#Dxo filmpack review full version#
#Dxo filmpack review software#
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The excellent black and white film photography are much more gorgeous than the effects of DxO Filmpack.

#Dxo filmpack review full version#

All work on both Mac and Windows PCs, although you need the full version of DxO Optics Pro to benefit from Raw file compatibility – the plug-in and standalone versions only work with JPEG/TIFF files. Except for the traditional Color Positive Film, Color Negative Film, Black and White Film, you can also access the Cross Processed Film. With so many filters available today, DxO FilmPack seems a bit out of tune, especially when the same company also offers Nik Collection, with a variety if film emulations, filters and adjustments, and also includes some in its own DxO PhotoLab, which has a new version, the fifth, a variety of creative options that will suffice for many users. Instead, DxO has processed and scanned the individual film stocks and then extracted the actual characteristics in terms of colour and grain to give the closest possible match to the original material.Ĭurrently there are three versions of FilmPack available – one that’s built into DxO Optics Pro, a Photoshop CS2/Elements 4 and 5 plug-in and a standalone application. In terms of using the film effects ‘straight’ we’re very impressed because unlike most image-editing filters this isn’t a random collection of approximations or ‘looks’.

#Dxo filmpack review software#

With the simple control panel, using the FilmPack software is incredibly straightforward but it’s a shame that there’s no option to save your favourite combinations – it’s a case of writing the settings down and making your own ‘recipe book’. In addition, you can adjust the intensity of the grain, either manually or using a preset to give a 35mm, medium format or large format (5×4) film texture to your image.Īdd two cross-processed ‘looks’ (C41 film through E6 chemistry and vice versa), six toning effects (including gold, selenium and ferric sulfate) and contrast and saturation controls, and there’s plenty of opportunity to create your own unique effects.

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However, you are not restricted to using the colour and grain as a pair, because you can ‘mix and match’ the two – so you can have the colour of Kodachrome 25 with the grain of ISO 3200 T-Max.

Using FilmPack’s self-explanatory drop-down list and slider interface, you choose an emulsion and the software applies both the colour and grain of the film to your digital image, with the on-screen preview showing you the result. More than 20 film types are represented, including both reversal and negative, from longstanding emulsions such as Kodak’s Tri-X and Kodachrome to more modern films such as Fujifilm’s Velvia and Astia.

With FilmPack 1.1, DxO has taken this idea a step further, offering digital imagers the opportunity to give their files the look and feel of specific film stocks – black and white as well as colour. Photography has always had a sense of nostalgia about it, with photographers keen to explore and recreate the look of the past.