Thank you!! I scanned a few thousand negatives and the method I was using was a) not very good and b) extremely time consuming. I used a regular scanner, and scanned 6 or so sheets of negatives at a time, so my quality isn't spectacular - but its good enough and now with your method I CAN SEE THE PHOTOS!! This is going to severely cut down on my edit time, making my family (who is waiting for them) VERY excited. Thank you!!
i saw so many videos on this and i gotta say this video is the best! it's short, on point, and you also talked about what and why we need it to the necessary point! thank you you rock!
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting this video. I recently found some negatives that were my grandmother's in a building that was to be torn down. They were filthy and moldy. I had spend several days trying to decide which scanner/converrter to purchase. You saved me money. This worked so well. I used a 100mm macro lens and placed the negatives between two sheets of glass from picture frames. I just held them up to the window and was amazed at how great the images were I was able to get. Thanks again!
This worked like a dream. My Dad had a few old negatives he wanted converted. I just used window light with a macro lens against the snow on a neighbors roof. I'll try again with a softbox and a tripod and to see if I can get it a tad sharper. And yes - the result on a scanner was crap.
Thanks so much, you've made this so simple it's exactly what I needed. I've watch so many other videos and was about to give up as I have Photoshop and knew there must be a way to use it for my 35 mm negative scans.
I saw that someone left a comment ? If you could do this with black and white negatives ? I have a lot of b&w photo negatives and would like to make positives, do u have a vid of this and if not would you make a vid of this thanks and great info
That's an interesting idea. I would put a piece of frosted acetate, or silk paper (the kind they use inside gift boxes) in between the negative and the mirror to diffuse the glare. Did it work for you?
Oh my god, where did you get the idea, you are a genious, I never new that negatives can be done photoshop, plz honestly tell me where did you learn it, Its like a magic, you have taught me a great thing, I will never forget it, I have many old negetives, I will develope them now, thanks a lot, and loved and subscribed
Maybe if you don't close the lid and put a light source above the scanner with paper towel to spread the light evenly may work. I'm going to try next weekend. Other than that I will use my Kodak P460 that does negatives. But this way did a great job. Would of done it this way last year ago if i saw this.
Holy smokes this is cool. I'm 46 and have an old Sony Discman camera negatives of family I'm trying to transfer. The negatives are very small but they are from over 30 years ago. I would love to move them to my scanner. I have never seen the images on these negatives.
You can use a regular scanner my scanner cost $40 @ walmart. Why did the negative comout two dark? Because you closed the lid. Scan the negative with the lid open works great
Ok, here's the deal. What if I put the negs on the scanner glass, put a piece of frosted acetate or white silk paper covering the negs, put the light of a 40-60 w lamp on them and go right ahead and scan. Do you think it would also work that way? I can't afford right now a good digital camera like yours.
ROBERT, I must ask! How do you get to I guess "demo" the fonts when looking for one in the drop-down bar of text??? I've looked and I can't find out how!
Can you please explain what you're doing AND WHY with the Levels? You just move pointers with no explanation. WHat are you thinking as you adjust. Please consider making a suplimental video. Thanks.
Je suis très surpris que tout le monde trouve ça génial.C'est du pur bricolage, et le résultat,image positive certes,est très discutable en termes de qualité! J'aimerais comparer un agrandissement à partir du négatif VS le "scan" photoshopé. I am very surprised that everybody find it great.It is only pure bodge-up, and the result,if it's certainly a positive image,is very doubtful in terms of quality! I'd like to compare an enlargement directly from the neg VS the photoshoped "scan".
I have many old B&W negatives, 50-60-years old, and of various sizes, Can theses be scanned, digitised as positives, and filed on my PC , what kind of machine would I need?
OK so a scanner or what looks like a 5Dmkii and a macro lens cost over $2000. You did not say you would need a macro lens, I would say its a must for taking a photo of a neg.
Is there any places that does this process for you? I dont think i have the time or patience to deal with it let alone have the equipment. Is there any convenience store that prints negatives out for you ?
+Starlyn Corral ; No! Joe's variety store can't do this process. You must find the time and patience. Where do you have your C41 processing done at present? Do you really have a film type camera? Try Walmart, shoppers drugs, Staples, a Loblaws superstore, Just do a search in your 'hood. Walgreen? Target? All you need are 2 cameras. One film and one digital. Plus a graphical Image Manipulation Program. Now, do your own search.
Name of the scanner I need to buy that and where?,but I don't have the text or camera ....what kind of text or camera for that...it goes with the computer and scanner?...excuse me my grammar
Or... Get an iPad cover the screen with white baking paper; this defuses the light... And scan it with your negative between the light tablet and scanner this gives the effect of a double illuminated scanner like the pros use.
That's a pretty good idea. I would just add that it can be difficult on some scanners to get the focus perfect. Its a bit easier with the dslr method. Getting the dslr sensor plane parallel to the film can it hard though.
use blue light - (you no need after Photoshop and extra software) .... if use normal light source - ad blue paper - is same results ... for fast mode - (smartphone) - switch to negative photo - see real time real color of photo
Wow you're really misleading so many people. That's no way to treat your negs, you'll be getting finger prints and scratches all over the. There's no coming back from scratches on your negatives. Do it this way and you won't have nice photos, you'll have warped, scratched and marked representations of photos. There are scanners you can buy for next to nothing that will do a far better job and will require led handling of the media and so reduce damaging it. I cringe when I see you hold it with your finger and thumb. That's no way to treat your film.
Good "quick and dirty" but this won't give you the subtlety of some films which made them famous.... and develloped at WALMART??? Not the best advice...
Definitively you are a very young person. Chemical photography meant taking a picture. This operation meant that the film is hit by light. The film was light sensitive and there was a chemical change of the film but there was no visible image. The film had to be processed with special chemicals to obtain a fixed image. This image was inverted, that is why it is called negative. In turn this negative is printed to paper also by special chemical process. Simple explanation.
Thank you!! I scanned a few thousand negatives and the method I was using was a) not very good and b) extremely time consuming. I used a regular scanner, and scanned 6 or so sheets of negatives at a time, so my quality isn't spectacular - but its good enough and now with your method I CAN SEE THE PHOTOS!! This is going to severely cut down on my edit time, making my family (who is waiting for them) VERY excited.
Thank you!!
i saw so many videos on this and i gotta say this video is the best! it's short, on point, and you also talked about what and why we need it to the necessary point! thank you you rock!
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting this video. I recently found some negatives that were my grandmother's in a building that was to be torn down. They were filthy and moldy. I had spend several days trying to decide which scanner/converrter to purchase. You saved me money. This worked so well. I used a 100mm macro lens and placed the negatives between two sheets of glass from picture frames. I just held them up to the window and was amazed at how great the images were I was able to get. Thanks again!
This worked like a dream. My Dad had a few old negatives he wanted converted. I just used window light with a macro lens against the snow on a neighbors roof. I'll try again with a softbox and a tripod and to see if I can get it a tad sharper. And yes - the result on a scanner was crap.
So the film from the canister straight after it's used is not the negative form? You have to actually get it developed to see the picture?
Thanks so much, you've made this so simple it's exactly what I needed. I've watch so many other videos and was about to give up as I have Photoshop and knew there must be a way to use it for my 35 mm negative scans.
Fantastic video, saved me a lot of time and money. Thank You!!
Best video for beginners . Thank you
had a client call me today to find out if i could recommend a place that still prints of negatives ....and one search had me here #Bravo & Salute !
I saw that someone left a comment ? If you could do this with black and white negatives ? I have a lot of b&w photo negatives and would like to make positives, do u have a vid of this and if not would you make a vid of this thanks and great info
That's an interesting idea. I would put a piece of frosted acetate, or silk paper (the kind they use inside gift boxes) in between the negative and the mirror to diffuse the glare.
Did it work for you?
Oh my god, where did you get the idea, you are a genious, I never new that negatives can be done photoshop, plz honestly tell me where did you learn it, Its like a magic, you have taught me a great thing, I will never forget it, I have many old negetives, I will develope them now, thanks a lot, and loved and subscribed
Maybe if you don't close the lid and put a light source above the scanner with paper towel to spread the light evenly may work. I'm going to try next weekend. Other than that I will use my Kodak P460 that does negatives. But this way did a great job. Would of done it this way last year ago if i saw this.
Holy smokes this is cool. I'm 46 and have an old Sony Discman camera negatives of family I'm trying to transfer. The negatives are very small but they are from over 30 years ago. I would love to move them to my scanner. I have never seen the images on these negatives.
You can use a regular scanner my scanner cost $40 @ walmart. Why did the negative comout two dark? Because you closed the lid. Scan the negative with the lid open works great
Marlisa Snodgrass Ahh, I'll have to give that a try. Thanks for the tip!
Michael Taylor are you really not aware that there are special film scanners?
Varlan V. Varlan He never said that. He's helping people who only have an average scanner and not a special film scanner.
i know.... but really why bother when you can own with less than 100$ a decent film scanner ?
Consider you have have only 1 or 2 films to scan, WHY THE F*UCK WOULD YOU SPEND $100.00????? You are welcome.
Good video. Just one thing....you only need to leave the lid up to scan negatives. Works fine on my b&w's
I tried that on color photos negatives didnt work
Thank you for putting the tutorials on TH-cam. Very helpful!
Very good Tutorial. Nice and easy to understand. Thanks. 😆
Ok, here's the deal. What if I put the negs on the scanner glass, put a piece of frosted acetate or white silk paper covering the negs, put the light of a 40-60 w lamp on them and go right ahead and scan.
Do you think it would also work that way? I can't afford right now a good digital camera like yours.
ROBERT, I must ask! How do you get to I guess "demo" the fonts when looking for one in the drop-down bar of text??? I've looked and I can't find out how!
Excellent, straight to the point. Thank you!
Great work. Thanks!
very cool. i always wondered how to do this. thanks
This is by far the best tutorial I have seen in here. I've never been so positive about my negatives
Merci monsieur Robert
pour la vidéo.
Can you please explain what you're doing AND WHY with the Levels? You just move pointers with no explanation. WHat are you thinking as you adjust. Please consider making a suplimental video. Thanks.
How about inserting a piece of diffuser between the neg and the mirror?
"Geniuses at work"!
Love it!
you make great tutorials! keep it up
Je suis très surpris que tout le monde trouve ça génial.C'est du pur bricolage, et le résultat,image positive certes,est très discutable en termes de qualité! J'aimerais comparer un agrandissement à partir du négatif VS le "scan" photoshopé.
I am very surprised that everybody find it great.It is only pure bodge-up, and the result,if it's certainly a positive image,is very doubtful in terms of quality! I'd like to compare an enlargement directly from the neg VS the photoshoped "scan".
TH-cam's the intergalactic library for knowledge on every subject. I have HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of b/w negs and chromes......worth a shot, I guess!~E
Genius. Thanks for this! Saved me time and money.
What is this software used in the video? Thanks
Can I use a regular scanner and put a mirror above the negative then scan it?
Thanks a lot Sir
Excellent.
I have many old B&W negatives, 50-60-years old, and of various sizes, Can theses be scanned, digitised as positives, and filed on my PC , what kind of machine would I need?
Thanks a lot!
That was so helpful! thanks so much.
grate job mate
THIS IS SO SICK!!!
this is very helpful, man! thx
Many thanks!
Can you also use this on paint paint
OK so a scanner or what looks like a 5Dmkii and a macro lens cost over $2000. You did not say you would need a macro lens, I would say its a must for taking a photo of a neg.
Thank you !
Is there any places that does this process for you? I dont think i have the time or patience to deal with it let alone have the equipment. Is there any convenience store that prints negatives out for you ?
+Starlyn Corral ;
No! Joe's variety store can't do this process. You must find the time and patience. Where do you have your C41 processing done at present? Do you really have a film type camera? Try Walmart, shoppers drugs, Staples, a Loblaws superstore, Just do a search in your 'hood. Walgreen? Target?
All you need are 2 cameras. One film and one digital. Plus a graphical Image Manipulation Program.
Now, do your own search.
you saved my life!!! thank you sooo soooo much:):)
wow, this isa great trick!!! THANKS
WOW, THIS SHIT REALLY WORKS,,,,,,IM A HAPPY MAN NOW....THANKS
Hi
Could you plz suggest me
Some android app for my mobile to convert these nagetive .. To real one 🙋🙏🙏🙏
gracias locoooo, te pasaste, thanks
Name of the scanner I need to buy that and where?,but I don't have the text or camera ....what kind of text or camera for that...it goes with the computer and scanner?...excuse me my grammar
that was helpfull! thank you!
THANK YOU !!!!!
thank you sir
Thank you so much . :)
Or... Get an iPad cover the screen with white baking paper; this defuses the light... And scan it with your negative between the light tablet and scanner this gives the effect of a double illuminated scanner like the pros use.
This way you can scan mutiple at once :D
That's a pretty good idea. I would just add that it can be difficult on some scanners to get the focus perfect. Its a bit easier with the dslr method. Getting the dslr sensor plane parallel to the film can it hard though.
use blue light - (you no need after Photoshop and extra software) .... if use normal light source - ad blue paper - is same results ... for fast mode - (smartphone) - switch to negative photo - see real time real color of photo
If you have a macro camera set up - this will work - th-cam.com/video/-fNH3yX58Hk/w-d-xo.html
thanks
someone tell me why I need to get my pics developed?
Use a scanner and put a phone or tablet with blank white screen on it as light source.
good video
cant find invert on my photo shop please help
How you decide R,G and B level values?!?!?
thx.
MERCI...MERCISSSS
u need an multi function printer in order to scan negatives
That would depend how bright the room is I suppose
Nice! I'll keep this in mind. Just have to remember that Crap tool ;)
cool
If you own Digital camera, a remote flash and some cardboard and you can build your own "scanner" cheap ;)
@djbeto267 yes I have CS5 :)
omg great...bro....
Wow you're really misleading so many people. That's no way to treat your negs, you'll be getting finger prints and scratches all over the. There's no coming back from scratches on your negatives.
Do it this way and you won't have nice photos, you'll have warped, scratched and marked representations of photos.
There are scanners you can buy for next to nothing that will do a far better job and will require led handling of the media and so reduce damaging it.
I cringe when I see you hold it with your finger and thumb. That's no way to treat your film.
DONT BE A WEENIE Y2KEABLE
Mine turned out nothing like this and I followed your instructions on the dot... haha
#life_changing :^)
Very useful & interesting
The crop tool, not the crap tool! :D
HOLY CRAP YOU ARE THE MAN I FUCKING LOVE YOU DUDE THANKS A LOT
strg+i on pc
Good "quick and dirty" but this won't give you the subtlety of some films which made them famous.... and develloped at WALMART??? Not the best advice...
the film develop is necsasery in this process
you can also do this with paint.net lol
dont have an invert
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Good Job
doesn't work with colored ones however :(
Definitively you are a very young person. Chemical photography meant taking a picture. This operation meant that the film is hit by light. The film was light sensitive and there was a chemical change of the film but there was no visible image. The film had to be processed with special chemicals to obtain a fixed image. This image was inverted, that is why it is called negative. In turn this negative is printed to paper also by special chemical process. Simple explanation.
Ctrl+I
:D
crap tool :D
is this a joke? wow...