Softpedia >Windows >Multimedia >Graphic >Graphic Capture >SilverFast HDR Studio >  Changelog

SilverFast HDR Studio Changelog

What's new in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.2.2 Build RC9.2.2

Feb 5, 2024
  • Task:
  • General: Fixed a possible issue when cancelling a batch scan in the WorkflowPilot.
  • Bug:
  • General: Restored the function of a few shortcuts.
  • General: Fixed an UI issue which caused the Clone-Tool to appear active even if not activated.
  • Quality:
  • General: Focus settings for scanners with manual focus adjustment have been unified and renamed. "Auto-Focus off" now is named "Neutral Focus" and is a standard position for the focus.

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.2.1 Build 32e1a55b7d (Dec 12, 2023)

  • General bugfixes

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.2.0 Build 5edb476112 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • Task:
  • General: The "Get Info" dialog in the macOS Finder now shows the correct SilverFast version number.
  • Bug:
  • General: The VLT now updates the sorting when a file is renamed.
  • General: Fixed an issue leading to interrupted scans with Epson scanners.
  • General: Fixed an issue in HDR's "History" function that could lead to a crash.
  • GUI:
  • General: Added an icon for toggling between input and output histogram in the histogram tool. The name in the tool titlebar toggles accordingly.
  • Support:
  • General: Information on the version number has been added to the "about" window.
  • User Story:
  • General: Settings for magazine scanners now are preserved when you quit the program.

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.9 Build 8d68cffd07 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • Bug:
  • General: Fehlerhafte Interpretation von Zahleneingaben im Gradationsdialog bei CMYK-Darstellung berichtigt
  • SilverFast HDR Studio: Corrected offset that happened on Windows if scaling for fonts and UI wasn't 100%
  • General: Creation of scan frames with auto frame detecting could be very slow under certain conditions - fixed
  • General: Frame adjustment difficult due to "jumping scan frame" behavior - fixed
  • GUI:
  • General: Corrected spelling in tool's title bar
  • General: corrected glitch where focus tool icon was greyed out although actually active
  • General: AACO presets where not fully displayed - fixed
  • General: Fixed irregular behavior of resolution slider
  • Scanner Support:
  • Epson Perfection V39II: new scanner supported
  • Support:
  • General: Updated SilverFast Support Tool

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.8 Build 21d173c441 (Jun 7, 2023)

  • Bug:
  • General: Fixed an issue where NegaFix wouldn't save the NegaFix settings.
  • General: The naming of new frames has been made more consistent for the different types of frame creation.
  • General: Some settings in Info dialog needed correction
  • General: Reenabled CTRL+Q shortcut ability to quit SilverFast app on Windows
  • Feature:
  • General: The WorkflowPilot now keeps your settings (e.g. film type and resolution) when using the "back to start" function for more productive scanning.
  • General: Added SRDx for dust and scratch removal to the black and white workflow in the WorkFlowPilot.
  • General: The size of the eraser tool in the SRDx and iSRD function has been significantly increased to allow for quick erasing in high resolutions.
  • GUI:
  • General: More tooltips for JobManager and Picture settings dialogs
  • General: Corrected minor UI glitch with logo in welcome screen
  • General: Removed neutral pipette from pipette tool when scanning greyscale images
  • General: The cursors for the densitometer and the eraser tool are now activated correctly when switching between the two tools.
  • General: Corrected histogram rendering for showing CMY data, if set in preferences (only greyscale scan mode affected)
  • General: Corrected the tabbing order in the scan dimensions dialog.
  • Changed title of an option for better understanding
  • General: Resolution slider could not no longer be changed with keyboard after having been set to one of the two highest settings - fixed
  • General: Fixed an issue where some icons were displayed in low resolution on secondary screens.
  • General: Improved rendering of elements for VLT multi-monitor environments with different monitor resolution and/or scaling setups
  • General: Button to undock tools dialog dock in dark UI mode better to see now
  • General: Improved readibility for SCC matrix in dark UI mode
  • Installation:
  • General: Bonjour couldn't be installed with SilverFast 9 installer on Windows - fixed
  • Quality:
  • Plustek drivers have been updated for M1 support and to prevent vertical lines in the scans when scanning with certain resolutions.
  • General: Plustek drivers have been updated for M1 support and to prevent color casts in the scans when scanning with certain resolutions.

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.7 Build c2874e59e7 (May 10, 2023)

  • Bug:
  • General: Prescan for second slide on FH-869M sometimes couldn't be executed - fixed
  • General: If the mask in iSRD was hid, corrections didn't take place - fixed
  • An issue was solved which might lead to a crash when using the Frame Finding function in the WorkFlowPilot.
  • GUI:
  • General: Dragging tool dialogs from tools dock to another place on the screen wouldn't work without interruption on macoS 13 - fixed
  • General: Help to set preview scan option to avoid low resolution prescan corrected
  • General: The "Find Frames" menu now offers different "Find Frames" options only where better results can be achieved by using different options.
  • General: Decimal separators are now correctly localized for the chosen language.
  • Quality:
  • General: Improved text printing with Profile Editor of Output Calibration
  • General: In rare cases iSRD had difficulty to correct images on the very right border - fixed
  • General: Export dialog for batch will force non fine rotated frames for HDR scans now, as it is intended
  • Driver updates from version 9.1.5 for Plustek OF8200i and OF8100 for M1 support have been temporarily reverted due to issues with certain resolutions.
  • General: Temporary fallback on earlier Intel drivers, as ARM drivers seem not to be able scanning with correct exposure levels and color balance
  • Support:
  • General: Updated SilverFast Support Tool
  • User Story:
  • General: Fixed specific CMS profile handling issues occuring with user names with umlauts and accents

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.6 Build 4f58d9eec3 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • Task:
  • General: Scan and Batch scan are separate buttons now when using the Nikon SF-200 or SF-210 with the Nikon LS-4000ED.
  • General: Scan completed sounds added.
  • General: Multi-Exposure is now an optional feature for the Single Archive Command (SAC).
  • General: Improved the performance of the Virtual Light Table, particularly on remote drives.
  • Bug:
  • General: Masks can now be replaced even if the mask is connected to a frame that has been deleted.
  • General: The display for the input profile beneath the preview window is now correctly updated after IT8 calibration.
  • General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast could crash when selecting a frame finding function that did not match the holder in the scanner.
  • General: Fixed an issue where Frame Finding would lead to a crash after switching to a Hi-Res preview without updating the preview.
  • General: Fixed an issue where scanning with very high resolutions and iSRD resulted in a crash.
  • Feature:
  • General: For easier and faster use, SilverFast now keeps the settings for save path, file format, resolution and bit depth when creating new frames. Deleting a frame will reset the settings back to standard.
  • General: The WorkFlowPilot now pre-selects resolutions which are more suitable to the selected task.
  • GUI:
  • General: The Export dialog now displays the JPG compression also as percentage value.
  • Installation:
  • General: Supporting current Photoshop releases in SilverFast Installer
  • General: SilverFast to install drivers for scanner now also on Windows
  • General: SilverFast to install drivers for scanner now on Windows, too
  • Quality:
  • Plustek: Quality of Multi-Exposure scans improved
  • Scanner Support:
  • SilverFast to include new drivers for installation on macOS to support OpticFilm 8100 and 8200i with serials beginning with 5A2D and 5A2M. Of course these devices are supported on Windows, too.
  • Microtek ArtixScan 3200XL: Updated the Windows driver for the Microtek ArticScan 3200XL.
  • General: SilverFast now supports the Epson Workforce DS-50000 scanner.
  • General: M1/ARM/Apple scanner drivers for OF8300i are installed with SilverFast
  • General: M1 drivers for Plustek OpticFilm 8100 and 8200i are now included.
  • User Story:
  • General: Added support for multiple users on one computer including an Administrator mode to protect the login information.

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.5 Build c684b091ba (Nov 5, 2022)

  • Bug:
  • General: An issue has been fixed where it was possible to copy the HDRi RAW setting to fine rotated frames. HDRi RAW now correctly prevents the fine rotation.
  • General: Fixed an issue where the USM tool lost its threshold settings when restarting SilverFast restart.
  • General: An issue has been solved where "Reset HDRi RAW data" wouldn't reset all filters on HDRi RAW files.
  • General: Fixed an issue where using some special characters caused SilverFast to freeze when saving.
  • General: IPTC data for date and time of the creation of the original is now optional.
  • General: Option to empty preview area works now for all modes
  • General: Due to some JPEG files specific qualities, setting of neutral pipette measurement point failed - fixed
  • General: Fixed an issue where the offset slider for Multi-Exposure couldn't be used correctly.
  • General: Fixed an issue which made the iSRD eraser tool loose its settings when switching between frames.
  • General: Specific setup could crash ME preview - fixed
  • General: Corrected internal handling of CMS settings for specific cases
  • General: Export of scans now always occurs into set target folder
  • General: Fixed an issue which would lead to corrupt Navigator previews on certain scanners when using resolutions of 7500 and higher together with iSRD.
  • General: Fixed an issue where the SAC would start indexing the files with index number 0 instead of 1.
  • General: Corrected calculation behavior when in zoomed state
  • General: Minor corrections for RedCCR
  • General: Fixed an issue where updating SilverFast 9 didn't update the version number for the Windows registry and Programs list.
  • General: Fixed an issue which prevented the naming of presets for persistent tool positions.
  • General: Fixed an issue which made SilverFast HDR Studio ignore the file names of images scanned with the ExpressScan or Single Archive Command (SAC) feature.
  • General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast couldn't stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service which locked the scanner.
  • Nikon LS 9000ED: Fixed an issue with 64bit HDRi RAW files from the Nikon LS-9000 which were written with a maximum of 4000ppi instead of 8000ppi.
  • General: Persistent tool dialogs couldn't be created anymore - fixed
  • Crash when batch-scanning with ME in higher res only - fixed
  • General: Corrected conversion of rotated frames
  • General: In iSRD and other tools with masks you could accidentially create a situation where you no longer were able to create a mask, unless a scan frame was deleted - fixed
  • Feature:
  • General: SilverFast may now also use macOS system sounds to indicate "scan finished" status.
  • General: Where corresponding scanner drivers exist, now a native ARM/M1/Apple plug-in for Photoshop is offered.
  • General: The fine rotation in the densitometer is now a general setting and allows for fine rotating of all frames instead of only the active frame.
  • General: Being M1 compatible, SilverFast now displays a notification on startup if the available scanner drivers do not match SilverFast's current working mode (M1/Rosetta2) and offers to switch accordingly.
  • General: The PDF Maker now has its own preview button for faster access.
  • General: If an IT8 calibration fails due to an error in patch homogeneity, the IT8 calibration wizard now displays which color fields have too high delta-E values. Probably there is some dust that can be blown off carefully before starting a successfull calibration.
  • General: Hovering above an entry with a truncated file name in the VLT will now show a tooltip with the file's full name.
  • General: A tutorial movie has been added to the Export Dialog.
  • General: Neutral points, which are outside the active image frame, are now marked with an info icon and a tooltip to make obvious that they are in effect even if nothing if they can't be displayed in the preview.
  • GUI:
  • General: Some buttons for accessing tutorial movies in WorkFlow Pilot mode were displayed double or lead to non-existent movies links - corrected.
  • General: Sometimes and under certain circumstances an offset between the marker tool in iSRD and its application was observed - corrected
  • General: Sorting of items in JobManager improved
  • General: Fixed an issue where the iSRD offset slider in the SilverFast preferences would display wrong values.
  • General: Issues with multi-monitor setups solved
  • General: Fixed an issue which prevented the zoom which is executed when drawing a frame while pressing the Command/CTRL button.
  • General: The macOS keyboard shortcut "Option+A" is now working again.
  • General: Improved readability in light UI mode
  • Installation:
  • General: Fixed an issue where the installation would fail on macOS systems where the user name had been changed after creation to include blank spaces which are not allowed during creation.
  • General: Fixed an issue that mistakenly triggered an uninstall.ini error when installing on macOS systems.
  • Quality:
  • General: Internal CMS updated
  • PIE PrimeFilm XE s: New scanner profile for PrimeFilm XE s added
  • General: The performance of the Virtual Light Table VLT when reading folders with large amounts of images has been improved.
  • General: The ESC key now quits the pipette mode for picking the shadow or highlight point.
  • General: Verified quality of bundled scanner profile
  • General: Improving skin tones with RedCCR
  • General: Fixed a bug which caused some SF8 images to be displayed blurry and without a frame in SilverFast HDR 9 and HDR Studio 9.
  • Scanner Support:
  • General: Nikon scanners are supplied with M1/ARM/Apple drivers
  • General: If scanner driver available, run SilverFast in ARM CPU (Apple) mode natively on M1 Macs
  • The instructions concerning the driver installation for the Canon 9000F have been updated.
  • Support:
  • General: Option to set default folder for VLT in SilverFast service dialog

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.4 Build 3781a654f5 (May 19, 2022)

  • Bug:
  • General: Fixed an issue where settings couldn't be loaded in the "scan dimensions" dialog.
  • General: Fixed an issue where SRDx would cause a crash on larger images.
  • General: Fixed an issue where the selected language would change after the update.
  • GUI:
  • General: Fixed an issue which made the Auto-CCR shortcut unresponsive on Windows computers.
  • General: Fixed some UI issues in the welcome screen.

New in SilverFast HDR Studio 9.1.3 Build 3b48b0c626 (May 17, 2022)

  • Task:
  • General: Under certain conditions the input profile display below the preview was not updated when a profile was changed in the "CMS" tab of the preferences. The profile is now updated correctly.
  • General: Fixed an issue for SE and SE Plus versions which made the frame finding always use the default settings instead of the settings of the current frame.
  • General: Fixed an issue in the metadata of grayscale images when exported with the export dialog. The metadata falsely claimed that the Adobe RGB profile was embedded, while in fact it was not.
  • General: Fixed an issue where images from the OpticFilm 7300 were too bright.
  • Bug:
  • General: Error message "no pictures folder found" no longer comes when starting SilverFast.
  • General: Fixed an issue with the social media widget in HDR Studio when switching back and forth between images in the JobManager.
  • General: Fixed an issue where NegaFix would use low resolution data until moving or changing the frame even if a Hi-Res preview had been done before.
  • General: Fixed an issue which made the PF 135 scanner save film strips as a whole rather than as individual images.
  • General: Fixed an issue for automatic numbering which resulted in a wrong start index if SilverFast was shut down between two batch scans.
  • General: Fixed an issue where the SAC would stop scanning before finishing all images.
  • General: Fixed an issue for Nikon FW scanners which lead to batch scans not being completed on new M1 Macs.
  • General: Fixed an issue for copying the frame finding function in the JobManager which could lead to frames which were too small.
  • General: Mouse scrolling for the gamma slider is now disabled.
  • General: The NegaFix profiles for the Plustek OpticFilm 8300i have been added to HDR Studio.
  • General: Fixed an issue where SilverFast didn't display the NegaFix profiles for the Plustek OpticFilm 8300i until NegaFix was initiated again.
  • General: The name of the Kodachrome profile for the Nikon LS-5000 ED was mispelled and has been corrected.
  • Feature:
  • General: Some scanners from Pacific Image Electronics and Reflecta can do the Multi-Exposure and the regular exposed scan in one pass again.
  • General: Frames now can be adjusted without changing the aspect ratio. Click and hold the "SHIFT"- key and modifiy one of the sides to change the size and keep the aspect ratio.
  • General: In WorkflowPilot mode the batch scan can now be started right away without having to wait for the end of the first scan.
  • General: Some additional filter options have been added to the VLT filter in HDR Studio.
  • General: A new image automatic "RedCCR" was added. This automatic is used for very strong red color casts, from which old Ektachrome slides may suffer for instance.
  • General: Instead of leaving the WorkflowPilot mode (blue globe) at the end of a WFP scan SilverFast now offers the choice to exit WFP mode or to go back to "Start" to do another scan.
  • General: In addition to copy & paste to create new frames, it is possible again to move a frame while pressing the ALT (Option)- Key in order to create a copy of the frame at the new position.
  • General: Frame settings can now be copied using CMD (CTRL) + C and pastend using CMD (CTRL) + V. Target an empty area to create a new frame with the copied settings or target an existing frame to overwrite its settings with the settings you copied.
  • GUI:
  • General: SilverFast now displays a tooltip for features that are not available when scanning RAW data.
  • General: Visibility for text has been improved in the dark mode.
  • General: Fixed an issue where the HDR Studio VLT wouldn't display the HDR RAW banner for RAW files which are scanned into the folder which is open in the VLT.
  • Support:
  • General: Fixed an issue where the Windows Image Aquisition service prevented SilverFast from accessing the scanner, leading to the message that "there was a problem with the scanner driver".