filmemulation

3 Easy Ways to Get that Faded ‘Film Look’ in Photoshop

Everyone's digging that "faded" film look nowadays, but here's a secret: you don't have to have a VSCO preset pack to get it. In this short tutorial, Mathieu Stern will show you three very quick and very effective ways to "crush the blacks" and get that popular look using just Photoshop.

There’s a New Free Browser-Based Film Emulator

Back in 2013, photographer Pat David released a large set of film emulations as open source color lookup tables. Software developer Jonas Wagner just took that data and turned it into a free online analog film emulator. It's a simple web app that lets you give any photo the look of a particular film stock.

VSCO Film 03 is Like a Desktop Instagram for Pro Photographers

Film emulation software company VSCO has added another offering to its lineup of Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw plugins. VSCO Film offers the same high-end film emulation power as Film 01 and 02, except it's designed for mimicking the look of instant films rather than standard color and black-and-white film stocks.

Giving Away Two Copies of VSCO Film for Giving Digital the Look of Film

Update: This giveaway is now over. The winner was randomly selected and announced below.

VSCO Film has been getting a good amount of attention recently, with professional photographers saying that the software indeed makes digital photographs look like they were shot with a film camera. Today we're going to be giving away two copies of VSCO Film Studio 01 worth $199 each! This package has ACR and Lightroom presets designed specifically for Canon and Nikon cameras, in addition to the universal ones. You can watch a video intro of the software here.