Kiel, Germany, 12th of August 2002

LaserSoft Imaging now incorporates SilverFast SRD™, an advanced scratch and dust removal function, into its award-winning SilverFast scanning and image enhancement software product line. SRD™ provides users with the capability to easily remove dust and scratches from images either during scanning or from scanned raw data files. Unlike other scratch and dust removal products, SRD™ works with black and white images as well as colour image files. A real-time preview permits users to determine the best possible setting for removing scratch and dust artefacts. SRD™ will be integrated into all versions of SilverFast 6 including SilverFast Ai, SilverFast HDR and SilverFast SE.

Other features of SilverFast 6 include Selective Colour Correction with Multi-Layers and Masking for handling complex images, ACR™, known as Adaptive Colour Restoration, to bring back faded or normalize over-saturated colours, SC2G™ a sophisticated function for converting colour images to greyscale, and GANE™ a tool for eliminating grain and noise while preserving image detail.

In addition to these exciting new features, SilverFast has implemented a new help system utilizing Apple QuickTime® movies. The movies let users visualize how corrections can be applied to an image. Besides an introductory QuickTime® movie each main dialog has it's own instructional QuickTime® movie that can be called while inside a dialog. "For the first time, a large 1:1 sized movie is exactly where the user needs it: inside the respective dialog" says Karl-Heinz Zahorsky, President & Founder of LaserSoft Imaging. SilverFast 6 will be available after the 16th of August 2002. Demo-versions and upgrades can be downloaded from http://www.SilverFast.com.

LaserSoft Imaging AG is the developer of scan and imaging software SilverFast Ai for scanners, SilverFast HDR for raw data processing, SilverFast DC and DCPro for digital cameras and SilverFast PhotoCD for processing of Kodak's PhotoCD format.

SilverFast Ai is bundled with major manufacturers such as Epson, Kodak, Polaroid, Nikon, Microtek, Umax, Cruse, Seitz, Quatographic, PIE, PFU, Pentacon Camera and others.