PORTRA FILM LOOK in Lightroom | Presets

[@imtiina123]

I've bought Jamie's Kodachrome pack some while ago and have thoroughly enjoyed using the presets. If you're on the fence about getting a set, go on.. treat yourself to a pack! They're great.

[@jamiewindsor]

Thank you. I’m glad they’re working out well for you. I’m pretty happy with them. They’re one of my most used sets.

[@imtiina123]

@@jamiewindsor - for me, getting the pack was a bit like that Cola advert from a few years back: "what else haven't I tried" - helping out with making my photos look more uniform and professional, but also inspiring me to make my own edits and save them as presets for later.

[@neerajmahajan7119]

Ha ha scanned portra film is like a raw file. It'll never look like old classic portra because they were prints made from portra.

[@marinahipolito5939]

As an amateur photographer I had the the naive idea that I need to learn how to do my own presets and don’t need to spend money buying other people’s presets. Until I heard another photographer and traveller say: “I used to buy presets from other professional photographers. It helped me develop my own editing process”. Jamie, I’ve been following you since I started getting interested in photography and your videos helped me a lot when I was trying to understand what I like to photograph the most. So, my first lot of presets will be bought from you. And they will be well used ☺️

[@Stefanka11]

I'm going to be one of those people who mention I am not fond of presets, but I'll also say that I am fond of you and your content. This channel was one of the first I found when I was stuck in ICU for almost 2 months last year. My dad was a photographer, but passed away a few years ago; I kept his camera with every intention to learn how to use it - so that's what did. I started watching whatever I could find online and practiced taking photos in the hospital room. I am still learning, although it seems with photography there is always more to learn and occasionally I will use presets to help me see how the settings alter an image then go from there. So, I've purchased previous sets and will get these as well and I am happy to do so because it supports you and this channel, one that continues to be reliable and consistent since I started watching. I am also a huge fan of the character Hannah Horvath on Girls, and remember you briefly mentioning you were as well despite all the criticism towards Dunham. - Steph

[@jamiewindsor]

Thank you.

[@fabienb]

We never met, don't follow each other or else so this comment is totally unbiased... Yes, most presets out there are a scam. Yes, some people think they are only because they want a one click solution rather than a help. Yes, you could live a happy life without presets. But some people create presets the "right" way, spending time in Photoshop to generate (or recreate) a look and then a profile that wouldn't be achievable otherwise with only Lightroom. They take effort, colour theory knowledge, etc and they are genuinely good presets. I purchased 2 packs of yours and while I don't use them frequently, they do help me. I created spectacular images out of just 2 of your Aerochrome profiles and for those alone I can only thank you.

[@JosBlomsma]

I actually don't really need this pack (I'm very happy with one of the earlier packs), but decided to buy this one mainly to support you. Thanks for all the video's!

[@jamiewindsor]

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

[@Luke..luke..luke..]

Damn it man. You drop this the day before my first wedding shoot of the year! Take my money!

[@anomalousresult]

I can't even get portra 400 to look like what people say portra 400 looks like.

[@B2BWide]

Okay, Jamie, I went away when you told me to do so. But how comes that my actual Portra film shots never look like your images edited with this so-called Portra presets? This fact is the reason why I call presets a scam and I would be glad if you could show me what I am missing from this equitation. (I shoot almost 40% of my non-revenue sessions to medium format film, and I use Portra as colour stock.) I really hope you can explain it as I usually find your videos really useful and reasonable. I've learnt a lot from you.

[@jamiewindsor]

😂 So much can affect how a shot taken on film looks, from the temperature it was stored at, to the lens it was shot through, to how it was developed, to how it was scanned (and a hundred other factors). People worry about the difference in camera sensors, but this pales into insignificance compared to how much film can vary. There is no precise definitive ‘look’ for any film. Just the taste of those shooting it.

[@anomalousresult]

@@jamiewindsor I think the biggest issue for me is not living on the US East Coast! 🤣

[@magismikemd]

I bought the preset pack before I watched the first 10 seconds of the video. Best decision evar. I did get back to watching the entire video afterwards lmao.

[@attract1212]

Just bought your presets. The best Portra 400 I've used. It will be my go to. Well done buddy.

[@EricHebertjr]

greatest channel on youtube for this drip 🔥🔥

[@nelsonclub7722]

Presets are awesome - I have been shooting weddings for 30 yrs so I know film stock inside out - digital can get you there if you have all the time in the world in LR - but I don't - so these are a great help - thanks

[@ptoze]

Hi Jamie, many thanks for your work, I just have a question about the presets, I've noticed that you use a lot of different profile in camera lightroom when you applied the presets, some times you have adobe standard, some times camera's profile like portrait or standard camera profile. I know this can create different final looks... which profile do you recommend to have the most consistent work? I mostly shoot with the Ricoh GR III. many thanks

[@jamiewindsor]

Hi. The profiles vary depending on what the default is for that camera. Previously, all my presets used either Adobe profiles or bespoke ones I made. However, with this pack I have not set a profile as the new Canon R series cameras use profiles in an entirely new way. If you don't apply the canon camera profiles, the photos look too washed out. So these were designed to work with whatever the default profile is set for each different camera.

[@damien_writer]

Generally not a fan of presets, but love the look of these and have bought them. I've been in a real rut processing-wise this last 6 months, and have processed nothing I've shot this year with only a few exceptions. I think this may be the kick start I needed. Thanks Jamie!

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

I would love to see the process how you "transfer" the look of a specific film stock to the sliders in Lightroom

[@ByronUy]

Hey Jamie - got the preset & it works so well, I love it! Quick question, any recommended settings (creative style, picture profile, jpeg/raw, etc.) when using these presets? Or do I just leave everything normal? I shoot on Sony A7C and just want to get the best out of your presets!

[@ullrichgebhardt2737]

Always a great pleasure to watch your work. Wish you and your family the best for your new start in Bath (love the city btw).

[@jamiewindsor]

Thank you. We’ve moved already. Been here a few weeks (I filmed this video a while ago). It’s such a beautiful city.

[@alexissalazar8567]

First comment. So happy to learn new things today 😊

[@lucabkk]

So much quality in your videos, i love your channel Jamie.

[@putraar3274]

Already bought it! Thanks Jamie for the hard work and I am so satisfied!

[@Lukeade815]

NEW JAMIE VIDEO LETS GOOO

[@Caracalaba]

Hi Jamie, can you tell me what are the general differences between this one and your previous portra preset? thanks in advance

[@jamiewindsor]

These ones are reworking. They’re much more versatile in my opinion.

[@Tim.L]

Do you offer your film presets for Capture One as well? If not, do you plan to do so in the (near) future? Would be very much appreciated.

[@jamiewindsor]

Not at the moment. I don’t use Capture One so I would need to buy it and learn it as well as I know Lightroom which is a big time investment. Maybe one day, but no plans so far I’m afraid.

[@chrisjames1924]

@@jamiewindsor It's straightforward, extremely intuitive and powerful. You wouldn't have a problem. Most Fuji users would agree.

[@alexleat]

+1 to this. I just switched to Capture One and would love to be able to use this preset pack. Good luck with your house move!

[@LivMKastrup]

Thank you for this amazing preset! When I bought it I used the Nikon d850 and they worked fantastic. But after I switched to the Canon R5, I find that they don't work as optimally on my pictures. Is there anything I can do?

[@jamiewindsor]

Yes. Unfortunately Canon put a heavy reliance on their own picture styles to work on their raw files for the R range. If you don't set Lightroom to apply this automatically, your images will look washed out. You need to go to your *PREFERENCES > PRESETS >* Find your camera in the dropdown menu and change the *Default* from *Adobe Default* to *Camera Settings.* Then reset any images you've already imported and re-apply the preset.

[@jamiewindsor]

I run through the process here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6XfIWGpKqleKs

[@zhanjim6374]

Hi, Jamie, I wonder have you ever consider switching to capture one, and do you recommend switching?

[@jimmyzhan3686]

you are the best jamie! looking forward of capture one version as well!

[@xXSherbert50Xx]

Can you please make a version for capture one please?

[@zhanjim6374]

another best thing happened in my life! thank you, Jamie! you are the best!

[@ppan0915]

Buyed one and love it! Thanks for your effort.

[@sholombrummel3732]

Daaaang, love these.

[@goat2503]

Your presets are the real deal, thanks Jamie, never stop haha 😂

[@viktorrichardsson4546]

Can you make a pack for capture one?

[@black-and-light]

Awesome Presets. Tested them out and results come very close to my „Portra out of Bronica“- Results. Thanks for that beautiful piece of Artwork.

[@robbiemurrie7562]

I just bought the old ones a couple of days ago, which I’d held on and bought these.

[@Markeymarc321]

Will they work with Capture One current version?

[@cronufc]

Hi Jamie, I’ve got all your presets, now this one too. Can’t wait to try them out 😀

[@mauricioledon4498]

Gotta love that contact print feel on photographs. Great video!

[@adrienram]

So do they work with any Photoshop version? Is the limitation only on lightroom as to the need for the latest version?

[@MJA_44]

1) buy the preset 2) watch the video 3) don’t regret buying the preset

[@danghoang8958]

Hey Jamie, love the preset! Is there anyway that you can make the frame tool in lightroom become white instead of black ?

[@jamiewindsor]

It’s possible. There’s no quick way to switch it, though. I would need to make a preset that does it. The frames are meant to simulate the edges of the exposed negative, so they would appear black when printed.

[@danghoang8958]

@@jamiewindsor love it, i think making it white will be a cool option too !

[@RewDowns]

These look really good, very accurate to film too!

[@Swift-Post]

Have you ever considered packing all your black and white presets in a special release? I’m interested in using your presets but only the black and whites. Awesome channel, triple threat: Gear, theory, editing.

[@robertleidner9703]

Love them already! Bought the whole set.

[@situationall1318]

Which profile are they supposed to be used with : Adobe Color, Standard ? My raw are usually imported with the Camera Standard profile, and applying the presets doesn't load a different one (which is rather uncommon). Thanks

[@jamiewindsor]

I didn’t assign a camera profile with these presets because of the way the new Canon cameras work. Their cameras now give quite a flat image and the colour is corrected with their camera profiles. This has complicated the process of making presets a bit. Use whichever profile that works best for you with your camera.

[@rafsanjaniii]

What's the difference between this one and the older ones? Bought all your older presets so I would wanna know what I'm missing out on for this current one lol.

[@jamiewindsor]

The old Portra presets are not as good as these in my opinion. These have take about a year to develop and are more versatile and realistic. The older ones had a certain look, but didn’t work in all situations as well as I’d have liked. I’m better at making presets now than I was back then.

[@rafsanjaniii]

@@jamiewindsor thanks for the reply, I went ahead and bought them anyways and decided to compare the old ones to this current one, and I agree, they are really much better imo to achieve the Portra Look for a wider variety of lighting conditions. The older presets always took abit more tempering with to get the look that I would want. Perhaps its the color profile? As I realised some of them come pre-loaded with "Portra Skinfix". Appreciate your work Jamie!

[@jonasfanatic2351]

Thank you so much for your efforts! Greatly appreciated!

[@anotherguycalledsmith]

Dear James, you made my day, as always, thanks a lot. This look at your way of working with it creatively is very inspiring ;-)

[@jeffreythemeditator]

Hi Jamie, hope things are good in Bath, wherever you are in the move. One request: would you please change your workflow around entirely to make things for Final Cut Pro? You have been on Premiere long enough. You are such a talented bloke I bet it wouldn't take that long, couple months or so to get up to speed. That way we can all flood you with money for your awesome, awesome video presets. Thanks in advance!

[@GuusStemerding]

Best presets ever

[@giuliananuss3256]

I haven't watched the hole video yet but I just wanna comment on how awesome de edition is

[@johnadams3038]

What's behind the meaning of pulled and pushed?

[@jamiewindsor]

Pushing a film is when you shoot it as if it had a higher ISO than it does, and then compensating for it in the development. Pushing it basically under exposing the film which gives it more contrast. Pulling it the opposite. Pulling gives you softer look with lifted shadows and detailed highlights. Portra takes over exposing well.

[@johnadams3038]

@@jamiewindsor Thanks Jamie!

[@elgringoperdido.]

Great Job, Jamie :)

[@rolis924]

Alec Reed on fire 🔥 😳 🔥

[@lukesphotoandvideo8835]

hi do i have to buy it twice as i have a desktop and laptop both with lightroom classic cc

[@jamiewindsor]

No, just once. One license covers you for unlimited machines as long as you are the primary user.

[@richardsambrook8985]

Hi Jamie - the payment link on your website seems to be broken....

[@philbarnes9691]

Yes I have had the same problem!

[@blanco.de.orilla]

First of let me say this is absolutely beautiful work. You have single handedly restored my love for digital photography, which is great because i was spending way too much money on film developing hahaha thank you so much!! you deserve nothing but love and F all them (preset) haters. I do have a doubt though. Why did you choose to separate the frames as PNGs this time around, i noticed on other cases the frames are more easily applied through LR instead of having to switch to PS. Also there are some frame actions for LR but they seem to do nothing, I am right or am i doing something wrong?

[@jamiewindsor]

Hi. The PNGs are extra additions. They are actual scans of real film frames whereas the Lightroom ones are just an effect. With regards to why the frames don’t work: I don’t know for sure without having access to your computer, but the most likely cause is that you are still using an older version of Lightroom. The frames are made with masks and Adobe completely changed how masks work between Lightroom 2021 and Lightroom 2022. I had to completely rebuild the frames for the latest version of Lightroom, but it looks like they’re not backwards compatible with the old version.

[@blanco.de.orilla]

@@jamiewindsor oh! that's probably it then. Thank you for such a quick and clear response. Keep up the amazing work

[@SebastianBeckerPhoto]

Gotta ask: how did you create that Frame 1 - 5 Action in Lightroom? Can't seem to find any option for that in the settings.

[@jamiewindsor]

It's all done with graduated filters that are pinned to the edge of the frame.

[@SebastianBeckerPhoto]

@@jamiewindsor oooh, that's a genius idea. Thanks mate!

[@SebastianBeckerPhoto]

@@jamiewindsor Tried it and works fine with LR 6. However there seems to be a bug with LR CC (10.2). Whenever I save a preset with ONLY the gradueted filters in it, it also saves the adjustments from the curves panel. Super weird, and haven't found anything on it online. You have any idea what that might be?

[@jamiewindsor]

@@SebastianBeckerPhoto I haven’t come across that. You can fix it by opening the xmp file in a text editor and deleting the lines referring to the curves settings.

[@SebastianBeckerPhoto]

@@jamiewindsor oh that's a great Tip, gonna try that. Thanks Mate!

[@cris_photography]

Hello Jamie! Just wanted to say thanks for your presets - Portra 400 is by far my favorite! I just made a video on my channel about a wedding I shot with the Fuji GFX100s and I edited my photos with your preset. Thanks for taking the time to make it very close to the good ol' stock. Take care

[@gltzddonut]

I'm buying them just because you made them.

[@jasonwrites9186]

How would you say these Porta 400 presets look compared to your older ones?

[@jamiewindsor]

Much better. I was never happy with my old ones.

[@OoviokuoO]

Why would you sell presets you've never been happy with?

[@jamiewindsor]

@@OoviokuoO It’s a figure of speech. What I mean is that over time, I’ve thought that I could do better.

[@alexblejan2153]

Does the pack work with lightroom mobile?

[@jamiewindsor]

It works with the mobile app if you have creative cloud.

[@grzegorzr7453]

hallo, do these presets work with camera raw?

[@jamiewindsor]

They do.

[@AriIsenberg]

I won't be purchasing these presets (no offense), but I just love watching you and your videos. Love your consistent style that has emerged over the past year or so.

[@bryan.w.t]

I really like the subtlety of it. But the hardest part to me is finding the photo suitable for portra

[@sauravsaha9580]

Thank you brother

[@MarcelWltr]

I love your presets Jamie! I use the Kodak Gold preset the most, because it just seems so versatile and works on almost every picture. I also like the Portra 400 you've shown here, but to me it looks like it lacks that distinctive little yellow tint in the skintones and greens which makes Portra so recognizable :)

[@GuusStemerding]

It does seem to lack that a bit innit

[@howardhsiao7917]

what a timing to release a Kodak pack 😂

[@andregiuria2850]

Nice

[@notadan]

INSTANT BUY

[@shlomiazran]

cool.............. i am so happy to sand you my money

[@inigotaylor9401]

the idea of presets for anything remotely important or serious is totally risible.

[@jamiewindsor]

This is actually a very interesting comment for a video I’m writing at the moment. Can you elaborate? Why would this be a ridiculous proposition in your eyes?

[@inigotaylor9401]

@@jamiewindsor hi jamie, i didnt see your reply till just now. My argument is perhaps in some eyes rather closed minded. Now perhaps more than ever people are transfixed on process, how we get to a picture technically as opposed to its value in terms of what it aims to communicate. Your channel bucks the trend of many and actually talks about photographs in far broader sense than "how did you do that" what camera do you use" "should I buy this", so first off I commend the varied subject matter. My point about digital filters and that type of effect particularly when it comes to film emulation Is that it is by its very definition pretentious. If a photographer is about to start making a series of images or a project the medium they choose is critical to realise their vision, it is of course my subjective view but we should choose the medium based upon its inherent characteristic, be that the resolution it allows, the grain structure it will produce etc etc. To start off making pictures with one medium with the intent to then in its final presentation try to emulate another to me seems futile. This could of course boil down to as it often does finances at ones disposal. Of course having a seemingly endless possibility of what we can do with our images is liberating but at the same time a curse, the best kind of pictures are often deliberately made with limited means. It is a tricky area to debate and I may sound hard line about it but in short photographs should on a technical level rely on the medium they are made in,(of course I am talking about the area of photography I am interested in which would be easily described as "straight") I stopped making digital images for my personal work last year for various reasons from the pragmatic in terms of storage and security to simply boredom of the instantaneous but when I did make personal work digitally the few times I tried to add the same filters I use for commercial work it just didn't feel right. I felt the qualities inherent in digital were what I should respect. Now I have begun to make work with 120 and 35mm again I stick to one stock and try in the same with my digital workflow to rely on my own technique in the field and restraint in printing to develop a signature that is as defined by limitation as it is by choice. Again this could be deemed as dogmatic by many. Hope that all makes sense, keep up the positive and thoughtful videos. Inigo p.s sorry if my initial comment was short and rude, its so rare that a channel responds to anything that isn't all out praise and adulation so I tend not to explain.