Yours are significantly better than the Mastin and VSCO stuff. More recently I've been using Alex Ruskman's stuff and tend to only use his and your stuff on my digitals 👍
Very well done! This presenter includes context as well as editing examples. He also knows how to take his time and not just click around without explaining things, as a lot of Photoshop / Lightroom gurus are lousy presenters. He understands that he's talking about photography and editing in the context of what the artist wants to achieve. I will have to recommend to others and see more of his work.
I think these are some of the best presets you can get - Only other I have tried which I found worth mentioning are Alex Ruskman's which are also as close to the real thing as you can get.
It is important to remember that negative film stock was only a starting point for print making. Yes, drug stores and mass printing services relied on preset formulas for making prints. But skilled color printers had more tools at their disposal to make prints with a pure black and a paper white. Improved color balance and other tweaks - such as burning and dodging - were also available in the darkroom. Negative film was just a starting point. As one who learned photography in the darkroom, I am very happy with the amount of micro controls available with digital photography and post processing software. These tools allow you to get the perfect print out of the initial exposure in way that was nearly impossible in the darkroom. I’m not going back to film. That said, I view these presets and profiles as shortcuts to finding the look you want for the final image. They allow you to quickly explore a range of options without tweaking individual sliders. With both profiles and presets, it’s also theoretically possible to stack different film looks to get hybrid effects quickly. Have fun. Don’t be satisfied with nostalgic mediocre drug store prints.
Thank you for explaining the difference between presets and profiles! I have been wondering why all the “presets” I’ve purchased didn’t show me the actual changes they were making to the photo - turns out they are profiles not presets. Also fascinating to learn a bit of background about these different types of film. Awesome video.
I bought this preset pack because of you, I’ve been ruining all my own photos with my terrible eye for editing and colour grading. Thanks for the help I couldn’t be happier
Hey Todd. You’re wrong on a few things about film. 1. Film does produce pure blacks. Most of the “film looks” with lifted blacks are emulating lab scans. If you’ve ever looked at a film negative you would see there are sections that are nearly transparent. After inversion, those transparent areas would become deep blacks. Color negative and slide film both highly lack latitude in the shadow, which often crush the backs as opposed to lifting them. 2. Some film presets are subtractive, yes, but if you shoot a highly saturated film like Velvia or Ektar you would know those film stocks ADD punch. You would definitely need to boost the saturation on those images.
Just bought the pro V5 absolutely hands down the best emulation I have seen or used! highly recommend for anyone trying to replicate film on digital, with the price of film only going one way, you really can achieve, and almost identical look. I have been doing some comparisons and with tweeks I can hardly tell. Yes, they are quite expensive, but for what you get it is more than worth it! I've been trying to build my own film profile (I generally shoot Kodak porta 400 and Fuji superia and these really are and will continue to improve my work flow. The level of detail is outstanding
Loved this video I never got bored and learned so much. Please keep these coming! I’m interested in just how to keep your laptop working efficiently and organized with all the photos we take. ❤
it is so amazing that sharing your experience with us. It means a lot because you use yourself this film look from originals, the observations directly coming from your experience. Personally i wouldn't have that info, without someone like you and i can say for my generation. And it gives me so much joy and wonder about film, film emulations, and photographing delicacies.
Thank you very very very much!! I have been looking for this film emulation tutorial for ages. Yours is the only one which exact;y taught me what i wanted to know. Thank you thank you!!
Very good video - no need to apologise about taking time to go over the film stocks the emulations employ, that's brilliant!! As a long time ago film shooter, now fully digital, I find the RNI profiles superb. Keep up the great work!
I only have two preset for my Lightroom ( old 6.14 ), and both require the raw files to use the appropriate profiles, before using the presets. The results are interesting in a good way. I don't think any preset without the use of appropriate film profile will work.
Cool stuff and well presented. I had been drawn to Fujis, in part to avail of its film simulations. But i’ve decided to stick with my Canons. So seeing this option is available is great.
Very interesting video. I have the demo since 1 week and honestly it's really good. The Pro lite is enough for me, I wait the Black Friday for maybe a good price.
Great video Todd, I’ve only just come across you channel and have just purchased a Fuji gfx 50sii, Prior to that have shot a lot of film. I have now just downloaded the trial version but there is no Fuji profiles with it. Keep up the great work 👍👍👍
RNI seems held back by the fact they don't have a great grain system the way dehancer does (where you can control grain in the highlights, mids and shadows to get a more film like application of grain versus an overlay of grain applied the same in all areas).
I realize this video is three years old. Really beneficial information though for me. Do you recommend someone's Lightroom Presets as you recommend RNI products? I"d really like to get some good presets but am pretty new use of Lightroom and it seems there are thousands of people selling presets. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
My favorite overview of the product Todd, thanks for sharing! I have a question about it, wonder if you experience the same. I installed demo 5. When using profiles from presets list at the left in LR Classic, I obtain a different result than using the profile in the right menu of profiles. I can't find differences in any other setting. Also, when using the left panel, when hovering it gives a preview, but when clicking on it and moving the mouse over the photo, the image changes look. For example with Portra 400 it becomes more saturated and contrasted. Have you experienced this different behavior as well?
Any pointers for going the other way around? I've digitized a couple thousand of my mother's from the 70s and onwards, might not do all of that wall of magazines in the basement but wanna learn how to try and bring out some of the faded colors and washed out highlights. Digitized with a macro lens and a Godox M150 light, matching the 5600K white balance, but when trying to save blown out skies they turn brown - was the smog that bad in the 70s/80s? And shadows go blue. Maybe that's the charm. Asked ChatGPT and got an answer that kind of sounded right but I think it also wanted to make new pictures look like old
First off - your channel is a real gem - thx for your enthusiasm! Couple of points - which do you prefer - profiles or presets? BTW there are apps that introduce an opacity slider to allow the same treatment to presets as demonstrated by yourself on profiles. Coming from the FUJI ecosystem the whole point of course is getting it right in camera , ie, film simulations with JPEGs 🤟Your thoughts on this ?
Hey Todd, thanks for the video. Which do you use, presets or profiles? Which is better for editing lots of photos in different lighting situations, like, say, for a wedding photographer? Thanks!
RNI are really good but it’s quite expensive while you can get same look with Mastin labs. It’s like 50-50 with mastin labs. Some scene RNI are better even more like shot on film and some are Mastin labs better. So if you got that money go for RNI and if not get mastin labs
Great video! I was wondering which manufacturers RAW files react best to film simulation presets and profiles. Currently I am shooting microfourthird sensors.
I have the pro 5 pack but for some reason i dont have the over exposure or under exposure options... i just have version 1,2, normalized ...etc. any ideas why is it that way?
Really great tutorial. Its very informative, good voice as others mentioned too. May i ask if these presets & profiles can be used in studio shoots? Exposure wise if it is alright, it should work?
New subscriber here! Thank you for this video! I wish you could see my results using your technique!! On a different note, I was wondering what kind of microphone are you using??? Thank again!!
So I got these, I have a fuji camera so it has built in filmstocks, so when I select say the actual camera Matching VELVIA, to compare with the Velvia in these presets and they are NOTHING a like... Like completely different. So how am I to know how accurate these presets are?
Hi Todd! First of all, thanks for your amazing work. When I go to the website to download the free demo presets, I enter 0 as price but it shows me an error “the discount code is not valid”. Is there any problem? Thanks so much!!
Do these Profiles just change the color or do they actually add other kinds of effects like grain, blur, chromatic aberration etc. or is that only on the Presets version?
Very good presets for you, not for me, I explain myself to have a good correlation with a photo that is to say personally I am not like you the same setting of your camera, So every time if I not use my presets must modify the one if, When I put my presets personally I do not modify a lot of things because the camera settings are the same every time
The RNI profiles come with an installer that should handle installation automatically. If you're having trouble installing I'd recommend getting in touch with RNI.
There's a huge problem with the way lightroom handles profiles. When you lower the percentage slider of a custom profile to 0, regardless of your global settings, it gradually defaults back to adobe standard profile. Even if your global default profile is a camera matching profile. Which means ALL of the presets lightroom applies, are actually treated more like filters applied on top of the adobe standard profile, regardless of what your starting point is set to. I tested this by setting camera raw defaults to adobe color, and then applied a preset and set the slider to zero. It matched adobe standard perfectly, which means it's even ignoring the defaults you set, in favor of adobes standard profile. This to me is a serious problem when it comes to actually getting real looks from profiles, because it's instead more like if you are editing JPEG's rather than RAW. The system of how they chose to do things is pretty terrible. The same thing applies to ANY custom profile even. ALL profiles are just edits on top of Adobe's standard profile, even the camera matching profiles. This taints everything when it comes to using profiles. This also explain why camera matching profiles never actually match a camera manufacturers color profiles...it's because it's all built upon and tainted by adobe standard profile. It's actually pretty crazy that Adobe would do this. Most people will never delve into it enough to realize that, but it basically compromises ALL results using lightroom. Sure, you can get some nice looks using lightroom, but if everything is just an edit of adobe standard profile, then you are limited by the starting point of that profile! That also means all of your curve adjustments will only ever be within the confines of the adobe standard profile, which ultimately means you're not getting the full dynamic range and data out of your RAW files, because everything is an edit on top of an edit, there is no actual clean starting point, the starting point for all adjustments (even the ones you can't see), is adobe standard profile, not the profiles for any presets you're applying. They're all just a filter placed on top of adobe camera standard.
reallyniceimages.com/ I’m so close to buying these. They’re very good. Been using their iPhone app for a few days and that’s what sold me on the presets
Yours are significantly better than the Mastin and VSCO stuff. More recently I've been using Alex Ruskman's stuff and tend to only use his and your stuff on my digitals 👍
Brother. Your voice is god sent 🙌
Great voice for listening :) I wish I found this channel earlier
i really dont get wh youtubers show their face in 80% of the shots, as if we are here to see a 50 year old with a microphone hehe
@@inevitablecraftslab What a useful remark... :-(
@@inescollantes613 it is, right?
You can't get better if everyone just tells you the good stuff.
Very well done! This presenter includes context as well as editing examples. He also knows how to take his time and not just click around without explaining things, as a lot of Photoshop / Lightroom gurus are lousy presenters. He understands that he's talking about photography and editing in the context of what the artist wants to achieve. I will have to recommend to others and see more of his work.
I think these are some of the best presets you can get - Only other I have tried which I found worth mentioning are Alex Ruskman's which are also as close to the real thing as you can get.
It is important to remember that negative film stock was only a starting point for print making. Yes, drug stores and mass printing services relied on preset formulas for making prints. But skilled color printers had more tools at their disposal to make prints with a pure black and a paper white. Improved color balance and other tweaks - such as burning and dodging - were also available in the darkroom. Negative film was just a starting point.
As one who learned photography in the darkroom, I am very happy with the amount of micro controls available with digital photography and post processing software. These tools allow you to get the perfect print out of the initial exposure in way that was nearly impossible in the darkroom. I’m not going back to film.
That said, I view these presets and profiles as shortcuts to finding the look you want for the final image. They allow you to quickly explore a range of options without tweaking individual sliders. With both profiles and presets, it’s also theoretically possible to stack different film looks to get hybrid effects quickly. Have fun. Don’t be satisfied with nostalgic mediocre drug store prints.
Thank you for explaining the difference between presets and profiles! I have been wondering why all the “presets” I’ve purchased didn’t show me the actual changes they were making to the photo - turns out they are profiles not presets.
Also fascinating to learn a bit of background about these different types of film. Awesome video.
I have never heard of " profile " used in Lightroom, thank you for sharing, learning from Todd
I bought this preset pack because of you, I’ve been ruining all my own photos with my terrible eye for editing and colour grading. Thanks for the help I couldn’t be happier
Hey Todd. You’re wrong on a few things about film.
1. Film does produce pure blacks. Most of the “film looks” with lifted blacks are emulating lab scans. If you’ve ever looked at a film negative you would see there are sections that are nearly transparent. After inversion, those transparent areas would become deep blacks. Color negative and slide film both highly lack latitude in the shadow, which often crush the backs as opposed to lifting them.
2. Some film presets are subtractive, yes, but if you shoot a highly saturated film like Velvia or Ektar you would know those film stocks ADD punch. You would definitely need to boost the saturation on those images.
seriously, this is one of the best photography education videos I have ever watched
you can actually start a podcast your voice is so calming
high key need him to read me a bedtime story or something
Totally agree! I'm now subscribing just to hear his voice. And listen to his tips, of course. :)
Just bought the pro V5 absolutely hands down the best emulation I have seen or used! highly recommend for anyone trying to replicate film on digital, with the price of film only going one way, you really can achieve, and almost identical look. I have been doing some comparisons and with tweeks I can hardly tell. Yes, they are quite expensive, but for what you get it is more than worth it! I've been trying to build my own film profile (I generally shoot Kodak porta 400 and Fuji superia and these really are and will continue to improve my work flow. The level of detail is outstanding
Loved this video I never got bored and learned so much. Please keep these coming! I’m interested in just how to keep your laptop working efficiently and organized with all the photos we take. ❤
I'm listening to this video while typing my work emails - your voice is soothing. And subscribed for the content!
it is so amazing that sharing your experience with us. It means a lot because you use yourself this film look from originals, the observations directly coming from your experience. Personally i wouldn't have that info, without someone like you and i can say for my generation. And it gives me so much joy and wonder about film, film emulations, and photographing delicacies.
Thank you very very very much!! I have been looking for this film emulation tutorial for ages. Yours is the only one which exact;y taught me what i wanted to know. Thank you thank you!!
Awesome to hear! Appreciate it.
Really useful. Super appreciate the time put into this, and not to mention how much I could take away from this.
I'd listen to you talk about pretty much anything! It's just a bonus that I'm actually looking to buy some LR presets 😂
One of the best damn videos I've seen in a while on this stuff. You have earned yourself a new subscriber, and I will be purchasing RNI as well.
Very good video - no need to apologise about taking time to go over the film stocks the emulations employ, that's brilliant!! As a long time ago film shooter, now fully digital, I find the RNI profiles superb. Keep up the great work!
Great to hear! Enjoy those presets ;)
Daaaaamn, didn't expect that voice! :D sounds great
The audio quality is superb! This is exactly what I'm trying to achieve as well! Mind sharing your audio setup? Thanks! :)
This exactly is what I looking for... Thank so much for sharing... I have subscribed... Can't wait to see more...
Really good stuff, I’ve subscribed based on this video.
me too!!
I only have two preset for my Lightroom ( old 6.14 ), and both require the raw files to use the appropriate profiles, before using the presets. The results are interesting in a good way. I don't think any preset without the use of appropriate film profile will work.
great video! love the explanation on the difference of presets and profiles. + your enthusiasm about the film looks.
Learnt about the numbers of a film. Thanks a lot
Wow, it looks like a ton of work. Respekt. So nice😍
You are the best !.. I love ALL YOUR recommendations!
Cool stuff and well presented. I had been drawn to Fujis, in part to avail of its film simulations. But i’ve decided to stick with my Canons. So seeing this option is available is great.
Very interesting video. I have the demo since 1 week and honestly it's really good. The Pro lite is enough for me, I wait the Black Friday for maybe a good price.
What is the password for dl?
loved listening to your voice. very informative to the point
Great video! Very informative and it really hit the spot with me. Looking forward to more videos from you. Great voice by the way
Great explanation and tutorial. Thank you.
Thanks, I didn't know the difference between profile and preset. Thanks a lot !
Great video Todd, I’ve only just come across you channel and have just purchased a Fuji gfx 50sii, Prior to that have shot a lot of film. I have now just downloaded the trial version but there is no Fuji profiles with it. Keep up the great work 👍👍👍
I still have my VSCO FILM preset pack from 1-6 but i lost the profiles lol this kinda helps in a way. Thanks man
Excelent video!!! It’s really complete, thank u so much
Great content. Amazing voice. Keep it up 👍
Thanks Matte..
RNI seems held back by the fact they don't have a great grain system the way dehancer does (where you can control grain in the highlights, mids and shadows to get a more film like application of grain versus an overlay of grain applied the same in all areas).
I realize this video is three years old. Really beneficial information though for me. Do you recommend someone's Lightroom Presets as you recommend RNI products? I"d really like to get some good presets but am pretty new use of Lightroom and it seems there are thousands of people selling presets. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
i learned so much from this video, thanks so much :)
My favorite overview of the product Todd, thanks for sharing! I have a question about it, wonder if you experience the same. I installed demo 5. When using profiles from presets list at the left in LR Classic, I obtain a different result than using the profile in the right menu of profiles. I can't find differences in any other setting. Also, when using the left panel, when hovering it gives a preview, but when clicking on it and moving the mouse over the photo, the image changes look. For example with Portra 400 it becomes more saturated and contrasted. Have you experienced this different behavior as well?
thank you!
Really nice video..watched the whole thing : )
Nice tutorial!
I left sub because I like your audio settings
Any pointers for going the other way around? I've digitized a couple thousand of my mother's from the 70s and onwards, might not do all of that wall of magazines in the basement but wanna learn how to try and bring out some of the faded colors and washed out highlights. Digitized with a macro lens and a Godox M150 light, matching the 5600K white balance, but when trying to save blown out skies they turn brown - was the smog that bad in the 70s/80s? And shadows go blue. Maybe that's the charm. Asked ChatGPT and got an answer that kind of sounded right but I think it also wanted to make new pictures look like old
I subbed at 00:03 because of the voice 🔥
is it possible to adjust some things with presets on your picture or is it only possible to adjust the intensity of the film look?
Thank you, preset👍👍
The video is very good and detailed, but I don’t understand how to install them 🫤
First off - your channel is a real gem - thx for your enthusiasm!
Couple of points - which do you prefer - profiles or presets? BTW there are apps that introduce an opacity slider to allow the same treatment to presets as demonstrated by yourself on profiles. Coming from the FUJI ecosystem the whole point of course is getting it right in camera , ie, film simulations with JPEGs 🤟Your thoughts on this ?
Hey Todd, thanks for the video. Which do you use, presets or profiles? Which is better for editing lots of photos in different lighting situations, like, say, for a wedding photographer? Thanks!
Such a good video. Thank you :)
Thanks for this interesting video.
thankyou so much. i could learn alots. super thankyou.
Awesome video!!!!
RNI are really good but it’s quite expensive while you can get same look with Mastin labs. It’s like 50-50 with mastin labs. Some scene RNI are better even more like shot on film and some are Mastin labs better. So if you got that money go for RNI and if not get mastin labs
Great video! I was wondering which manufacturers RAW files react best to film simulation presets and profiles. Currently I am shooting microfourthird sensors.
too great video, thanks man
Hi there, could you please explain how to install the presets properly? Thanks in advance!
thanks for preset
Great video :)
I have the pro 5 pack but for some reason i dont have the over exposure or under exposure options... i just have version 1,2, normalized ...etc. any ideas why is it that way?
I want to try those presets but it shows me not available in my country when I tried to download. :/
Really great tutorial. Its very informative, good voice as others mentioned too. May i ask if these presets & profiles can be used in studio shoots? Exposure wise if it is alright, it should work?
How to download this presets and profiles?
New subscriber here! Thank you for this video! I wish you could see my results using your technique!! On a different note, I was wondering what kind of microphone are you using??? Thank again!!
Thanks Ian! Check the description of this video. You’ll see links to the gear I use including the mic.
@@dominey cool! thank you so much for your reply!
So I got these, I have a fuji camera so it has built in filmstocks, so when I select say the actual camera Matching VELVIA, to compare with the Velvia in these presets and they are NOTHING a like... Like completely different. So how am I to know how accurate these presets are?
Looks ok, Website reads no interest in Capture One Pro Users. Can you recommend some other company instead
Are the filters in the RNI film app the same as the lightroom presets for a given film type?
Hi Todd! First of all, thanks for your amazing work. When I go to the website to download the free demo presets, I enter 0 as price but it shows me an error “the discount code is not valid”. Is there any problem? Thanks so much!!
can i use this for my lightroom mobile ? it seems like i need to import the profiles too
Hey, is this better than Nik Collection? Can i achieve the same with the mentioned Filters? Does somebody have any tips what to buy?
hey can you help me how to download your presets i did enter 0 to checkout but it didn’t work…
Do these Profiles just change the color or do they actually add other kinds of effects like grain, blur, chromatic aberration etc. or is that only on the Presets version?
No sé inglés, pero aún así aquí estoy. 😭
En qué ocupas ayuda bro
Very good presets for you, not for me, I explain myself to have a good correlation with a photo that is to say personally I am not like you the same setting of your camera, So every time if I not use my presets must modify the one if, When I put my presets personally I do not modify a lot of things because the camera settings are the same every time
Thank you Daemon Targaryen
Hello where can i download PROFILE Replichrome ? I have the presets but Im stuck thanks a lot
Do all those film presets and profiles come with the purchase of Lightroom?
Demo still available in 2023? Not getting th e-mail:(
Can I use it on IPad’s Lightroom app?
I don’t use Lightroom on the iPad, but I assume it should sync presets from your desktop install of Lightroom.
Can i help me preset
would you uses these on raw files or on jpegs?
Where can I get that presets and profiles
can i use this for mobile version?
What font is on the thumbnail
Amazing voice
When I go to the web to download the profiles for free, I cannot advance the download unless I pay an amount. So is it free or not?
Hmm...it worked for me when I tried downloading them. Are you entering 0 in the price field?
So basically, a profile is a filter right?
Yeah a preset is a set of adjustments that you can indeed consider as applying a filter because that’s what filters do
I can't find Camera Raw folder in the Users/appdata/adobe/lightroom location. Where can I copy the profile to?
The RNI profiles come with an installer that should handle installation automatically. If you're having trouble installing I'd recommend getting in touch with RNI.
nice presets! could you make them avalible for lightroom mobile please?
Like!
There's a huge problem with the way lightroom handles profiles. When you lower the percentage slider of a custom profile to 0, regardless of your global settings, it gradually defaults back to adobe standard profile. Even if your global default profile is a camera matching profile. Which means ALL of the presets lightroom applies, are actually treated more like filters applied on top of the adobe standard profile, regardless of what your starting point is set to. I tested this by setting camera raw defaults to adobe color, and then applied a preset and set the slider to zero. It matched adobe standard perfectly, which means it's even ignoring the defaults you set, in favor of adobes standard profile.
This to me is a serious problem when it comes to actually getting real looks from profiles, because it's instead more like if you are editing JPEG's rather than RAW. The system of how they chose to do things is pretty terrible. The same thing applies to ANY custom profile even. ALL profiles are just edits on top of Adobe's standard profile, even the camera matching profiles. This taints everything when it comes to using profiles. This also explain why camera matching profiles never actually match a camera manufacturers color profiles...it's because it's all built upon and tainted by adobe standard profile. It's actually pretty crazy that Adobe would do this. Most people will never delve into it enough to realize that, but it basically compromises ALL results using lightroom.
Sure, you can get some nice looks using lightroom, but if everything is just an edit of adobe standard profile, then you are limited by the starting point of that profile! That also means all of your curve adjustments will only ever be within the confines of the adobe standard profile, which ultimately means you're not getting the full dynamic range and data out of your RAW files, because everything is an edit on top of an edit, there is no actual clean starting point, the starting point for all adjustments (even the ones you can't see), is adobe standard profile, not the profiles for any presets you're applying. They're all just a filter placed on top of adobe camera standard.
Interesting, if I understand your comment above does this mean that presets are affecting the actual raw photo more than the profile would do?
I have a question... why is the pop filter facing the ceiling haha?
BTW, what microphone is that?
Where can I get these film presets to purchase or download
reallyniceimages.com/
I’m so close to buying these. They’re very good. Been using their iPhone app for a few days and that’s what sold me on the presets
which preset and profile was used on the wide cover image of the video?
Kodak Gold 800 Faded