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Film Stock Grain Looks

How popular film stocks render grain, with a free, reproducible recipe for each one. Every example is generated from the same licensed photographs and settings you can open in the editor.

Color negative

Portrait in window light with fine, soft grain, lifted blacks, and slight warmth in the style of Portra 400

ISO 400

Kodak Portra 400

Portra 400 is known for fine grain for an ISO 400 film, gentle contrast, and flattering skin. To approximate its texture digitally, use fine, soft grain at low intensity, a touch of fade, and slight warmth.

Rainy cinema street at dusk with visible color grain and deep shadows in the style of CineStill 800T

ISO 800

CineStill 800T

CineStill 800T is a tungsten-balanced ISO 800 color film made from Kodak motion-picture stock. Its look combines visible grain, cool tungsten color, and red halation around lights. This recipe recreates the grain and contrast; halation and color need other tools.

Overcast coastal cliffs with very fine, barely visible grain in the style of Ektar 100

ISO 100

Kodak Ektar 100

Ektar 100 is a slow, saturated color negative film that Kodak markets as having the world's finest grain among color negative films. Its digital equivalent is barely visible grain: very fine, soft, low intensity, with almost no fade.

Overcast coastal cliffs with moderate grain, warm tones, and faded blacks in the style of Kodak Gold 200

ISO 200

Kodak Gold 200

Kodak Gold 200 is an affordable consumer color film with warm, golden tones and moderate grain: the look of many family snapshots. Recreate it with fine-to-medium grain, noticeable warmth, and some fade.

Portrait in window light with visible fine-to-medium color grain and neutral tones in the style of Superia X-TRA 400

ISO 400

Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400

Superia X-TRA 400 is a consumer ISO 400 color negative film with visible grain and a cooler palette that leans toward greens. Recreate its texture with fine-to-medium grain, color speckle, and no added warmth.

Black and white

Black-and-white rainy street with visible, rough grain and deep contrast in the style of Tri-X 400

ISO 400

Kodak Tri-X 400

Tri-X is the classic gritty black-and-white film: visible grain, strong contrast, and deep blacks, especially when pushed. Recreate the texture with medium, fairly rough grain in black-and-white mode and strong shadow grain.

Black-and-white rainy street with medium, slightly soft grain and moderate contrast in the style of HP5 Plus

ISO 400

Ilford HP5 Plus 400

HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with clearly visible grain and moderate contrast. Recreate it with medium grain that is slightly softer and less rough than a Tri-X recipe, with a little more lift in the blacks.

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