SilverFast enables batch scanning of images with differing settings for each image. Job Manager is not much more than a list of image scanning jobs. The settings themselves are adjusted for each image you’ll be adding to the batch job.

Job Manager is easy to use, offers saved settings so you can batch scan images over and over again, without having to think about repetitive settings to use for each job. Starting Job Manager is done by clicking the Job Manager button in the vertical toolbar.

The Job Manager button opens a dialogue window which allows you to add just one frame, or all the frames you’ve drawn on the virtual glass plate. Frames can be named in SilverFast’s main interface while you’re in the Job Manager dialogue. The Scan button of the main window changes in Save to allow you to save your settings for the batch.

The beauty of SilverFast’s Job Manager is that every single setting is preserved per image. This means you can have one image with Digital ICE applied to it, but not to the next one. Also, SilverFast colour corrections and image enhancements such as Grain and Noise Removal (GANE) are saved on a per image basis.

The SilverFast system normally saves all of your settings and tuning for each frame separately. If you have a dozen slides on your scanner’s glass plate — I’m talking about a flatbed scanner here — every time you drag a frame around one image, you will see the settings revert to their defaults.

As you make adjustments to each image, the settings and changes are recorded for each frame, and saved in-between scanning settings. However, removing frames after a session and then dragging a new one in the same location will mean you’re starting all over again.

With Job Manager you can save frame states — the settings, filters and corrections applied to each frame before saving the job — so that they become available for new scanning jobs in the future.

This is quite useful for example if you’re photographing in a studio environment where conditions are controlled and known to you. In such an environment, you might create Job Manager sets for each lighting condition and film combination that you know will result in approximately the same raw results. To scan your photos correctly and in optimised condition, all you would have to do is select the right Job Manager set and click the Scan button.