Night Flash flash filter & preset
Night Flash is the editorial flash look: crisp light on the subject, deep blacks, cool shadows and city lights that stay small and sharp. Shoot with your flash on, then try it on your photo here or take it with you as a free Lightroom preset.
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Free Lightroom preset
On your phone
- Open the .dng in the free Lightroom app, the way you add any photo.
- Open it, tap the three dots at the top, then Create Preset.
- Name it Night Flash and tap the check. It now sits in Presets for every photo.
On a computer
- Open Develop in Lightroom Classic, or Edit in Lightroom.
- In Presets, choose Import Presets: the + in Classic, the three dots in Lightroom.
- Pick duper-night-flash.xmp. It shows up in the Duper group.
The settings
Every value the preset sets, to dial Night Flash in by hand in Lightroom or any editor with the same sliders.
| Exposure | -0.05 EV |
|---|---|
| Contrast | +30 |
| Highlights | -20 |
| Shadows | -18 |
| Whites | +14 |
| Blacks | -26 |
| Texture | +10 |
|---|---|
| Clarity | +12 |
| Vibrance | -2 |
| Saturation | -8 |
| Temp | -6 |
|---|---|
| Tint | -10 |
| Shadows | H 172 S 38 L +0 |
|---|---|
| Midtones | H 180 S 10 L +0 |
| Highlights | H 42 S 14 L +0 |
| Blending | +50 |
| Orange | H +0 S +10 L +0 |
|---|---|
| Yellow | H +0 S +5 L +0 |
| Green | H +10 S +0 L +0 |
| Aqua | H +0 S +10 L +0 |
| Blue | H +0 S -20 L +0 |
| Grain | 14 |
|---|---|
| Size | 30 |
| Roughness | 50 |
| In 0 | Out 0 |
|---|---|
| In 64 | Out 46 |
| In 192 | Out 208 |
| In 255 | Out 255 |
Fujifilm recipe
Shoot the look straight out of camera on a Fujifilm with X-Trans IV or V. A starting point, tuned by eye.
| Film Simulation | Classic Chrome |
|---|---|
| Grain Effect | Weak, Large |
| Color Chrome Effect | Strong |
| Color Chrome FX Blue | Strong |
| White Balance | Auto, -1 Red & +1 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR100 |
| Highlight | +1 |
| Shadow | +2 |
| Color | -1 |
| Sharpness | +1 |
| High ISO NR | -4 |
| Clarity | +1 |
| ISO | Auto, up to 3200 |
| Exposure Compensation | -1/3, flash on |
Use the built-in flash or a small speedlight pointed straight at the subject.
On other photos
Copy any look
Found a photo with an edit you love? Share the post to Duper from Instagram or Pinterest and its look lands on your photos and videos, matched to each one. You get its Lightroom preset and Fujifilm recipe too. Coming from filter packs? See how Duper works as a VSCO alternative.
Questions
Does it add a flash?
No. Night Flash changes colour and contrast, not light. For the full look, take the photo with your flash on, then put Night Flash on it.
Is the Night Flash preset free?
Yes. Both files are free to download and use on your own photos, with no sign up. The .dng works in the free Lightroom mobile app and the .xmp in Lightroom Classic or Lightroom on a computer.
Night Flash or Cybershot?
Night Flash is darker and more editorial: deep blacks, quiet colour, the subject crisp against the night. Cybershot is brighter and cooler, with punchier colour, like a party photo off a 2000s compact.
Does this page upload my photo?
No. The look runs in your browser, on your device. Your photo is never sent anywhere, and closing the page clears it.
