General: Fixed a possible issue when cancelling a batch scan in the WorkflowPilot.
Bug:
General: Restored the function of a few shortcuts.
General: Fixed an UI issue which caused the Clone-Tool to appear active even if not activated.
Quality:
General: Focus settings for scanners with manual focus adjustment have been unified and renamed. "Auto-Focus off" now is named "Neutral Focus" and is a standard position for the focus.
General: Added some missing tooltips in the SilverFast preferences.
General: The film finding for 35mm scanners has been improved.
Bug:
General: Fixed a very rare issue where the IR image wouldn't fit the RGB image.
General: Fixed an issue where copying the frame finding option would lead to repeating the frame finding every time the image is opened.
General: Fixed an issue in SilverFast HDR which prevented images from being opened by double-clicking them in the JobManager after drag and drop from the VLT.
Feature:
SilverFast HDR: When you drap and drop a batch of images onto the JobManager, the first image is opened for editing automatically after leaving the VLT.
General: Changes to the thresholds and offsets of the image automatic now update the preview automatically for better visual feedback.
General: A new standard workflow has been added to the WorkflowPilot which offers all automatic optimisations that usually don't require manual adjustments. This workflow fits a large number of images. Take a look at the worfklows in the "edit" section if you need more control.
General: Masks are now available for Descreening for more precise control.
GUI:
General: SilverFast 9 users without a SilverFast HDR license now get a message when selecting one of the RAW-data formats in order to inform about which format to select for processed images and which for unedited scanner RAW data which is best used with SilverFast HDR after scanning.
General: The US patent for the ExpressScan has been added.
Installation:
Plustek: Fixed an issue where the Intelliscan button of the Plustek OpticFilm 8100/8200i/8300i wouldn't launch SilverFast 9.
General: Fixed an issue where NegaFix wouldn't save the NegaFix settings.
General: The naming of new frames has been made more consistent for the different types of frame creation.
General: Some settings in Info dialog needed correction
General: Reenabled CTRL+Q shortcut ability to quit SilverFast app on Windows
Feature:
General: The WorkflowPilot now keeps your settings (e.g. film type and resolution) when using the "back to start" function for more productive scanning.
General: Added SRDx for dust and scratch removal to the black and white workflow in the WorkFlowPilot.
General: The size of the eraser tool in the SRDx and iSRD function has been significantly increased to allow for quick erasing in high resolutions.
GUI:
General: More tooltips for JobManager and Picture settings dialogs
General: Corrected minor UI glitch with logo in welcome screen
General: Removed neutral pipette from pipette tool when scanning greyscale images
General: The cursors for the densitometer and the eraser tool are now activated correctly when switching between the two tools.
General: Corrected histogram rendering for showing CMY data, if set in preferences (only greyscale scan mode affected)
General: Corrected the tabbing order in the scan dimensions dialog.
Changed title of an option for better understanding
General: Fixed an issue where some icons were displayed in low resolution on secondary screens.
General: Button to undock tools dialog dock in dark UI mode better to see now
General: Improved readibility for SCC matrix in dark UI mode
Installation:
General: Bonjour couldn't be installed with SilverFast 9 installer on Windows - fixed
Quality:
Plustek drivers have been updated for M1 support and to prevent vertical lines in the scans when scanning with certain resolutions.
General: Plustek drivers have been updated for M1 support and to prevent color casts in the scans when scanning with certain resolutions.
General: Scan and Batch scan are separate buttons now when using the Nikon SF-200 or SF-210 with the Nikon LS-4000ED.
General: Scan completed sounds added.
General: Multi-Exposure is now an optional feature for the Single Archive Command (SAC).
General: Improved the performance of the Virtual Light Table, particularly on remote drives.
Bug:
General: Masks can now be replaced even if the mask is connected to a frame that has been deleted.
General: The display for the input profile beneath the preview window is now correctly updated after IT8 calibration.
General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast could crash when selecting a frame finding function that did not match the holder in the scanner.
General: Fixed an issue where Frame Finding would lead to a crash after switching to a Hi-Res preview without updating the preview.
General: Fixed an issue where scanning with very high resolutions and iSRD resulted in a crash.
Feature:
General: For easier and faster use, SilverFast now keeps the settings for save path, file format, resolution and bit depth when creating new frames. Deleting a frame will reset the settings back to standard.
General: The WorkFlowPilot now pre-selects resolutions which are more suitable to the selected task.
GUI:
General: The Export dialog now displays the JPG compression also as percentage value.
Installation:
General: Supporting current Photoshop releases in SilverFast Installer
SilverFast to install drivers for Plustek OpticFilm 8100 and 8200i scanners now also on Windows
General: SilverFast to install drivers for scanner now on Windows, too
Quality:
Plustek: Quality of Multi-Exposure scans improved
Scanner Support:
SilverFast to include new drivers for installation on macOS to support OpticFilm 8100 and 8200i with serials beginning with 5A2D and 5A2M. Of course these devices are supported on Windows, too.
Microtek ArtixScan 3200XL: Updated the Windows driver for the Microtek ArticScan 3200XL.
General: An issue has been fixed where it was possible to copy the HDRi RAW setting to fine rotated frames. HDRi RAW now correctly prevents the fine rotation.
General: Fixed an issue where the USM tool lost its threshold settings when restarting SilverFast restart.
General: An issue has been solved where "Reset HDRi RAW data" wouldn't reset all filters on HDRi RAW files.
General: Fixed an issue where using some special characters caused SilverFast to freeze when saving.
General: IPTC data for date and time of the creation of the original is now optional.
General: Option to empty preview area works now for all modes
General: Due to some JPEG files specific qualities, setting of neutral pipette measurement point failed - fixed
General: Fixed an issue where the offset slider for Multi-Exposure couldn't be used correctly.
General: Fixed an issue which made the iSRD eraser tool loose its settings when switching between frames.
General: Specific setup could crash ME preview - fixed
General: Corrected internal handling of CMS settings for specific cases
General: Export of scans now always occurs into set target folder
General: Fixed an issue which would lead to corrupt Navigator previews on certain scanners when using resolutions of 7500 and higher together with iSRD.
General: Fixed an issue where the SAC would start indexing the files with index number 0 instead of 1.
General: Corrected calculation behavior when in zoomed state
General: Minor corrections for RedCCR
General: Fixed an issue where updating SilverFast 9 didn't update the version number for the Windows registry and Programs list.
General: Fixed an issue which prevented the naming of presets for persistent tool positions.
General: Fixed an issue which made SilverFast HDR Studio ignore the file names of images scanned with the ExpressScan or Single Archive Command (SAC) feature.
General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast couldn't stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service which locked the scanner.
Nikon LS 9000ED: Fixed an issue with 64bit HDRi RAW files from the Nikon LS-9000 which were written with a maximum of 4000ppi instead of 8000ppi.
General: Persistent tool dialogs couldn't be created anymore - fixed
Crash when batch-scanning with ME in higher res only - fixed
General: Corrected conversion of rotated frames
General: In iSRD and other tools with masks you could accidentially create a situation where you no longer were able to create a mask, unless a scan frame was deleted - fixed
Feature:
General: SilverFast may now also use macOS system sounds to indicate "scan finished" status.
General: Where corresponding scanner drivers exist, now a native ARM/M1/Apple plug-in for Photoshop is offered.
General: The fine rotation in the densitometer is now a general setting and allows for fine rotating of all frames instead of only the active frame.
General: Being M1 compatible, SilverFast now displays a notification on startup if the available scanner drivers do not match SilverFast's current working mode (M1/Rosetta2) and offers to switch accordingly.
General: The PDF Maker now has its own preview button for faster access.
General: If an IT8 calibration fails due to an error in patch homogeneity, the IT8 calibration wizard now displays which color fields have too high delta-E values. Probably there is some dust that can be blown off carefully before starting a successfull calibration.
General: Hovering above an entry with a truncated file name in the VLT will now show a tooltip with the file's full name.
General: A tutorial movie has been added to the Export Dialog.
General: Neutral points, which are outside the active image frame, are now marked with an info icon and a tooltip to make obvious that they are in effect even if nothing if they can't be displayed in the preview.
GUI:
General: Some buttons for accessing tutorial movies in WorkFlow Pilot mode were displayed double or lead to non-existent movies links - corrected.
General: Sometimes and under certain circumstances an offset between the marker tool in iSRD and its application was observed - corrected
General: Sorting of items in JobManager improved
General: Fixed an issue where the iSRD offset slider in the SilverFast preferences would display wrong values.
General: Issues with multi-monitor setups solved
General: Fixed an issue which prevented the zoom which is executed when drawing a frame while pressing the Command/CTRL button.
General: The macOS keyboard shortcut "Option+A" is now working again.
General: Improved readability in light UI mode
Installation:
General: Fixed an issue where the installation would fail on macOS systems where the user name had been changed after creation to include blank spaces which are not allowed during creation.
General: Fixed an issue that mistakenly triggered an uninstall.ini error when installing on macOS systems.
Quality:
General: Internal CMS updated
PIE PrimeFilm XE s: New scanner profile for PrimeFilm XE s added
General: The performance of the Virtual Light Table VLT when reading folders with large amounts of images has been improved.
General: The ESC key now quits the pipette mode for picking the shadow or highlight point.
General: Verified quality of bundled scanner profile
General: Improving skin tones with RedCCR
General: Fixed a bug which caused some SF8 images to be displayed blurry and without a frame in SilverFast HDR 9 and HDR Studio 9.
Scanner Support:
General: Nikon scanners are supplied with M1/ARM/Apple drivers
General: If scanner driver available, run SilverFast in ARM CPU (Apple) mode natively on M1 Macs
The instructions concerning the driver installation for the Canon 9000F have been updated.
Support:
General: Option to set default folder for VLT in SilverFast service dialog
General: Under certain conditions the input profile display below the preview was not updated when a profile was changed in the "CMS" tab of the preferences. The profile is now updated correctly.
General: Fixed an issue for SE and SE Plus versions which made the frame finding always use the default settings instead of the settings of the current frame.
General: Fixed an issue in the metadata of grayscale images when exported with the export dialog. The metadata falsely claimed that the Adobe RGB profile was embedded, while in fact it was not.
General: Fixed an issue where images from the OpticFilm 7300 were too bright.
Bug:
General: Error message "no pictures folder found" no longer comes when starting SilverFast.
General: Fixed an issue with the social media widget in HDR Studio when switching back and forth between images in the JobManager.
General: Fixed an issue where NegaFix would use low resolution data until moving or changing the frame even if a Hi-Res preview had been done before.
General: Fixed an issue which made the PF 135 scanner save film strips as a whole rather than as individual images.
General: Fixed an issue for automatic numbering which resulted in a wrong start index if SilverFast was shut down between two batch scans.
General: Fixed an issue where the SAC would stop scanning before finishing all images.
General: Fixed an issue for Nikon FW scanners which lead to batch scans not being completed on new M1 Macs.
General: Fixed an issue for copying the frame finding function in the JobManager which could lead to frames which were too small.
General: Mouse scrolling for the gamma slider is now disabled.
General: The NegaFix profiles for the Plustek OpticFilm 8300i have been added to HDR Studio.
General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast didn't display the NegaFix profiles for the Plustek OpticFilm 8300i until NegaFix was initiated again.
General: The name of the Kodachrome profile for the Nikon LS-5000 ED was mispelled and has been corrected.
Feature:
General: Using natural language sorting in VLT
General: Some scanners from Pacific Image Electronics and Reflecta can do the Multi-Exposure and the regular exposed scan in one pass again.
General: Frames now can be adjusted without changing the aspect ratio. Click and hold the "SHIFT"- key and modifiy one of the sides to change the size and keep the aspect ratio.
General: In WorkflowPilot mode the batch scan can now be started right away without having to wait for the end of the first scan.
General: Some additional filter options have been added to the VLT filter in HDR Studio.
General: A new image automatic "RedCCR" was added. This automatic is used for very strong red color casts, from which old Ektachrome slides may suffer for instance.
General: Instead of leaving the WorkflowPilot mode (blue globe) at the end of a WFP scan SilverFast now offers the choice to exit WFP mode or to go back to "Start" to do another scan.
General: In addition to copy & paste to create new frames, it is possible again to move a frame while pressing the ALT (Option)- Key in order to create a copy of the frame at the new position.
General: Frame settings can now be copied using CMD (CTRL) + C and pastend using CMD (CTRL) + V. Target an empty area to create a new frame with the copied settings or target an existing frame to overwrite its settings with the settings you copied.
GUI:
General: Profile names not fully shown in CMS tab - fixed
General: SilverFast now displays a tooltip for features that are not available when scanning RAW data.
General: Visibility for text has been improved in the dark mode.
General: Fixed an issue where the HDR Studio VLT wouldn't display the HDR RAW banner for RAW files which are scanned into the folder which is open in the VLT.
Support:
General: Fixed an issue where the Windows Image Aquisition service prevented SilverFast from accessing the scanner, leading to the message that "there was a problem with the scanner driver".
General: Fixed a crash when scanning into jp2 files while using the Epson Gray - Gamma 2.2. profile.
General: Fixed an issue in the sequential numbering which would begin with the lowest index available instead of the selected one.
General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast would use "cm" instead of "inch" as measurement unit on startup.
General: Fixed an issue for the Export Dialog which would allow HDRi format for reflective scans and scanners without IR lamp.
General: Fixed an issue which would leave SilverFast unresponsive after cancelling a multi-page PDF scan.
General: Added the possibility to use leading zeros for the index.
General: Fixed an issue for files with more that 1GB which would be saved without embedding a profile.
General: Fixed an issue which could cause the software to freeze after cancelling the export in the ExpressScan popup.
General: Fixed an issue where ExpressScans would create files with invalid meta data.
General: Fixed an issue for the JobManager which would crash on Windows computers after loading a previously saved Job.
General: Fixed an issue which would cause the Single Archive Command to crash if the preview was rotated beforehand.
Feature:
General: It is now possible to use the frame finding function with the Epson Perfection V800 and V850 while using the film holders of the Perfection V700 and V750 and vice versa.
General: The VLT has a new filter function which allows to use multiple options to filter your images recursively to find matching images quickly.
General: The input profile used can now also be selected via the status bar.
General: Densitometer Points can now be created or moved by using the ALT key instead of the SHIFT key. Press ESC to leave the create/edit mode. We've added a button to the Densitomter to toggle the create/edit mode on or off.
General: Added frame sorting options for SE and SE Plus to the preferences > special.
General: Mouse-over and click effects have been added for better visual feedback.
General: Default quality factor for "lossy" jp2 files is now 100% (up from 80%). "Losless" setting now hides the compression controls.
General: Densitometer values can now be displayed in the histogram.
Feature:
General: SilverFast SE Plus and higher now offer a Multi-page PDF maker which can be found in the vertical toolbar of the scanner version or the export dialog of HDR versions.
With SilverFast's ExpressScan Feature, SilverFast Archive Suite now automatically speeds up batch scans. Further information can be found here:
https://www.silverfast.com/highlights/expressscan/en.html
SilverFast's Ai Studio Histogram features an extra expert option now: Gamma adjustment
General: It is now possible to stay in WorkflowPilot mode after completing a workflow.
Quality:
General: Improved iSRD handling of Kodachrome film.
Defect corrections quality improved.
Better handling of larger scratches.
General: The radius of the eraser can now be set even larger.
General: iSRD is now also available in the WorkflowPilot's Kodachrome workflow.
General: New frames can now also be created via the Frame menu.
General: The handling of special characters in the IPTC data has been improved.
Plustek OpticFilm 120 Pro: Parallel to the general improvement of the alignment, the alignment for the OF120 Pro was optimized in particular.
Bug:
General: Prevented a crash when loading corrupt jpg images.
General: A problem with importing from Photoshop has been solved.
General: Fixed a batch scanning issue with the Epson Perfection V600.
CanoScan 9000F Mark II: Fixed an issue that could cause the iSRD HQ preview to crash on Kodachromes.
Feature:
General: It is now possible to save the SilverFast preferences in the menu "SilverFast 9" > "Preferences" and reload them via the service area in the start screen.
Sorting for frame search: SilverFast Ai Studio now allows to specify a sorting for the frame search via SilverFast "Settings" > "Auto".
General: The auto scan function for the 1:1 preview of SRDx and iSRD are no longer linked.
Custom frame formats: User-defined frame formats can now be saved via the "Frame" menu. These can be reloaded via the "Frame" menu or the "Format" menu.
General: The export dialog can now also take over the save path of the frames instead of overwriting them with its own settings.
General: The numbering during batch processing can now be customized by selecting a separator and a date.
Quality:
General: The watermarks of the demo version are less obtrusive now so that the quality of the final image can be judged better.
iSRD: the alignment of the RGB and the infrared image has been improved so that the automatic offset correction is even more precise.
General: When copying the image automatics to other frames, the automatic image optimization is applied individually for each image. In SilverFast Ai Studio's Settings > Auto, an option has been added to transfer fixed values instead for image series with consistent shooting conditions.
Bug:
Plustek OpticFilm 120 Pro: In some cases, the film offset compensation from the overview dialog was not transferred correctly. The offset is now compensated correctly.
General: The language selection for "Simplified Chinese" now works correctly again.
WFP: the export option for taking over an existing frame name has been deactivated, because one can't assign a name before the export.
Nikon LS 9000ED: Under certain conditions, the first image was scanned multiple times during batch scanning. The correct scan sequence was restored.
General: The Clone-Tool now shows the area to be copied transparently as a preview again.
General: Under certain conditions, the selection of automatic image optimization in Settings > Auto was reset. The setting is now retained.
General: In some cases, especially large scans from approx. 1GB file size could not always be performed reliably. Large files can now be created again without aborts.
The batch scan function on the Nikon LS-8000 and LS-9000 works correctly again if the holder is inserted before SilverFast is started.
General: Loading saved frame sets could cause a crash. Frame sets are now loaded correctly again.
General: The value "-1" can be used again as Find Frames Outset in Settings > Auto.
General: An issue was fixed which under certain conditions could lead to stripes in the preview or final images.
General: SilverFast HDR Studio could not correctly display some jpg files without profile. Images without profile are now loaded correctly.
Quality:
General: By selecting predefined frame formats, frames could be created outside the preview area.The frames are now created only in the visible area and reduced in size if necessary.
Scanner Support:
Plustek OpticFilm 7400, 7600i, 8100 and 8200i have received new macOS drivers from Plustek that restore the original brightness.
User Story:
General: Solved login to my.SilverFast issues if connected with low bandwith
General: A "Reset"-Button was added to the "Auto" tab of the SilverFast preferences which restores the default values.
General: The "Expert" part of the Scan Dimensions window now is part of the regular dialogue and thus always visible.
General: When starting SilverFast as demo version for the first time, you need to pick which level of the software you want to try. You can switch software levels for the demo in the Welcome Screen when starting SilverFast.
General: A message is now displayed if SilverFast Single Archive Scan can't create a folder in the chosen directory.
General: The Single Archive Command now has separate Trashes to empty the list of "Finished Runs" and to delete the files listed under "Archive Run" from your disk.
General: Shortcuts for opening the Histogram and for opening images in HDR Studio have been added.
Reflecta RPS 10M and Pie PrimeFilm XA: the driver has been updated and the overall stability on M1 MacBooks with macOS 11 was improved.
Bug:
General: The Densitometer now displays the correct tools and settings for each software level.
Single Archive Command: The tabs have been re-organized for a more natural left-to-right flow.
DigitDia and Powerslide series: The overview scan doesn't start automatically any more. The automatic overview scan can be re-activated in the preferences.
Feature:
General: long domain names are now accepted when logging in
macOS 11 Big Sur: images can be displayed again after the scan.
General: The Scan Dimensions "Save Settings" action now also saves the path.
