An in-depth emulation of one of the most beloved black and white film stocks, Kodak Tri-X 400. Hugely versatile with a crisp, distinctive look, it’s one of the most enduring monochrome films of all time.
This isn’t just a single preset, it’s an entire toolbox covering more than 30 individual presets as well as a variety of coloured filters and colour toning. It’s laid out in a logical and consistent way, meaning you can find the look you need without blindly clicking a bunch of presets until you hit the right one!
The different styles cover a single base look plus pushed/pulled versions, but then these are duplicated in 5 different folders. Each folder changes the ‘mojo’ of the look, with the possibilities being an authentic 35mm and medium format scan emulation with realistic grain and detail, a generic faded look with softer grain, a ‘natural’ look which blends digital sharpness with subtle grain, and a totally clean variant.
Although there are completely clean variants of all presets, a lot of the work went into creating a plausible emulation of real film scans. This doesn’t just mean realistic film grain either; part of the goal was to capture the sharpness/detail of different negative sizes (35mm has less resolution/sharpness and a coarser grain than medium format, for example). There’s even a technique to emulate halation around highlights – likely a first for film presets – to subtly capture the look of bright light scattering in the film emulsion. I’m unashamedly geeky when it comes to getting all the little details right!
There are six basic looks, reflecting Tri-X shot at different speeds using push/pull darkroom techniques. However, these looks are repeated in five different sets of variants, grouped in folders. The basic look of each preset is similar whichever folder you pick, the variants mostly affect how ‘analog’ the images will look, ie film grain, sharpness, fading etc.
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