SoftLoaf Negative
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- Free trial
- Windows
- macOS
What SoftLoaf Negative is
SoftLoaf Negative is a film-negative conversion workflow for digitizing film from camera captures or scanner input. It offers curve, dual-anchor, chart-reference, and frame-by-frame alignment methods. For camera setups, measurements from a standard 24-patch target build a color-correction matrix for the camera, lens, and light. A Trichrome workflow aligns and combines separate red, green, and blue monochrome captures into a color image, while black-and-white negatives have a separate density workflow. HDR preview is supported, with listed delivery formats including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, UltraHDR, HEIC gain map, AVIF HDR, ACES EXR, and ADX DPX. A watched folder can route each new file into the current roll. Processing is local rather than uploading photographs and project files as account or licensing data. The software runs on Windows and macOS. A three-day trial allows project work and preview but blocks every file-output path. Listed annual plans are $29.90 a year for Personal and $99.90 a year for Team, although purchases are not yet available.
Who it suits
It suits photographers and film-digitization workflows using camera or scanner input. The separate Trichrome, black-and-white, and HDR options support specialized conversion needs.
Good to know, and what to watch
- Multiple negative-alignment methods
- 24-patch calibration for camera digitization
- Trichrome color-combination workflow
- Local processing of photographs and projects
- Wide listed export-format support
- Three-day trial blocks all file output
- Purchases are not yet available
- No free plan
- Annual plans renew automatically unless canceled
Plans
Every plan and pricePersonal
Team
From $29.90/user/yr · 3-day trial
The verdict
SoftLoaf Negative focuses on controlled film conversion, with calibration, specialized workflows, and many output formats. The output restriction during its trial and the stated purchasing status are important before committing.
What the maker publishes
- Account security
- The privacy notice says passwords are sent over an encrypted connection and only an Argon2id password digest is stored. source
- Availability
- The pricing page says annual plans are not open yet, and the terms state that purchases are not yet available. source
- Black and white
- Black-and-white negatives have an independent density conversion workflow and focused controls. source
- Calibration
- It uses measurements from a standard 24-patch target to build a color correction matrix for the camera, lens, and light digitization setup. source
- Conversion methods
- It offers curve alignment, dual-anchor alignment, chart-reference alignment, and frame-by-frame alignment. source
- File formats
- Listed delivery formats are JPEG, PNG, TIFF, UltraHDR, HEIC gain map, AVIF HDR, ACES EXR, and ADX DPX. source
- HDR
- It supports HDR preview and lists UltraHDR JPEG, AVIF HDR, and HEIC gain-map delivery. source
- Hot Folder
- A watched folder can automatically send each new file into the current roll. source
- Image privacy
- Photographs and project files are processed locally and are not uploaded as account or licensing data. source
- Purpose
- SoftLoaf Negative is a film negative conversion workflow built for film digitization with camera capture and scanner input. source
- Support
- The support page asks users to report the version, operating system, input format, and exact reproduction steps; product feedback goes to [email protected]. source
- Trial limit
- The three-day trial permits project opening, creation, adjustment, and preview, but prohibits every file-output path, including batch and CLI/headless export. source
- Trichrome
- Its Trichrome workflow aligns, converts, and combines separate red, green, and blue monochrome captures into one color image. source
Checked against the maker's pages on 9 Oct 2026.