Convert Black and White Negatives to Digital for FREE

Today we're going to talk about how to get your Black and White Film negatives to digital format...FOR FREE!

All you need is a phone, a camera, and a photo editing software.

This method is great if you don't have any other means to scan your film and you're just looking to digitize some old film photos. If you want a more professional scan, youll need to send your negatives off to a professional service, or invest in a film scanner.

My method is just a quick, easy, and free way to scan/convert your film to digital photos at home.

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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.

[vrr]

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!!

[Nellynog]

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

[drunkenunkle]

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

[grahamesoden]

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

[lindasue]

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

[Nothankyou]

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

[PulseAM]

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!

[peterrobertbowers]

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[FlexVlog]

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

[ftonfp]

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?

[Jimmy_Cavallo]

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

[JDRay-hqlm]

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

[JDRay-hqlm]

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

[karenboyd]

Will this work in Photo Shop Elements?

[PacoOtis]

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

[RustyOrange]

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

[jetcitysinatra]

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.