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How do I install SilverFast 9 on a new computer?
You want to change the computer and transfer SilverFast to your new computer? Here is what you can do to deactivate SilverFast 9 on your old computer and install and activate SilverFast 9 on the new computer: 1. Log out of your MySilverFast Account ...What does AACO do and how do I use it?
Some areas in your image are are too dark although the overall brightness is fine? This can happen when shooting against the light, e.g.. AACO is the Auto Adaptive Contrast Optimization of SilverFast and the tool of choice in this case. Strength: ...Scanner not available
Can't start the scanner? SilverFast does not display a scanner in the welcome window and shows you "no scanner available"? Welcome Screen, no scanner detected. To start SilverFast, the scanner must be recognized in the welcome window. If it is not, ...Advanced Color Calibration in SilverFast
Advanced Color Calibration is a powerful feature in SilverFast that allows you to create an individual color profile for your scanner, ensuring accurate and consistent color reproduction in your scans. This process uses high-quality IT8 targets to ...Scanner not found by SilverFast even though the latest scanner driver is already installed (Windows only)
Your scanner is recognised on the SilverFast welcome screen but as soon as you hit the "Start"-button, a message comes up saying that there is a problem regarding the communication between SilverFast and your scanner? Windows seems to behave ...
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Preview doesn't show the full slide for my Nikon LS-40 / LS-50 / LS-4000 / LS-5000 with MA-20 or MA-21 adapter
If you experience the situation that you cannot preview or scan the complete slide, but only a sort of squarish part of it, please check the orientation of the slide in the single slide holder. correct position of how the slider has to be inserted ...How to update a SilverFast 9 installation
How do you know what version of your SilverFast 9 product is installed? You can check this in the welcome screen and the product itself on Windows with the menu command -> Help -> About SilverFast on macOS using the menu entry -> SilverFast 9 -> ...Does SilverFast HDR and HDR Studio read my DSLR camera RAW files?
SilverFast HDR and HDR Studio can only read raw data files that either have been created by its scanner software variants (i.e. SE, SE Plus or Ai Studio) or are available in linear DNG format. Other raw data file formats like e.g. from digital camera ...No support for Firewire in macOS 26 Tahoe (affects users with e.g. Nikon LS-4000, LS-8000, LS-9000)
Concerns non-compatibility of certain Nikon CoolScan scanners with macOS 26. With the release of macOS 26, Apple has completely discontinued support for Firewire. This change affects the following Nikon scanner models, among others: Super CoolScan ...How to force installation of older driver packages on your Mac
Most of the scanners supported by SilverFast 9 are either directly communicated with by it, or SilverFast 9 does install the necessary drivers. Or there are current drivers you can install without problems. However, there are some older scanners with ...