Grainy monotone film recipe using the Acros film simulation
I’m nothing if not topical, releasing this grainy and characterful mono recipe on Black Friday. Yes, it’s available free, with nothing to pay now or later 🙂
The base for this recipe is is the Acros film simulation, which is one of the best mono recipes straight out of the box. In my tweaking, I’ve added lashings of grain, and pushed the dynamic range with stronger highlights and deeper shadow. Burnout is limited with a -1/3 underexposure suggestion. Oh, and because it’s me, I’ve added just a small mono colour shift, with one click towards warm.
Black Friday Film Recipe
- Simulation: Acros Yellow Filter
- Grain Effect: Strong, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
- White Balance: Auto
- WB Shift: 0 Red, 0 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR100
- Highlights: +1.0
- Shadows: +1.0
- Mono Shift: WC 1, MG 0
- Sharpness: -2
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: -1/3
More Mono
If you are a fan of black & white photography, or the subtly toned mono image, then these other film recipes are worth a look…
- Kodak Tri-X 33 – Grainy Tri-X mimic with a slight green tone
- Bromide Mono – Sophisticated Sepia
- Silvertone 99 – Deep tones mono for compelling contrast
And from other creators …
- New Scala – Soft toned Agfa Scala, by Marcel Fraij
- Padilla – Grainy with deep shadow, by Kevin Mullins
- Acros Punch – A recipe for high impact B&W, by Jamie Chance
- Leica M10 Mono – Smooth toned mono, by Mark Adams
- Washi S50 – The deepest possble blacks, by Piotr Skrzypek
- Black Beauty – Retro toned mono from Captn Look
- Dark Matter – Punchy and grainy, from Ivan Cheam
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