Kodacolor "look"

erich6 · July 13, 2005

Does anyone know how to use Photoshop to adjust colors on a picture and get the look of the old-style Kodacolor film? :dunno

Erich

XO-Studios · July 17, 2005

erich6 wrote:

Does anyone know how to use Photoshop to adjust colors on a picture and get the look of the old-style Kodacolor film?

Erich

Can you post a link or an example of what it is you are looking for?

XO,

erich6 · July 25, 2005

Here's what I had in mind...

a la 1940's:

and 1970's:

mercphoto · July 25, 2005

erich6 wrote:

Does anyone know how to use Photoshop to adjust colors on a picture and get the look of the old-style Kodacolor film?

I'm wondering if just punching up the saturation would do the trick? Kodachrome seems to be rather saturated in color, as well as very sharp.

marlinspike · July 25, 2005

erich6 wrote:

Does anyone know how to use Photoshop to adjust colors on a picture and get the look of the old-style Kodacolor film?

Erich

I would ask Car and Driver. Whoever shot the Bullitt Rematch piece in the latest edition was a genius at this exact thing.

XO-Studios · July 25, 2005

erich6 wrote:

Here's what I had in mind...

a la 1940's:

Thinking the same as above (bump saturation), but also perhaps converting to CMYK and adding some to the yellow, or perhaps staying in RGB and putting a fill layer in a light yellow over the top and reducing opacity.

FWIW,

XO,

erich6 · July 26, 2005

I've tried saturation but to no avail. The blending didn't seem to work. It seems like if I play with the tint I can get some of the colors to look OK but at the expense of others. I've tried selective tinting (i.e., just reds etc.) but I can't seem to get the right mix. I suppose I could explore some more but I thought maybe someone out there had a "recipe". I'll have to checkout Car and Driver!

Erich

Phil U. · July 27, 2005

"virtual photographer" is a free plug-in that simulates the look of many different types of film. Give it a shot. http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

ziggy53 · July 27, 2005

Erich,

Since you have samples, you could also correct the samples of the Kodacolor images to look more like current technology, and then just reverse/inverse the process to get back to the "look" you want.

ziggy53

XO-Studios · July 27, 2005

ziggy53 wrote:

Erich,

Since you have samples, you could also correct the samples of the Kodacolor images to look more like current technology, and then just reverse/inverse the process to get back to the "look" you want.

ziggy53

I actually thought about that and when Googling there are lots of tutorials that explain that process of going from OLD Kodacolor to looking color correct.

XO,

erich6 · July 28, 2005

Great ideas! I'll give them a try and report back with results.

Cheers,

Erich

mercphoto · July 28, 2005

Phil U. wrote:

"virtual photographer" is a free plug-in that simulates the look of many different types of film. Give it a shot. http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

PC-only. Dang it.

XO-Studios · July 28, 2005

mercphoto wrote:

PC-only. Dang it.

I have the Optik Verve plugin, and while it has many filters, converting to old Kodacolor is not one of them.

XO,

fishlips · July 28, 2005

mercphoto wrote:

PC-only. Dang it.

i couldn't agree more. there are no two words - two letters and a word - i hate more!!

at least that i can think of this second.

phil

Phil U. · July 28, 2005

XO-Studios wrote:

I have the Optik Verve plugin, and while it has many filters, converting to old Kodacolor is not one of them.

XO,

Ah, been a long time since I played with it. Couldn't remember if it had it or not.

Kodacolor "look"

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