Hi Guys! Whasup ! Feeling Lomo and a bit Flower Power! No, I haven't been smoking something :-)This is just a new PictureFX creation.The next Film Simulation is still days if not weeks away, To put it briefly, for a sunset filter you need a sunset, for a "real film" simulation I need specific subjects... Continue Reading →
Very popular with many photographers were and still are the well-known effects from Nik Collection (now Dxo) with names of precious metals like platinum efex and palladium efex, first applied to Black and White and later also in Color photography. These effects were the reason that I started creating Haldcluts myself to have my own... Continue Reading →
Probably the most important part in RAW development : the "Tone Curve". Technically, this new PictureFX Tone Curve is not a Film Simulation, however, it has been developed for en is part of the PictureFX Pro Fujifilm Color series.This specific Curve has been further fine-tuned since then, and is now intended as a starting point... Continue Reading →
The previously released Acros 100 I & II and the not really existing Acros 400 IR, now also in Adobe Cube format. I don't have a list of all compatible software at the moment, but I think that with either one (Haldclut or Cube) you can use almost any image editing software.The biggest problem is... Continue Reading →
The legendary Fujifilm Film Simulations - Astia, Provia, Velvia and Classic Chrome - Who doesn't know them ? The first one I made was the Provia, here the article about it with the Haldclut version: The first I PictureFX Fujifilm Provia – a brand new Lut ! After that the Classic Chrome in Haldclut version here... Continue Reading →
Featured picture is the skyline of Antwerp during the Tall Ships Race in 2016, old photos are also worth reviving, dreaming of those beautiful memories of when it was still "different". Now it seemed worthwhile to "color" them or should I say decolorize them.I have used the Agfa 200X in Cube format in Darktable here.... Continue Reading →
Apparently there is an interest in PictureFX Luts but for use in programs other than Rawtherapee/Artherapee and Darktable.It is my good friend Mark G Adams who brought this to my attention.Unfortunately, I don't have one of those image editing programs, but I do have a converter to convert Haldclut's to .cube format.Mark has been so... Continue Reading →
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