Process reversal film

Before you start

Have your digitized reversal images and any profiles made for the current camera and light.

Steps

1. Create a Reversal project

   Choose Reversal on the welcome screen and create a roll project. Inspect the positive images in the Contact Sheet. Negative Calibration Area and demasking steps do not apply here.

   

2. Check input settings and the reversal CCM

   A positive needs no negative inversion, but capture illumination and camera response still affect its colors. A matching reversal CCM calibrates the setup’s positive-image capture, while a negative CCM prepares input for negative-film analysis. The two are not interchangeable. Use a compatible profile within a Reversal project, not negative APD / Status M or a filename-only assumption about White. An applicable built-in Default is a starting point, not a measured calibration for every device. See Create and apply a CCM profile for the procedure.

3. Adjust exposure and white balance

   Open a frame in the Viewer and begin with SDR under Preview. In Basic, increasing Exposure brightens the image and decreasing it darkens it. Start small and inspect highlight/shadow detail. Refine with Highlights/Shadows, Contrast, or white balance as needed, without applying negative Offset/Gain explanations. Put the white-balance pipette back before Crop. For HDR, follow its Preview/output lesson rather than treating a styled SDR view as a promise of the HDR file.

   

4. Crop, save, and export

   Save the project after cropping, then choose the export format for its intended use. Reversal working files differ from negative-density output; negative-oriented options such as ADX / DPX are not the default choice for ordinary reversal exports.