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

Japanese Film Portrait

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

Japan Film · film

Japan Film makes one kind of light.

Renders portraits quiet and restrained: skin delicate, greens cool and natural, blacks lifted a step.

Japanese 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 Japanese film portrait does not flatter with warmth; it flatters with restraint. Skin is kept pale and delicate, greens behind the subject go cool and natural, colour is held back everywhere, and the blacks lift just enough to soften the frame without washing it. Contrast is gentle, grain is fine. These ten looks run from the barest touch to a full muted fade, and none of them raise their voice. Warm Negative makes a face glow; this pack lets a face be still. Ten presets, one look, one job, stepping from the barest touch 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. Japan Film is for photographs that would rather be still than loud.

  • Skin delicate, never warmed
  • Greens cool and natural
  • Blacks lifted a step, not washed
  • Quiet from first preset to last

Portraits in shade, window light and overcast; street portraits in Japan or anywhere quiet.

The look is inspired by Japanese consumer colour-negative film such as Fujifilm Superia 400. 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

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

Cafe window. With the Japan Film preset applied.Cafe window. Photographed without a preset.
Japan Film applied to Cafe window
Cafe window
A fictional man walking a city crosswalk with long afternoon shadows. With the Japan Film preset applied.A fictional man walking a city crosswalk with long afternoon shadows. Photographed without a preset.
Japan Film applied to A fictional man walking a city crosswalk with long afternoon shadows
A fictional man walking a city crosswalk with long afternoon shadows
A candid street portrait of a fictional Black man in a wool coat on an overcast city sidewalk, shallow depth of field. With the Japan 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.
Japan 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
A candid street portrait of a fictional Black man in a wool coat on an overcast city sidewalk, shallow depth of field

Explore every preset in this pack

10 presets · 4 scenes

Every preset in the pack is here, on the same four photographs. Nothing below is a sample. Open one and drag.

  1. No. 01Hedge Row
    Hedge Row applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Hedge Row applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Hedge Row applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Hedge Row applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  2. No. 02Chimney Smoke
    Chimney Smoke applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Chimney Smoke applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Chimney Smoke applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Chimney Smoke applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  3. No. 03Well Cover
    Well Cover applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Well Cover applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Well Cover applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Well Cover applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  4. No. 04Kettle Steam
    Kettle Steam applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Kettle Steam applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Kettle Steam applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Kettle Steam applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  5. No. 05Barn Door
    Barn Door applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Barn Door applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Barn Door applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Barn Door applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  6. No. 06Bicycle Lamp
    Bicycle Lamp applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Bicycle Lamp applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Bicycle Lamp applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Bicycle Lamp applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  7. No. 07Paper Round
    Paper Round applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Paper Round applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Paper Round applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Paper Round applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  8. No. 08Rime Ring
    Rime Ring applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Rime Ring applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Rime Ring applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Rime Ring applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  9. No. 09Quiet Tide
    Quiet Tide applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Quiet Tide applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    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.

  10. No. 10Ash Fence
    Ash Fence applied to Car window Before: Car window
    Car window
    Ash Fence applied to Newborn basket Before: Newborn basket
    Newborn basket
    Ash Fence applied to Street portrait black man Before: Street portrait black man
    Street portrait black man
    Ash Fence applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

Japan Film is the subtle roll: colour held back, greens natural and slightly cool, skin delicate and never warmed, blacks lifted a little so the frame is quiet. It is the alley at noon, the shrine in rain, the vending machine at night, the train platform, the moss on a Kyoto wall. The dialect is restrained, still, serene, hazy, everyday. Nothing is pushed. Grain is fine and the fade is gentle. Every pack answers the same question: which place, which light, and how much green.

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?

Yes. Skin stays delicate and natural; the greens shift and the colour mutes, the face does not. For deep skin tones, ease the black lift a few points if the shadows look too soft.

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 quiet colour but lose the fade, raise Blacks a few points; to keep the fade but reduce the green, nudge Tint toward magenta by two or three.

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 10 presets from 35mm Everyday Film 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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Chrome Film applied to A fictional motorcyclist in a leather jacket stopped at a mountain pass overlook, bike in the foreground, hazy valley

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Night Halation applied to A 1970s classic car parked on a night street lit by neon shop signs, wet asphalt reflections, no people

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Pastel Film applied to A fictional newborn asleep in a wicker basket on a cream blanket beside a window, soft daylight

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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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