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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: alatreille on October 01, 2014, 12:05:56 pm
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Hi all,
I'm working on a project with a client that I'd love to shoot on film (kodachrome prob), but the timeframe of delivering the images as digital files is too tight for this.
I'm wondering if people have a preferred set of 'photoshop actions' or plugins etc or separate software for the replication/emulation of various film types?
There seems to be a number our there and before I go downloading a bunch of trials I'd like to narrow down to a couple.
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
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Can you even find Kodachrome and have it processed today?
Try Alien Exposure. They have a bunch of actions in there to emulate film.
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Hi all,
I'm working on a project with a client that I'd love to shoot on film (kodachrome prob), but the timeframe of delivering the images as digital files is too tight for this.
I'm wondering if people have a preferred set of 'photoshop actions' or plugins etc or separate software for the replication/emulation of various film types?
There seems to be a number our there and before I go downloading a bunch of trials I'd like to narrow down to a couple.
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
Good luck with that! There is no Kodachrome to be found and certainly no lab to process it. The last Kodachrome lab shut down the line several years ago. It all depends on what you plan to shoot, but I'd suggest Fujichrome Provia. It was always one of my favorites. That said, if I were shooting the gig, I'd shoot digital and use DxO Film or Alien Skin Exposure for the film effect. It's really quite close to the original in look and feel, and that way you are not committing to a particular look or film. In the end you might want to emulate Agfachrome 500. (Wonderful, grainy film.) Those are probably the two best "film emulators' out there. (I use Alien Skin, and have for years.)
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If you want the official "look" of professional Kodachrome, this LuLa thread shows exactly what its color palette should look like...
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=50508.40
Scroll down to pfigen's posts of Kodachrome scanned on a high end Howtek scanner.
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I have been using TrueGrain for years, and have been very happy with it. It can be found here: http://grubbasoftware.com/
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I have been using TrueGrain for years, and have been very happy with it. It can be found here: http://grubbasoftware.com/
Whoops! It's only for Black and White. So, not relevant to the initial query. Sorry.
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DxO or Truegrain.
C1 Pro 8 may be interesting too, haven't tried their new fim emulation function yet.
Cheers,
Bernard
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I have been using TrueGrain for years, and have been very happy with it. It can be found here: http://grubbasoftware.com/
Hi Jim. I have been looking for authentic 'real scanned' film grain software, on and off' for years. True Grain looks the best I have seen.
All the others, including alien skin, look okay for a cheap thrill, but I need profiled and authentic grain that reacts well to large 16 bit tiffs. Monochrome portrait to be specific..
Now if I could just get it to work on my machine. Windows7 64bit.
What are you using it on?
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Answered by Private Message.