VeryNeg

About

VeryNeg is a free, standalone, source available application for the conversion of scanned film negatives. It lets you import multiple negatives, convert the negative automatically or to select a custom scan area or sample the border and densest parts. You can also specify the gamma baked into the scan. You also have the option to crop and orient the image and to apply automatic or manual color correction, intensity edits and sharpening. You can hold (copy) settings from one negative to another and then export one or all of the negatives. VeryNeg provides non-destructive editing and saves edits to a sidecart .neg file automatically.

VeryNeg was developed originally as a part of my master's thesis research for Master of Arts from Visual Communication Design, Aalto University. It is currently in beta development and still has many bugs, unsupported features etc.

Check my master's thesis for more info about the process of making VeryNeg and how it compares to other negative conversion applications > joonatankoponen.com/public/projects/veryneg/1.pdf

Download

version 0.5.1

Mac Arm

MacOS 11+

Mac Intel

MacOS 10.15+

Windows

Win 10+

Please note: If your mac complains that the app is broken or you cannot open it since it's from the internet, the claim is false. Apple tries to restrict third party apps without proper signatures. You will need to remove Apple's quarantine or enable using the app in the settigns. Search Google how to bypass either of those restrictions or check the links below.

> “VeryNeg” is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash...
> Apple could not verify “VeryNeg” is free of malware...

Current Features

Supports TIFF files from flatbed scanners
Customizing the pre-convert settings: Choosing a scan area manually or by typing a percentage. Choosing a custom eyedropping sample for the film border and densest area.
Editing the negative: Auto white balance, neutral sample or manually adjusting channels. Basic intensity edits and intensity edit presets inspired by Fuji Frontier.
Cropping the exported image.
Adjusting the amount and radius of sharpening for the exported image.
Color managed workflow. Export in either tiff or jpeg and convert to either AdobeRGB or sRGB color space for exported images.
Holding settings from other negatives to the next by either manually selecting a setting to hold or with Cmd + C. Apply held edits with Cmd + V.
Saves the edits to a sidecart .neg file so you can continue where you left off.

Upcoming Features

Support for black and white negatives, currently only color negatives are supported.
Support for camera raw files for negatives scanned with a camera.
Faster importing and exporting and performance improvements.
Possibly look up tables to emulate different color sciences of scanners, papers etc.

Known Issues

If, for example, set scan area button is active, and you click the sample neutral point eyedropper, it won't deactivate the set scan area button and thus the neutral point selection won't work after you deactivate the set scan area button.
Exporting images takes a long time.
The preset drop-down doesn't update when moving from negative to another, it displays just the latest selected preset.
There are bugs and the possibility of occasional crashes.