A simple, non-destructive method of image intensification and reduction is described which can be applied to continuous-tone negative materials. The method employs a commercially available direct copy (reversal) film whose contrast (gamma) can be continuously varied by preexposure from 0.8 to approximately 10. 0. This film is then used wih a diffuse-light contact printer to extract images from negatives which have been severly underor over-exposed. Examples of images extracted from Plus-X negatives which have received from eight stops overto seven stops underexposure are shown. This same process can be used to retrieve usable images from exposures where the chemical or image fog levels approach developed densities of 5.0. The technique compares favorably with the complicated autoradiographic procedures recently introduced for thin-negative enhancement but is not affected by high levels of chemical fog. It appears that the process is versatile enough to replace traditional chemical methods of photographic intensification and reduction.