Touring the SilverFast 8 automatic scanning tools

In this segment, I would like to show you how to set up the SilverFast Interface…for scanning in Automatic mode.…When you first launch SilverFast, it places you in the Full-Manual mode or…settings for operating SilverFast.…To get to Automatic mode, you click in the upper left-hand corner on this red…ball, that says WorkflowPilot, and it's the WorkflowPilot that will take you…through the automatic procedures.…Once you're in the WorkflowPilot interface, you can see that it's a good deal…simpler in many ways than the Full Manual mode.…Basically in order to setup your Automatic Workflow for scanning, you're going…to want to answer two questions.…

The first is the Source and the second is the Task, and basically think of these…as Input and Output.…So, the first one is very straightforward.…When you choose Source, you just ask yourself what kind of image am I working…with? Is the original that I'm about to scan, is it a photograph?…In that case choose Photo.…If it's a pre-printed piece, like something out of a magazine or newspaper, then…