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SilverFast Ai / DC / HDR / PrinTao
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	SilverFast Ai Studio GUI
Developer(s)	LaserSoft Imaging
Initial release	1995
Stable release	6.6.0r2 / August 13th, 2008
Operating system	Win 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.3-10.5
Available in	english, multi-lingual
Type	Scanning, Image Processing, Printing, Digital Camera, HDR
License	proprietary
Website	SilverFast.com

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SilverFast is a software for scanning and image processing, which is developed by LaserSoft Imaging (Kiel, Germany) since 1994. Providing a software supporting any conventional scanner to digitize analog graphic material like photos, slides, documents and similar is LaserSoft's main field of activity. Beside this they are developing some specialized image processing applications for usage with digital cameras, printers and 48 Bit RAW image processing.

History

SilverFast is developed and distributed by LaserSoft Imaging since 1994. The first version was introduced at the Hanover CeBIT fair in 1995. Version 2.0 was presented at the CeBIT at 1996 and version 3.0 was finished in December of 1996. The latest version 6.6 is available since May, 2008. Today SilverFast is the sole software supporting the Heidelberg high-end Scanner on Mac OSX und Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista. Some scanner manufacturers bundle their hardware with SilverFast. The EDP (European Digital Press Association) awarded LaserSoft Imaging's SilverFast as the 'Best colour mangement software of the year 2008' for improving the dynamic range of most scanners and for creating ICC profiles automatically.^[1] The Company has designed a couple of new technologies in the field of scanning and image processing; for some of them patents are pending. These are amongst others:

Multi-Exposure (with Auto-Alignment, Patent-Nr.: EP 1744278)
Auto-IT8 Calibraion (Patent-Nr.: EP 1594301)
ScanPilot
ICC Printer Calibration
GANE ® (removes grain and noise from the image)
HiRePP ® (High Resolution Picture Performance)
NegaFix ® (allocation and generation of film-profiles for negatives)
PhotoProof ® (color true printing without the need of a RIP)
PrinTao ® (color managed print helper with implemented Layout functions)
SC2G ® (selective color to gray)
SCC ® (selective color correction)
SRD ® (Dust and scratch removal tool)
iSRD ® (dust and scratch removal tool with infrared technologie)

Product Range

The products can be classified in four different categories :

Scanner Software	Digital Camera Software	HDR Software	Printer Software
SilverFast SE	SilverFast DC SE	SilverFast HDR	SilverFast PrinTao ³⁾
SilverFast SE Plus ¹⁾	SilverFast DC VLT	SilverFast HDR IT8
SilverFast Ai	SilverFast DC Pro	SilverFast HDR Studio ^{3), 4)}
SilverFast Ai IT8 ²⁾	SilverFast DC Pro Studio ^{3), 4)}
SilverFast Ai Studio ¹⁾
SilverFast Ai Studio IT8 ^{1), 2)}
SilverFast X-Ray

optional: ¹⁾Multi-Exposure, ²⁾ICC Printer Calibration, ³⁾PhotoProof, ⁴⁾ColorServer

A detailed description of the different versions:

SilverFast SE / Ai / Ai Studio (Scanner-Software)

SilverFast X-Ray

SilverFast DC SE / DC Pro / DC Pro Studio (Digital-Camera-Software)

SilverFast HDR / HDR Studio (48 Bit Image-Processing-Software)

SilverFast PrintTao (Printer-Software)

optional Features

As marked in the table above, some products are available with the following additional features:

Multi-Exposure (ME)

When scanning transparent originals like slides or negatives Multi-Exposure increases the dynamic range to a level, that gets only reached by drum scanners in general. This is afforded through scannig the original twice but with different exposure times.

ICC-Printer-Calibration

Scanner and printer IT8-Calibration and ICC-profiling without additional hardware.^[2]

PhotoProof

PhotoProof is a tool for color-true and binding processing of images from digital camera. The image optimization gets done in the RGB color space. When activating PhotoProof, the user will immediately see a CMYK simulation of the image by means of RGB softproofing on the calibrated monitor. Thereafter a color-true contract proof can be created on any suitable, calibrated output device. The user just has to choose the ICC profile for the printer and the FOGRA media wedge to be embedded. Embedding a media wedge is used as a reference for a true-to-color proof.

ColorServer

ColorServer executes the processes of color conversion, scaling, sharpening, separation, and optimization of image data automatically (even batch processing) in the 48 Bit color space. The possibility to save high dynamic range images in the JPEG 2000 format assures maximum compression of image data without a loss of quality. JPEG 2000 also allows a compression ratio of 10:1 without any visible loss of image quality.

IT8-Calibration

In the process chain (original - scanner / digital camera - monitor - printer) it's essential to calibrate any participating device for assuring a binding color reproduction, due to the fact that their actual color spaces differ device-specific from the referential color spaces. An IT8-Target is needed to perform a so-called IT8-Calibration.

Auto-IT8-Calibration

The IT8-Calibration runs automatically in SilverFast. After placing the IT8-Target on the scanner the user is able to start the calibration with a single mouse-click. A combination of Barcode-technology and auto-alignment allows the patent-registered process of calibration to run completely automatically.

ICC-Printer-Calibration

A printer calibration is necessary for keeping the colors and hues as original and predictible as possible. Therefor an ICC profile, which takes the actual printer, the ink cartridges and the paper used into account, has to be created. Traditionally this is done with a spectral photometer, which becomes redundant when using SilverFast Ai IT8, because SilverFast utilizes the scanner as the measuring device for the profiling.

Heidelberg (High-End Drum Scanner)

SilverFast Ai Studio is a solution to work with the drum scanners made by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Linotype - Hell) on actual operating systems like Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Mac OS X 10.3-10.5. Generally these high-end scanners are used in the field of professional prepress. The following scanner models are supported:

CHROMAGRAPH 3300/3400
TANGO/XL
TOPAZ
NEXSCAN
PRIMESCAN

Free Demo Versions

LaserSoft imaging provides demo versions of their product range for downloading.

Restriction: Watermark

Literature

An introduction to image processing, especially and comprehensivley in combination with SilverFast, is available in english:

Taz Tally, Ph.D. SilverFast - The Official Guide. Sybex, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7821-4197-9
Taz Tally, Ph.D. SilverFast - Das offizielle Buch. Mitp-Verlag, 2004. ISBN 978-3-8266-1521-4

References

^ EDP (European Digital Press) - Best Product of the Year: Best Colour Management
^ Nadir Magazine: scanner- and printer-Calibration with SilverFast Ai IT8 by Agostino Maiello

External Links

LaserSoft Imaging AG - englisch
LaserSoft Imaging AG - german
download: latest SilverFast demo versions
Documentation: LaserSoft Imaging provides the complete manual, some tutorials and many Quicktime movies online

[1] EDP (European Digital Press) - Best Product of the Year: Best Colour Management

[2] Nadir Magazine: scanner- and printer-Calibration with SilverFast Ai IT8 by Agostino Maiello

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+{{Infobox Software
-{{for|the radio station serving New York, New York, formerly known as WFNY-FM|WXRK}}
+| name                       = SilverFast Ai / DC / HDR / PrinTao
-{{Infobox Radio station
-| name             = WFNY
+| logo                       = [[Image:LSI_logo.jpg|none|300px]]
+<br>
-| image            =
-| city             = [[Gloversville, New York|Gloversville]], [[New York]]
+| screenshot                 = [[Image:sf_ai_studio.png|none|300px]]
-| area             = Eastern NY State
+| caption                    = SilverFast Ai Studio [[GUI]]
-| branding         =
+| developer                  = [[LaserSoft Imaging]]
-| slogan           = "Glove Cities Favorite"
+| released                   = 1995
-| airdate          = September 2002
+| latest release version     = 6.6.0r2
-| frequency        = 1440 [[kHz]]
+| latest release date        = August 13th, 2008
-| format           = [[Variety (radio)|Variety]]
+| operating system           = Win 2000, XP, Vista,
+Mac OS X 10.3-10.5
-| power            = 3,600 [[watt]]s day<br>500 [[watt]]s night
-| class            = B
+| language                   = english, multi-lingual
+| genre                      = Scanning, Image Processing, Printing, Digital Camera, HDR
-| facility_id      = 129191
+| license                    = proprietary
-| coordinates      = {{coord|43|1|57.00|N|74|21|2.00|W|region:GB_type:city}}
+| website                    = [http://www.silverfast.com/ SilverFast.com]
-| callsign_meaning = W '''F'''ulton (county) '''N'''ew '''Y'''ork
-| former_callsigns =
-| owner            = Michael A. Sleezer
-| licensee         =
-| sister_stations  = WFNY-CA TV Ch. 49
-| webcast          =
-| website          =
-| affiliations     =
 }}
-'''WFNY''' (1440 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a commercial [[radio station]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WFNY |title=WFNY Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> licensed to [[Gloversville, New York]], USA. Programming primarily consists of what is known as a [[Variety (radio)|Variety]] format, focusing on Pop music from the 50's to the 80's, along with community oriented local productions. WFNY serves the area of Upstate NY including the Mohawk Valley, Southern Adirondacks, and portions of the Capital Region.  The station is owned by local businessman Michael A. Sleezer.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron }}</ref>
+'''SilverFast''' is a software for [[Image scanning|scanning]] and [[image processing]], which is developed by [[LaserSoft Imaging]] ([[Kiel]], [[Germany]]) since 1994. Providing a [[software]] supporting any conventional [[Image scanner|scanner]] to [[Digitizing|digitize]] analog graphic material like photos, slides, documents and similar is LaserSoft's main field of activity. Beside this they are developing some specialized image processing applications for usage with [[digital camera]]s, [[Printer (computing)|printers]] and 48 Bit [[Raw image format|RAW image processing]].
-==External links==
-*{{AMQ|WFNY}}
-*{{AML|WFNY}}
-*{{AMARB|WFNY}}
-==References==
+== History ==
+SilverFast is developed and distributed by [[LaserSoft Imaging]] since 1994. The first version was introduced at the [[Hanover]] [[CeBIT]] fair in 1995. Version 2.0 was presented at the CeBIT at 1996 and version 3.0 was finished in December of 1996. The latest version 6.6 is available since May, 2008.
-{{reflist}}
+Today SilverFast is the sole software supporting the [[Heidelberger Druckmaschinen|Heidelberg]] high-end Scanner on [[Mac OS|Mac OSX]] und [[Microsoft Windows]] 2000, XP, Vista. Some scanner manufacturers bundle their hardware with SilverFast.
+The EDP ([[European Digital Press Association]]) awarded LaserSoft Imaging's SilverFast as the 'Best colour mangement software of the year 2008' for improving the [[Dynamic_range#Photography|dynamic range]] of most scanners and for creating [[ICC profile]]s automatically.<ref>EDP (European Digital Press) - [http://www.edpassociation.com/magazine/content/blogsection/4/37/ Best Product of the Year]: Best Colour Management</ref>
+The Company has designed a couple of new technologies in the field of [[Image_scanner|scanning]] and [[image processing]]; for some of them patents are pending. These are amongst others:
+[[Image:SilverFast_HDR_Box.jpg|thumb|150px|SilverFast HDR]]
+* Multi-Exposure (with Auto-Alignment, Patent-Nr.: EP 1744278)
+* Auto-[[IT8]] Calibraion (Patent-Nr.: EP 1594301)
+* ScanPilot
+* ICC Printer Calibration
+* GANE ® (removes grain and noise from the image)
+* HiRePP ® (High Resolution Picture Performance)
+* NegaFix ® (allocation and generation of film-profiles for negatives)
+* PhotoProof ® (color true printing without the need of a RIP)
+* PrinTao ® (color managed print helper with implemented Layout functions)
+* SC2G ® (selective color to gray)
+* SCC ® (selective color correction)
+* SRD ® (Dust and scratch removal tool)
+* iSRD ® (dust and scratch removal tool with infrared technologie)
+== Product Range ==
-<br clear=all>
+The products can be classified in four different categories :
-{{Albany Radio}}
+{| class="prettytable"
-[[Category:Radio stations in New York|FNY]]
+|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
+! Scanner Software || Digital Camera Software || HDR Software || Printer Software
+|-
+|SilverFast SE || SilverFast DC SE || SilverFast HDR || SilverFast PrinTao <sup>3)</sup>
+|-
+|SilverFast SE Plus <sup>1)</sup>|| SilverFast DC VLT || SilverFast HDR IT8 ||
+|-
+|SilverFast Ai || SilverFast DC Pro || SilverFast HDR Studio <sup>3), 4)</sup>||
+|-
+|SilverFast Ai IT8 <sup>2)</sup>|| SilverFast DC Pro Studio <sup>3), 4)</sup>|| ||
+|-
+|SilverFast Ai Studio <sup>1)</sup>|| || ||
+|-
+|SilverFast Ai Studio IT8 <sup>1), 2)</sup>|| || ||
+|-
+|SilverFast X-Ray || || ||
+|}
+optional: <sup>1)</sup>Multi-Exposure, <sup>2)</sup>ICC Printer Calibration, <sup>3)</sup>PhotoProof, <sup>4)</sup>ColorServer
+A detailed description of the different versions:
-{{NewYork-radio-station-stub}}
+=== SilverFast SE / Ai / Ai Studio (Scanner-Software)===
+{{Inuse}}
+==== SilverFast X-Ray ====
+{{Inuse}}
+=== SilverFast DC SE / DC Pro / DC Pro Studio (Digital-Camera-Software) ===
+[[Image:SilverFast_DC_Pro.png|thumb|250px|Screenshot: SilverFast DC Pro]]
+{{Inuse}}
+=== SilverFast HDR / HDR Studio (48 Bit Image-Processing-Software) ===
+{{Inuse}}
+=== SilverFast PrintTao (Printer-Software) ===
+[[Image:SilverFast_PrinTao.jpg|thumb|250px|Screenshot: SilverFast PrinTao]]
+{{Inuse}}
+=== optional Features ===
+As marked in the table above, some products are available with the following additional features:
+==== Multi-Exposure (ME) ====
+:When scanning transparent originals like slides or negatives Multi-Exposure increases the [[dynamic range]] to a level, that gets only reached by [[Image_scanner#Drum|drum scanners]] in general. This is afforded through scannig the original twice but with different [[Shutter speed|exposure times]].
+==== ICC-Printer-Calibration ====
+:Scanner and printer [[IT8]]-Calibration and [[ICC profile|ICC-profiling]] without additional hardware.<ref>[http://www.silverfast.com/PDF/printer_calibration_review_en.pdf Nadir Magazine: scanner- and printer-Calibration with SilverFast Ai IT8] by Agostino Maiello</ref>
+==== PhotoProof ====
+:PhotoProof is a tool for color-true and binding processing of images from digital camera. The image optimization gets done in the [[RGB color space]]. When activating PhotoProof, the user will immediately see a [[CMYK color model|CMYK]] simulation of the image by means of RGB softproofing on the calibrated monitor. Thereafter a color-true contract proof can be created on any suitable, calibrated output device. The user just has to choose the [[ICC profile]] for the printer and the [[FOGRA]] media wedge to be embedded. Embedding a media wedge is used as a reference for a true-to-color proof.
+==== ColorServer ====
+:ColorServer executes the processes of color conversion, [[Image scaling|scaling]], sharpening, [[Color_printing#Color_separation_process|separation]], and optimization of image data automatically (even [[batch processing]]) in the 48 Bit color space. The possibility to save [[High dynamic range imaging|high dynamic range]] images in the [[JPEG 2000]] format assures maximum compression of image data without a loss of quality. JPEG 2000 also allows a compression ratio of 10:1 without any visible loss of image quality.
+== IT8-Calibration ==
+[[Image:IT8target.jpg|thumb|250px|IT8.7/1 Target by [[LaserSoft Imaging|LaserSoft Imaging]]]]
+In the process chain (original - scanner / digital camera - monitor - printer) it's essential to calibrate any participating device for assuring a binding color reproduction, due to the fact that their actual color spaces differ device-specific from the referential color spaces. An [[IT8]]-Target is needed to perform a so-called IT8-Calibration.
+=== Auto-IT8-Calibration ===
+:The IT8-Calibration runs automatically in SilverFast. After placing the IT8-Target on the scanner the user is able to start the calibration with a single mouse-click. A combination of [[Barcode]]-technology and auto-alignment allows the patent-registered process of calibration to run completely automatically.
+=== ICC-Printer-Calibration ===
+:A printer calibration is necessary for keeping the colors and hues as original and predictible as possible. Therefor an [[ICC profile]], which takes the actual printer, the ink cartridges and the paper used into account, has to be created. Traditionally this is done with a [[Spectrophotometry|spectral photometer]], which becomes redundant when using SilverFast Ai IT8, because SilverFast utilizes the scanner as the measuring device for the profiling.
+== Heidelberg (High-End Drum Scanner) ==
+SilverFast Ai Studio is a solution to work with the [[Image_scanner#Drum|drum scanners]] made by [[Heidelberger_Druckmaschinen|Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG]] (Linotype - Hell) on actual operating systems like Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Mac OS X 10.3-10.5. Generally these high-end scanners are used in the field of professional prepress.
+The following scanner models are supported:
+* CHROMAGRAPH 3300/3400
+* TANGO/XL
+* TOPAZ
+* NEXSCAN
+* PRIMESCAN
+== Free Demo Versions ==
+LaserSoft imaging provides demo versions of their product range for downloading.
+* Restriction: [[Watermark]]
+== Literature ==
+An introduction to image processing, especially and comprehensivley in combination with SilverFast, is available in english:
+* Taz Tally, Ph.D. ''SilverFast - The Official Guide.'' Sybex, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7821-4197-9
+* Taz Tally, Ph.D. ''SilverFast - Das offizielle Buch.'' Mitp-Verlag, 2004. ISBN 978-3-8266-1521-4
+== References ==
+<references />
+== External Links ==
+*[http://www.silverfast.com LaserSoft Imaging AG - englisch]
+*[http://www.silverfast.de LaserSoft Imaging AG - german]
+*[http://www.silverfast.com/get_demo/en.html download: latest SilverFast demo versions]
+*Documentation: LaserSoft Imaging provides [http://www.silverfast.com/documentation/en.html the complete manual], [http://www.silverfast.com/show/tutorials/en.html some tutorials] and many [http://www.silverfast.com/mov/en.html Quicktime movies] online
+[[Category:Mac OS X software]]
+[[Category:Windows software]]
+[[Category:Graphic design]]
+[[Category:Proprietary software]]
+[[Category:Photo software]]