Color negative · ISO 100
Kodak Ektar 100 Grain Look
What Kodak Ektar 100 grain looks like, and a free recipe that recreates its texture and tone on digital photos in your browser.
Published October 3, 2026 · Updated October 3, 2026 · Written by Maximilian Braun
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About Kodak Ektar 100
Kodak Ektar 100 is an ISO 100 professional color negative film designed for vivid, saturated color and high sharpness. It is a common choice for landscapes, travel, and product photography in good light.
Unlike Portra, it is not forgiving with skin tones, which can turn red, and it has a punchier, more contrasty palette. Its slow speed means it is used mostly in daylight or on a tripod.
Grain character
Ektar's grain is very fine. In 35mm scans it appears as a faint, even texture visible mostly in smooth skies at full size; in 120 it is close to invisible.
Kodak Ektar 100 grain recipe
| Intensity | 14% |
|---|---|
| Grain type | fine |
| Grain size | 1px |
| Roughness | 3% |
| Softness | 50% |
| Color grain | 6% |
| Shadows / midtones / highlights | 60% / 100% / 40% |
| Fade | 4% |
| Warmth | 6% |
| Vignette | 6% |
| Black and white | Off |
| Seed | 100100 |
Why these settings
- The smallest grain size and low intensity give texture that is felt more than seen.
- High softness keeps fine detail in grass, rock, and foliage from looking noisy.
- Very little fade keeps blacks firm, in line with Ektar's contrasty rendering.
- If grain disappears entirely after export, raise intensity to about 20% or export at higher quality.
What this recipe cannot do
Ektar's saturation and its specific reds and blues are color characteristics. This recipe adds the subtle grain and contrast; boost saturation in your editor for the full look.
Best for
- Landscapes and travel
- Architecture and product photos
- Bright daylight scenes with strong color
Kodak Ektar 100 FAQ
Does Ektar 100 have grain?
Yes, but very little. It is one of the finest-grained color negative films, so the grain is only noticeable in large prints or full-size 35mm scans.
Ektar 100 vs Portra 400?
Ektar is slower, more saturated, more contrasty, and finer-grained. Portra 400 is more flexible in changing light and much kinder to skin tones.
Why add grain to mimic a fine-grain film?
Even fine-grained film is not perfectly smooth. A trace of grain gives digital landscapes a surface that reads as photographic and helps hide banding in skies.
Kodak and Kodak Ektar 100 are trademarks of their respective owners. imagegrain is not affiliated with or endorsed by them; recipes are digital approximations of grain and tone, not film-stock emulations.