Every film is made available in four presets. Each adds a number of specific films to the roster of available emulsions, building on the previous version. There are currently three collections available 01, 02, and 03. VSCO Presets and Camera Profiles in Lightroom These aren’t by ANY MEANS all the apps out there that allow you to emulate film, but they are the four that do offer both color and B&W film emulation. With that simple ground rule in place, I settled on four apps to look over. There are a number of apps today that can apply that vintage look, but that, to me, is not the same as truly emulating film. Although I’ve liked the look and feel of “vintage” filters that mimic (but not truly reproduce or emulate) old films, I made the conscious decision to seek apps and add-ons that seek to reproduce the look of black-and-white, color negative, slide, and instant film emulsions produced currently and in the past. I decided that I wanted the look and feel of “real” emulsions like Ilford HP5 or Kodak Portra. I’ll run you through the faves and you can decide for yourself what might suit you well…įor the past year or so, I’ve cycled various plugins and applications through my workflow, trying to find the right add-ons that bring the response curves and grain of old film back into digital images. We can all love digital photography just as much, however, so finding a happy medium is the task of this post. As the man said, the “look” of film isn’t something we are willing to part with….(and we’re not talking the vintage filters on your iphone or droid.) Some of this comes from an old-school love of grain some of it has to do with the fact that we just love the way film renders tonality and color. And no doubt you all will have some other tricks not covered here to add…
In my studio we use a lot of digital tools to get this look and it seems there ar always new software toys emerging for this very job… But since I’m out on assignment now, I can’t think of a better guy to walk you through a handful of the very best options than my pal Sohail.
Well, if you’ve ever been in a pickle over how to get the speed of digital with the look of film, join the crowd. I’m often dragging around my Polaroid 600, my Hassie 500cm, some Lomo stuff (or these other film cameras)… but it’s next to impossible to have clients get fired up to shoot film in a professionals setting. A lot of us still shoot film for love and for fun.