SilverFast – Quality Scanner and Digital Imaging Software made in Germany since 1986
Using our Virtual Light Table VLT you will keep everything in view. It is the ideal tool for categorizing and selecting your images.
The SilverFast VLT (included in SilverFast HDR and SilverFast HDR Studio) is a Virtual Light Table, a kind of image file browser for scanned images. The VLT is used for selecting the desired scans for image optimization in batch mode quickly and well-arranged. The customizable preview function, and the possibilities for image rating and marking facilitate this process.
Some film scanners offer the functionality to automatically scan entire slide magazines.
The button “Overview” opens a dialogue, where the number of slides intended to scan can be specified in the “Settings”. A quick overview scan should be performed by clicking “OK”. All the slides that are not to be scanned can be deselected in the overview dialog. If the slides are very similar, it is sufficient to adjust scan frame and image settings for the first slide. These parameters will be also applied to all other slides. The Batch scan is started as follows:
A quick mouse click on the “Scan” button starts a normal, single scan of the red, active scan frame. Holding this button down a little longer opens a menu, where the Batch scan functionality can be selected. After releasing the mouse button, the Batch scan will automatically start. Following the same procedure the mode can be switched back to single scan.
scan multiple slides subsequently
individual adjustments for every single frame or
same settings for similar slides
For image optimization, SilverFast HDR (Studio) is the software. Therefore, the VLT tool is perfect for sorting and selecting images, just like a real light table for mounted slides or film strips. Disk directories are easily imported using a navigation tool. An overview area shows small thumbnails of the images contained in the selected directory. There also is a zoom functionality to quickly view an image in detail. For categorization, color marks and ratings can be added to each image.
From version 9.1.2, the VLT allows to select and combine various filters in order to search an image archive recursively. The list or gallery view will only show those files that meet the selected criteria. In this way, these files can be quickly marked, imported into the JobManager and created as a job. This makes it very easy to process selected images from several folders in a single job without having to copy these images into one folder.
Files that do not meet the filter criteria are hidden as long as the filter is activated. Filters can be managed and configured in detail by clicking on the filter icon.
All images will now be listed in the JobManager dialog window as single job entries. Each job can be optimized as needed with the known SilverFast tools. However, the JobManager’s great strength is to easily copy tool settings from one job to many others. After all settings have been adjusted, the batch processing of all jobs can be started. SilverFast performs the image optimization and saves the new image files to the hard disk.
With SilverFast’s Archive Suite you get a package of scanner software SilverFast Ai Studio and image processing software SilverFast HDR Studio as a perfectly adjusted supplement. The VLT as the new Virtual Light Table represents the ideal link between scanner and digital imaging software.
VLT, the Virtual Light Table in SilverFast HDR and SilverFast HDR Studio, works as an ideal link to SilverFast scanner software.
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