It's a little trickier than that. Unfortunately there isn't an invert command in lightroom. I learned how to do it by watching a couple you tube videos. The basic idea is that you invert the RGB tone curves and then set the beginning and end points for each RGB channel. That converts it from a negative into a positive and eliminates the color shift from the mask. It sounds harder than it is but it does make your file behave a little oddly in lightroom. You can also just sent it to photoshop and invert it there. If you do that then lightroom functions normally and you just set the begining and end RGB points in lightroom to remove the mask. It's actually a lot easier in photoshop but my goal was to get everthing into lightroom so I put in the extra effort.
I'm sure you've decided I'm totally bonkers at this point and the scanner sounds like a much better option but it's really not that big a deal. I can shoot a five image film strip with a dslr in about two minutes so it's still faster than a scanner for me. Search on you tube for inverting negative in lightroom and you should get some hits that show you what I mean. It makes more sense when you see someone do it but the Minolta probably is a better bet for color negs.
I'm sure you've decided I'm totally bonkers at this point and the scanner sounds like a much better option but it's really not that big a deal. I can shoot a five image film strip with a dslr in about two minutes so it's still faster than a scanner for me. Search on you tube for inverting negative in lightroom and you should get some hits that show you what I mean. It makes more sense when you see someone do it but the Minolta probably is a better bet for color negs.
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