How to Get All The Best Looks of Film in a Digital Darkroom

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How to Get All The Best Looks of Film in a Digital Darkroom

If you want to bring the look and feel of film to your digital images, this one’s for you. We look at four apps and tell you which ones we liked, and why.

via Chase Jarvis Photography: http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2013/04/four-great-ways-to-get-the-look-of-film-in-the-digital-darkroom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChaseJarvis+%28Chase+Jarvis+Blog%29

I decided that I wanted the look and feel of “real” emulsions like Ilford HP5 or Kodak Portra. Although I’ve liked the look and feel of “vintage” filters that mimic (but not truly reproduce or emulate) old films, I made the conscious decision to seek apps and add-ons that seek to reproduce the look of black-and-white, color negative, slide, and instant film emulsions produced currently and in the past. There are a number of apps today that can apply that vintage look, but that, to me, is not the same as truly emulating film.

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