Black and white classic: luminous skin and gentle grain
Monochrome with luminous skin, gentle contrast and soft grain.
True to cameraBlack & white classic
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| What it does | Monochrome with luminous skin, gentle contrast, soft grain |
|---|---|
| Good for | Emotional ceremony moments, mixed-light venues |
When we'd reach for it
Emotional ceremony moments, and venues where the light is so mixed that the colour can't be saved.
When we wouldn't
Frames where the colour is the story: a red sari, a field of tulips, a sunset.
The recipe
These are the settings stored in the look, drawn rather than listed. They sit on top of your camera's own colour and the exposure and white balance CullTone sets for each photo, so the same look lands a little differently on every frame.
Every look has a strength from 0 to 1.5. At 0 you get the plain camera-matched edit, at 1 the look as drawn here, and above 1 more of everything it does. More on reading curves in tone curves for photographers.
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Try Black & white classic on your own photos
Start a trial, create a project and pick this look. The studio shows it on your frames, at any strength, before anything renders.