Positive Downloads & RevenuePositive: Negative Converter · App Store

Positive turns your film negatives and slides into finished photos, using nothing but your iPhone.

Lay a negative on a lightbox, a tablet or a phone showing plain white, and photograph it with Positive's camera. You'll see a live positive preview as you shoot. Already have scans? Import them from Photos or Files, or share them straight into Positive from any app.

TRUE-TO-FILM COLOUR
Colour negatives aren't simply inverted. Positive measures the clear film between your frames to cancel the orange mask, then simulates printing the negative onto colour paper, the way a darkroom enlarger would. The result is natural colour that looks like a real print.

EVERY KIND OF FILM
• Colour negative (C-41)
• Black & white negative
• Slide and positive film (E-6)

EDIT LIKE PHOTOS
• Automatic film base and level detection
• Exposure, contrast, saturation, warmth and tint, with an Auto setting
• Match Print: photograph an original print and Positive matches its colours
• Crop, rotate, flip and straighten
• Press and hold to compare with the original negative
• Copy your edits and paste them onto the rest of the roll

EXPORT YOUR WAY
• HEIC, JPEG or lossless 16-bit TIFF
• Save to a "Converted Negatives" album in Photos, or as an edit of the original negative that you can revert at any time

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything happens on your iPhone. Positive has no accounts, no tracking and no internet connection. Your photos never leave your device.