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Cross-processing by mistake?
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I've just received a lot of pictures back from ASDA. Most of the 11 films appear to have been processed and printed well. However, two of them have a distinctly yellow cast.
The two films in question were processed consecutively and both have "Fuji RH-270" on the rebate. I know this is not Reala (as all those have, cunningly, Reala on the rebate).
Have I accidentally asked ASDA to process and print some slide film? If I have, is it possible to rectify this in Photoshop?
I shall post examples soon.
Thanks for your help,
Luke
Originally posted at 5:20AM, 20 August 2006 PDT
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longwayround edited this topic 70 months ago.
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A quick Google search for fuji RH suggests that it is Sensia 400, in which case it is slide film.
Posted 70 months ago.
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Actually I can confirm that RH-270 is Sensia 400, as I have half a frame from the end of a film that the lab left unmounted. It is marked RH-270 and was from a roll of Sensia 400.
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Thanks. So, does anyone have any ideas as to how I can rectify this? I don't expect to be able to grab any prize winning photos but something to improve on this would be appreciated.
Posted 70 months ago.
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The best way to rectify it is to cover up the fact that you did it by mistake. If they were intentional, and you bigged up the fact that you cross processed them and it's hip and street and keeping it real and gritty and stressed and emotional, everybody'd just nod their heads and agree that they're in fact, art.
Posted 70 months ago.
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Certainly, I think the pictures of my dad work a lot better for being cross-processed than otherwise.
However, I'm gutted about the monkeys. I travelled for two days on dirt roads for those pictures. :-(
Posted 70 months ago.
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You can probably do this with Photoshop. The cheap way is to use the "Auto Levels" command (on the positive image, not the negative), which will auto-set the white point and black point on your image. Often, this will "correct" a crossprocessed image back to "normal" tones. Someone who knows more about Photoshop may be able to tell you how to do this by hand, in case Auto-Levels (which is kind of a big stick) doesn't turn out quite the way you want.
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I was looking at your photos and I actually really like the crossprocessing effect. Think of it this way; you can never really make a mistake with any art. Debatable, but it's what my professors always told me, so just thought I'd pass it on.
Anyway, if you do want to fix it, you can take out the yellow in photoshop. If you go to the "selective color" command, you can change the saturation of any color in the photo. You can make all the yellows more yellow, make them darker, more blue, etc. Even if it doens't fix the situation, it's fun to play around with.
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