Yet another thing for LaserSoft to screw up, and they surely will. One new “feature” is that v9 implements internet-managed spyware licensing. I’ve had a good look, but I cannot find the “new NegaFix profiles” mentioned on the website. Then again, I doubt that the content amounts to much more than self-promotion. This is a clear case of misadvertising in my opinion. The “new E-book” displayed prominently in the marketing email is not included in the release, but is yours for an extra €29.99. Apart from that, there is nothing new I can find apart from a bit of a visual overhaul, which doesn’t amount to much. Well, what v9 brings to the table is actually a slight improved Job Manager dialog (all it is somewhat a case of 2 steps forwards, 1 step back), and, get this, they’ve actually REDUCED the Copy/Paste functionality. Certainly the first 18 months or so was just bug fixing, but some useful new features were introduced in later 8.x releases, particularly the Copy/Paste settings in Job Manager. Part of the rationale was that LaserSoft have been quite generous with their upgrade policy with v8. The website is of course a total train wreck, but you can try to check out Silverfast 9 here. There is one interesting thing - apparently it supports the mythical Plustek Optic Film 120 Pro. And I would be very unsurprised to find that trying to run SF8 for Canon and SF9 for Plustek leads to System-Fehler-Alles-Kaput.Īnyway, I suppose I’ll buy it at some point, but based on experience the initial release is likely to be a stable as one-legged Bremerhaven dock worker after a night on the schnapps. I expect I’d have to pay the same price again to have both on SF9. Of course, this only allows my to run SF9 on my Plustek scanner, not on my Canon scanner. Note the “new” prices though - not sure what they’re smoking up in there in Kiel, but I want some too. So, the Archive Suite, which includes Ai Studio AND HDR Studio, costs less than half the upgrade price of Ai Studio alone. Apart from some other unspecified “improvements”.Īnd how much does it cost? Well, as ever, Lasersift is very coy about this, making you jump through all sorts of hoops to get a price. I have no idea why scanning speed itself should be faster with SAC, or why it should be only available through SAC. Also, the blurb adds, without evidence, “you too can enjoy the advantages of our scan booster with the Single Archive Command” and “75% faster with SAC”. Basically it seems to be rearranging some existing deckchairs (auto frame finding, Job Manager, VLT), and is of use only for flatbed scanners. What this does is anybody’s guess, but it claims to be a “One-click-archiving solution”. Yes, we get the obsessive Air Force reference. Awesome.Īnd last but very much not least, SAC - Single Archive Command. This is apparently a web page where I can see a list of licenses I own. The actual layout looks 100% identical to Silverfast 8, with - and here we have to recognise a serious accomplishment - even uglier icons. I regret my cynicism, but I very much doubt that any of the outstanding usability issues have been fixed. Well, from the screenshots this appears to be a touch more lipstick, only this time also available in fashionable black. I wonder what Mark Segal thinks about that? So, the headline feature is a new E-Book, written by Chief Mad Scientist, Wing Commander Karl-Heinz Zahorsky. But this update… well, let’s see what’s new: Actually, it’s chugging away now on my Mac, but only as a input provider to Negative Lab Pro. It’s a weird time of year to announce a new product, but Lasersoft are a weird company (I used to think of them as eccentric, which has a certain charm, but now they’re just weird, as in irritating). A totally unexpected email popped up in my inbox yesterday, announcing the release of Silverfast 9.
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