Looking for that Vibey Look? Our Presets Can Do That

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You should take it from veterans of the photo industry for nearly 20 years. For several years now, the Phoblographer has been actively selling presets to our audience. And folks have been loving them. We started with presets designed for those of us who love photojournalism. Then we added the retro-digital look: which tends to be our most affordable preset pack. Plus, we’ve got our own analog-style presets designed to look like lots of wonderful film emulsions. Most importantly, we’ve tested them on files from all the camera manufacturers.

The Phoblographer has a large database of portraits and photographs that we’ve shot over the years. So we’ve tested these presets on Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, Panasonic Lumix, Olympus, OM System, and Fujifilm RAW files. No matter what camera you own, you’re probably going to like these Lightroom presets and Capture One Styles.

The Retro Digital Presets

We spent a lot of time working on these. When I started my career, I began on the Olympus E510 DSLR. But then I graduated up to the Canon 5D Mk II. Most of the first quarter of this site’s history was made using that camera. So we came up with the idea to look at how to bring back those looks. So we did some experimenting around in both Lightroom and Capture One. What we came up with are editing tools that embrace the grain, sharpness, colors, and white balances of the time.

You could buy a Canon 5D Mk II for up to $1,000 — or you can spend less than $40 and get our presets.

Here are some samples. The Retro Digital Presets are available for purchase from our shop.

C5DMkII

Person in a red basketball jersey holds a ball on an outdoor court lined with palm trees.

Man in a blue shirt sitting at a table with folded arms, smiling, with a cup of coffee in front.

Woman with medium-length dark hair looks at the camera, wearing a black top.

Woman in a black lace top stands indoors, eyes closed, with one hand on her shoulder.

ND700

Woman in a vibrant, patterned shirt stands against a brick wall, looking upward thoughtfully.

Man in a blazer sits on a blue wall in an urban street setting.

Person in black dress crouching on a city street, wearing colorful shoes and gold earrings.

Woman in floral dress and black leggings sits on stairs, leaning against the railing in a dimly lit setting.

A winding mountain road with a yellow line on the right, flanked by rocky hills under a clear sky.

A person in a red striped shirt walks through lush greenery by a lake, holding an open book.

SA900

Man in a car at night lights a cigar, wearing glasses and a light-colored shirt.

Chef stretching pizza dough in a kitchen wearing a yellow apron and cap, with shelves and clock in the background.

Person in a denim jacket sitting on a wooden chair, holding their hair, with a confident expression.

Woman in a white strapless dress with long hair poses against a dark background.

LM9

Man with long gray beard, sunglasses, hat, and plaid vest poses confidently against a dark yellow background.

Person in a houndstooth coat and striped shirt smiles against a dark background.

Man with long beard and sunglasses holds a cigar, wearing a leather jacket and cap, seated against a dark background.

City skyline at dusk with illuminated skyscrapers and vibrant orange sky.

Close-up of an aircraft jet engine and landing gear on a sandy desert surface under a clear sky.

Why Buy These

A list of TPB Film Presets with Cinema Tng800 highlighted in the menu.

Retro film styles images are all the rage for some years now. Modern camera sensors are all clinically perfect for the most part and they seem to produce images that are either too sharp or too clean. Analog photography was anything but this. Whether it was the camera and lenses we used, or the film stock, or a combination of both, the images we shot before the digital era had a lot of character in them. Many would argue this was a truly soulful period in photography.

We’ve developed 10 distinct presets to give you a quick start into giving your photos a look and feel like they came from that era. As always, these presets are a great start to getting an analog feel, but just selecting one isn’t necessarily the end of your edit. You can play around further using the various sliders in your software and not only adjust them, but also save the refined versions. Download them today from our store and transport yourself back a few decades each time you apply one of these to your photos. They have all been developed after carefully analysing film stock that our team has used professionally for many years. You might even be able to guess which ones they’re inspired by, if you look carefully at the names.

The New Analog Presets

Use the sliders below to see the effects of each preset on the sample images.

Chromatic 64

A sunny urban street intersection with crosswalks, parked cars, trees, and brick apartment buildings.

A sunny urban street intersection with crosswalks, traffic lights, and brick buildings under a blue sky.

Cinema Tng800

Nighttime cityscape with light trails from cars by a river, buildings illuminated along the waterfront.

Cityscape at dusk with light trails from cars, illuminated buildings, and a river reflecting the evening sky.

Goldak200

Woman in a black cutout top leans against a hallway wall, illuminated by vertical lights and an exit sign above.

Woman in a cut-out black top leans against a hallway wall under fluorescent lights, with an exit sign above.

KdkTung100

Colorful traditional shoes are displayed on a red rack at an outdoor market with shops in the background.

Traditional embroidered shoes in various colors displayed on a red rack at an outdoor market or bazaar.

KPortrait800

Woman in a floral dress lies on black fabric, surrounded by pink flowers, wearing a gold headpiece and necklace.

Woman in a floral dress lies on a dark surface, surrounded by pink flowers, gazing upward.

Supremfilm400

Person walks on a beach at sunset with the Burj Al Arab and cranes visible in the background.

A person walks along a beach with the Burj Al Arab and cranes visible in the background at sunset.

Velvet50

A wooden boat with a canopy floats on water near a city skyline with a tall minaret in the background.

A wooden boat floats on a river with city buildings and a tall minaret in the background under a blue sky.

Vistag200

A man in a black shirt sits on metal stairs indoors, with a car partially visible beside him.

A man in a black shirt sits on a staircase, looking at the camera, with a car in the background.

Alfred PH5 Plus

A woman in a wide-brimmed hat sits on a patterned bench outdoors, with palm trees and buildings behind her.

Woman in a sunhat and dress sits on a patterned bench outdoors, city buildings and palm trees in background.

Maxed3200

A quiet city street lined with parked cars, bare trees, and brick buildings on a cloudy day.

A city street lined with parked cars and leafless trees on a cloudy day, in black and white.

All ten of these are available for purchase as set. Visit our online store to buy them.

Also Available: The Phoblographer’s Photojournalism Lightroom Presets and Capture One Styles

A total of 20 different presets make up our first Presets Pack. Ten of these are color-based and the remaining 10 are focused on black and white results. We developed these to ensure the results don’t overlap between presets, and keeping in mind that they are meant to help you edit with ease. Some of these are Adaptive presets, meaning they scan your photos for faces and skies and skilfully apply edit masks only to those areas. They were developed by us on Adobe Lightroom Classic and you can even adjust the intensity of the presets using the Amount slider in the Develop module

The Phoblographer's Photojournalism Presets — The Phoblographer’s Photojournalism Presets

For those of you who’d like to use these presets on the go, we have good news for you. You can even upload these presets to Adobe Lightroom (formerly known as Lightroom Mobile), to be able to use them on your mobile devices.

Photojournalism Color Presets

Use the sliders below to see the effects of each preset on the portrait.

Black And White

These are available for purchase right now. You can buy the color or monochrome sets separately or buy both of them together at a discount. Visit our online store to buy them.