Post-Processing The Film Emulation Challenge - Post your Digital Pictures with that Film look

ChristianRock · 06-15-2018, 01:28 PM - **1 Like**

Now that I'm with Darktable, I've been trying the split toning module to try to give some film-like results...

ChristianRock · 04-09-2020, 02:54 PM

Reviving this thread...

Still not quite happy with this B&W conversion but it does have a very film like look...

**Sholom** · 04-11-2020, 06:42 PM

Maybe a drop lighter on the highlights and I think you've got it. The tone reminds me of a long-forgotten paper: GAF (Ansco) Cykora, although developed in what I don't remember (around 1970 so sorry for the memory drop...).

ChristianRock · 04-14-2020, 10:06 AM

A couple more attempts at black and white, and I think I got close to what I wanted to accomplish with the processing in these. This time I used RawTherapee. The combination of the "film curve low ISO" preset with the TMax 400 emulation from the HALDCLUT is a good start that gets me very close to where I wanted to get to. I especially like how it handles the midtones, as opposed to a lot of emulations that just squash them to get a more "modern" look. When I do B&W I'm definitely not looking for modern

**thatcameraguy** · 04-26-2023, 03:21 AM - **1 Like**

My IR converted D70s produces out of the camera a film like B&W, when adding some grain in PS it looks somewhat like a scanned in agfa professional 100 overdeveloped in rodinal.

**thatcameraguy** · 06-12-2023, 04:32 AM - **1 Like**

Digital black& white infra red does look a bit like film,though there isn't any grain. Cranking up the iso results in more noise wich doesn't look like grain. Here I've made a duotone image to give it the look of a warmtone print.

ChristianRock · 07-11-2023, 01:41 PM

I created a film emulation in ART Raw Developer based on the Lomography HaldClut emulation, which I am pretty pleased with...

Somewhat less dramatic

I was going a bit more for a medium format look, so no graining.

ChristianRock · 07-14-2023, 10:20 AM

Here's another one using that film look that I quite like.

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06-15-2018, 01:28 PM - 1 Like	#16
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910 Original Poster	Now that I'm with Darktable, I've been trying the split toning module to try to give some film-like results...

04-09-2020, 02:54 PM	#17
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910 Original Poster	Reviving this thread... Still not quite happy with this B&W conversion but it does have a very film like look...

04-11-2020, 06:42 PM	#18
Sholom Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery Posts: 125	Maybe a drop lighter on the highlights and I think you've got it. The tone reminds me of a long-forgotten paper: GAF (Ansco) Cykora, although developed in what I don't remember (around 1970 so sorry for the memory drop...).

04-14-2020, 10:06 AM	#19
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910 Original Poster	A couple more attempts at black and white, and I think I got close to what I wanted to accomplish with the processing in these. This time I used RawTherapee. The combination of the "film curve low ISO" preset with the TMax 400 emulation from the HALDCLUT is a good start that gets me very close to where I wanted to get to. I especially like how it handles the midtones, as opposed to a lot of emulations that just squash them to get a more "modern" look. When I do B&W I'm definitely not looking for modern

07-11-2023, 01:41 PM	#22
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910 Original Poster	I created a film emulation in ART Raw Developer based on the Lomography HaldClut emulation, which I am pretty pleased with... Somewhat less dramatic I was going a bit more for a medium format look, so no graining.

07-14-2023, 10:20 AM	#23
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910 Original Poster	Here's another one using that film look that I quite like.