how to get popular looking film scans

raise exposure, turn up warmth, desaturate a tad, lower highlights, raise shadows

that's it

that's the edit

this is strictly for ig photogs like me tho (what corey knows he's an internet photog all super serious photogs *gasp*). for the more documentary, "gallery" film vibe you can start experimenting w

raise exposure, desaturate more, lower highlights, -100 contrast +100 shadows lol

Yes - I am drinking cold brew right now! Thanks for asking!

In all seriousness - if you are having trouble getting your scans to look like you want try out those two sequences of adjustments above just to get a basic framework cooking. I wish someone would have told me to try some basic combos like that when I first started