How I Scan & Edit Film

Jason Microsoft paints his way to success in this stunning reveal.

Instayams: @50_shades_of_jason

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Scanning 35mm
4:31 Scanning 120
6:51 Scanning 8x10
9:08 Editing 35mm
14:07 Editing 120

[parranoic]

My neighbor gave me a Nikon Coolscan 4000 he found on the street knowing I'm into tech and thinking it was an old pc. I bought a firewire card and it worked. That scanner sparked my interest for shooting film.

[vuhlandes]

guilty of the "hell yeah" ass slap

[DogsandFilm]

Baxter's appearances:
1. 1:00
2. 4:02
3. 17:15

Thanks guys,
See ya next time

[Folly_Inds]

I think this might be the best end card you've ever made. Literally the height of your work.

[Leonsimages]

FYI: When shooting close-up, diffraction occurs much sooner than on normal distances. Becuase of this, shooting at f8 is probably going to be sharper than f11!

[MrRoflHamster]

It's always crazy to see 35mm and 120 side by side. The 120 is so huge in comparison.

[briansavage]

Flipping the image in the edit indeed helps. Also, changing the background color periodically to black, middle gray, and white also helps recalibrate your eye to the image during the edit.

[invincible]

One tip for lightroom. In the sharpening tool you can choose what you want to sharpen. Just hold opt or alt on your keyboard while dragging the masking slider and you can sharpen more or less selectively depending on what the picture calls for.
Great video btw!!!

[Markamos]

this is making me rethink last month's v600 purchase

[TerriblyCinemaddict]

The flipping of the image to reset was great advice. Gonna try that.

[SweetLouPhotography]

I know this is so minor, but I always admire the opening credits you make, they look so lovely. Not gonna lie, I've been considering DSLR/mirrorless scanning, but seeing the ease of your workflow makes me look at my V550 with disdain hahahah. And that flip horizontal tip was really clutch. Definitely stuffing that one in the cornucopia

[FrenchFriesOfFury]

"It's been long enough"
Honestly, i wish it was longer. I really lose track of my surroundings and merge with your work in the video.
Keep it up, i absolutely love your channel.
(Maybe it could be interesting if you'd upload longer and unfiltered projects on a second channel.)

[thepcock]

That flip horizontal trick. Mind. Blown. Thank you for that. I get in my own head editing so often.

[VariTimo]

No film negative is the finished image. All negative films are designed to be printed onto photochemical paper. They might have been optimized to be easier to scan but that doesn’t change the fact, that if you’re after the inherent film look, you’re gonna have to look at analog prints. This is especially true for color negative film where the choice of paper or the way it’s scanned has at least as much, if not more of an effect on the way colors are rendered than the original choice of film stock. The Fuji Frontier does a pretty good job at getting colors and contrast to look like the image has been printed on photochemical paper. NLP has a LUT that can get you there in combination with the Frontier color model.

[PhilKnall]

That flip horizontally trick was super good, i know this works for drawing but never thought of trying it for color balancing. Thanks!

[KurtGu-qk]

For DSLR scanning print film, the type of backlight also matters a lot. I’d recommend using a RGB “white” light instead of a simple white led, which has a blue peak due to how white leds are made today. Other than making you a better gamer, a RGB backlight also better mimics an enlarger head because they both have RGB peaks and consequently better channel separation. Pro monitors also use pseudo RGB backlights for their superior color reproduction. I constantly achieve better results with RGB when scanning my negs, although slides not so much.

[Shephard]

That transition to the sponsor was Great vid! Thanks 😊

[bryanswisshelm]

I’m addicted to your channel (and now Bad Flashes!). This was such a good tutorial! Because of your videos, I got hooked on film and am (as of today!) the proud owner of a Pentax 6x7 with the 75mm and 105mm lenses. Thank you!

[aguy]

almost $500 for the film holder is absolutely unreal lmao

[stevenbudd]

I use the Essential Film Holder from Brit photographer Andrew Clifforth - £90 odd quid netted me 35mm and 6x9cm masks. It's glassless, no metal and works perfectly. Way cheaper than the holder you mentioned and works seamlessly. I scan with a Sigma SD Quattro H and 70mm f2.8 DG 'Art' lens. The Foveon combo has a 51mp equivalent resolution to Bayer and records colour at every pixel site. The usual daylight balance light pad and Negative Lab Pro completes the deal to swallow up what the Fuji GW690 MkI, Topcon RE Super, Leica M3 DS, Leica IIIf, Pentax SV, Ricoh TLS EE, Canon 50e and Canon 300v chuck out. Happy days.