Hello all! I simply cannot make SilverFast work well. (Version 5.5.0r14, NK LS-2000, Mac OS 9.1, PS 6.0.1) Negatives scan with a nasty green cast and are usually too dark and muddy. I have set up color management correctly in PS; I believe I have also done so in SF (the manual is gibberish, but a knowledgeable user kindly assisted me). I have read Ian's clear and logical tutorials. I have carefully chosen perfectly exposed negs with a wide color range. I have tried every one of the settings available.
SilverFast costs something absurd like $350 US to support ONE scanner family. VueScan costs $40 US to support scanners I never heard of! All of them! And it WORKS! It's ugly as a warthog, about as intuitive as, well, SilverFast, but it by God works! Yes, we could use profiles for some new Fuji films (I bet Kodak has that data available by now.), and a slide or two would do not harm, but the damn thing FUNCTIONS. (Even though Ed seems to have hired SilverFast's tech writers...) If anyone can explain how to make NegaFix actually fix something, I would appreciate it very much. Les