Originally posted by sunshine7913 Yesterday, I visited the film lab for printing color films. When I saw the final results with only few adjustment which is really easier than using photoshop, it was incredible. Well I still don't know how to correct the color exactly. Everyone just tell me to use the photoshop. Guess what? I have to adjust and correct colors from the scanner programs first. Idk what they are talking about and not helpful. How should I adjust the color correctly?
Use Photoshop or your favorite image manipulation software. I prefer Adobe Lightroom. If you have your own scanner, you can perform some adjustments at scan time. If the lab is doing the scans, they are being done automated by machine and will reflect the conditions (light and exposure) at the time of exposure. The lab person has limited control over how the scans are done. If you shoot a daylight film under incandescent (tungsten) lighting and get orange people, it is your job to fix it and not the labs.
For optical prints (wet process), you would normally get machine prints which are the equivalent of a machine scan. If you wanted color corrections you would order a custom enlargement with specific instructions for color balance and would pay $$ to have it done, if indeed they could apply the correction.
Steve