    • General: IPTC dialogue only closes and clicking the OK button twice.
    • General: Enhanced stability on Windows 32 bit environments
    • General: Further speed enhancements for SilverFast user interface
  • User Story:
    • General: Improved movie support for RealPlayer on Windows

Version: 8.0.1r42 (2014-03-10)

  • Task:
    • General: Enhancements to SilverFast logfile
  • Bug:
    • General: Improved stability when transferring files to Photoshop
    • General: JobManager can now identify Kodachrome and regular Positive processing
    • General: It is now possible to copy Negative, Positive, or Kodachrome mode setting for a given frame in HDR Studio's JobManager.
    • Reflecta DigitDia 6000: Corrected number of thumbnails in overview scan dialogue
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: If gradation dialog had been open while switching from "Positive" to "Negativ" or from "Kodachrome" to "Negative", HDR Studio could crash - fixed.
    • General: Register for Dropbox link didn't work anymore - fixed.
  • Feature:
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: It is now possible to set negative or positive mode individually for every frame in HDR Studio.
    • General: Improved handling of text retention when descreening scans.
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: JobManager persistently accepts change of image type to negative
    • General: Photoshop CC is now supported
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: When opening HDRi images, SilverFast HDR does now process images specifically depending on the scanner they were made with
    • General: SE/Plus now also allows for user defined screen value in descreening tool dialog
  • Quality:
    • General: Further UI speed enhancements

Version: 8.0.1r41 (2014-02-27)

  • Task:
    • Changed default: user defined ICC profiles now deactivated (Settings, Auto)
  • Bug:
    • General: It's now possible to set user definiert LPI descreening values
    • General: Overview scan did show film strip as negative when "CCR" had been deactivated in NegaFix - fixed
    • Canon CanoScan 9000F: Enhanced detection to remedy offset between IR and RGB images with Canon 9000F
    • General: UI speed improvements
    • General: SRD works again for greyscale images
    • General: iSRD default values were not initialised in 8.0.1r40
  • Feature:
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: Thumbnails in JobManager had not been converted from negative to positive sometimes - fixed
    • General: When dragging an image folder to the JobManager, images from sub-folders are now also recognized
  • GUI:
    • General: Complementing translations to further languages

Version: 8.0.1r40 (2014-02-05)

  • Bug:
    • General: Solving rare crash situation when quitting the application
    • Plustek OpticFilm 120: More stable generation of thumbnail images in JobManager
    • Nikon LS 9000ED: Focus value from tool and on filter tool bar could differ - solved
    • SilverFast HDR Studio: HDR can now open TIFF files that internally are of NEF file format
    • General: Histogram keeps N/L view mode when image auto-adjust is applied
    • Now on Windows, too: JobManager gets thumbnails from overview when selection is added
  • Quality:
    • General: Speed enhancements for SilverFast user interface
  • Support:
    • General: Welcome Dialog displays trouble-shooting hints if SilverFast cannot find a scanning device