[DIY] How to Shoot & Convert Film Negatives to Digital Photo With DSLR/Smartphone at Home

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In this video i will show you, how to quickly convert film negatives into quality positives using a digital camera or smartphone.
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To get started, first we need to shoot the negatives. i will show two methods, one using smartphone flash as a light box and other with the natural sun light.
For this demo, we required a film negative. Make sure that your negatives are clean before digitizing them.
Any Soft white box to create simple Light box set up, By the way it is a bourn-vita bottle you may find this type of bottles in your kitchen.
And a smartphone.

Now turn on torch option in your phone settings.
Remove bottle cap and place it on the torch light.
Blackout curtains to stop creeping light Coming in Through the windows.
Place a negative on light box and take the shot.

Now let’s see how to shoot negative outside in board day sun light.

Place any white paper or card board on the floor.
Make sure the sun is bright and shiny.
Now hold the negative in front of white paper with bright sun at the top.
Now take shot with a macro focus setting.

Transfer the images from your camera to computer.

Open photo in photoshop.
Choose the Crop tool and remove top, bottom and sides portion of a photo to create focus or strengthen the composition.
Now duplicate background layer.
Go to adjustments and select invert CTRL + I keyboard shortcut.

This photograph is very old one so you may notice lot of scratches and dust on the photo.
The overall image looks in a cyan tint. To fix the colors add curves adjustment.

Open red channel, move black handle at starting point of the curve and drag white handle at end of the curve.
Similarly do the same for the green and blue channels.

That’s it we’re done. Now we can easily convert any negatives to digital at home by yourself.

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23 Comments
  1. reinier santos says

    Eyy bro thank you so much 🙂

  2. Kilfinnin says

    dude your neg is nasty wtf XD

  3. AKASH says

    Bro, U can also use
    Another phone with white screen, and full brightness on….
    And then place the negative on it..
    Scanning is also a option…
    But, That video would not be a DYI Video…

  4. Kasheribbean / says

    Wow. ! Amazing!

  5. Lekha Pratap says

    An Indian tutorial that's actually better. Damn!
    You get my like bro!

  6. Honest Pro George says

    hears indian voice, clicks off

  7. Mikalele says

    This is amazing!

  8. Jsh says

    Very helpful! Thanks a lot!

  9. chinnu chinnu says

    IT WAS AN AWESOME VIDEO
    I HAVE COVRETED BY PHOTO

  10. rencia vaz says

    🙏

  11. Sasinun Arunkittipat says

    Thanh u

  12. GNR Tech says

    Helpful… Thank you so much…

  13. Sumadri Das says

    Awesome tricks..

  14. Bhawna studio says

    Mai album disign krna hu to jab mai kisi fram ya mask me photo past krta hu to mujhe har bar risize krna padta h
    Koi koi solution btayea jisse mujhe risize na krna pde aur auto fit ho jaya kre image

  15. Bhawna studio says

    Nigative scan kr k bhi kia ja skta h ye plzzz reap….?

  16. Retch Einhundert says

    Very good, i didn't knew about the possibilities of the curves section.

  17. zitoune54 says

    very good idea and simple to achieve. Thank you

  18. adhem pops says

    nice vid thank you 🙂

  19. Pritish kumar Sahoo says

    It was awesome. Well done bro. 👍

  20. Prathish kumar says

    this is great….. I can restore my old family photos… thanks a lot…:')

  21. Abhirup Basu says

    This tutorial is awesome … So helpful

  22. Funk SkyWalker says

    I think you are some kind of wizard. This is incredible 😲

  23. Jose Diaz H says

    Muy interesante!

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