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from Direct Summary: This product came bundled with my Polaroid SprintScan 120, and I recently upgraded to the version 6 product. It stands way above the Polaroid software, and can produce very fine results from this scanner. I'm doing both 120 format (6X9) and 35mm, almost exclusively from negatives (Portra 160NC mostly), and have gotten beautiful scans.
The color, gamma, and curve adjustments are clear and intuitive and provide great control over the finished scan. I'm also trying VueScan, and between the two, SilverFast has a MUCH better user interface for getting better color, contrast, and density control in the finished image.
I've had less good luck when using the SE version supplied with my Epson 3200. On that machine, I pretty much have gone back to using the Epson software. Strengths: Excellent user interface. Good color and contrast control. Fairly broad set of pre-defined color profiles for negative films. User interface adapts to the type of scanner and the time of film holder in use, to make control of the scanning operation easy and intuitive. Weaknesses: Not-so-great support for batch and multiple repetitive scan work-flow. Multi-pass scanning doesn't produce the smooth, clean scans that VueScan is able to achieve (but scans are still very good). You have to buy a separate product for each scanner you have... can get expensive, especially if it wasn't bundled with your scanner. Similar Products Used: PolaColor Insight (several versions), Epson scanning software, H-P Scanning software, VueScan.
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