Gold The Classic Presets - Classic K14 (2020) Kodachrome

Retro look . Thank you

 

Not just a retro look. This is KODACHROME.

Fwiw, this is a fantastic attempt and about 80% accurate to what it claims to be.

 

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Interesting to see the example photos here and the new 2024 example photos on his site. He uses the same ones. And you can see the new ones look so much better. Especially the skin tones and skies. Feel like there is a cast removed from it and they now look like they have been processed correctly in lab.
Thought I saw them on here but can't see, are they worth a buy? I was gonna get Gold again just to get them lol

 

Yes and no.

A worthy update.... Yes. He did fix the reddish cast on the skin. However, now the skin tones take on a very golden/sun tanned look.

Most of the new presets are ok. The Last Roll Presets are fantastic and look exactly like a National Geographic Kodachrome Print. Not necessarily the slide, but they do look like prints to a very high degree.

Vintage Kodachrome takes a long time to get right and it's not right in this set.

Honestly, if you want Kodachrome 64, and never got The Kodachrome Project l... These are the very best available.

 

I wonder what is it that is so difficult to get right about the vintage kodachrome, My favourite colours are from those old WW2 factory images with the women working on airplanes etc. But we rarely see examples taken similar to those, so I often wonder what are people using as reference to create the presets.
I've never heard of "The Kodachrome Project l" I'll look it up, Thanks. always enjoy your input as a you're usually spot on about these things

 

ah it looks likes The KodaChrome Project preset now links to "Freddie Child-Villiers" and his preset packs. Not entirely sure if that's THE preset though.
I did find a blog by Chris Gampat interview Freddie from 2021 named
"HOW ONE MAN IS STRIVING TO KEEP THE LOOK OF KODACHROME 64 ALIVE"
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The problem is the same as with K64. Skin tones, reds, greens, blues, yellows and resulting artifacts. People think Kodachrome gave any white skinned person a tan. Not true! Just need to look at the ladies in the WW2 factories to know that's false. Kodachrome mainly had problems with dark skin.

The other problem is that nobody bothered to make reference charts back then. I'm sure Kodak probably has them in their archives though as basic color calibration charts were around early on.

It's a very difficult look to recreate but it's do-able. I've posted samples before. Only took several years to figure it out.

Interesting thing about The Kodachrome Project.

To this day, it's the most accurate rendition of Modern K64 slides that's been sold. The big problem with this one was that it caused artifacts. He released an updated version that smoothed over the color balance but some artifacts remained but original was still the best.

No longer available because Kodak pulled the plug on it. I wonder why...

The Gampat presets don't convince me much when I've looked at them closely. As always the problems are in skin tones and certain colors like red, green, blue, and yellow.

 

Same! My absolute favorite film of all time are Kodachrome K10 and K11/12.

I have worked nearly a decade to get those results and it's very difficult indeed and it takes a lot of OCD and patience.

I'll try to post a sample later on to show you what my results look like.

 

Where I can get or buy kodachrome k10 and k11/k12 preset?

 

You can't.

 

Well....here is an example...down to the grain...


This was done in 5 minutes so to make it look more accurate would require a little bit more time but you get the idea. The skin isn't over-saturated/red. No sunburn look. No artifacts, and even the grain is correct. Red is vibrant, yellow is period correct. Blue looks natural but slightly saturated.

Also, a lot of the look had to do with the fact they used on-camera flash. Those old Graflex had strobe on the handle that helped give it a certain look.

 

Here is another one. Just imagine a WW2 German instead of the model...

 

And here is a proper medium format picture...

 

This is spot on! It really helps having subjects or colours that are of the period too. Great job on the skin. I'm not entirely sure what causes Kodachrome to react differently to certain skin, Some look nice and natural, others look like they are radient & gold. But actually look good. Most presets the gold looks more like an umpa loompa.

I'm actually struggling with the K14 preset, since one portrait I have with purple Dahlias flowers in the background makes them Orange in the middle, no matter how much you change the whitebalance. And experiencing quite a lot of artifacts where the sky meets the horizon with banding. So it's not something I can use on every image.

 

PM me a link to your raw file and I'll tell you what's going on.

 

Why I can't buy the preset? Can u tell me the reason?

 

Because I made it.