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A candid street portrait of a fictional Black man in a wool coat on an overcast city sidewalk, shallow depth of field. With the Chrome Film preset applied.A candid street portrait of a fictional Black man in a wool coat on an overcast city sidewalk, shallow depth of field. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to A candid street portrait of a fictional Black man in a wool coat on an overcast city sidewalk, shallow depth of field

Faded Negative 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.

Fades colour and lifts blacks around held skin, with green-leaning shadows and firm contrast.

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

About this pack

The faded negative is nostalgia with contrast. Colour is pulled down and the blacks lifted like an old print, but the midtones keep their punch and the shadows lean green rather than blue, which is the difference from the pastel packs. Skin stays warm enough to be a face and there is grain in the shadows. These ten looks run from a light fade to a heavy one; all of them feel like a photograph found in a drawer, taken by someone who knew what they were doing. 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.

  • Faded colour with firm midtones
  • Green-leaning shadows, not blue
  • Skin held through the fade
  • Light fade to heavy

Portraits, street portraits, lifestyle with a nostalgic edge.

The look is inspired by the faded, green-shadow rendering of Fujifilm's Classic Negative simulation. This product is not made, licensed or endorsed by Fujifilm. Inspired by the look of classic film. Not made, licensed or endorsed by the film's maker.

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 passenger looking out of a car window, daylight outside. With the Chrome Film preset applied.A fictional passenger looking out of a car window, daylight outside. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to A fictional passenger looking out of a car window, daylight outside
A fictional passenger looking out of a car window, daylight outside
Bride laughing. With the Chrome Film preset applied.Bride laughing. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to Bride laughing
Bride laughing
Cafe window. With the Chrome Film preset applied.Cafe window. Photographed without a preset.
Chrome Film applied to Cafe window
Cafe window

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. 01Fish Crate
    Fish Crate applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Fish Crate applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Fish Crate applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Fish Crate applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  2. No. 02Coastal Hush
    Coastal Hush applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Coastal Hush applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Coastal Hush applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Coastal Hush applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  3. No. 03Bark Fissure
    Bark Fissure applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Bark Fissure applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Bark Fissure applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Bark Fissure applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  4. No. 04Absorbent Ground
    Absorbent Ground applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Absorbent Ground applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Absorbent Ground applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Absorbent Ground applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  5. No. 05Pallet Stack
    Pallet Stack applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Pallet Stack applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Pallet Stack applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Pallet Stack applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  6. No. 06Quiet Tide
    Quiet Tide applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Quiet Tide applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Quiet Tide applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Quiet Tide applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  7. No. 07Harbour Damp
    Harbour Damp applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Harbour Damp applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Harbour Damp applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Harbour Damp applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  8. No. 08Kerb Stub
    Kerb Stub applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Kerb Stub applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Kerb Stub applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Kerb Stub applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  9. No. 09Utility Pole
    Utility Pole applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Utility Pole applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Utility Pole applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Utility Pole applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  10. No. 10Ash Knot
    Ash Knot applied to Bridal prep window Before: Bridal prep window
    Bridal prep window
    Ash Knot applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Ash Knot applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Ash Knot applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Ash Knot. 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

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  2. Step 2

    Download

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  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.

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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

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