Developing Black & White Photo's at Home

Step 3 Preparing the film for loading into the developing tank

Before you load the film into the developing tank you'll be wanting to prepare the end of the film that was left sticking out of the cannister too make the loading a little easier, to do this take a pair of scissors and cut the tab off the end of the film so that there is a straight edge on the end of the film.

Then take your scissors again and cut rounded edges at the corner of the film, this will make the loading smoother and help the film to roll around the spool.