--- title: Why do my pictures look like negatives? description: If you're trying to scan slides or negatives and they appear to have their colors reversed, the solution is easy! 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This occurs when the scanner is set to the incorrect film type.   **Normal Scan of a 35mm slide set to 35mm/135 slide** **![Normal Scan of a 35mm slide set to 35mm/135 slide](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Slide_Slide_Setting-1-1.jpg?width=387&height=258&name=Slide_Slide_Setting-1-1.jpg)** **Scan of a 35mm slide when set to 35mm/135 negative** **![Scan of a 35mm slide when set to 35mm/135 negative](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Slide_Negative_Setting-1-1.jpg?width=387&height=258&name=Slide_Negative_Setting-1-1.jpg)** **Normal scan of a 35mm negative when set to 35mm/135 negative** **![Normal scan of a 35mm negative when set to 35mm/135 negative](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Negative_Negative_Setting-1-1.jpg?width=387&height=258&name=Negative_Negative_Setting-1-1.jpg)** **Scan of a 35mm negative when set to 35mm/135 slide** **![Scan of a 35mm negative when set to 35mm/135 slide](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Negative_Slide_setting-1-1.jpg?width=389&height=259&name=Negative_Slide_setting-1-1.jpg)** To correct this, follow these steps: - In the Main Menu, select Film Type. ![](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-14-9349-PM.png?width=385&height=231&name=image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-14-9349-PM.png) - Select what kind of film type you're scanning: Negative, Slide, Black and White. ![](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-23-7759-PM.png?width=385&height=218&name=image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-23-7759-PM.png) - Select the film or slide size. ![](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-37-2687-PM.png?width=387&height=204&name=image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-37-2687-PM.png) ![](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-46-3068-PM.png?width=381&height=237&name=image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-46-3068-PM.png) ![](https://support.magnasonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-59-8278-PM.png?width=384&height=206&name=image-png-May-06-2026-06-39-59-8278-PM.png)     - 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