How to Develop Color Film at Home

Im tapped in like I don't do this everyday!

Calling a chemical chemistry makes me cringe a little 😅

Before you try this, make sure the room has a ventilation hood that ventilates directly to the outside and not to another room in your home. You shouldn't do this in a room you eat, sleep, bathe, prepare food in or relax in. This should be done in a purpose-built room. Even though you ideally will be wearing a respirator, these mixtures offgas and residue will stick to your clothing as well as your ceiling, walls, and every item exposed to air in and outside the room if it is not sealed. The smell will linger forever... or until you literally scrub your ceiling and walls down with soap and water after every time you process film.

Maybe I’ll stick with Polaroid

hell, no

can you use the liquids to develop more than one film?

Breaking Bad episode 🧪⚗️🧫

I'm struggling to find a c-41 kit in my region but there is an x-ray film developing kit available, does it work like a c-41 ??

Can you use the chemicals more than once?

Can you compare at home versus lab - just the development and scanned at home, and developed at home, scanned at lab, and then both at the lab and both at home. Preferably same camera, same film, same scenes. I really really wanna see some "benchmarks" like is it even worth using lab services or you're better of on your own.

This is surprisingly easy like wow

Noob question; can you use the same liquids for Color and Black/white film? Or is there different kinds?

How many rolls the 1-liter chemical can develop?

can I use a normal kitchen thermometer to test the water?

Great video. Is it also possible to do this with Super-8 film?

So just use a sous vide if we already have one? It seems like the exact same thing

Did you wash after the developer? If not how do you prevent the developer and blix from mixing? Loved this vid btw

Not sure if I missed it but are you mixing the chemicals at room temp then putting them into the bath to reach 102° or are you mixing the chemicals and water at 102° and then putting them in the bath to maintain that temp?

Can you save and keep reusing the chemicals or are they one and done? If so how long can you keep using them for

Which of these chemicals can be poured back in the jugs and reused another time?

Thanks for the video. I bought a Lot (a box with a bunch of nearly useless crap in it) at an auction several years back that contained about 15 Kodak canisters of film. I got tired of looking at them and was ready to throw them out and thought, eh, I could just throw out the film and use the all yellow metal canisters for something. Then I thought, heck, I'll do a little research, maybe the film is worth something on ebay. After doing some research I realized that the film wasn't new, it was used and that these particular kinds of film (Plus-X PX 135) was discontinued in 1969. That was an eye opener. Heck, I could have previously unknown Woodstock photo's. Kaching. That's why I'm here researching how to develop my own. Can't really see entrusting previously unknown photos of the JFK assassination to some other film developer. Thanks.

Does this work with 8mm video rolls as well?

I want to know what brand of C41 is from，Seek to tell me！！

Good evening. I was wondering what type (names) of chemicals (developer, fixer, etc) I need to develop black & white film and color film. Where to buy them? Also, all the equipment I need to develop everything. Also, chemicals to develop the black & white paper? Thanks.

Great video! Does anyone know if you’re “supposed” to get the water up to 100-102F before mixing the chemicals? I seen a different video where they did that step.

What means "c41"?

Is the tcs just basically a sous vide?

Lovely video!!
How many films can you develop with the same chemicals?
Is it the same for all the 3 chemicals?
How much time can you leave it in the container before it will stop working? (after mixing with the water)
thank you very much <3

Okay but… you skipped a huge step there buddy. How’d you go from reel of negatives to photos? I appreciate the chemistry lesson but this wouldn’t help me develop any photos when you don’t explain the final step.

How many developments can you do before you have to replace the chemicals?

Isn’t that red temperature thing just a sous vide?

How many times can you reuse the chemicals?

This guide sucks. How do you load the film onto the plastic spools? Why are you pouring the solutions back into the Chem bottles? Are the solutions reusable? How many rolls can a one liter developing kit develop? Are there any alternatives for heating the warm water bath? I have so many questions

I just used an old tropical fish tank heater but that was waaaay before Cine Stills. It was pretty good.

I wrapped a glass jar with black duct tape, pour in developer and just dunked the entire roll in there.... worked wonders until I tried a 24 exposure color roll and it doesn't have as much tension as the 36 and whole thing is ruined...

Hey why do you look like Tony Rydinger xd

Only thing I cant find is a Photo Enlarger thats inexpensive in shipping XD

That Diablo photo is just amazing!!!!!!!!

it's REALLY important to mention that you need to use gloves. these chemicals can damage your skin

Hey, I'm a beginner and noticed there's a lot of dust in my films after using darkroom bag I guess. But before developing I didn't wash film In warm water as you do. Any suggestions on how to make less dust? Thanks

nice video but also kinda lagging some crucial information like how to get film on the roll? how often can you re-use the chemicals? how to dispose the chemicals? why do you need c41 film, what does that even mean?

nice pictures though :)

You really shoulda delivered at the end there with more photos...

I’m a digital Tog for 15 years. I’m breaking myself into film this year. I’m so ready and look forward for this

TIL that u can reuse developer & subsequently that I’ve wasted gallons and gallons of developer

My daughter is interested in developing her own negatives. Is c41 the "most common" process? How do others differ?

I really thought it'd be way more complicated than this! we don't develop colour at my university so i just assumed it was really annoying but it literally seems the same as b&w just being more mindful of temperature

hmm could i just use a sous vide immersion circulator

Does any sous vide work? Or does it have to be a photography immersion one?

If you don't want to spend 200 dollars on a special TCS you can just buy a Sous Vide (aka an immersion cooker). It's the exact same thing and is wayy cheaper.