Originally Posted by
Alan9940
I use Silverfast Ai Studio 8 on my main desktop and occasionally use Silverfast SE on an old iMac to run my Minolta Elite 5400II scanner. IMO, Ai Studio is substantially more powerful vs SE and for the upgrade cost you're looking out I'd say it's a no brainer to go ahead with the upgrade. Ai Studio will require a heavier commitment to learn, but well worth it! Unlike Alan above, I prefer to get my color scans as close as possible with the scanning software, thereby requiring minimal downstream manipulation. For B&W, however, I do linear scans and convert/edit in PS. Choice of editing software is wide open... Affinity Photo is certainly a good choice, if you don't want to hitch on to the Adobe train. I prefer PS and LR; most likely because I've used PS for over 20 years and LR beginning with the beta release up through the current version.
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