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How to connect a Nikon Firewire scanner like the LS-4000, LS-8000, or LS-9000 to a modern Apple Mac
Since Apple does no longer offer Macs with Firewire ports anymore, there is increasing demand to learn how to connect Nikon SuperCoolScan devices like the CoolScan IV ed, or the medium format LS 8000 and LS 9000 scanners to a current Mac. Here is how ...
My Pacific Image Eletronics (PIE), Reflecta, or Microtek Scanner is not found by SilverFast on Windows, although the driver is indicated to be properly installed in the device manager
The reason behind this phenomenon is that Windows doesn't tell SilverFast that there is a scanner available, when we ask for such info. Windows needs to be forced to update the driver to the one that is already installed. This seems to be an issue ...
Understanding the Rosetta 2 Prompt When Installing SilverFast 9 on Apple Silicon Macs
SilverFast 9 is fully compatible with Apple's newer ARM-based Mac computers (M1, M2, M3, M4 chips). This article explains how to handle the Rosetta 2 installation prompt that may appear during setup and what it means for your scanning workflow. What ...
How to create masks in the Windows version of the SRDx tool?
You saw it in the video, but you missed it said (for macOS only). Well, even with macOS, there is a better option, and for Windows it is the only option anyway. You do not create the selection mask in the SRDx for Photoshop plug-in itself. Instead ...
Where do I find a tutorial movie that helps me to get started with using the SRDx plug-in?
In the process of digitizing old photos, slides, negatives and Kodachrome images, dust and scratches on the pictures are digitized as well. Removing these defects in Photoshop without blur filters, which affect the image quality, can be a tedious ...
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