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car window. With the Chrome Film preset applied.car window. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to car window

Faded Film Portrait

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  • Presets10
  • Stylefilm, slide, street
  • Works inLightroom desktop and mobile
  • Format.xmp and .dng

Chrome Film · film

Chrome Film makes one kind of light.

Washes colour and lifts blacks to milky for portraits while skin stays present and warm.

Faded Film Portrait is 10 presets for film photography. Every one of them is below, before you pay for any of it.

About this pack

A faded print is not a muted one. The blacks go milky, the colour goes thin, the contrast collapses, and yet the face in it is still the face. These ten looks lift the blacks further than anything in the muted-chrome line, pull the saturation down and cap the contrast, then hold the skin warm enough to read as a person. Grain is soft. Faded Negative Portrait keeps its contrast and its edge; this pack lets everything go and keeps only the person. Ten presets, one look, one job, stepping from a light hand to the full effect so you pick the version the frame wants. XMP for Lightroom Classic and Lightroom desktop, DNG for the free Lightroom mobile app; exposure and crop are left to you. Chrome Film is for photographs that belong on a light box or in an album, never on a screen.

  • Milky blacks, thin colour
  • Contrast let go
  • Skin kept through the wash
  • Soft grain, sun-faded

Portraits and family frames meant to look like old prints.

See the light change

drag the line

The same frame, one tap apart. Drag any handle and the scene goes back to the way it looked before Chrome Film touched it.

A fictional young woman taking a selfie in a park, clear day. With the Chrome Film preset applied.A fictional young woman taking a selfie in a park, clear day. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to A fictional young woman taking a selfie in a park, clear day
A fictional young woman taking a selfie in a park, clear day
A fictional person flipping through records in a shop, daylight. With the Chrome Film preset applied.A fictional person flipping through records in a shop, daylight. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to A fictional person flipping through records in a shop, daylight
A fictional person flipping through records in a shop, daylight
Hands piano. With the Chrome Film preset applied.Hands piano. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to Hands piano
Hands piano

Explore every preset in this pack

10 presets · 4 scenes

10 of the 100 presets in this library, on the same four photographs. Nothing below is a sample. Open one and drag.

  1. No. 01Antique Thread
    Antique Thread applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Antique Thread applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Antique Thread applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Antique Thread applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Antique Thread. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  2. No. 02Dust Jacket
    Dust Jacket applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Dust Jacket applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Dust Jacket applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Dust Jacket applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Dust Jacket. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  3. No. 03Lamp Pool
    Lamp Pool applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Lamp Pool applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Lamp Pool applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Lamp Pool applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Lamp Pool. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  4. No. 04Bootie Cuff
    Bootie Cuff applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Bootie Cuff applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Bootie Cuff applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Bootie Cuff applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Bootie Cuff. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  5. No. 05Loading Bay
    Loading Bay applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Loading Bay applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Loading Bay applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Loading Bay applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Loading Bay. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  6. No. 06Skip Bay
    Skip Bay applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Skip Bay applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Skip Bay applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Skip Bay applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Skip Bay. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  7. No. 07Torn Edge
    Torn Edge applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Torn Edge applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Torn Edge applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Torn Edge applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Torn Edge. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  8. No. 08Substation Yard
    Substation Yard applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Substation Yard applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Substation Yard applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Substation Yard applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Substation Yard. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  9. No. 09Patina Collar
    Patina Collar applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Patina Collar applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Patina Collar applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Patina Collar applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Patina Collar. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  10. No. 10Basket Nest
    Basket Nest applied to Bride laughing Before: Bride laughing
    Bride laughing
    Basket Nest applied to Cafe window Before: Cafe window
    Cafe window
    Basket Nest applied to Record shop Before: Record shop
    Record shop
    Basket Nest applied to Selfie park Before: Selfie park
    Selfie park

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Basket Nest. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

Chrome Film is the transparency on the light box and the print it turned into thirty years later. Slide film had dense blacks, reds that held, cool shadows and colour that was either vivid or muted but never soft. The dialect is documentary, reportage, the projector, the slide tray, the seventies road trip, the magazine page, and then the album where those pictures faded: milky blacks, a colour shift, dust. Every pack says which end of that story it belongs to and what it does to blacks, reds and shadows that a colour negative would not.

Every pack here is its own product with its own page, so you buy the one look you need, and a larger pack or the family collection is always one step up from it.

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how it works

  1. Step 1

    Buy

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  2. Step 2

    Download

    The zip downloads right away, and a copy lands in your email.

  3. Step 3

    Import

    Add the presets to Lightroom in a minute.

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  4. Step 4

    Tap

    One tap on any photo. Every slider stays yours to adjust.

Yours to keep, for personal and client work. Please do not share the files. The license

Netzah Elad Topaz, the photographer who makes these presets

the maker

Why I Make These

I am Netzah Elad Topaz. I take photographs and I build software, and the two keep leading me back to the same problem. You were there. The light was doing something you will not see again. Then the photo comes back flat, and it is not what you were looking at.

Closing that gap is the whole job. Every preset here is built from Adobe defaults by hand, with a written note for what it should do to a picture, and it is judged on photographs before it ships. Nothing is a filter dropped on top of your work.

What I want is simple. You open a photo you almost gave up on, you tap once, and there it is: the day you remember, not the file your camera handed you. That is worth doing properly.

Questions, answered

Which Lightroom versions does this work with?

Lightroom Classic and Lightroom desktop via the XMP files, and the free Lightroom mobile app on iPhone and Android via the DNG files. Install once and the presets sync across your devices.

Is it safe on skin tones?

It is safe for people in the frame, but the scene comes first. If skin is the subject, the Muted Chrome Portrait, Documentary Chrome Portrait or Retro Chrome Portrait packs hold it more carefully.

How do I make it stronger or softer?

Use the Amount slider in Lightroom desktop and mobile to dial the whole preset up or down. To keep the colour but soften the blacks, raise Blacks a few points; to keep the density but calm the grain, lower Grain in Effects.

Do these work in the free Lightroom app?

Yes. Import the .xmp files in the free Lightroom app on iPhone or Android, no subscription needed. They also work in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom on desktop.

What exactly do I get?

All 100 presets from Chrome Film Library as .xmp files in an instant ZIP download. The link also lands in your email, and the purchase stays in your account so you can re-download any time.

How do I install them?

Two minutes: unzip, then import inside Lightroom. The step-by-step guide covers iPhone, Android, and desktop.

Can I use them for client work?

Yes. The single-user license covers personal and commercial photography. The one thing you can't do is share or resell the preset files themselves.

Can I tweak a preset after applying it?

Always. A preset is a starting point; every slider stays yours to adjust.

What else is like this

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A fictional couple walking under one umbrella in falling snow on a European city street at dusk, shop windows glowing. With the Japan Film preset applied.A fictional couple walking under one umbrella in falling snow on a European city street at dusk, shop windows glowing. Photographed without a preset.
Japan Film applied to A fictional couple walking under one umbrella in falling snow on a European city street at dusk, shop windows glowing

Japan Film

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A 1970s classic car parked on a night street lit by neon shop signs, wet asphalt reflections, no people. With the Night Halation preset applied.A 1970s classic car parked on a night street lit by neon shop signs, wet asphalt reflections, no people. Photographed without a preset.
Night Halation applied to A 1970s classic car parked on a night street lit by neon shop signs, wet asphalt reflections, no people

Night Halation

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A fictional newborn asleep in a wicker basket on a cream blanket beside a window, soft daylight. With the Pastel Film preset applied.A fictional newborn asleep in a wicker basket on a cream blanket beside a window, soft daylight. Photographed without a preset.
Pastel Film applied to A fictional newborn asleep in a wicker basket on a cream blanket beside a window, soft daylight

Pastel Film

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A fictional bride having her hair pinned by a window in a hotel room, white dress hanging behind, soft daylight. With the Warm Negative preset applied.A fictional bride having her hair pinned by a window in a hotel room, white dress hanging behind, soft daylight. Photographed without a preset.
Warm Negative applied to A fictional bride having her hair pinned by a window in a hotel room, white dress hanging behind, soft daylight

Warm Negative

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