Film: Portra warm, a soft negative-film look for skin
In the style of Portra 400 colour negative: low contrast, warm amber shadows, peach highlights, greens pulled toward olive and turned down, and a light grain. Skin comes first in this one.
True to cameraFilm: Portra warm
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| What it does | Warm amber shadows, peach highlights, olive greens, light grain |
|---|---|
| Good for | Engagements, golden-hour couples, family sessions |
When we'd reach for it
Engagement sessions, golden-hour couples and family portraits, where the feeling matters more than exact colour.
When we wouldn't
Green venues that have to look green. Muted foliage is part of the look, and some couples chose the garden for its colour.
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 Film: Portra warm 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.