Photography/Film grading
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I couldnt find that thread, there used to be like a photography resource or tips and tutorials thread
anyway, looking for some new techniques and new looks n feels. Keep ending up doing the same stuff over and over and need some inspiration
any resources, tutorials or tips appreciated
cheers
- HAYZ1LLLA0
- yes i check that all the time, but its not like people post anything but picks********
- pics, i mean im looking to learn new stuff********
- yes i check that all the time, but its not like people post anything but picks
- ********0
bumpity bump bump
- BaskerviIle0
3,2,1...
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...crushed blacks
- stewart0
- ah yeah that was it i think, thanks!********
- oh no wait... lolcube central********
- ah yeah that was it i think, thanks!
- ********0
i dunno maybe it was at NTC
- vaxorcist0
do you mean you're looking to find more digital approximations of old-school film processing techniques?
I worked in a series of photo labs while in art school... we tried all sorts of shit beyond cross-processing.... bleach bypass, and the occasional accidental mix of toxic fumes... .results were often interesting and unpredictable, some of which I think can't easily be duplicated by a digital process.....
- ********0
no not old school film techniques
just some new ways of digitally processing pics and vids, i seem to be stuck in habits of how i like things to look and im looking for some new methods of grading, maybe even some inspiration, anything really- thread hasnt gone massively well so far ;)
- vaxorcist0
ah.... the "cross-processing" look seems to work well on some images and not others, depends on how blown-out the highlights are, and what sort of contrast is going on.....
in the film world, it meant shooting Slide Film (E6) and developing it in Print Film (C-41) Chemicals... often you'd shoot with strong color filters and over-expose
- vaxorcist0
I think the above is digital pseudo-cross processing looks a bit lightroom-esque...
real film cross-processing can be seen at:
http://istillshootfilm.org/tagge…
- vaxorcist0
Okay, I'll go on a tangent, instead of photoshop recipes, I'll show images from the film world, and you can use them as a visual cue to start messing around and forming your own filters... note of course that the LIGHT and LENS and EXPOSURE that the original image was shot in may have much more impact than most photoshoppers think.....
When I was a B/W film freak, I'd develop lots of 120 Plus-X, a now discontinued Kodak 125 ASA film in Diafine, a developer that would actually compress the highlights and broaden out the midtones, allowing for a slightly more contrasty "pushed look" but in a way that may sound contradictory, also more gradated highlights.... hard to explain, but images often shot in VERY strongly contrasty mid-day harsh sun could have full range detail, not just the usual highlights OR shadows....
I didn't shoot these, but these are the sorts of looks you can get:
also, if shot on a shady day, using a contrasty lens, you can get images like:
- vaxorcist0
B/W films and color filters can easily be experimented with in digital... i.e. push your color temp all the way yellow, then make the image B/W, tweek red filtration, then make B/W but I'm sure you know that....
the Contrast Curve is a more hidden gem..... try making it more "S" like
- also, while in color, try very different contrast curves for R/G/B then make Black and Whitevaxorcist
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thanks vaxorcist