Apr 19, 2018 Hi Everyone! Thanks for watching my video. Below is the link for the FREE VSCO Film Lightroom Presets 01 - 07 UPDATE April 2019- I could renew the domain for the other website so. To access the photo editing tools, select the photo you want to work on in your VSCO studio. Then tap the Edit icon (two sliders) at the bottom of the screen. If you’ve already opened your photo to apply a VSCO filter, you can skip this step. Tap the Edit icon (two sliders) at the bottom of the next screen.
If you’ve been a fan of VSCO’s Lightroom presets, one of the company’s original co-founders has branched out and is releasing his own pack of presets, each of which automatically detects your camera type and color temperature.With VSCO ending their Film presets as of March 1, Sean Flanigan of seems intent on going some way to fill the resulting void, presenting a selection of three color and two black and white presets. There are also four fade tools to give an even more distinctive feel or take the edge off high contrast scenes.
With two custom profiles for every camera, Flanigan is keen to create a better level of consistency and professionalism when it comes to Lightroom presets.
Watch video: Create “VSCO” Style Film Photo Effect The Healing BrushOpen the photo you wish to apply the effect to and begin by cleaning up any skin blemishes with the Healing Brush tool or your method of choice. To fill you in on one of my favorite tools in all of Photoshop. Time For Adjustment LayersOnce we’ve got our skin in good condition we’re ready to apply a series of adjustment layers to get the effect we’re after. Full Disclosure: It’s a bit smoother and definitely a “better” practice to apply this type of effect in the Camera RAW editor or in Lightroom or even Capture One Pro. Because I want you to be able to do this in Photoshop, I’ll stick with Photoshop’s adjustment layers.
In the video I’ll talk about what I’m doing and why if you’re interested in how to adjust this effect for literally ANY photo you want to apply this effect to. The first thing to do is go LayerNew Adjustment LayerLevels and look at my screenshot to see the exact numbers I punched in. I was looking to fade the shadowy areas, dull the highlights, and still add some contrast to the darker areas. Curves Adjustment LayerNext is a Curves adjustment layer found in LayerNew Adjustment LayerCurves. We’ll change the RGB curve first and then choose each of the three color channels from the drop down menu. Check out the screenshots and try to copy my settings as closely as you can. The Gradient Map Adjustment LayerNext we go LayerNew Adjustment LayerGradient Map and select the gradient strip and double click either one of the bottom color stops.
Then choose #4f4f4f as your darker gray and #aaaaaa as your lighter gray just as I have in the screenshot. Soft Light TimeWe’re going to set the blend mode of that gradient map layer to “Soft Light”. How Selective Color WorksGo LayerNew Adjustment LayerSelective Color and choose “Blacks” from the colors drop down menu. Settings should be: Cyan: 0, Magenta: -5, Yellow: -2, Black: -10. Controlling NeutralsNext choose “Neutrals” from the colors drop down menu. Settings should be: Cyan: -5, Magenta: -5, Yellow: -5, Black: +10.
Adjusting the WhitesThen choose “Whites” from the colors drop down menu. Settings should be: Cyan: -15, Magenta: +10, Yellow: -15, Black: 0. Target Individual Channels via Hue/SaturationGo LayerNew Adjustment LayerHue/Saturation. From the Master drop down menu, choose the “Reds” channel and use these settings: Hue: +5, Saturation: -7, Lightness: +10. The Yellows TooThen choose the “Yellows” from the drop down menu and use these settings: Hue: 0, Saturation: -30, Lightness: +30. The Powerful Photo FilterNext we’re going to drop a photo filter adjustment layer onto our image to really change the color and tone.
Go LayerNew Adjustment LayerPhoto Filter and select the color thumbnail and type in the hex code #3a683b for the exact green that I got and set the intensity to 60%. I also have “Preserve Luminosity” checked on. Multiply, Now!Set that layer to the blend mode “Multiply” and reduce the opacity to “30%”. Pump the VibranceThe photo is a little devoid of color.
Let’s correct that by adding a vibrance adjustment layer. LayerNew Adjustment LayerVibrance. Set the “Saturation” to “+20”.
Levels, Levels, LevelsThe last adjustment layer we need will add a little blue and green to the photo to help balance the skin tones in the image. Go LayerNew Adjustment LayerLevels and choose the “Green” channel from the drop down menu. We’re going to shift the midtone (gray slider in the center) to the left just a touch. The input should read “1.10” just below that slider.
The image will get a fairly heavy green color cast. We’re not finished yet!
The Blue ChannelNext, choose the “Blue” channel from the drop down menu and drag the black output slider (black slider on the very left bottom) to the right until the output field reads “15”. This will help balance the colors by adding a dose of blue to the darker parts of the image.
High Pass SharpeningNext we add some high pass sharpening by using the hidden hotkey Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Alt/Opt + E to merge all visible layers to a new layer. Then go ImageAdjustmentsDesaturate and then go FilterOtherHigh pass and set it to “2.0”. OverlaySet that high pass layer to the blend mode of “Overlay”. Smart SharpeningThen we use that hotkey to merge all visible layers to a new layer again so we can add a round of more finely tuned smart sharpening. Merge those layers and then go FilterSharpenSmart Sharpen. I’m probably over-sharpening this shot a little bit, but I kind of like it with what we’ve done. Tweak and tune your smart sharpening settings until you get something that looks good to you.
How to Add GrainThe last thing we do is add some grain! Create a new layer (LayerNewLayer) and name it “Grain”. Go EditFill and choose “50% Gray” from the contents drop down menu. Hit “OK” to commit the changes. Add the NoiseNext go FilterNoise and choose to add about “50%” of noise. (NOTE: This will depend on the size and depth of your image. Do what look like a reasonable amount of grain.) Also, check “Uniform” and check “Monochromatic”.
Hit “OK” to add the noise to that gray layer. Free Transform ActionNow hit Cmd/Ctrl + J to duplicate that layer and go EditFree Transform. We need to scale this layer up so we have some big, chunky grain on this layer and our other layer will be the more fine, perfect grain. Look to the toolbar and set the width and height both to “250%”.
Dump the GraySet both grain layers to the blend mode of “Soft Light”. Zoom in a bit to see all the damage we’ve done. We’re going to use the opacity sliders to back off the effect. Go Easy on the GrainI usually like to have the larger grain not nearly as noticeable so I’ll set that layer to 30% opacity. The fine grain I’ll set to 70%.
I do want the grain to be very noticeable and very much a part of the “film” effect. TIP: Adding these grain layers at the end of retouching ANY photo can help to smooth light banding and blemishes in the skin. Pros use this trick all the time! Some grain, but not enough to be really noticeable is great for all kinds of things! Here we want noticeable grain.
That’s the effect! Reduce BlacksYou can add one final “fade” effect by adding an additional selective color adjustment layer and reducing the “Black” in the “Blacks” channel a little.
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