# Purple border to film scans

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**Category:** Digital Camera Scanning\
**Created:** [February 6, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/purple-border-to-film-scans/10008 "2026-02-06T19:25:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Digitizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@Digitizer](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/Digitizer)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/purple-border-to-film-scans/10008/6 "2026-02-08T15:15:26Z")

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**One** : Crop off the things that are outside of what you consider the image.

**Two** : That last screen shows something that looks like a reflection.

- Check the negative with a loupe, don’t scan!  
→ find out whether that stuff is in the original already.
- Scan again: Hold the negative against a lit white paper (far away) and use a different lens. You’ll get a smaller image. Check it for the things you don’t want  
→ if it’s still there, it must be in the negative  
→ if it’s gone, change your rig, it might cause some internal reflection

**Three** : Heavy handed changes are good to show issues. Tread lightly instead!

- Increasing saturation can shift colours, specially with tone curves like the ones made by NLP. If you want to change saturation, do it to a positive copy.

**Four** : Please post an image of your setup. Post it here:

> [@Let's see your DSLR film scanning setup!](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/lets-see-your-dslr-film-scanning-setup/27):
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> Ok, let’s see it! Pictures and/or descriptions of your current DSLR Scanning setup. Just reply to share it! (Bonus points for sharing a few conversions using your setup!)

**Five** : Think of NLP as of BEST EFFORT. Scanning gear, lighting etc. are completely out of NLPs control. Nevertheless, NLP handles most things we throw at it quite decently, but occasionally, it doesn’t. C’est la vie - and an invitation to explore.

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