Silicon Film Technologies, Inc. - Producer of the EFS-1 Adobe Photoshop Elements
EFS-1 UI/DS and Photoshop Elements -

TWAIN-acquisition using Photoshop Elements -

The EFS-1 includes Adobe Photoshop Elements.

This section describes how Elements and the EFS-1 UI/DS work together.
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Photoshop Elements ships with EFS-1
There are two ways to acquire image data from EFS-1 using Photoshop Elements.
When Elements starts you may see this "Quick Start" screen. Move your mouse over "Acquire".
When Photoshop Elements starts this screen is displayed
Click on "Acquire" and the Source Selection Dialog box will appear:
The Photoshop Elements TWAIN Data Source Dialog box
Scroll down the list of TWAIN data sources and select "Silicon Film TWAIN Data Source" and click on OK. The EFS-1 TWAIN Data Source will be "called."
Photoshop Elements can "Import" TWAIN Data in three steps
Alternatively, If the Quick Start Screen has been disabled follow these steps:

Click on File, Import, "Silicon Film TWAIN Data Source"

The EFS-1 TWAIN Data Source will be "called."
The EFS-1 UI/DS will be "called".
You may download images from (e)film, oen previously downloaded digital negatives, or open a vault.
Transfer Images from the EFS-1 UI/DS workspace to Elements -

After opening downloading or opening images in the EFS-1 UI, select those which you wish to transfer to Elements. You may transfer images to in either of two ways.

1. Transfer the selected images by using either the File Menu:

2. Or, click on the Transfer icon:
  • File
  • Transfer to App
Transfering images using the File menu Transfering images to the application using the toolbar button

After you issue the command to transfer images to the application, you will be presented with a choice of 8-bit,or 16-bit image transfer.

8-bit is the default choice. Elements can only accept 8-bit transfers.

 To transfer an image to Imaging you must select 8 - bit

Important Note: After images are transferred to Elements, the EFS-1 UI/DS is still open and active. However, it may be minimized to the Windows task bar.

  • If you transfer only one image from the EFS-1 UI/DS to Elements, the UI/DS remains maximized (at it's full size) on your display screen, assuming that you may wish to transfer another image. Very possibly, you may wish to return to the EFS-1 UI/DS to locate and transfer additional images.
  • However, if you transfer two or more images the UI/DS will automatically minimize (to the task bar) after the images have transfered.

It is important to realize that a TWAIN relationship between a data source (EFS-1 UI/DS) and a TWAIN-aware application (Elements) is a modal relationship, meaning only one of the two entities has control, or focus.

If the EFS-1 UI/DS is open, it will have the "focus". If this occurs it may appear that Elements is unresponsive, or even locked. To transfer control to Elements simply close the EFS-1 UI/DS and Elements will have full control over the images you have just transferred.

Sometimes it is easy to forget to close the UI before going back to Imaging. If you are experiencing odd behavior with Elements after a transfer operation, look at your task bar to see if the EFS-1 UI/DS is still running:
When the EFS-1 UI/DS is running (but minimized) it will appear in the Windows task bar

If this is the case, and you are finished with the EFS-1 UI/DS, click on the Silicon Film task bar to re-open it. Then, close the EFS-1 UI/DS to end the TWAIN session and control will revert back to Elements.
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