Getting That 'Yester-Year & Filmy Processing' Look ~

[Immaculens]

Certain images beg to be given a film or old-time yester-year look with creative presets, tricks, recipes and processing.

Let's share our recipes and what apps we use to help others achieve these cool looks ~

Lightroom Classic using a personal preset, fooling around and lifting shadows

 

[Immaculens]

Using mostly the free Google Nik Collection 'Analog 2 Pro'. Shot from Nov 2016
still works with Win 10.

 

[boomer1959]

In photoshop switched to sepia and a defused glow.

 

[West Coast Birder]

Awesome thread! Looking forward to more additions!

 

[Immaculens]

Canon 5Dc w 50 STM.
Teal'd the blues a bit, lifted blacks in Tone Curve. I forget if I started with a home-made preset in Lightroom...

 

[Stic2]

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State Laundry Van 1931 by DSMSII, on Flickr

 

[Joeseph]

PS-3 with Silver Efex pro plug-in, "antique plate II" with minor fiddling of sliders:

 

[garryknight]

I've been aiming at getting something like the 'old film' look for some time now. I'm not trying to recreate it, just do something reminiscent of it. Here's one I made at the beginning of the year.

Tate Modern Jan 2023 - 7 by Garry Knight, on Flickr

 

[LeeRatters]

I do try to shoot & edit mine in a "less digital/more film" type of way but I don't go this far personally.

Some of these effects & textures are really good though & suit the images well.

 

[Immaculens]

I've created numerous Lighroom presets over the years for filmy or yesteryear looks and its quite hit and miss. I have 4 or 5 sepia presets for example - sometimes its difficult to choose which one I prefer because 3 look really good, and half the time 'none' look good.
I have found the old original (yet still compatible with Win10) Google NIK collection - namely Analog Pro 2 does the best job, despite the UI showing its age...
And then you have phone apps where non phorographers tap a filter and Bam - they get something perfect...

 

[Immaculens]

EOS 5D classic w 50 STM - love these colours. Shot at 1000 ISO. No processing except vignette and slight crop on right.

 

[Immaculens]

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling
Of Cinematic Christmas

 

[DanielScott]

I started in the digital age and never had a formal education in photography, so to be honest my knowledge of what film looks like in most cases is limited. I was asked by a client to create an Old Hollywood style portrait of them a few years ago, and after a little research this is what I came up with. Contrasty hot lights and a bit of a bronze tone layered over the black and white layer.

Original Canon 5D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens.

 

[DanielScott]

And when I was finished processing this color shot I felt like it had a bit of a vintage tone to it.

Original Canon 5D, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 lens.

 

[DanielScott]

Sorry for posting so much. I also felt this monochrome conversion achieved a vintage look to it. Like the other one, I layered a bronze layer over the black and white adjustment layer in Photoshop.

Original Canon 5D, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 lens.

 

[Immaculens]

And when I was finished processing this color shot I felt like it had a bit of a vintage tone to it.

Original Canon 5D, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 lens.

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the 5D always gives us a head start on a filmy vintage look. Its a joy shooting with the 5D.

 

[DanielScott]

the 5D always gives us a head start on a filmy vintage look. Its a joy shooting with the 5D.

It's a great camera, though I think every iteration of the 5D series has that same quality. I have a 5D MKIII as my main shooter now and to me the images look the same as my original 5D, just bigger lol.

 

[Immaculens]

Using Analog Pro 2 from the free NIK collection still seems to be the best tool I have for making old-timey pics

 

[Immaculens]

The Retro Vibe was in this gallery but I gave it a filmy look ~