How do we know he is dealing with RAW files, though?
^ What he said. Except I would say Open the file rather than Upload. And for a Mac, the keys are "Command + I"If you upload the file into photoshop, you should be able to use the short cut "control+I" to convert to a positive
^ What he said. Except I would say Open the file rather than Upload. And for a Mac, the keys are "Command + I"
Open the file in Photoshop. If it is a RAW file, then this is always a two-step process. RAW files always open first in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) where you may, or may not, want to make some initial adjustments before handing the photo over to Photoshop. Most files from a scanner are probably not RAW files, unless you have done some custom settings in the scanner software. But I do recommend setting your digital camera to record RAW files whenever possible.
In Photoshop, either use the keyboard shortcut mentioned above,
... or you can find the Photoshop "Invert" command in the menus:
Image > Adjustment > Invert
at least that's how it works in the Mac version
No plug-in needed, really.
I am sorry but I do shoot raw. I would prefer to do as much as possible with Adobe Camera Raw before going into Photoshop.
You are correct, sir! Silly me, I *assumed* we were talking about black and white film. insert shame-faced smiley hereThis isn't going to get you a good looking photo. You still have to correct for the orange film base, adjust the contrast (the exposure information on the negative scan is usually all clustered in the center of the histogram), then do further color balancing to get it to look right. Some film needs more balancing than others, but they all need a little.
How do we know he is dealing with RAW files, though?
You are correct, sir! Silly me, I *assumed* we were talking about black and white film. insert shame-faced smiley here
For color film, I can tell you how I do it, but I use Lightroom. Not everyone who has access to Photoshop also has access to Llghtroom but if you are subscribed to the Adobe Photography Plan, you have both.
I do all my negative conversions completely in Lightroom using the Negative Lab Pro plug-in (NLP).
The NLP plug-in is not cheap, and it is not all that easy to learn how to use, but once I got the hang of it, I started getting pretty good results. In the past few years all my film has been b&w, so I got out of the habit using NLP for color, but recent updates to NLP have made it even more powerful.
I have new version of PS on my PC. When I open a RAW file, I can convert it there... Are you using an older version? I have CS5 on another computer, and I am unable to do that...
Do people just copy the settings from the first adjusted picture and apply them to the rest of the photos?
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