FilmLab: Negative Film Scanner Hack 2.5.3 + Redeem Codes
Convert your film to digital
Developer: Develop and Fix, Inc.
Category: Photo & Video
Price: Free
Version: 2.5.3
ID: com.filmlabapp.FilmLab
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Description
FilmLab is the best app for viewing and digitizing film negatives. FilmLab lets you view negatives as positives, capture scans to save and share, and convert high resolution images from scanners and digital cameras.
FIlmLab is actively developed by a small team that is passionate about film photography. We believe every film image is special, and we feel a responsibility to help you get the best possible results using the equipment you have available. With that goal in mind, we've invested years of research and development to create an app that does film scanning right.
FilmLab supports scanning color negatives, black and white negatives, and color positives (slides). It supports all film formats, including 35mm, medium format, and large format. It works with a wide variety of film scanning setups (including kits sold by Negative Supply, Valoi, pixl-latr, Lomography, and Kodak). FilmLab also supports importing scans in most image formats, including camera raw files.
FILMLAB SUBSCRIPTIONS
When you install FilmLab, you'll get 12 scans per device for free. To get unlimited scanning, choose a monthly or annual subscription. If you choose to purchase a subscription, your payment will be charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. If you cancel your subscription, you will continue to be able to view and edit all the images you scanned while your subscription was active.
TERMS OF SERVICE
https://www.filmlabapp.com/terms
PRIVACY POLICY
https://www.filmlabapp.com/privacy
FIlmLab is actively developed by a small team that is passionate about film photography. We believe every film image is special, and we feel a responsibility to help you get the best possible results using the equipment you have available. With that goal in mind, we've invested years of research and development to create an app that does film scanning right.
FilmLab supports scanning color negatives, black and white negatives, and color positives (slides). It supports all film formats, including 35mm, medium format, and large format. It works with a wide variety of film scanning setups (including kits sold by Negative Supply, Valoi, pixl-latr, Lomography, and Kodak). FilmLab also supports importing scans in most image formats, including camera raw files.
FILMLAB SUBSCRIPTIONS
When you install FilmLab, you'll get 12 scans per device for free. To get unlimited scanning, choose a monthly or annual subscription. If you choose to purchase a subscription, your payment will be charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. If you cancel your subscription, you will continue to be able to view and edit all the images you scanned while your subscription was active.
TERMS OF SERVICE
https://www.filmlabapp.com/terms
PRIVACY POLICY
https://www.filmlabapp.com/privacy
Version history
2.5.3
2022-11-30
Version 2.5.3 has two small fixes:
- Fix slowdown when pinch-zooming in crop mode
- Fix a typo on the welcome screen
- Fix slowdown when pinch-zooming in crop mode
- Fix a typo on the welcome screen
2.5.2
2022-10-18
Version 2.5.2 fixes a crash when attempting to use the ultra wide camera on some iPhone models. It also prevents crashes when attempting to load missing or corrupted image files. See previous release notes for full information on new features in version 2.5, which is a major update.
2.5.1
2022-10-16
Version 2.5.1 fixes a crash when initializing the camera on certain iPhone models and iOS versions. See previous release notes for full information on new features in version 2.5, which is a major update.
2.5
2022-10-13
FilmLab 2.5 is a major update. Changes in this release include:
- A new camera screen that lets you set up a crop to match your desired film format
- Two new crop modes available in the image editor - crop and corners/perspective
- Improved auto exposure and auto color balance
- Export as 8-bit or 16-bit TIFF
- Many bug fixes and optimizations
In addition, this release updates our subscription model. Features that formerly required a FilmLab Pro upgrade are now included for everyone. FilmLab now requires a subscription to scan new images after the first 12. A subscription is not required to view and edit previously captured images. Users who purchased FilmLab as a one-time lifetime purchase do not need to buy a subscription. When you first install version 2.5, you may need to press the "restore purchases" button to active previous purchases.
Thank you very much for your support, which makes it possible for us to continue to develop and improve FilmLab!
- A new camera screen that lets you set up a crop to match your desired film format
- Two new crop modes available in the image editor - crop and corners/perspective
- Improved auto exposure and auto color balance
- Export as 8-bit or 16-bit TIFF
- Many bug fixes and optimizations
In addition, this release updates our subscription model. Features that formerly required a FilmLab Pro upgrade are now included for everyone. FilmLab now requires a subscription to scan new images after the first 12. A subscription is not required to view and edit previously captured images. Users who purchased FilmLab as a one-time lifetime purchase do not need to buy a subscription. When you first install version 2.5, you may need to press the "restore purchases" button to active previous purchases.
Thank you very much for your support, which makes it possible for us to continue to develop and improve FilmLab!
2.0.1
2021-10-07
FilmLab 2 is an all new app with lots of great free features. Now you can save, edit, and organize your scans. Editing is non-destructive, so all the information in the negatives is retained and you can make adjustments at any time.
FilmLab 2 also adds a brand new Pro option which makes it possible to work with images taken with other cameras, either by importing them or by opening a shared folder from Files. We think you're going to love processing film scans on your iPhone or iPad!
FilmLab 2 also adds a brand new Pro option which makes it possible to work with images taken with other cameras, either by importing them or by opening a shared folder from Files. We think you're going to love processing film scans on your iPhone or iPad!
1.6.0
2020-11-12
This release includes a major update to our process simulation technology, which gives more beautiful and accurate colors for negative film.
It also fixes a bug in iOS 14 on some devices that would cause the camera to stop responding. If this bug was affecting you, please restart your phone after installing the update.
It also fixes a bug in iOS 14 on some devices that would cause the camera to stop responding. If this bug was affecting you, please restart your phone after installing the update.
1.5.0
2020-04-20
- Fixes an issue where auto-exposure would be off when capturing film surrounded by a black mask
- Fixes two crashing bugs
- More speed improvements
- Fixes two crashing bugs
- More speed improvements
1.4.0
2020-04-02
FilmLab 0.4.0 fixes a bug that was causing the camera to intermittently stop working after capture on some iPhone models. It also includes speed improvements, and an upgraded image processing engine that produces more authentic colors and tones based on simulating analog print materials.
1.3.2
2019-09-27
FilmLab 1.3.2 has a few small improvements and bug fixes.
Bugs fixed:
- Fixed a bug where the option to change sync speed between 1/50 and 1/60 was hidden on some phones.
- Fixed a bug in color handling on devices that don't support raw capture
New features:
- The sync speed setting is now saved - FilmLab will remember the option you chose last time.
- The export button is now disabled while an image is processing. This prevents saving a partially-processed image, which may have low quality.
Improvements:
- CPU use and battery use have been reduced
- Auto color balance accuracy is slightly better
Bugs fixed:
- Fixed a bug where the option to change sync speed between 1/50 and 1/60 was hidden on some phones.
- Fixed a bug in color handling on devices that don't support raw capture
New features:
- The sync speed setting is now saved - FilmLab will remember the option you chose last time.
- The export button is now disabled while an image is processing. This prevents saving a partially-processed image, which may have low quality.
Improvements:
- CPU use and battery use have been reduced
- Auto color balance accuracy is slightly better
1.3.1
2019-09-24
FilmLab 1.3.1 fixes an issue where the blue channel in color negatives could become overly saturated.
FIlmLab 1.3 adds support for iOS 13, as well as the following improvements:
- New image processing with less noise and sharper output
- New black and white contrast control based on simulating split-grade darkroom printing
- Better, more accurate color conversion for color negatives
- Improved contrast control for color negatives
- Faster, smoother rendering on older devices
FIlmLab 1.3 adds support for iOS 13, as well as the following improvements:
- New image processing with less noise and sharper output
- New black and white contrast control based on simulating split-grade darkroom printing
- Better, more accurate color conversion for color negatives
- Improved contrast control for color negatives
- Faster, smoother rendering on older devices
1.3
2019-09-21
FIlmLab 1.3 adds support for iOS 13, as well as the following improvements:
- New image processing with less noise and sharper output
- New black and white contrast control based on simulating split-grade darkroom printing
- Better, more accurate color conversion for color negatives
- Improved contrast control for color negatives
- Faster, smoother rendering on older devices
- New image processing with less noise and sharper output
- New black and white contrast control based on simulating split-grade darkroom printing
- Better, more accurate color conversion for color negatives
- Improved contrast control for color negatives
- Faster, smoother rendering on older devices
1.2.2
2019-08-22
This is a bug fix release. It fixes an issue where FIlmLab would crash if it didn't have permission to access the camera, and fixes compatibility issues with iOS 13.
1.2.1
2019-05-18
FilmLab 1.2.1 fixes a bug where exposure would be wrong when using certain iPhone models with bright light tables.
1.1
2018-11-07
FilmLab 1.1 improves color rendering and image quality, fixes bugs, and adds a new feature: contrast control!
Color improvements: FilmLab's color negative mode is greatly improved. Colors are better balanced, more accurate, and have increased saturation. Tone curves have been fine-tuned to preserve highlight detail, and skin tones are warmer and more lifelike. Under the hood, FilmLab 1.1 now uses the wide-gamut Display P3 color space on supported devices. This makes it possible to pull more color information out of negatives, and produce a wider range of colors.
Image quality: FilmLab 1.1 fixes a bug which was causing output images to have color banding. It also has improved raw image processing, producing images with more detail and less noise.
Contrast control: FilmLab now lets you control contrast in both color and black and white images. This is especially helpful with black and white films, which vary in contrast depending on the film stock and development methods. Now you can reduce contrast to preserve details in a contrasty negative, or increase contrast to make a low-contrast negative pop.
Bug fixes: FilmLab 1.1 fixes bugs related to panning and zooming, especially with rotated images. It fixes a bug that made it impossible to fully zoom out on an image when a toolbar was covering part of it (which made it difficult to set crop points near the top and bottom edges). It fixes a bug in the camera which caused autoexposure to fail in certain conditions, resulting in clipped highlights or shadows. Finally, FilmLab 1.1 is better at automatically distinguishing between film and backlight when there is a small amount of film present in a scene.
Thanks to everyone who purchased FilmLab 1.0! And I especially want to thank those of you who took time to send email with questions and comments. Your feedback is helping make FilmLab better, and I hope you'll find version 1.1 to be a solid step forward.
Color improvements: FilmLab's color negative mode is greatly improved. Colors are better balanced, more accurate, and have increased saturation. Tone curves have been fine-tuned to preserve highlight detail, and skin tones are warmer and more lifelike. Under the hood, FilmLab 1.1 now uses the wide-gamut Display P3 color space on supported devices. This makes it possible to pull more color information out of negatives, and produce a wider range of colors.
Image quality: FilmLab 1.1 fixes a bug which was causing output images to have color banding. It also has improved raw image processing, producing images with more detail and less noise.
Contrast control: FilmLab now lets you control contrast in both color and black and white images. This is especially helpful with black and white films, which vary in contrast depending on the film stock and development methods. Now you can reduce contrast to preserve details in a contrasty negative, or increase contrast to make a low-contrast negative pop.
Bug fixes: FilmLab 1.1 fixes bugs related to panning and zooming, especially with rotated images. It fixes a bug that made it impossible to fully zoom out on an image when a toolbar was covering part of it (which made it difficult to set crop points near the top and bottom edges). It fixes a bug in the camera which caused autoexposure to fail in certain conditions, resulting in clipped highlights or shadows. Finally, FilmLab 1.1 is better at automatically distinguishing between film and backlight when there is a small amount of film present in a scene.
Thanks to everyone who purchased FilmLab 1.0! And I especially want to thank those of you who took time to send email with questions and comments. Your feedback is helping make FilmLab better, and I hope you'll find version 1.1 to be a solid step forward.
1.0.1
2018-10-01
This release fixes a single bug, where crop corners were being applied incorrectly on iPhone Plus devices running iOS 12.
1.0
2018-09-27
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| FilmLab Monthly Subscription (Scan unlimited images, paid monthly) |
Free |
HD305602620✱✱✱✱✱ | 717E094✱✱✱✱✱ |
| FilmLab Pro - Monthly (Adds powerful Pro features) |
Free |
HD121194673✱✱✱✱✱ | 1457489✱✱✱✱✱ |
| FilmLab Annual Subscription (Scan unlimited images, paid annually) |
Free |
HD323913193✱✱✱✱✱ | 1542E41✱✱✱✱✱ |
| FilmLab Pro - Annual (Pro features. Renews yearly) |
Free |
HD253175517✱✱✱✱✱ | CF9F429✱✱✱✱✱ |
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Ratings
2.3 out of 5
7 Ratings
Reviews
timmscup,
Wishing for more
I don’t know why, but I assumed this app had a light table functionally when used with an iPad. I was disappointed when I needed to find another method to turn an iPad into a light table.
At first, it’s magical. Seeing your negatives become positives by hovering your phone over them is pretty exciting, but it soon gets frustrating.
First, I really wish you could take multiple pictures of the negatives and the edit them later. This is my biggest complaint. Holding a negative flat on a light table with one hand and then positioning the phone AND tapping the shutter button with the other is tedious and cumbersome. Having to crop, edit, and save the image before moving to the next image slows down the process.
Second, the actual capturing of the image seems hit or miss. Sometimes the image seems over exposed or underexposed depending how you hold the phone. I also it sometimes have difficulty being able to capture an image and I’m stuck at the “hold still capturing image” progress bar. I wish this worked more like some document scanner apps that took several images at a time to provide a more accurate representation.
Hopefully this app gets better as I really want to like and use it more.
At first, it’s magical. Seeing your negatives become positives by hovering your phone over them is pretty exciting, but it soon gets frustrating.
First, I really wish you could take multiple pictures of the negatives and the edit them later. This is my biggest complaint. Holding a negative flat on a light table with one hand and then positioning the phone AND tapping the shutter button with the other is tedious and cumbersome. Having to crop, edit, and save the image before moving to the next image slows down the process.
Second, the actual capturing of the image seems hit or miss. Sometimes the image seems over exposed or underexposed depending how you hold the phone. I also it sometimes have difficulty being able to capture an image and I’m stuck at the “hold still capturing image” progress bar. I wish this worked more like some document scanner apps that took several images at a time to provide a more accurate representation.
Hopefully this app gets better as I really want to like and use it more.
mec440,
Excellent app
Not sure why this app has poor reviews. I have tried the other negative scanning apps in the App Store and FilmLab works the best. It scans negatives with a clean and easy to use interface. It has just the right amount of tools and will save a Tiff file. It doesn’t have the intrusive magic filters or colorizing features that are always in your face. It’s a solid straightforward app.
GalaxyMaddie,
Take your time:)
Please be a little patient and discover an amazing app!! It works great if you put your negative against a light source, you’ll be amazed!!!
shel8338,
Doesn’t work
I downloaded this app and paid for the monthly subscription. It keeps telling me to login but it never gave me the opportunity to set up a login and password. It won’t let me do anything at this point.
EDHBlvd,
AWFUL
Wow this app was awful before but now it’s telling me I need to pay for a subscription to scan photos after my 11 “free” scans. I PAID MONEY for this app a few years ago. This company should be prosecuted for THEFT. Worst app ever.
Nairoc63,
Can’t do a thing. Can’t create an account to even get started. Seems like a scam.
Seems like a scam
Sérgio Bruch,
My experience after reading all reviews and testing it!
So I saw a lot of one star reviews and I feel like I should say something. I downloaded on two different iPhones X and the iPhone S and the issue with the image flickering and giving weird colors is very annoying and it showed on both devices.
When you take the picture of the negative sometimes it will give you a weird exposure. However when I go to crop the picture every time I move the crop corners the pictures gets better and better. When you’re done cropping you will have a fully exposed picture that you can adjust all the basics necessary on the edit section.
Is the app the most high definition scan? No however I’m taking a picture of a picture with a phone, but it does the job much better than the other free ones I downloaded.
My set up was my iPad far enough to lose the pixels in a box and my phone on a tripod. I got really good results for Instagram isn’t all we want anyway right?
So I don’t think the one star review is indicative of the performance of the app. I did expect for 6 bucks the app to be on the efficient side and not have those basic issues especially because one of the selling points is “the app recognizes the negative and transforms into a positive.”
But all and all I’m a hobby film photographer and it does what I needed to do before moving on to pro things.
When you take the picture of the negative sometimes it will give you a weird exposure. However when I go to crop the picture every time I move the crop corners the pictures gets better and better. When you’re done cropping you will have a fully exposed picture that you can adjust all the basics necessary on the edit section.
Is the app the most high definition scan? No however I’m taking a picture of a picture with a phone, but it does the job much better than the other free ones I downloaded.
My set up was my iPad far enough to lose the pixels in a box and my phone on a tripod. I got really good results for Instagram isn’t all we want anyway right?
So I don’t think the one star review is indicative of the performance of the app. I did expect for 6 bucks the app to be on the efficient side and not have those basic issues especially because one of the selling points is “the app recognizes the negative and transforms into a positive.”
But all and all I’m a hobby film photographer and it does what I needed to do before moving on to pro things.
Rusty Shutter Cable,
Great app
I hesitated at first with some of the negative responses. I got it and immediately loved it. I am an amateur photographer from the 60’s with hundreds of pounds of negatives that mostly were only contact printed for review, with many more that I never found the time to print. Now I can without setting up a lab. I use my iPad as a light box, with a common sheet protector over it to diffuse the pixels; you know what a sheet protector is; a common article in any office, fits in a 3 ring binder, protects paper from finger dirt. Works perfect. Don’t expect lab quality, but you will be happy when you resurrect a forgotten negative into an enjoyable picture. I’m getting my old enlarger from the attic to project negative images to a screen, to see just how far this app will go.
Dog Sof,
Does what is says; nothing more
First, you NEED a backlight for this to work. Then, it only takes grainy “photos” of your negatives. But, this is still very useful if you’re trying to figure out which of your 1000+ negatives to print. It’s handy for quickly viewing negatives as positives.
If your want hi-res “scans” to print, use a flatbed scanner or a dedicated film scanner. But that takes a lot of time.
I wish this had a tutorial. Not sure what the difference between 1/50 and 1/60 is. Shutter speed? Who knows? This app really needs a tutorial instructing how to adjust the backlight and the ambient light. It’s a mystery. Worth the $6? Depends on your purpose.
If your want hi-res “scans” to print, use a flatbed scanner or a dedicated film scanner. But that takes a lot of time.
I wish this had a tutorial. Not sure what the difference between 1/50 and 1/60 is. Shutter speed? Who knows? This app really needs a tutorial instructing how to adjust the backlight and the ambient light. It’s a mystery. Worth the $6? Depends on your purpose.
Hyperlite1215,
It Works Well!
Followed this from Kickstart a few years back and finally found I needed the app. I used it to convert my parent’s wedding negatives(1973) to positive color without any issues. I thought they were great quality and definitely sufficed for bringing back memories. I did have to crop each photo even though I zoomed to the correct size, but it was easy enough.
I used a few rolls of tape to set my phone on the actual rolls to find the focus height and keep it steady.
Some feature suggestions: import negative and a timer option during taking the picture(2secs would be good). Not sure if these are an option or not.
I used a few rolls of tape to set my phone on the actual rolls to find the focus height and keep it steady.
Some feature suggestions: import negative and a timer option during taking the picture(2secs would be good). Not sure if these are an option or not.
