The orignal (film) Cross Processing technique produces grainy images that are highly saturated and very contrasty. It started by developing color print or slide film in the wrong chemicals – for example, color negative film in slide chemicals (C-41 as E-6) or slide film by the color negative process (E-6 as C-41).
Not surprisingly, this causes wild color and contrast shifts and requires lots of trial and error. Now in the digital age, various digital techniques are now available to cross process digital images and give similar results.
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- Try some different types of film, and compare the characteristics of each.
- Try pushing or pulling your film.
- Try over or under exposing your film.
- Combine X-Pro with other techniques: multi-exposures, 35mm, filters and flashes.
- Get a load of expired film to use in your X-Pro experiments: expired film tends to be much cheaper than in date film.
Cross processing works best on bright sunny days, with plenty of light. The best subjects seem to be once with plenty of colour. Cross processing film shot on a dull day can be advantageous, as it can get help to improve the contrast.
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