Invert TIFF HDR negative scan into a positive

[gwydionjhr]

I'm new to AP. I'm scanning some old negatives, and in TIFF/HDR mode Silverfast leaves a negative as a negative image.

Can someone walk me though how I can easily invert the image and then correct the colour balance?

[toltec]

Layer > Invert will turn a negative into a positive (Shortcut Ctrl + I).

 

There are loads of options for colour balance.

 

Automatic tools

 

and use an Adjustment layer like Colour Balance, White Balance, HSL Adjust etc,

 

[John Rostron]

At the top left of the SilverFast screen there is a group of icons. The second one is labelled Positive. If you click on this, you have the option of selecting Negative (or Kodachrome). Just select Negative.

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Hope this works for you. It works for me.

John

[gwydionjhr]

8 hours ago, John Rostron said:

At the top left of the SilverFast screen there is a group of icons. The second one is labelled Positive. If you click on this, you have the option of selecting Negative (or Kodachrome). Just select Negative.

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Hope this works for you. It works for me.

John

Except when you're doing 48 bit HDR, it just scans the RAW image and doesn't create a positive.

[John Rostron]

This question was posted on the SilverFast forums in 2009. SilverFast responded:
 

"8 bit HDR color scanning mode generates unmodified RAW TIFF files which act like a digital negative. It means no changes are applied during the scanning process, this includes the positivation of your negatives.
If you want your endfiles to appear as positives, you will have to use the 48 bit color mode (without HDR)."

 

So it means that you will have to follow @toltec's advice and not mine. You might like to follow this link from SilverFast.

John