>>3115656>>3115657Editing is still something that you can do to film. Even back in the days before scanning, things like contrast, shadow detail etc were edited and changed in printing. I always tend to add a bit of sharpening and get exposure levels a little more natural with film scans.
For example here's a before and after of a recent slide film scan. The before image is what the scanner gave me (the film is quite old and I underexposed it given it's age) and the after is what I got as my 'final' image after a couple simple tweaks. There were better photos from this set so I didn't end up using this photo but you get the idea