If you're scanning color slide film, you'll have very little post processing to do. Perhaps just a bit of cropping, and whatever color adjustment you desire to get the results to look just the way you want them to. Negative film, however, will have to be inverted in post processing software.
While photographers have been scanning negative film with digital cameras and inverting the images in software manually for decades, the most recent new wave of digital camera scanning has seen huge improvements in the form of software options that make the inversion process much easier for the user.
A few of the options we recommend include:
Negative Lab Pro:
- Lightroom Plugin (requires a Lightroom Classic subscription)
- Price: $99
Filmomat SmartConvert:
- Standalone program available for both Mac and Windows
- Price: €83,19
FilmLab:
- Standalone program available for both Mac and Windows
- Price: $7.99/mo, $59.99/mo, or $199.99 lifetime license
Grain2Pixel:
- Plugin for Photoshop (requires a Photoshop license)
- Price: Free
If you have any questions, you can contact our Customer Support team at support@cinestillfilm.com.