Unscientific Preset Comparison

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  1. salleno

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    What do you think? Are presets worth the money? Whose presets have you bought and whose presets would you recommend?

    For me, it’s about asking which presets are the most accurate and if the price is right.

    Below you will see some presets applied to the EXACT same picture test chart from a website. This is free to download in case you want to compare as well.

    We will be applying a famous film preset…Kodak Tri-X 400 and we will be looking at their rendering and accuracy. All grain has been turned off. In the case of LUTs, I applied the base rec 709 lut.

    I will not be naming the presets nor their prices until the end.

    How will we judge? At the end there is an actual film scan so you can compare the results of the presets to an actual film scan.

    Have fun!

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    There you have it folks. 13 different interpretations of Kodak Tri-X 400.

    What do you think?


    Film Scan below:

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