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Restoring old camera film at home using only your phone can be a rewarding project. What do you think about this one? Here's a step-by-step guide to help you through the process: Step 1: Clean the Film - Prepare a Clean Workspace: - Choose a dust-free area to work in. - Lay down a clean, soft cloth on your workspace. - Clean the Film: - Use a soft, lint-free cloth to gently wipe the film. - If the film is very dirty, lightly dampen the cloth with distilled water and a small amount of isopropyl alcohol. Use minimal liquid to avoid damage. Step 2: Capture the Film - Set Up a Light Source: - Place the film on a lightbox or use a bright, white screen on a tablet or computer as a backlight. - Ensure even light distribution to avoid shadows or hotspots. - Use Your Phone Camera: - Open the camera app on your phone. - Position the phone directly above the film, ensuring it's parallel to avoid distortion. Take multiple photos to capture the best image. Step 3: Edit the Images - Install a Photo Editing App: - Use apps like Adobe Lightroom, Snapseed, or Photoshop Express for editing. - Adjust the Image: - Crop, rotate, adjust exposure, contrast, color correction, sharpness, clarity, and remove imperfections. Step 4: Save and Share - Save the Edited Images: - Save in the highest resolution to preserve quality. - Backup Your Work: - Back up images to a cloud service like Google Photos, iCloud, or Dropbox. - Share Your Restored Photos: - Share with friends and family through social media or email. Additional Tips: - Steady Hands: Use a tripod or stable surface for steady shots. - Consistent Lighting: Maintain a consistent light source for uniform images. - Patience: Take your time during editing for the best results. #motivation #editing via @hussseinlucky #hobby #innovation
This is awesome but I doubt anybody having camera negative rolls in 2024.
This has nothing on my film scanner and it looks more tedious
It made me cringe so hard that the video used portrait orientation to photograph a piece of film shot in landscape orientation. Add to that the fact that the width of the film took up less than a third of the width of the already-small portrait orientation. Estimating generously, probably 9 out of 10 pixels are being wasted here. So, the high megapixel counts on smartphones in 2024 aren't really for capturing detail, but to compensate for the ignorance of how image resolution and basic photo manipulation work? Ironically, the end result of making this error would likely result in a picture with a resolution of around 1,024x768 (or smaller), just like the common digital camera resolutions in the late 1990s, when film was still being used, and was still superior to its digital counterpart in its infancy.
I convert old films (because i am old) all my life using a fillm scanner. I have hundreds and hundreds of film rolls, which once I developed, i didn’t have time to print, until now. The most important thing with film scanners is DPI resolution and the dynamic range D. Using this very interesting post people may be attracted to such a “simple” solution. But the basic math (taking into account the phone resolution, and lets not forget about D) shows that such a negative film conversion to a real photo is good enough for a social media, or perhaps a half postcard print. Nothing more. If you are happy with it, than this innovation is certainly interesting for you. But if you are serious about your “old man” films, get a film scanner :-).
Inefficient. I think capturing them against a white screen is good, but you can then copy them to a PC, then open in Paint .Net, Pinta or Krita (all free) and crop more accurately, invert the colours in 1 step, and then use auto contrast (also 1 step) and much easier tools for adjusting the colours. Doing this for more than 1 picture would get tedious fast. Work smarter.
But absolutely not! Aside from the fact that taking a photo from film with your cell phone makes the quality low, when it would be enough to go to a photographer who captures the images from the film and puts them on DVD! Then the post production is done with professional programs (I would recommend Lightroom or Photoshop) and not with your cell phone! This stuff you see in the video is great for making prints on birthday cakes!
Years ago, I did a job digitizing some guy's old Super 8mm. He wanted a proof reel, so i gave him a VHS copy with timecode to allow him to choose selects and chapter stops for the ensuing DVD. Never heard from again. Apparently, he realized the VHS was good enough. Live and you learn.
Sorry to be negative, but that seems like a lot of work. 😁
This is pure magic turning negatives to positives....thanks so much for teaching us how to.protect our treasure photos
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3wVery nice. Once these pictures have been restored, they can be placed in series and overlaid with an audio recording. In this way, it would be possible to take old photographs and create a "quasi video". Creating a timed album would produce an artificial sense of movement in time with the audio track. Using an acrylic pyramid above a phone's sequence, a three-dimensional holographic display of these pictures / audio could be created. https://youtu.be/7YWTtCsvgvg?si=9OygM9fdHxSVobIm