I have been a vocal non-fan of Silverfast scanning software in the past, but I recently receiveded an email upgrade offer to Studio Ai 8.8 (tied to the bare bones version of 6.x that came bundled with my Epson scanner) that was such a deal I tried the demo and the bought the upgrade. A world of difference from 6.x and the best scanning software I have used (and I've used most of them). Highly recommended if you can take the restriction of the license to one scanner model (which I still deplore - as a current license holder for the Epson, an additional license for my Nikon scanner would cost me $209!! Really? That's more like Big Pharma pricing, if you ask me.).