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A bench and your people, suddenly a keeper. With the Mono Film preset applied.A bench and your people, suddenly a keeper. Photographed without a preset.
Mono Film applied to A bench and your people, suddenly a keeper

Grain 400 System

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  • Presets30
  • Styleblack and white, mono, grain
  • Works inLightroom desktop and mobile
  • Format.xmp and .dng

Mono Film · mono

Mono Film makes one kind of light.

Puts the whole 400-speed silver look in one set: soft, normal and hard paper rows, a skin-safe portrait row and two grain weights.

Grain 400 System is 30 presets for mono photography. Every one of them is below, before you pay for any of it.

About this pack

Grain 400 System is the roll printed on every grade of paper. Contrast runs from 8 to 40, black lift from the floor to 22, grain from 8 up, and inside that band sit the soft row, the normal row, the hard row and a portrait row that clears skin-safety 6. It is ranked for consistency first so the thirty read as one darkroom session rather than thirty opinions. Grain 400 Mono, Soft 400 Mono and Portrait 400 Mono are each a slice; the System is the whole contact sheet.

The grain 400 line is the everyday silver film: visible grain, a full tonal range, blacks that hold and whites that keep texture. It is the reportage paper, and it is where most people should start, because it flatters nothing and ruins nothing.

Every preset ships as XMP for Lightroom Classic and desktop and as DNG for the free Lightroom mobile app. Convert one frame, sync the rest, and the set prints as one run. The grain is real grain, added after the conversion, so it sits in the tone and not on top of it.

  • Thirty presets from contrast 8 to 40 and black lift 0 to 22, every paper grade
  • A portrait row at skin-safety 6, the only 400 System with one
  • XMP and DNG in one download: Lightroom Classic, desktop and the free mobile app
  • One paper across the set, so a whole roll batch-edits and reads as one print run

anyone who shoots black and white all week and wants one roll to print every way

The look is inspired by classic 400-speed black-and-white films such as Kodak Tri-X and Ilford HP5 Plus. This product is not made, licensed or endorsed by Kodak or Harman Technology. 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 Mono Film touched it.

A fictional man walking a city crosswalk with long afternoon shadows. With the Mono Film preset applied.A fictional man walking a city crosswalk with long afternoon shadows. Photographed without a preset.
Mono 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
Portrait 001 half len daylight. With the Mono Film preset applied.Portrait 001 half len daylight. Photographed without a preset.
Mono Film applied to Portrait 001 half len daylight
Portrait 001 half len daylight
Driver golden. With the Mono Film preset applied.Driver golden. Photographed without a preset.
Mono Film applied to Driver golden
Driver golden

Explore every preset in this pack

30 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. 01EV-14 Mono Anchor
    EV-14 Mono Anchor applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    EV-14 Mono Anchor applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    EV-14 Mono Anchor applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    EV-14 Mono Anchor applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is EV-14 Mono Anchor. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  2. No. 02Masthead
    Masthead applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Masthead applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Masthead applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Masthead applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  3. No. 03FN-15 Family Mono Classic
    FN-15 Family Mono Classic applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    FN-15 Family Mono Classic applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    FN-15 Family Mono Classic applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    FN-15 Family Mono Classic applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is FN-15 Family Mono Classic. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

  4. No. 04Mineral Fix
    Mineral Fix applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Mineral Fix applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Mineral Fix applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Mineral Fix applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  5. No. 05Stop Bath
    Stop Bath applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Stop Bath applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Stop Bath applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Stop Bath applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  6. No. 06Silver First Dance
    Silver First Dance applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Silver First Dance applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Silver First Dance applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Silver First Dance applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  7. No. 07Burn Card
    Burn Card applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Burn Card applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Burn Card applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Burn Card applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  8. No. 08Gorse Bank
    Gorse Bank applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Gorse Bank applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Gorse Bank applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Gorse Bank applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  9. No. 09Bromide Paper
    Bromide Paper applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Bromide Paper applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Bromide Paper applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Bromide Paper applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  10. No. 10Museum Grade
    Museum Grade applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Museum Grade applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Museum Grade applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Museum Grade applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  11. No. 11Field Note
    Field Note applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Field Note applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Field Note applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Field Note applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  12. No. 12Gelatin Coat
    Gelatin Coat applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Gelatin Coat applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Gelatin Coat applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Gelatin Coat applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  13. No. 13Curb Grain
    Curb Grain applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Curb Grain applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Curb Grain applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Curb Grain applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  14. No. 14Dodge Wand
    Dodge Wand applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Dodge Wand applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Dodge Wand applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Dodge Wand applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  15. No. 15Barkline
    Barkline applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Barkline applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Barkline applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Barkline applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  16. No. 16Test Strip
    Test Strip applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Test Strip applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Test Strip applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Test Strip applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  17. No. 17Silver Bath
    Silver Bath applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Silver Bath applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Silver Bath applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Silver Bath applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  18. No. 18Wash Aid
    Wash Aid applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Wash Aid applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Wash Aid applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Wash Aid applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  19. No. 19Paper Grade
    Paper Grade applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Paper Grade applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Paper Grade applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Paper Grade applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  20. No. 20Dilute Stock
    Dilute Stock applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Dilute Stock applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Dilute Stock applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Dilute Stock applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  21. No. 21Column Inch
    Column Inch applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Column Inch applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Column Inch applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Column Inch applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  22. No. 22Iron Sky
    Iron Sky applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Iron Sky applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Iron Sky applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Iron Sky applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  23. No. 23Last Train
    Last Train applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Last Train applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Last Train applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Last Train applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  24. No. 24Slate Toner
    Slate Toner applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Slate Toner applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Slate Toner applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Slate Toner applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  25. No. 25Second Shift
    Second Shift applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Second Shift applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Second Shift applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Second Shift applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  26. No. 26Fibre Base
    Fibre Base applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Fibre Base applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Fibre Base applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Fibre Base applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  27. No. 27Hard Copy
    Hard Copy applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Hard Copy applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Hard Copy applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Hard Copy applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  28. No. 28Chrome Rinse
    Chrome Rinse applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Chrome Rinse applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Chrome Rinse applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Chrome Rinse applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  29. No. 29Zinc Toner
    Zinc Toner applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Zinc Toner applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Zinc Toner applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Zinc Toner applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

  30. No. 30Mile Zero Mono
    Mile Zero Mono applied to Alley lines Before: Alley lines
    Alley lines
    Mile Zero Mono applied to Friends bench Before: Friends bench
    Friends bench
    Mile Zero Mono applied to Man portrait Before: Man portrait
    Man portrait
    Mile Zero Mono applied to Street walk Before: Street walk
    Street walk

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

Mono Film is silver. Every preset converts to black and white and then makes a decision: how much grain, how hard the contrast, whether the blacks sit on the floor or float, whether the paper is neutral, warm or cold. Its dialect is the darkroom and the newsroom: reportage, tone, grain, paper. It runs four lines, grain 400, pushed 3200, matte editorial and toned, and every product says which paper it prints on. There is no colour here and nothing soft that did not mean to be.

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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  2. Step 2

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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

Does it work in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom desktop and the free mobile app?

Yes. Every preset ships as XMP for Lightroom Classic and Lightroom desktop and as DNG for the free Lightroom mobile app on iPhone and Android. Import once, apply with one tap, batch the rest.

Is it safe on skin tones?

Mostly. The set clears skin-safety 6, which keeps skin from going grey or magenta, but the look comes first. In black and white, skin safety means the face keeps its brightness relative to the frame and the red channel does not go muddy.

How strong is the effect?

Moderate. Every preset here scores 4.5 or higher on our 0 to 10 transformation scale, so the change shows on the first tap. Pull Amount down in the preset panel to soften it, or stack it under a lighter sibling.

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 Grain 400 Mono 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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Reeltint applied to Cafe window, one tap later

Reeltint

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The rooftop hour, kept the way it felt. With the Roamhue preset applied.The rooftop hour, kept the way it felt. Photographed without a preset.
Roamhue applied to The rooftop hour, kept the way it felt.

Roamhue

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The croissants look warm again. With the Savoryhue preset applied.The croissants look warm again. Photographed without a preset.
Savoryhue applied to The croissants look warm again.

Savoryhue

Food and hospitality · 15 presets

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The gate, the field, the green done right. With the Mossgrade preset applied.The gate, the field, the green done right. Photographed without a preset.
Mossgrade applied to The gate, the field, the green done right

Mossgrade

Green nature and macro · 15 presets

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