High-contrast black and white for dance floors and drama
Deep blacks, bright whites, dark skies and a bold vignette.
True to cameraBlack & white high contrast
Drag to compare. Left of the line is True to camera, the plainest look; right of it is Black & white high contrast at full strength, rendered from the same file.
| What it does | Deep blacks, bright whites, dark skies, bold vignette; dark suits keep their texture |
|---|---|
| Good for | Dramatic portraits, dance floors |
When we'd reach for it
Dance floors, dramatic portraits, rain and city nights.
When we wouldn't
Soft close-ups of skin, where the contrast is unkind to texture.
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 high contrast 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.