Changes in Version 6.0.2r42:

• IT-8 dialog:
  • it is now possible to specify the area of the IT8 target by a 4-point-polygon rather than a rectangular frame
  • When cancelling the dialog the IT8 patch mask is reset to the state it had when entering the dialog. This is to help back-ward compatibility for users who are used to use the scan frame to select the IT8 target area.
• VLT:
  • General speedup for the thumbnail reading
  • Speedup for the thumbnail reading /generation when visiting a folder for the first time (first try to load LoRes thumbnails if available and use them for display in overview, HiRes thumbnails will be generated in the background).
  • General implementation of the reading of the thumbnail possibly embedded in the EXIF data.
  • Bugfix: Dragging an image doesn't select it.
  • The open dialog was just able to display a Photoshop thumbnail (if available). Now it will display a thumbnail for every image, where the VLT is able to read and display a LoRes thumbnail.
• VLT + JobManager: (Win)
  • When dragging images from the VLT to the JM, the thumbnails in the JM will be visible immediately.
  • It's now possible to drag folders from the navigator and albums from the albums list to the JM. Additionally one can now delete a folder in the Navigator by dragging it to the trash icon.
• JobManager:
  • The loading of thumbnails in the JM is now much faster.
  • For the USM filter the used strength and matrix is now displayed additionally for every entry.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r40/41:

• VLT: Improvement: If the mouse hovers over entries in the VLT navigator, that are only partially displayed, a tooltip window will pop up showing the full name.
  Improvement: Full screen preview can now also be activated by Space-click on a thumbnail in the overview or album part of the VLT
• VLT: (Mac) It's now possible to drag folders from the navigator and albums from the albums list to the JM. Additionally you can now delete a folder in the Navigator by dragging it to the trash icon.
• VLT: (Win) Bugfix for FullScreen - fit to screen. Some special types of images were displayed corrupted.
• JobManager: For the USM filter the used strength and matrix is now displayed additionally for every entry.
• Densitometer: (Mac) If the cursor is outside the preview area, the pixel zoom is cleared.
• Option Auto Panel: ColorCastRemoval is applied to the automatic function only when this new checkbox in the Option Auto Panel is on. It is off by default for DC- and HDR- versions.
• Option Panel: Bugfix: When the content of the resolution edit field was deleted , the content wasn't recovered with the current resolution value.
• SE: Unchecking the Auto checkbox now disables the Auto tolerance slider.
• TWAIN: (Win) Bugfix: Tab key wasn't working in the main dialog with SilverFast TWAIN versions.
• IT-8 dialog Bugfix: When canceling the IT8 dialog the aspect ratio of the preview area was sometimes not reset to the correct value.
  Bugfix: When the reference file was in the root folder "IT8 Reference Files", the calibration could not be performed
• Microtek AS4000tf Bugfix: The AS4000tf was not detected by SF with the newest FirmWare 1.61.
• Epson Bugfix: Faulty lines at the end of a scan with high resolution.
• Linotype Saphir Bugfix: Stripes were visible in the final scan at low resolutions (resolution along the 0y axis < 250 dpi).
• Linotype Jade2 Bugfix: The preview and the final scan looked different: the handling of the gradation curves was not correct.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r39:

• BugFix: When doing scans to file (SilverFast stays open), CMS settings now won't get lost after the first scan.
• BugFix: Corrected Auto Frame Inset
• Epson Corrected 1 Bit Line Art. Preview is now equal with endscan.
• Nikon NikonM(Win) No more interference with NikonScan - it doesn't matter, in which order the user installs NikonScan and SilverFast
• Nikon NikonM(Win) Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when doing an overview scan.
• Nikon NikonM(Win) Fixed a crash when switching the film format.
• Nikon NikonM(Win) Improved Scanner detection after scanner was swichted off.
• Nikon LS8000(Win) FilmStripOffset is now really working. Improved handling of holder (show real name).

Changes in Version 6.0.2r38:

• Umax PL180 Maximum depth information corrected (36 bit was shown instead of 42 bit).
• Pie 1800AFL, 3600Pro Maximum depth information corrected (36 bit was shown instead of 42 bit).
• Pie 1800U Improved OS9 and OSX support.
• Microtek Filmscan 35 Improved OS9 and OSX support.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r37:

• VLT: (Win) Bugfix for album export.
• Minolta MultiPro Fixed Problems with AutoPip and exposure in JobManager.
  Bugfix for crash during thumbnail scan.
• Canon 4000US Fixed Problems with exposure in prescan.
  4000US (Mac) Improved scanner detection.
• Microtek SM 6800 Bugfix for different results in prescan and endscan.
  FilmScan 3600 (Mac OSX) Bugfix for focus dialog.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r36:

• VLT: Bugfix for preview button, when preview is selected, preview is highlighted, when it is selected.
• HDR/DC: Exposure slider is decoupled from histogram & gradation curves.
• NegaFix: Autotolerance slider is now available for SE.
• Kodak, Reflecta RFS3600, RPS3600 bugfix for filmstrip offset.
• Minolta MultiPro Focus preview dialog is now available (remarks: Scanner does not give back focus values).
• Umax: (Mac) PL1000 Bugfix for scan with optical resolution of 600 dpi.
• Agfa, Microtek: (Mac) DuoScan T1200 / Scanmaker IV Bugfix for switching between reflective and transparent mode.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r35:

• VLT: Bugfix for 'normal' scan (into Photoshop) after 'Scan-To-Album'.
• NegaFix: NegaFix Profiles added for Kodak RFS 3600 and Reflecta RPS 3600.
• Epson: (Mac) Perfection 636 bugfix for large scan at high resolution.
• Canon:4000US Don't show progress bar for prescan.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r34:

• VLT: (Mac): Fixed scan into album. Prevents crash when performing a special sequence of actions.
• VLT: (Mac): Bugfix for thumbnail cache handling.
• VLT: (Mac): Improved refresh handling for the album folder.
• DC/HDR: (Mac): Problem with second dot in the file name fixed.
• NegaFix: (Mac): Profiles for Kodak FarbWelt moved from 'others' to its own heading.
• Options-CMS: Text changes: 'Scanner' into 'Input'.
• (Mac): Fixed behavior for setting FixPip points in the editmode of the JobManager.
• (Win): Bugfix for stretched SelectivColorCorrection window.
• Linotype: (Mac) Circon: All lenses supported.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r33:

• NegaFix: Profiles added for Epson, Minolta, Umax, NikonM, Microtek: (Kodak: FarbWelt, Royal Gold; Fuji Superia; Agfa: Ultra, Optima II Prestige)
• VLT: Bugfixes for file handling (name and date).
• JobManager: Bugfixes for thumbnails and EasyEdit.
• NegaFix: Tolerance slider reset fixed.
• DC: Improved histogram to show the exposer effect correctly.
• SFApp: Fixed problem on scanning after 'reset all'.
• (Mac): Gradation dialog buttons fixed.
• (WinME): Scan to file crash fixed.
• Zoomproblems by selecting pictures in overview, fixed.
• ACR-Button fixed.
• Minolta: Dimage Multi Pro now supported. Scan Elite II support prepared. New profiles added.
• Nikon: AX 1200 bugfix with SRD.
• Microtek: Improvement in stability for older scanner types. ArtixScan 4000t: SCSI-problems fixed.
• Linotype: (Win) Circon: All lenses supported.
• Praktica: Saving preferences and previews fixed.
• Canon: FS4000 US is now supported Improved SCSI Interface, fixed overview.
• HP:(Mac) Scanjet 6300cProblems with scanner detection solved.
• Umax: PowerLook 270 II: Color stripes in zoom, fixed. Astra 600S: Problems with scanner detection solved.

Changes in Version 6.0.2r32:

• VLT (Win ME): problems working with images in the root directory, fixed.
• NegaFix: Improved tolerance slider.
• ACR: (Win) update the SCC button, when ACR is activated, fixed.
• JobManager: EasyEdit (no prescan necessary, when entering edit mode), fixed.
• Nikon digital cameras: VLT: problems with JPEG images fixed.
• Microtek: AS 120tf was not in the list of supported scanners, added.
• Nikon (Mac): Nikon AX1200: error in scanstart, fixed.
• Nikon: NegaFix: existing profiles were improved.
• Umax: Powerlook 180: 'MF Film Scanner' is now recognized.

Version 6.0
All SF Variants:
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win & Mac): VLT, Win ME: problems working with images in the root directory, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win & Mac): VLT: problems with JPEG images from Nikon digital cameras, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win): NegaFix: improved tolerance slider.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win): ACR: update the SCC button, when ACR is activated, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win & Mac): JobManager: EasyEdit (no prescan necessary, when entering edit mode), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r31(Win): New button sort algorithm (alongside the preview).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r31(Win & Mac): Improved IT8 calibration with target detection.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r31(Win): Windows XP UI Styles are enabled for all versions.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r31(Win): VLT: You can't quit the search windows without leaving the folderbrowser, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r30(Mac): SRD: the preview of large images (e.g. 100Mb) was distorted when a flip/rotation was done (in MacOS9), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r25(Mac): ACR: it is now possible to see on the side of the preview window if ACR is activated.
Ai 6.0.2r08(Win): The folder containing the IT8 reference files is now called "IT8 Reference Files" and is therefore independent of the language.
Ai 6.0.2r07(Win): Update problem after the "Save as" dialog in the "Scan to file" mode, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r22(Mac)/6.0.2r09(Win): JobManager: memory leaks especially with JPEG images, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r16(Mac): SRD: the masks applied in the preview of large images (e.g. 100Mb) led to strange effects when a flip/rotation was done, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r16(Mac)/6.0.1r47(Win): The output of Lab data in JPEG format is not supported anymore.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r15(Mac)/6.0.1r47(Win): When the scan frame unit is "Pixel" and the "lock pixels" lock is closed, the edit fields for the output size are now disabled.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r14(Mac): The default value for the Q factor is now set to 1.5 (except Praktica/DC/HDR).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r12(Mac): JobManager/Batch: crash when IT8 calibration is on and output is Lab or CMYK, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r47(Win): There are now edit fields for the exposure and the white balance.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r46(Win): JobManager/batch scan (in Cie-Lab or CMYK mode): scanning two or more images led SilverFast and Photoshop to crash, fixed.
The overlayed image on the scan button now indicates the type of scan (Batch, RGB, CMYK, Lab, Grayscale or LineArt) and the button title is now always "Process" (for DC/HDR/PhotoCD) or "Scan" (not e.g. "Scan Batch").
JobManager: some Windows XP systems had problems with the JM, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r09(Mac): There is now a check box in the option dialog to launch the Image Viewer after a file scan (with SF_App only).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r03(Mac)/6.0.1r44(Win): Webupdate: SilverFast checks now for newer versions on SilverFast's website.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r41(Win): Black pixels grew in the real-time preview when adjusting the parameters, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r39(Win): The logfile detects now properly all Windows OS, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r38(Win): Multi-monitors are now fully supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r02(Mac)/6.0.1r38(Win): SRD: the memory management led sometimes to white stripes in the preview, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r48(Mac)/6.0.1r33(Win): GANE II: noise and grain reduction tool fully improved, great results are even more quickly and easily achieved.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r44(Mac)/r35(Win): SC2G: weighting RGB to Gray is always done after applying the gradation curve.
Ai 6.0.1r43(Mac): JobManager: SRD was sometimes applied even if the HDR output type (no correction applied) was chosen, fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r34(Win): JobManager: when data was added to the JobManager, it may have happened that unappropriate user settings (for example 48 bits HDR for an 8 bits image) were taken into account and led to wrong results, fixed. JobManager: update problem (flicker) when leaving the edit mode, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r33(Win): The preview window may have been hidden by Photoshop after the serialization dialog was closed (Windows Me only), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r37(Mac)/r30(Win): SRD: speed improvement for the real-time window.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r29(Win): The final scan was not performed completely when the frame had a certain size (the progress bar was almost full), fixed. The following releases should be updated: 601r26/27/28.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r28(Win): The main SilverFast dialog has now the keyboard focus which enables to perform a scan by pressing the "return" key (only if the ScanPilot is closed).
Ai/SE 6.0.1r34(Mac)/r27(Win): JobManager: only the frames before the first one processed by SRD were scanned (Mac) or all the scans were performed but the ones processed by SRD were black (Win), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r34(Mac): The calibration reference files from Kodak are now readable, fixed.
The SilverFast version number is now visible under OS X.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r29(Mac): When SF is opened from SF_App, only the "scan to file" mode is available.
SilverFast checks now the available free space on the hard drive before any data is written.
Crash when zooming out from a high resolution prescan (> 1x), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r28(Mac): The popup menu for the settings in the frame panel now shows correctly the chosen setting name under OSX too, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r26(Win): NegaFix: a zoom function is now available to help the edition of the gradation curves.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r27(Mac)/r23(Win): The Agfa Vista film is now supported for most of the scanner models.
SRD in batch mode: the same image among all the images chosen in the overview was scanned, fixed.
Multi-monitor support: dialogs outside the monitor window appear now in the main monitor window (Mac only).
Ai/SE 6.0.1r22(Win): Slight bluish color cast when image was processed by GANE, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r26(Mac)/r20(Win): Crash during final scan in batch modus when SRD was applied on one of the frames (but not the first frame), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r25(Mac)/r19(Win): No flip done or crash during final scan when horizontal flip or 180 degrees rotation was chosen, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r22(MacOS9): SRD help file brought Photoshop 7 to crash when the pdf file viewer was closed, fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r21(Mac)/r18(Win): It is now possible to launch batch scans from the dialog box "overview" (for film scanners).
Ai 6.0.1r18(Mac)/r16(Win): The gradation curves were not applied on 16 bits images when the chosen filter was "white", fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r15(MacOSX): A click on the help button "?" launches the pdf file viewer and opens the document.
Ai 6.0.1r14(Mac): Read/Write problem with ICC profiles on MacOS9, fixed. Speed improvement on SC2G.
Ai 6.0.1r14(Win): JobManager: Zoom preview was not saved and a new scan for the zoom was necessary, fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r13(Win): JobManager: Impossible to edit images in negative mode, because the prescan disappeared, fixed. Crash when jobs names were too long, fixed.
SE 6.0.1r14(Mac)/r13(Win): GANE is available for the SE without an expert dialog.
SE 6.0.1r14(Mac)/r12(Win): No preview windows in descreening dialog anymore.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r13(Mac): Wrong values intervals for contrast, highlights and shadows in the edit fields of the gradation dialog, fixed. Automatic detection when a film holder is changed (now possible on MacOSX). Sharpening bug with highres images (8000 pixel and more) "ghost image", fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r13(Mac)/r11(Win): GANE: Speed-up. Bug with wide images, fixed. Serialization and add-on feature activation with a single serial number is now possible (for example with the IT8 calibration).
Ai/SE 6.0.1r11(Win): SRD's activation button showed a wrong help text, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r07(Win): ScanPilot can be definitively closed with the shortcut ALT + ","(comma). Wrong elements in the USM dialog (only SE), fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r06(Win): The music at the end of a batch is not repeated anymore.

Acer
Ai/SE 6.0.2r22(Mac)/r06(Win): ScanWit 2720/2740/2750: the default sharpness intensity is set to 15 (instead of 35).
Ai/SE 6.0.1r27(Mac)/r23(Win): ScanWit 2720/2740: enhancement of the focus algorithm.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r11(MacOSX): ScanPremio ST and ScanWit 2720s/2740s are supported under OS 10.1.x.

Agfa
Ai/SE 6.0.2r22(Mac): F40: scanner not detected in some cases, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r21(Mac)/r06(Win): F40: the scan area for transmissive scans was not correct, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r19(Mac)/6.0.2r02(Win): SnapScan 1236s / TPU: the frame position for the transmissive scan was not correct and there was an eight pixels shift in the scan, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r16(Mac)/6.0.1r48(Win): The Agfa F40 is now supported.

Canon
Ai/SE 6.0.2r10(Mac)/6.0.1r45(Win): CanoScan 2700 and 2710: wrong bit depth was displayed, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r08(Mac)/6.0.1r43(Win): Canon FB1200S: no scan possible "error in scan start", fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r02(Mac)/6.0.1r38(Win): The scanner CanoScan FS2710 is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r43(Mac)/r31(Win): The button to eject the film holder on the CanoScan 2700F scanner was not available, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r31(Mac)/r25(Win): The scanner CanoScan 2700F and the transparency unit for the FB 1200S are now supported.

Epson
Ai/SE 6.0.2r07(Win): NegaFix: new profiles were added.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r22(Mac)/r07(Win): The GT10000 is now also detected with the FirmWare name "EPSON GT-10000".
Ai/SE 6.0.2r21(MacOSX): Some old scanners did not work properly (e.g. Expression 636), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r15(Mac): The scanner connected via USB hung sometimes at the beginning of the scan, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r15(Mac)/6.0.1r46(Win): The scan was sometimes not correctly interrupted, so that the scanner was not ready for further actions (e.g. for a new scan or when SF searched the scanner), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r13(Mac)/6.0.1r46(Win): The automatic exposure control is now supported for all the scanners, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r10(Mac)/6.0.1r38(Win): Line art scans crashed sometimes the system, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r38(Win): Perfection 1200/1240/1640: line art scans with a simple TPU were sometimes not correct, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r46(Mac)/r36(Win): SF froze after making a prescan when scanner was connected via USB, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r44(Mac)/r35(Win): Expression 1600: IT8 calibration tool is now always active.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r36(Mac)/r29(Win): When the anti-alias interpolation and the USM with a 7x7 matrix were simultaneously applied, the first lines of the resulting scan contained corrupted data, fixed
Ai/SE 6.0.1r23(Mac): Epson Perfection 2450 works under OS 10.2.1 (Jaguar).
Ai/SE 6.0.1r17(Mac)/r15 (Win): Epson GT-9300 is now supported.
SE 6.0.1r14(MacOSX): All supported models Epson drivers (installed by Epson software) were not correctly located, fixed. FireWire fully supported on OSX 10.2. USB fully supported up to OSX 10.1.5

SilverFast HDR/DC/DCPro
DCPro 6.0.2r31(Mac): VLT: Thumbnail for .crw and .mrw are included.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r06(Win): VLT: the quality of the image in the mode "full screen mode: fit to size" was not sufficient, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r22(Mac)/6.0.2r07(Win): VLT: it is now possible to select all the thumbnails in an album by using the context menu.
VLT: it is no longer possible to change the frame name in the "scan to album" mode.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r20(Mac): VLT: an image opened/processed/saved in the album only launches the external Image Viewer in the "Normal (File)" mode.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r04(Win): VLT: the list of thumbnail was not synchronized with the content of a folder or an album (the thumbnails in SF are now updated when the content of a folder or an album was changed outside SF).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r02(WinMe): VLT: the thumbnails of the images dragged into an album were sometimes not generated, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r16(Mac): VLT: a thumbnail rotated at the bottom of the album which was not correctly displayed, fixed.
VLT: problem with the behaviour of the scroll bars for the navigator and the albums when resizing the VLT dialog, fixed.
VLT: line breaks are eliminated from the comments when displayed in the search dialog, fixed.
VLT / Red eye tool: a button in the red eye dialog enables to switch the red eye tool off.
VLT / Red eye tool: if no mask was selected and a slider of the red eye tool was dragged, SilverFast crashed, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r15(Mac): VLT: the image was not correctly displayed in the high resolution zoom area (preview mode) when the corresponding thumbnail was flipped/rotated, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r01(Win): VLT: the new DC with Virtual Light Table (VLT) is now available for Windows.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r12(Mac)/6.0.1r46(Win): Spikes visible in the histogram of 24 bits image files, fixed.
Ai 6.0.2r09(Mac)/6.0.2r07(Win): HDR now includes the Virtual Light Table (VLT).
Ai 6.0.2r07(Mac): DC-VLT: PIM data can now be viewed in the EXIF window of the VLT.
Ai 6.0.2r06(Mac): DC-VLT: the progress bar for data transfer and the "drag-and-drop to the trash" function were improved.
Ai 6.0.2r05(Mac): DC-VLT: the new DC with Virtual Light Table (VLT) is now available for Mac.
Ai 6.0.1r43(Win): Overview: wrong display of the overview (bug appeared in 601r39), an update should be done and all the hidden files "SFthumbs(HDR)" should be deleted.
Ai 6.0.1r42(Win): Do not use file extension in the frame name when adding an entry to the JobManager.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r46(Mac)/r37(Win): The resolutions a user may choose on the resolution slider were changed (e.g. 50, 72, 100, 200, and 360 dpi are now available for a 72 dpi picture). The highest resolution is five times the image resolution and the maximum scale is 200%.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r45(Mac)/r36(Win): The exposure & color temperature dialog is now available in every version.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r36(Win): Tiff images with unusual resolutions could not be opened, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r43(Mac)/r34(Win): JobManager: after leaving the edit mode, the preview of the corresponding image disappeared (all gray), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r41(Mac): Image files with the extensions ".tiff" and ".jpeg" can now be opened (and not only ".tif" and ".jpg").
Ai/SE 6.0.1r31(Mac)/r25(Win): The user can now choose the name of the exported ICC profile in the IT8 calibration dialog.
6.0.1r13(Mac): Negative scan mode removed from DC.

Lacie
Ai/SE 6.0.1r19: Lacie BlueScan 48 is now supported.

Linotype
Ai/SE 6.0.2r19(Mac)/6.0.2r04(Win): NegaFix: all the negative profiles were generated (Umax based scanners).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r02(Win): The second DOR option was removed because a scan of the complete scan area is possible (Umax based scanners).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r12(MacOSX): Linotype Jade 2: scanner was sometimes not detected under OSX, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r03(Mac): The Quickstep is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r39(Win): The Saphir 5 scanner is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r01(Mac)/6.0.1r36(Win): The Circon scanner is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r42(MacOSX): Lino 1450: serialization impossible on OS X, fixed.
SE 6.0.1r12(Win): Serialization impossible with some scanners, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r13(Mac)/r11(Win): More Saphir scanners are now supported.

Microtek
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win & Mac): AS 120tf was not in the list of supported scanners, added.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r31(Win): Disorted image when using MultiScan using the ScanMaker 9800XL with resolutions lower than 400 dpi, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r09(Win): Some Microtek based scanners were not detected via STI (e.g. X12 USL via USB and Quato Xfinity Ultra via FW), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r06(Win): In some SF versions, a scanner connected via FireWire could not be detected (e.g. the name of the scanner appears truncated in the logfile), fixed.
X6: scanner was sometimes not found (new FirmWare name was added), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r21(Mac)/r06(Win): NegaFix: new profiles were added.
Ai 6.0.2r22(Mac)/6.0.2r01(Win): AS120tf / 4000t / 4000tf: an option is now available to switch off the auto-focus during the prescan.
Ai 6.0.2r04(Mac)/6.0.2r01(Win): The ArtixScan 120tf is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r10(MacOSX): FilmScan 1800: OS X support.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r16(Mac)/6.0.1r47(Win): ScanMaker X6: scanner freezes when called as Twain (display shows "searching for devices..."), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r36(Win): Some ScanMaker 8700 scanners via FireWire were not detected, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r32(MacOSX)/r26(Win): In the grayscale mode, images contained stripes with old Microtek scanners (for example ScanMaker E6, ScanMaker 630, etc.), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r30(MacOSX): ScanMaker V6 USL / E6 / X6 USL / X12 USL / ... are now supported under OS 10.x with SCSI and USB connection.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r25(MacOS9): Scanner was not found with FireWire connexion, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r13(MacOSX): Automatic recognition of film holder also available on MacOSX: SF does not need to be closed and reopened.

Nikon
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Mac): Nikon AX1200: error in scanstart, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win & MAC): NegaFix: existing profiles were improved.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r07(Win): NegaFix: new profiles were added.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r16(Mac): LS4500: prescan works again, fixed.
Ai 6.0.2r08(Mac): LS8000 & film holder FH869: crash when scanning the full scan area for 6x6 and 6x9 formats, fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r42(Win): Problem when adding images from the overview to the JobManager, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r02(Mac): LS30/LS2000: the "process" button was sometimes not properly displayed, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r41(Win): LS4500: SRD can now be applied, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r40(Win): LS4500: scan could sometimes not be performed, fixed.
LS4500: autofocus works now at any resolution, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r45(Mac): LS2000 is now fully supported under MacOS 9 and 10.x.
SE 6.0.1r45(Mac)/r36(Win): LS30 Bundle: serialization problem, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r24(Mac): Film holder FH 869S for the LS8000 is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r21(Mac)/r18(Win): Images processed with GANE had black lines after the final scan, fixed.
The dimensions (in pixels) shown in the dialog box "frame" did not correspond exactly to the dimensions of the scanned image, fixed.
6.0.1r13(Mac)/r12(Win): LS4000/40/8000: program crash on selecting batch scan mode, fixed.
Serialization of Software + SF-200 with just one serial number.
No need for SF-200 activation number.
Ai 6.0.1r10(Win): SRD/ICE toggle possible in Nikon.

Pie
Ai/SE 6.0.2r10(MacOSX): PrimeFilm 1800 AFL: OS X support.

Polaroid
Ai 6.0.2r22(Mac)/6.0.2r01(Win): SS 120 / 4000 / 4000+: an option is now available to switch off the auto-focus during the prescan.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r25(MacOS9): Scanner was not found with FireWire connexion, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r13(MacOSX): Automatic recognition of film holder also available on MacOSX: SF does not need to be closed and reopened.

Praktica
Ai/SE 6.0.2r06(Mac)/6.0.1r39(Win): Scan 3000: the first 32k of image data are no longer thrown away (not necessary anymore due to a fix in the scanner firmware), unless there's a corresponding entry in the INI file (deleteFirst32k=1), fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r39(Win): Scan 3000: the interpolation was sometimes unnecessarily performed on the image and led to a regularly smoothened pattern, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r31(Mac)/r25(Win): The user can now choose the name of the exported ICC profile.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r14 (Win): Pentacon-Praktica Scan 5000 is now supported.

Quatographic
Ai/SE 6.0.2r31(Win): Disorted image when using MultiScan using the Quato x-finity ultra with resolutions lower than 400 dpi, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r09(Win): Xfinity Ultra: error message "Cannot calibrate scanner", fixed.

Umax
Ai/SE 6.0.2r32(Win & Mac): Powerlook 180: 'MF Film Scanner' is now recognized, too.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r24(Mac): Astra 6400/6450: problems with line art scans, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r22(Mac): PL 270: the default sharpness intensity is set to 15 (instead of 35).
Ai/SE 6.0.2r19(Mac)/6.0.2r04(Win): NegaFix: all the negative profiles were generated.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r02(Win): The second DOR option was removed because a scan of the complete scan area is possible.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r10(Mac): PL 1000 v1.0: transmissive scan is now possible, fixed.
PL 180: OS X support.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r11(Mac)/6.0.1r46(Win): Astra 4500/4700/6700: improved quality for negative films, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.2r03(Mac): Astra 6700: serialization problem with some scanners, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r42(Mac): The PL1000 supplied distorted images with 600 and 1200 dpi with the FirmWare v0.3, v1.0 and v1.2, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r38(Mac)/r31(Win): Astra 6700 is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r35(Mac): Astra 2100S is now supported under OS 10.x.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r33(Mac): Astra 6450 works now under OS 10.x.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r32(Mac): Powerlook 1000/1100/1120 with FireWire connection are now supported under 0S 10.x.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r30(Mac): Astra 4500/4700 are now supported under OS 10.x.
Ai 6.0.1r25(Win): Astra 4500 not found with TWAIN plug-in, fixed.
Ai 6.0.1r26(Mac): Astra 4700 support for the transparency unit. Astra 2200 now works with the IO Kit under OS X.
Ai 6.0.1r18(Win): PowerLook 1120 with IT8 calibration is now supported.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r17(Win): LineArt scans were completely black, fixed.
Ai/SE 6.0.1r16(Win): Problem with scans having a width greater than 32 Kb, fixed.

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Version 5.5.2
SilverFast now supports 48 bit full color-corrected output!
New and improved negative profiles for Nikon (maid) scanners.

All SF Variants:
Ai 5.5.2r22(Mac)/25(Win): Improved negative profiles for Agfa and Fuji. Output size locked, scaling factor calculation will not change output dimension.
Ai/SE 5.5.2r13(Mac)/r15(Win): now with preview indication of darkest and brightest pixel inside the active scan frame
Ai/SE 5.5.2r18(Win):SF reopen after Scan-to-file not function in PS6, fixed
5.5.2r12(Mac)/r13(Win):SilverFast image "auto-correction" function could be misled when preview data was scanned with Anti-Aliased interpolation. No Anti-Alias interpolation is applied on SilverFast preview scan any longer
1.0.8 SF_App:malfunction when preview was rotated

Hardware Specific Fixes:

Acer
ScanWit 2720s and 2740s
5.5.2r10(Mac)/r12(win)
- bugfix for batch scan without scan pilot
- MasterCD Win has dummy device drivers in a separate folder

Epson
Perfection 1650
Ai/SE 5.5.2r13(Mac)/r15(Win)
occasionally the prescan window appeared with half its normal size, fixed

Howtek
SM7500
Ai 5.5.2r13(Mac)/ r15(Win)
scan frame mismatch (preview to final) fixed

Kodak
RFS 3600
Ai 5.5.2r13(Mac)
multi sampling included

LaserSoft Imaging (HDR/DC)
Ai/SE 5.5.2r13(Mac)
can now open images with embedded ICC profile but without HiRepp's low-res data correctly.

Microtek
Artix 4000t, FilmScan 1800, SM9800XL
Ai 5.5.2r13(Mac)/r16(Win)
- ADF error before high-resolution prescan, fixed
- SM9800XL now supported

Nikon
LS30/40/2000/4000/8000
Ai /SE 5.5.2r15(Mac)/r20(Win)
now with two negative modes: the ususal NegaFix and (for unsupported film types) the Negative direct mode.
Ai 5.5.2r13(Mac)/r16(Win)
ADF error before high-resolution prescan, fixed

PIE
PrimeFilm 1800 AFL
Ai 5.5.2r17(Win)
installer fault, no device drivers installed, fixed.
Ai 5.5.2r13(Mac)/r16(Win)
- now supported
- ADF error before high-resolution prescan, fixed

Polaroid
SS4000t, SS120
Ai 5.5.2r13(Mac)/ r16(Win)
ADF error before high-resolution prescan, fixed

Umax
PowerLook 270 /270+
5.5.2r10(Mac)r12(win)
- bugfix for batch scan without scan pilot
- MasterCD Win has dummy device drivers in a separate folder.

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Version 5.5.1
HiRePP® - High Resolution Picture Performance. This new function enables fastest image loading and processing for large image files.

Mac all SF variants:
5.5.1r05 Matching of Raw Data: will now alway be processed with max bit depth to avoid gaps in histogram.
Faster Activation of SilverFast Plug-in: By code optimization SilverFast scanner plug-in as well as SilverFast HDR will open much faster.
5.5.1r04 Bug Fix -> Zoom Geometry: When switching to Zoom, the image (inside the frame) was not displayed with its actual values (i.e. Auto-Adjust) but without changes instead.
5.5.1r03 JobManager Output Format: When changing 'Units of Measure' of frame dimension, it will now also be updated (indicated) inside the JobManager.
5.5.1r02 Zoom Geometry enhanced: Zoom is now not limited to Prescan dimension any more and is using the max avialable space on Monitor.
5.5.1r01 Zoom Geometry and IT8 Calibration: IT8-Calibration is now using the zoomed scan accordingly. After calibration the Zoom will be switched back to the standard preview.
5.5.1 Bug Fix: HiRePP: When writing small files without low-res preview a crash was possible.

Windows, all SF variants:
5.5.1r08 Bug Fix -> Elimination of Spikes in Histogram when color space compression was active.
5.5.1r07 Bug Fix -> Using JobManager after batch scan with film scanners sometimes caused to scan the same image again and again.
5.5.1r04 Bug Fix -> Zoom Geometry: When switching to Zoom, the image (inside the frame) was not displayed with its actual values (i.e. Auto-Adjust) but without changes instead.
5.5.1r03 Bug fix -> saving DCS-data: DCS-Preview now also rotated amd mirrored.
5.5.1r02 JobManager Output Format: When changing 'Units of Measure' of frame dimension, it will now aslo be updated (indicated) inside the JobManager.
5.5.1r01 Zoom Geometry enhanced: Zoom is now using the max available space on Monitor. Also IT8-Calibration is now using the zoomed scan accordingly. After calibration the Zoom will be switched back to the standard preview.

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Version 5.5.0
(Please also read the press release)

1. NegaFix® * Adjust and process any negative for optimum results with ability to create your own negative profiles (120+ profiles already contained).

2. JobManager® * The SilverFast JobManager is integrated with all film scanners now. Enables comfortable and efficient batch from filmstrips, APS, etc. with ability to edit single images inside the job individually but also change all images with a single command!

"inset %" is the function that improves SilverFast's automatic function (common auto correction on preview and NegaFix Auto tolerance). This "inset" function lets you determine a percentage value that will make the automatic correction of SilverFast consider the data of a scan frame with an offset value expressed in percent. This percent value determines how far off the (four) edges of a given scan frame the automatic correction will start considering the data inside the scan frame.

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Version 5.2.1
SilverFast 5.2.1r01 for film scanners will automatically have the SilverFast JobManager active.

Linotype
SilverFast(LinoSDK) 5.2.1r02 now supports:
Linotype 1200
Linotype 1400
Linotype 1450

Nikon
New SilverFast version also supporting LS4000 /LS40:
SF 5.2.1r06 (Mac) and 5.2.1r062(Win) supports all Nikon Maid scanners (LS30, LS2000, new LS40, new LS4000).

SF NikonLS4000 SF5.2.0r09 doesn't find device on Windows. Fixed in SF 5.2.1r08.

• Mac ColorSync bug (lines in scan when ColorSync output) is fixed in 5.2.1r08
• NikonM LS4000/40, Windows: Error message "no SCSI adapter found" is fixed in SF5.2.1r08

Polaroid
SF version 5.2.0 has a bug in the negative-scan mode! THE BUG IS ONLY IN WINDOWS:
With the "negative mode" active, SilverFast displays a "Negative" dialog window. When you expand that "color space expansion" window /click on Auto /then click on Apply may produce a desaturated, cyan-cast image, and will have noticeable low magenta and yellow values.
SF 5.2.1 fixes this bug.

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Version 5.2.0
With SilverFast version 5.2.0 (or higher) all additional SF features - IT8 calibration and Job Management) can be activated as usual (additional SilverFast activation number), however, this number is now linked to a second "SilverFast Feature CD". The second SilverFast activation number does not need a reference number from the operator's application or operating system.

Epson
SF(Epson) up to 5.2.0 used with Epson 610 grey scale and 1bit scans with a resolution of 600 ppi or higher will result in a "scrambled" scan. Working on fix.

Bug in SilverFast for Epson SF5.2.0r01 Mac. SF Photoshop plug-in installs in "P&PCMYK"-folder Windows-files instead of Mac files. The effect is that one cannot select SilverFast CMYK tables in the CMS Dialog of SilverFast.

Agfa
SF5.2.0r04 (Windows) for Agfa SnapScan 1236 had a compilation error and will not find the SnapScan. Fixed in SF 5.2.0r08 or higher.

Bug in SF5.2.0r08 SnapScan 1236 (Windows): when selecting a "high resolution prescan" of more than 4x the normal pre-scan information, the SF pre-scan comes out scrambled.

HDR
SF5.2.0r01 HDR is able to read gamma corrected HDR images without applying a second gamma correction on such images. SilverFast Ai in version 5.2.0r01 or higher is able (where the hardware allows it) to output HDR data (raw image data) with a gamma correction embedded. This will let the raw data appear less dark when opened in image processing applications.

Microtek
SF5.2.0 MicroIT8 CD: this SilverFast CD will install USB and FireWire drivers/extensions for all supported Microtek USB and FireWire scanners, where under Windows these drivers must be selected from the "drivers" folder on the SilverFast CD. On Macintosh all necessary extentions are installed automatically the computer must be re-started after SilverFast installation.

PhotoCD
SilverFast PhotoCD 5.2.0 comes with the SilverFast JobManager implemented by default.

Polaroid
SilverFast 5.2.0r05 or higher does support SprintScan 120, where the FireWire connection is supported only on: Mac, WinMe, Win2000

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Version 5.1.2
Epson
SF 5.1.2 for Expression 1640XL had a problem with pixel accuracy, this is fixed in version SF 5.1.2r05.

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SF_App

Version 1.1

1.1.5
Mac: bugfix for aliases of the plug-ins created under OSX.
Win: fixes an issue concerning multi-user operating systems like Windows 2000 and Windows XP, where users were not able to set the plugin path.
1.1.4
Mac: Bugfix for saving the position of the dialog after is has been moved. Mac & Win: SF_App also detects a plugin when the correpondant alias is in the "plugin folder".
1.1.3
Mac: SF_App opens now an external viewer to show the scanned images.
Win: most of the english and portuguese resources were exchanged. When the import-export folder of Photoshop contained the plug-in Twain_32.8BA and was chosen in SF_App as the plug-in folder, an error message concerning the PLUGIN.dll appeared.
1.1.2
Mac: SF_App is now a package including both classic and carbon applications.
Win: bugfix for rotating images in the 16 bits and 48 bits modes.
1.1.1
Mac: some bundle plugins were not detected under OSX. The error messages are now also available in french, italian, portuguese and spanish.
1.1.0
Mac & Win: SF_App is now also available in english, french, german, italian, portuguese and spanish.

SilverFast installer

A letter is now appended at the end of the plug-in release number to track changes concerning the files (e.g. drivers, profiles, etc.) which are installed with the SilverFast plug-in.

If you have an installer (e.g. 6.0.1r46A) and you notice that another installer is available on our website (e.g. 6.0.1r46C), please download the newer version.