Not sure I’m getting this right - would love to see how the professionals would handle it.
IMG_0034.CR2 (53.7 MB)
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (31.2 KB)
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nice, thanks for the play! this one works really well with arctic’s spectral film simulation:
vkdt sidecar:
IMG_0034.CR2.cfg (3.8 KB)
i just activated the filmsim preset, set the options as in the screenshot (pretty much only print negative mode and played with the colour filters to taste).
i’m sure you could recover some detail by denoising/sharpening etc but i’d probably keep it authentic film.
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Nice - I like how you got the blues in the sky better than I could.
I’m no professional but would do it somehow like this:
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (40,2 KB)
I used the lates dtarktable AgX build from kofa without using AgX 
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I’m not a professional either but would do it somehow like this.
Done in ART, tone equalizer + contrast, Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch plus a tone mapper called Hable Filmic Tonemap (ACESsg).
IMG_0034.jpg.out.arp (13.1 KB)
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Now I remember why I like my flat bed scanner with IR dust removal capabilities. Here is my attempt using negadoctor in DT5.3
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (12.1 KB)
Second attempt, adding second color calibration module placed after negadoctor to set neutral color.
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (16.2 KB)
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A third attempt, trying to brighten the clouds a little.
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (18.6 KB)
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I am most definitely not expert, but such a beautiful image that I had to play.
My workflow went something like this. Converted the CR2 to tiff in Filmulator. Into GIMP. Cropped away the excess. Inverted the colours and applied my colour cast reduction plug-in. Luminosity mask plug-in: Layer 1 - set the black point, Layer 2 - lighten the trees left and right and saturation increase, Layer 3 - increase of contrast on mountains, Layer 4 - saturation increase for the blue sky, and layer 5 - set the white point on the clouds.
IMG_0034.CR2.arp (12.4 KB)
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I have no idea how to deal with this image. I guess I need to study your xmps.
IMG_0034_pos.tif.xmp (10.5 KB)
I think it’s fun to include the edge of the film!
I really like playing with these scans, kinda makes me want to scan my own film too.
IMG_0034_01.CR2.xmp (14.8 KB)
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IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (21.2 KB)
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did my first try on a non-calibrated display which is not a good idea working on negatives…
I cut out the image from the film strip to correct horizon line. Tried to correct colors but keep analog look.
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (16.5 KB)
darktable 5.1+AgX without using AgX
used negadoctor and had to move some modules above negadoctor to get somewhere…
very hard to get the pink out of the clouds without crushing the rest
second try with extra care for the clouds…
IMG_0034_01.CR2.xmp (20.4 KB)
third take with extra push on the orange leafs:
IMG_0034_02.CR2.xmp (23.1 KB)
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I didn’t even know Darktable could do negatives. For those looking into this .xmp, get ready for some wonky values on the sliders. But hey, I got an image that feels usable
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (45.8 KB) (Darktable 5.0.0)
Edit: I am really not an professional either
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I guess I’m figuring it out. My edit is still not as good as others’ yet, though. Many of my usual operations make it worse instead of better.
IMG_0034.CR2.xmp (9.5 KB)