Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fair enough. I have weaned myself away from most of the LR presets I collected. IT was fun while it lasted. PS: I was trying to access the preset from my iPhone 5s. That?s probably the why it didn?t work. Prehistoric phone. ? On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 7:23 PM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Guys, the finger is pointing to the dedication/foolishness of such > > endeavor, not the product itself, ha ha > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 4:17 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Yes, exactly. > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 7:08 PM Christopher Crawford < > > > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Problem is VSCO only sells their presets for mobile devices now. They > > > > discontinued the version that was a lightroom plugin. > > > > > > > > Really, those presets all suck anyway. They NEVER look like real film > and > > > > usually have crappy color and gradation. I get far better results just > > > > processing my RAW files in LR with no presets or plugins. I have tried > > > VSCO > > > > (back when it was sold as a LR plugin) and a few other film-simulation > > > > plugins. Didn't like any of them. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Crawford > > > > Fine Art Photography > > > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > > > 260-437-8990 > > > > > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > > > Like My Work on Facebook > > > > > > > > > > > > ?On 9/15/20, 6:31 PM, "LUG on behalf of Richard Man" > <lug-bounces+chris= > > > > chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > > > > richard at richardman.photo> wrote: > > > > > > > > OK, this is the type of stubbornness that I appreciate. > > > > > > > > Background: Kodachrome, with such vibrant colors that Paul Simon > even > > > > wrote > > > > a song about it. It was created by "God and Man" (Leopold Godowsky > > > Jr. > > > > and > > > > Leopold Mannes) in the 1930s. SADLY, I did not take many Kodachrome > > > > photos > > > > myself. > > > > > > > > The process went kaput when the last lab shut down and it's not a > > > > process > > > > that people can just do at home, unlike other slide films. So when > a > > > > company that sells digital presets that simulate film-look wanted > to > > > > release a Kodachrome preset, they just asked people to send in > their > > > > Kodachrome slides. > > > > > > > > No, wait, they spent two years painstakingly recreated the > Kodachrome > > > > development process and chemicals. > > > > > > > > I APPROVE OF THIS STUBBORNNESS / FOOLISHNESS. I mean, we went to > the > > > > Moon > > > > because it is not easy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://petapixel.com/2020/09/15/vsco-went-full-macgyver-to-create-an-authentic-kodachome-film-simulation > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" > > > > https://richardman.photo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > > > < > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard http://imagecraft.com > > JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information