Here’s some info on Negative Darkroom that Kevin Cozens mentioned. It’s more of an outline than a help article, but thought I’d share nonetheless.
gimp-2-10-24-released <https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/03/29/gimp-2-10-24-released/> Rick * * ** *** ***** ******** ************* ********************* It’s better to wave at a stranger than to ignore a friend * * ** *** ***** ******** ************* ********************* > On Apr 19, 2021, at 3:08 PM, Kevin Cozens <ke...@ve3syb.ca> wrote: > > On 2021-04-19 7:24 a.m., William wrote: >> I tried the invert function and it is not doing what I want to do. >> I want to rescue old color negative 35mm film strips by inverting them to a >> color positive that I can print on a color laser printer. >> The negatives have an orange cast which inverts to monochrome blue. > Restoring old negatives involves more than just a colour inversion. The > colour balance is likely to be off. I have 400 colour slides to scan and > restore that date back to the last 60s to mid-70's. I know the colour balance > is off as the red has faded over time. I don't yet know about any changes in > brightness and contrast. > > One other (non-GIMP) approach to fixing slides that you may be able to adapt > to negatives by adding a colour inversion step can be found at: > http://www.lionhouse.plus.com/ > > I haven't tried it yet but I'm thinking about it. It was mentioned in this > mailing list some time ago. > > -- > Cheers! > > Kevin. > > http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that > https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and > | that's why we're powerful" > Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | > #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
