The “Film Look” – Getting Cinematic Photo Edits
While I am quite over the term “cinematic” being misused by YouTube Photographers and Filmmakers, I’m comfortable using it to describe the images I’m getting from the Dehancer plugin. Here’s why this plugin is so useful for me, and why you’ll enjoy it too.
If you’ve ever seen a movie in theaters that was shot on film, or compared film and digital photography, you’ll know there are some obvious and some subtle differences. Sharpness, color reproduction, grain and bloom are just a few of the common examples. Film has a certain character and life to it, that’s lost when using a digital sensor — and each film stock has their own characteristics that make it special.
Dehancer Film has built in Film Profiles for some of today’s popular film stocks like CineStill 800T, Lomochrome Purple, or Kodak Portra 800, and many others if you’re looking to replicate a common look. There are also a ton of film stock I’ve never shot or even heard of, that actually make me want to give that film a try, like Kodak Aerocolor IV 125.