Sometimes I tweak the colour balance, remove grain and add sharpening. Variations of presets with multiple plus (++) signs tend have more severely faded blacks — something that is not my style.Īfter applying a specific preset I usually adjust the exposure and contrast a bit. In general I favoured the less extreme versions of presets indicated with the minus (-) sign. For the Afga Vista you have many different variations of the same preset, each of which works better in a different situation. Other categories contain the other popular camera brands.Įach preset comes in multiple variations, as can be seen in the image underneath. Specific colour grading for this camera is achieved by applying a Camera Profile, which is done automatically. In order to use a preset on my Nikon camera I need to select a preset from the list of Nikon presets, irrespective of if I am shooting a D90 or D800. Using VSCO FilmĪfter setting up the presets with the installer, you will have to restart Lightroom to use them. It is not because I am lazy, it is because film just doesn’t work for me. So the short answer for why I shoot digital and not analogue: it is more convenient. With film I will also never be able to shoot several hundred pictures during one shoot or check the results while still shooting. Clients have to wait a long time to receive any photos, even if it is just a preview of a shoot. The process of shooting, developing and scanning files is very time consuming. ![]() Secondly, while I can recommend everybody to shoot film at least once, I will never be able to use it in my daily workflow. VSCO is more of a method to add a certain mood or feeling to a photo. Instagram is a destructive method of editing your photos, trying to hide the flaws that are commonly found in a lot of (older) mobile phone cameras. One person told me that if I ‘Instagram’ all the photos taken with my expensive camera, why don’t I just shoot actual film and get the real deal? First of all, VSCO cannot be compared to Instagram. When you look at photos made with film you can directly confirm that: they look good. The way how contrast, colours and grain work together was carefully planned and has been refined over the years. The film is made in such a way that the results look great. Editing photos with a single click sounds great, but how does it work in practice? Is it as easy as they say it is? Let’s find out! Why film?Īfter I used these presets, I got some questions: why would someone want to reproduce existing analogue film rather than creating a completely new look? There is an important reason for that: the people at Kodak, Afga and Ilford spend a lot of time to get that emulsion exactly right. I have used the Adobe Lightroom version of the presets in combination with Lightroom 5. By applying a special camera profile which is specifically made for each camera, VSCO manages to get digital film to look like it were analogue, irrespective of whether the RAW file came from a Fuji, Canon or Nikon camera.įortunately for LightingRumours, VSCO agreed to provide us some samples so we could test out the workflow with these presets. My RAW Nikon D800 files look different from the ones that come from your Canon, thus they also need different presets. They compared each film to a digital file and made a preset accordingly. ![]() Unlike a lot of ‘vintage’ packs, VSCO really did their research. These presets are the digital alternative to a lot of popular analogue films. ![]() VSCO Film differs quite a bit from the competition. But there are already many presets available on the market — why is VSCO special? VSCO has multiple packs of carefully-crafted presets for various photo editing software packages, including Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw. VSCO Film has been around for quite a while, and for those who do not know about the software yet, I will explain it a bit. A while back I was recommended to try out VSCO Film, since it is supposed to be a great, efficient way to process your images.
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