Before anyone (media purist) asks: Q. Why on earth would anyone want to simulate films? A. They are doing a publication layout using a mixed bunch of image formats and media and want all to have the same look or style. I go for the Holga, cross-processed, IR, hand-tinted look with my cell phone pics. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] DxO Filmpack > From: karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, September 18, 2007 9:50 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > DxO FilmPack is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop > and DxO Optics Pro. > It's also available as a stand-alone application. > > DxO FilmPack gives digital images the style of the most celebrated > conventional films: the colors - and the grain! - of over 20 film types > including Kodachrome, Tri-X, Velvia have been analysed and reproduced so > they can be applied to all your images with just one click. DxO FilmPack > digitally simulates the vibrant colors of Kodachrome 64, the soft grain of > Tri-X, or the gentle fleshtones of Astia. > > DxO FilmPack also offers access to "tonings" to transform any digital image > into an elegant toned print with ochre, bluish, or verdigris tints? > > > > http://www.dxo.com/intl/photo/dxo_filmpack > examples > http://www.dxo.com/intl/photo/dxo_filmpack/overview/available_film_looks > > > > > no idea whether these offer realistic transformations, and I'm not likely > to shoot tests to tell in the forseeable future, but maybe someone might be > interested in a one-click tool for such tasks > > > personally I really can't imagine that it could possibly work as described > given the wide differences in digital camera color interpretations, but > what the hey.. > > > k
