Gold Cobalt-Image - Elite Kodak Kodachrome v1 for Adobe

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    Thanks - Looking forward to the share . . . :)
     
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    Cant wait! been enjoying the Elite portra and fuji pos a lot
     
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    Judging from the samples, it looks fairly accurate to the last generation of modern K64 Kodachrome processing.
     
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    Link is up
     
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    @lkngood thank you for this excellent share!
     
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    I was barely able to test it because I had to go into work but it looks very promising...
     
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    Been running tons of tests on these.

    They are slightly better than Digistock. Most of the critical colors are accurate, but where these seem to fall apart, is with certain skin tones and skin tone transitions. I wish VSCO and Cobalt would work together on these. VSCO got the skin tones 99% correct but failed with certain colors. Cobalt got the colors right, but the skin tones fall apart.

    C'est la vie...

    That said...these are still VERY good. Unless you're neurotic like me, most people won't be able to tell a real Kodachrome scan from a fake one made using these as a base.
     
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    thanks for the input!
     
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    Thanks for sharing!! I think these will become the default for many photographers looking to replicate the look of Steve McCurry.
     
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