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Three Free Preset Packages To Emulate Film in Lightroom 3

Chris Gampat
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09/10/2011
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Chris Gampat the phoblographer film modes in lightroom 3 my edited (1 of 1)

Do you love the look of film but don’t want to have to shoot and scan? Luckily, Adobe Lightroom 3 has presets that allow you to emulate that look very closely. After searching around the web for a while and shooting with the likes of Portra, Fuji Professional, and looking at Kodachrome prints, I’ve found a couple of free presets that can get the job for you on the cheap. Here are a couple of my favorites and what they look like.

Gear Used

Canon 5D Mk II

35mm f1.4 L

Canon 580 EX II

DIY Ring Flash

Film Renderings

First off, for the opening image in this article, I simply just edited the image to my own liking, saved and exported. The super bright look to it still doesn’t blow out the highlights but maintains a balance of muted skin tones with vibrant backgrounds. Overall, there is a nice softness to the image as well.

Then I reset the image, enabled the lens profile correction and went through the film renderings as I previewed them in the left side panel.

Kodak Porta 160 VC (Vibrant Color)
Kodak Ektachrome
Kodachrome 25
Kodachrome 10 Version 2
Fuji Reala 100
Fuji Pro 400 (personal choice of mine in my Yashica Electro 35 GSN)

What to Download

Ekta Chromeo: for Kodak Ektrachrome; this is the film that the internet says Steve McCurry uses.

In Memoriam – Kodachrome: for the lovely now gone film.

MikeyG’s Color Print Film Presets: for lots of the other film emulsions

What’s your favorite film emulsion? We’d like to know in the comments down below.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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