Ukudibanisa uphuhliso, ukuvelisa kunye nokuthengisa, njengomzi-mveliso wenqanaba lommiselo wokuqala.
Inkqubo yokuxuba eqhelekileyo iqala ngokudibanisa umdibaniso wesibini okanye nangaphezulu ukuba aqhubeke ngokundwendwela. Iifilimu ezahlukeneyo zophawu lwezinto ezithethwayo zongezwa kwi-fixer yolwelo kwaye ixutywe phantsi kwe-vacuum kude kufunyanwe i-homogenous. Izixa eziphezulu zeefilimu ezinikezela imithetho emininzi yamazinyo iqatha. Ababhalisi, abantu abathintelayo kunye nee-pigment zinokongezwa kwi-paste eliqatha.
Isixhobo sokudibanisa i-vacuum seplanethi yesi sicelo kufuneka sikwazi ukuphatha uluhlu olubanzi lokuphila kunye nokusula kakhulu.