Soft Film filter & preset
Soft Film is a quiet, muted film look: faded blacks, warm highlights, olive greens and fine grain, like a street photo from an afternoon in an old European city. Try it on your own 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 Soft Film 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-soft-film.xmp. It shows up in the Duper group.
The settings
Every value the preset sets, to dial Soft Film in by hand in Lightroom or any editor with the same sliders.
| Exposure | +0.08 EV |
|---|---|
| Contrast | -6 |
| Highlights | -25 |
| Shadows | +12 |
| Whites | -6 |
| Blacks | +8 |
| Clarity | -5 |
|---|---|
| Vibrance | -2 |
| Saturation | -12 |
| Temp | +18 |
|---|---|
| Tint | +3 |
| Shadows | H 190 S 10 L +0 |
|---|---|
| Highlights | H 40 S 20 L +0 |
| Blending | +50 |
| Orange | H +0 S +8 L +0 |
|---|---|
| Green | H +15 S -35 L +0 |
| Blue | H +0 S -30 L +0 |
| Grain | 25 |
|---|---|
| Size | 30 |
| Roughness | 50 |
| In 0 | Out 20 |
|---|---|
| In 64 | Out 74 |
| In 192 | Out 198 |
| In 255 | Out 244 |
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 | Strong, Small |
| Color Chrome Effect | Strong |
| Color Chrome FX Blue | Weak |
| White Balance | Auto, +2 Red & -3 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlight | -2 |
| Shadow | -2 |
| Color | -2 |
| Sharpness | -2 |
| High ISO NR | -4 |
| Clarity | -2 |
| ISO | Auto, up to 3200 |
| Exposure Compensation | +1/3 |
Best on streets, cafes and travel photos in soft daylight.
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
Is the Soft Film 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.
Is it a real film emulation?
No. Soft Film is a look tuned by eye, not a copy of one film stock. It borrows what people love about film: faded blacks, gentle colour and grain.
What photos suit Soft Film?
Streets, cafes, travel and portraits in soft daylight. It quiets loud colour, so it is less suited to photos where the colour is the point, like a sunset.
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.
