Editing Push processing (section)

{{Short description|Film developing technique}}
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[[File:Massage.jpg|thumb|upright|A photograph pushed by 2 stops, showing strong grain]]

'''Push processing''' in [[photography]], sometimes called '''uprating''', refers to a [[Photographic processing|film developing]] technique that increases the effective [[film speed|sensitivity]] of the film being processed.<ref name="Langford">{{cite book
|title = Basic Photography
|author = Michael Langford
|year = 2000
|edition = 7th
|publisher = Focal Press
|location = Oxford
|isbn = 0-240-51592-7
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/basicphotography00lang
}}</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2020}} Push processing involves developing the film for more time, possibly in combination with a higher temperature, than the manufacturer's recommendations. This technique results in effective overdevelopment of the film, compensating for [[underexposure]] in the camera.