Convert Black and White Negatives to Digital for FREE

[@ChadEveryday]

F.AQ. and More - Please Read! I know this isn't the BEST method, however I wanted to think of a method that works well with things you probably have around the house. 1. You could in theory use your computer screen as well, but from my experience, it leaves lines across your image, whereas the phone did not. A tablet would probably work fine too. 2. You DO NOT have to have photoshop! Any photo editing app that has the ability to invert your image and desaturate it will work as well. 3. Having something to hold the negative down and make it flatter on the surface of the Lightbox (phone) will help greatly with the cropping process later on. I forgot to mention this in the video.

[@vrr3256]

ROCKSTAR!! I have some 4x6 negatives from my great grandparents honeymoon in Lima Peru & we trying to find a way to digitize them so I could share them with my family!! Perfect!!

[@drunkenunkle2001]

Excellent post, thanks! It's a good way to review negatives, at the very least.

[@lindasue8719]

Thanks for this info, especially presented in such a clear, easy way to understand!

[@ChadEveryday]

You're very welcome!

[@Nellynog62]

I found this very helpful. I have just tried it on some 1950s 6cmx4.5cm negatives and they came out really well. Thanks!

[@Nothankyou1969]

Bro.....that's great, I have negatives from my photography class from 1989 and definitely need to try this... thank you!!!

[@ChadEveryday]

For sure! It’s defiantly a nice little way to get scans on the cheap! I was looking earlier tonight at professional scanning online and most charge $1/cell. Negative scanners I have seen as cheap as $40, but the reviews are all over the place. Sometimes I wish I was still in photo school to have access to all the equipment! Hopefully you’ll be able to convert some of your negatives this way!

[@Nothankyou1969]

@@ChadEveryday yeah man me too, that class was awesome, had to drop out of school due to cost. I still love photography. Definitely appreciate the video, helped bridge some gaps for me from what I learned in the darkroom to watching this blew me away. Never really looked at it like that. Technology that is... I'll be watching out for new things from you. I've gotta get a newer camera. Or a nice older 35mm film one. 👍👍👍👍👍🤯

[@ChadEveryday]

Photo school was fun for sure. Mine closed down due to financial reasons right before I could graduate. Ended up transferring to another school and finished up with a degree in design...have never use it haha. I do miss the old photo days though, I blew some dust off my 35mm this morning and loaded it with some film...can’t wait to just go out with bare bones again

[@grahamesoden6510]

Easy to watch and listen to! Useful too so many thanks

[@Pulse2AM]

Too cool, I just found some old negatives I wanted a few digital images from, this will work as they're not crucial to look super high quality. Thanks!

[@ChadEveryday]

Very nice! This isn't the greatest method in the world, however it works okay. I'm going to start using an online service to digitize my negatives for me, but it's about $15/roll.

[@Pulse2AM]

@@ChadEveryday That's not too bad unless you have many many rolls.

[@ChadEveryday]

Yeah I agree, it really starts to add up! They do a little more with that price as well. There’s another site called mpix that only charges 9.99

[@Pulse2AM]

@@ChadEveryday Good to know thanks.

[@Shihabyoosef]

Great job👍👍👍

[@2FlexVlog]

Tipp: Elevate the negatives a litte bit, then you don't see the pixels of the phone.

[@ChadEveryday]

Great tip! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@grandmasterflash213]

Nice!!! Thanks!

[@JDRay-hq7lm]

Could you do this with a flatbed scanner and camera? I already have one.

[@ChadEveryday]

I imagine that would work, as well as a lightbox like some artists use for tracing. I've even went as far as making a makeshift holder and putting it on my computer monitor with the brightness turned up and a plain white background.

[@EdgardoQuiros]

Great alternative. Thanks a Lot.

[@a9323hj]

Thank you for your information.

[@km2052]

Very informative

[@JDRay-hq7lm]

How do you find a bright white background on a cell phone?

[@ChadEveryday]

I just go to Google and do an image search for "White Background". Just download the image to your photos, open it up and make it full screen.

[@JDRay-hq7lm]

@@ChadEveryday Which photo editor do you use? All I have is Paint from Microsoft365.

[@peterrobertbowers7639]

Do, i really need a desktop computer to print out photos from black & white… or colour negatives; as all i have is an iPad Pro? Thursday night 2nd November 2023. Southampton England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ftonfp1715]

Thank You for this. I have a 35mm scanner, but have some 2 1/4 B&W negs I want to print, and packed away my darkroom stuff 30 years ago. I don't own photoshop. Can the inversion be done with any free software like MS Paint?

[@ChadEveryday]

I apologize for missing your comment. I don't know that MS Paint can do it, but there is a free web browser editing program similar to PS you can use. I'll link it here: www.photopea.com/. (I'm not affiliated or sponsored)

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

💥💥 Great video, thank you. Any way to do this in Lightroom since I don’t have PS.?? 🤟🏼

[@ChadEveryday]

Hey James, sorry I missed your comment. If you don't have PS and have not figured out a way to do this yet, you could try this free photoshop alternative www.photopea.com/

[@PacoOtis]

Speaking of discombobulated videos!! Whew! Best of luck!

[@RustyOrange71]

What would be reeeeaaally clever would be converting digital to analogue... mmmmm... then you'd be on to something...

[@ChadEveryday]

That’s simple! Just take a photo of the digital image with a film camera 😅

[@RustyOrange71]

@@ChadEveryday ... and to automate that process would be the dogs wottsits... ;))

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

What if you do not have nor understand how to use photoshop? It kind of pisses me off that some of you guys just assume that we have and know how to use the programs you are using. Please put *Using Photoshop* in the title that way I can skip your video. Thanks you.

[@ChadEveryday]

If this were a paid platform I would maybe honor the attitude

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

@@ChadEveryday It's cool. I tried to use my camera and the negatives come out blurry. I will just take them to a photomat and have them put on a cd. Thank you for the video but please add Photoshop in the title. I would pass on this video not because it is a bad video but because I will never use photoshop.

[@ChadEveryday]

I appreciate that reply. It's often easy for me and other creators to overlook details like this amidst making these videos. I often make videos for my audience and miss the fact that KZbin sometimes pushes my content to people outside of that. I will say that you don't have to use Photoshop to do this. Any editing software that has the ability to inverse and image will allow it. There are many free and easy to use resources out there that are similar to photoshop which will yield the same results.

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

@@ChadEveryday Thank you for understanding and that, my friend, is what makes you a cool content provider.

[@ChadEveryday]

@@jetcitysinatra7300 thank you for that. I will be sure to update the title and thumbnail. When I first replied to you I was having a rough day and went the defensive route, that was my bad. I actually prefer when people comment like you did. I cannot learn to improve if I don’t get feedback.

[@karenboyd6293]

Will this work in Photo Shop Elements?