That is facinating. I'm guessing that with well exposed, new film, the color channels would be pretty much in balance to begin with and you wouldn't need to do this, but I can see how for any image that is less than ideal for any reason, it sure would be a good thing to try to start out with. Thank you!
looks like I've been editing my scans wrong for years 😂 ...time to go back into the filing cabinet and grab some negatives. Thanks for the pro tip Dave.
getting to the proper colour and tone of a film photo is more challenging than people think. I don't get why scanning is so inaccurate. I've used a few different labs and I have used a scanner myself and it always requires more editing in software. I love the process of scanning, mostly 120 film since the negatives are so juicy. Sometimes a fun process and sometimes annoying haha.
Hey Dave, it's amazing what you can do when you leave the Dark Side of Life & move into the Light! Thanks for sharing this great tip for doctoring film scans. How did u come across this insight? Is there a story, a deep & dark scary story story to share? 😎😎
Thanks for sharing this. I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t like to do any tweaking to my film photos. I kind of feel it takes away from it being shot on film. Not a knock on anyone who does. Just a personal preference.
@@davidherring yea I’m not against it. Still very early in my film photography journey. Officially on my 4th roll 🤣. One day I’ll begin tweaking them in Lightroom.
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I just did this with photos that I thought were garbage and they were so much improved just by this simple tweak. What a great tip. Thank you so much!
That’s great! Thanks for sharing!
Can’t wait to try this with my scans!
Game changer for me!
That is facinating. I'm guessing that with well exposed, new film, the color channels would be pretty much in balance to begin with and you wouldn't need to do this, but I can see how for any image that is less than ideal for any reason, it sure would be a good thing to try to start out with. Thank you!
I think it really depends on the quality of the scan, too. If you have a less than ideal scan (even on a great film exposure), this should fix it!
immediately went into Lightroom and tried this out, super helpful, thank you!
Awesome!
Bro this is so great! I wish I knew you when I was in SF.
Thanks man! If you’re ever back in town hit me up!
looks like I've been editing my scans wrong for years 😂 ...time to go back into the filing cabinet and grab some negatives. Thanks for the pro tip Dave.
Ultimately if you’re happy with your scans then don’t sweat it! But this technique does help improve scans 99% of the time.
getting to the proper colour and tone of a film photo is more challenging than people think. I don't get why scanning is so inaccurate. I've used a few different labs and I have used a scanner myself and it always requires more editing in software. I love the process of scanning, mostly 120 film since the negatives are so juicy. Sometimes a fun process and sometimes annoying haha.
Hey Dave, it's amazing what you can do when you leave the Dark Side of Life & move into the Light! Thanks for sharing this great tip for doctoring film scans. How did u come across this insight? Is there a story, a deep & dark scary story story to share?
😎😎
Ha no it’s just something I learned a few years ago when I got badly faded scans back and I found this tip somewhere deep on google.
Yeah, black balancing is a great practice. Cool video! 👏🏻
Thanks!
Great trick! This can be also done with negatives. Yes, negatives:)
Oh nice, I’ve never tried that!
Very useful, thanks.
Happy to hear!
wow! do scans need to be high res and tiff to do this?
Nope I basically only use JPGs
@@davidherring noted! thanks man
Thanks for sharing this. I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t like to do any tweaking to my film photos. I kind of feel it takes away from it being shot on film. Not a knock on anyone who does. Just a personal preference.
I know there’s a lot of purism in the film community, but a video by Vuhlandes convinced me!
@@davidherring yea I’m not against it. Still very early in my film photography journey. Officially on my 4th roll 🤣. One day I’ll begin tweaking them in Lightroom.