Lightroom preset for converting scanned KODAK 400UC negatives

[jolsen]

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I have made a Lightroom preset to convert scanned KODAK 400UC negatives to positives. Feel free to use it.

I scan my negatives as negatives, and apply the preset when I import into Lightroom. It gives me the best and most consistent results of anything I have tried. I scanned a KODAK Q13 grey scale on negative film and positive film, and made the preset by adjusting the curve so the 2 photos are similar.

There is a catch though. The preset is based on the exposure of my negative when I scanned it. If your exposure is different, you may get very different results.

KODAK 400UC.lrtemplate

[mariah]

Thanks a lot for this share. You know what?, adjusting a black and white picture is such a pain. There are no such settings to do it with one click and adjusting never gave me a good result. Your adjustment is like amazing. Thank you for sharing this.

[jolsen]

You are most welcome.

This has bothered me for many years. I was shooting negative film for many years, and I was never able to get good colors. I eventually gave up in 2006 and switched to slides.

Now I’m scanning all my negatives up until 2006. Lots of good old memories.