How To Make Digital Look Like Film

[@jamesamoh7340]

Thank you! In this 20 plus minute I have learned more about Lightroom editing than the expensive courses I bought. Thanks again.

[@Tom-Humble]

James Amoh thank you! So glad you learned something from it.

[@dave-foto]

Great video! watching editing/photography related videos in 4k is def a pleasure. Loving the preset! Thanks a lot!

[@Tom-Humble]

David R you’re welcome. Glad you like it! If you use it and share anything on insta tag me as i’d love to see it!

[@westonsmith4572]

Great video. Thank you for posting. I wonder whether you have tried the full software called Exposure? It has a wide variety of tools, with emulsion simulations and light leaks. I have had a lot of fun with it. I especially like the simulations of wet plate/Daguerreotype looks. Cheers from Canada.

[@Tom-Humble]

Thank you! I have tried it in the past but didn’t get on with the user interface to be honest. I’ve spent many years using Adobe Lightroom and can use it with great ease and speed. So it puts me off learning a new software.

[@albobarbieri2990]

The best preset that I found for Lightroom are the Jamie Windsor one, so cheap in relationship to the cost ! Look it out mate ! Nice video anyway, love from Italy !

[@Tom-Humble]

Thank you!

[@venividdivici0]

nice vid, what do you think about the dahancer plugin for photos?

[@jonasfanatic2351]

thank you so so so much! very helpful!!! i appreciate it very much.

[@jonasfanatic2351]

and thank you so much for the preset you created! can't wait to try it! 😄

[@OliEatss]

great channel Tom, really unique insights!!

[@Tom-Humble]

Thanks Oliver!

[@ZainRiza]

Some great sneaky tips. Could easily pass any digital for film now haha

[@Tom-Humble]

Zain Riza yeah but film is more fun!

[@MarcS4R]

great video mate, i really enjoeyed it. i am also using the Voigt on my 50s, its a great combo.

[@Tom-Humble]

Thanks man. Yeah it’s definitely one of the best digital set ups for getting a true film look.

[@jackoho5703]

I’m loving what you put out! Would like to see more videos on this topic and a deeper look at emulating film. Would like to know your thoughts on pairing diffusion filters with the film emulation presets. You gained another subscriber ;)

[@Tom-Humble]

Thanks again man. As I mentioned in my other comment I’ve got another video on this coming in the next few weeks. Thanks for subscribing 😎

[@graffigdesign8977]

Hey Tom - many thanks for the video. quick question if you don't mind. do you still shoot with the Pentax 645N? Currently shooting on a Nikon Z6ii and was considering trying my hand out with film photography for the first time. TBH, my shoots are mainly shared with family and friends via social media. Have not to date printed out any images. Would you say considering that, that it might be best to just learn more as per this video, on how to make my digital images more film like? Thanks in advance for any guidance. Keep the great content coming!

[@Tom-Humble]

Hey 👋 I don’t use the Pentax 645n anymore as for me it felt too much like a digital camera and I wanted a more analog experience. I still edit all of my images to look like film. Whether it’s for family stuff or professional wedding work. If you like the look of film there’s nothing wrong with making your digital images look like film. With that being said, although you can get pretty close, you definitely can’t match the look of real film. And on top of if that you can’t match the feel that of shooting film. There’s just something about it that makes you connect more to the images you’re creating and that’s why I often opt for film over digital for personal projects.

[@graffigdesign8977]

Hi Tom, first off, many thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Appreciate you are probably busy at the moment with wedding photography etc. Funny you should mention the 'digital' look to the Pentax 645n. The more I researched the camera and sample images last night, the more that was my conclusion as well. The Bronica etrs images looked a little digital like as well. I'm slightly intimidated by the whole thing tbh. Last night I even ended up looking at adapting vintage lenses for old my X-Pro 1, coupled with Really Nice Images presets for Capture One or purchasing the Nikon F100 35mm and then being able to swap out the vintage lenses for my Z6ii via adapters. It appears I'm travelling down a rabbit hole of information etc and maybe making life too complicated :) Another quick question if you do not mind? Have you ever considered doing weekend workshops? You have a certain way of teaching via your videos that I find very easy to follow and understand. I'm up near Edinburgh, however, would certainly consider jumping on a train down south for such an opportunity. Anyway, once again, thank you so much for taking the time to respond, it's very much appreciated!

[@Tom-Humble]

It’s something I’ve considered but I’m not sure there would be enough interest quite yet. Perhaps somewhere down the line but I’ll be certain to chat about it on the channel if I ever do run any workshops. Thanks for the kind words and for watching!

[@graffigdesign8977]

@@Tom-Humble Perfect tom - look forward to it :)

[@Pentax67]

Do you think for GFX 50s getting Rokkor 58mm 1.2 MC is better than Voigtlander 58mm 1.4 ? Rokkor is very old 45yo vintage lens btw. Thanks !

[@Tom-Humble]

I know a few people who shoot with the Minolta lens. Samples seem great but I prefer the rendering of the voigtlander lens.

[@richardaldington9047]

Loved the video will try this over the next few days

[@Tom-Humble]

Richard Aldington thanks

[@pernoren2450]

Wow! Thank you! It would be just awesome if you could do one as this one but for video! Cheers brother it has been pure joy finding you.

[@Tom-Humble]

Thanks dude! I’ll add it to my list!

[@pernoren2450]

@@Tom-Humble lovely!!

[@andrewchisholm3665]

Thanks for this and bugger I ain't on Insta

[@radbouddebruin6681]

Great video Tom! A really nice use of stock footage for those little title segments! Its funny that a lot of youtubers promote paid stock footage services but I almost never see stock footage getting used as good as this. Thanks for the helpful tips! I'm always looking for new ways to make my digital shots look like film ;) (switching to fuji soon). Also super stoked for the GFX and Voigtlander video, looks like an amazing combo! Going to enter your giveaway and hope to win because I dont have my 35mm slr anymore and would love to have one for the casual walkaround shots :)

[@Tom-Humble]

Radboud de Bruin thanks man glad you liked the video. Best of luck for the competition too!

[@ohhhcharles]

what kind of mount are you using to use the nokton on the fuji? great video by the way

[@Tom-Humble]

Thanks. It’s an adapter by a company called ‘gobe’

[@SuperConnor1999]

Great video! Wondering how you got the film scan borders though? Is there a pack somewhere to download?

[@Tom-Humble]

Connor Cleveland thanks. Yeah they’re from a pack. bigfilms.shop/products/oregon

[@SuperConnor1999]

@@Tom-Humble Awesome thanks!

[@joejojo5966]

Did you ever make the gfx 50r film sim video?

[@Tom-Humble]

Not yet. Still on the list!

[@joejojo5966]

@@Tom-Humble looking forward to it!

[@Laurenloveslaughter]

Thanks for this video ☺️ So helpful

[@Tom-Humble]

No worries. Glad it was useful.

[@aviwexaluva]

Mate thank you so much for the information. If it's okay with you can you please help me with the super 8 overlays you use

[@Tom-Humble]

You’re welcome. Hope it helped! They’re from a pack called the Oregon Film Pack by a company called Big Films

[@aviwexaluva]

@@Tom-Humble You are a real OG man. Thank you so much. I really love your ability to share knowledge. Drop me your IG link so i can give you a follow

[@bido546]

Thanks Tom 😍, i just bought the Archetype process profiles. But I don’t know which one to use? I shoot portrait and my main goal is to achieve the look like the first image in your video

[@Tom-Humble]

Which pack did you buy? It depends on what film you usually shoot but I prefer Fuji frontier normal + 2 or Portra frontier normal + 1

[@Tom-Humble]

It’s worth joining the Facebook group I mentioned and seeing what profiles others are using.

[@bido546]

Tom Humble I bought the kodak pro , i never shot film before but i love your first few pics in the beginning of the videos ( that’s the look I’m looking to get ) any tips?

[@Tom-Humble]

Just follow the steps I mentioned in the editing section. Apply the profile and just work through the basic panel in lightroom.

[@normandinata3472]

Oh god i always search about this thing... Because i like result image from mamiya rz and pentax... But you know so many stuff for analog like you need film and scanning... So its better digital camera with result like analog image sharp and clean... I will sucribe thanks man its help me

[@Tom-Humble]

Norman Dinata glad it helped!

[@fabiansuarez629]

Guys, the fastest and easiest way to get that look on your photos is just shooting film and dont letting it die!

[@Tom-Humble]

Fabian Suárez I do shoot film. But I also shoot around 50 weddings a year usually and can’t justify the cost. So for me it’s important to be able to match my digital to film so I can shoot them side by side. Film is on the increase and is nowhere close to dying.

[@liamrimmington]

Thank you so much for the shout out dude, appreciate it. I have to say, it pained me to hear you recommend freepreset though, they’re killing the industry. I can work on these presets for months to get them just right and then within days of the release they’re listed online for free 😩

[@Tom-Humble]

I feel you dude and I certainly struggled a bit with whether or not to mention it in the video. But I just wanted to be open and honest with my viewers and it’s something I have used in the past so I wanted to let people know it existed. I bought your light leaks as I knew the money would go to you. But yeah I can imagine it’s frustrating.

[@benchofranco6385]

hey how u colorgrade your videos?

[@Tom-Humble]

I use some film look LUT's by Jamie Windsor

[@normwalle9486]

How to look like film: use film.

[@Tom-Humble]

No shit Sherlock

[@err7273]

make a patreon!!

[@Tom-Humble]

I have!

[@larryg3402]

Deluded

[@grantmichael7229]

21 minutes of blasphemy!! Haha

[@Tom-Humble]

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