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Snow falling through the beam of a street lamp, overcast, soft grey light. With the Night Halation preset applied.Snow falling through the beam of a street lamp, overcast, soft grey light. Photographed without a preset.
Night Halation applied to Snow falling through the beam of a street lamp, overcast, soft grey light

Neon Night Street

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

Night Halation · film

Night Halation makes one kind of light.

Holds neon signs as saturated colour instead of white while shadows go cyan and grain fills the dark.

Neon Night Street is 10 presets for film photography. Every one of them is below, before you pay for any of it.

About this pack

Neon blows out. The tube goes white, the glow goes orange, the colour is gone. These ten looks put highlight safety first so a pink sign stays pink and a blue sign stays blue, let saturation sit a touch above neutral so the colour has weight, and keep everything else in the halation world: cool shadows, open blacks, heavy grain, exposure held down. Japan Film's Tokyo Night mutes the neon; this pack keeps it as colour and lets it glow. Ten presets, one look, one job, stepping from a subtle glow to the full bloom 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. Night Halation is for the hours when the lights come on and the camera should have been loaded with cinema film.

  • Tubes keep their colour
  • Pink stays pink, blue stays blue
  • Cool shadows, open blacks
  • Neon visible, not white

Neon streets, bar signs, arcades, night markets, shop fronts after dark.

The look is inspired by 800-speed tungsten-balanced cinema film. This product is not made, licensed or endorsed by any film manufacturer. 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 Night Halation touched it.

City light pollution glowing behind a dark hill, night, lit only by street and shop lights. With the Night Halation preset applied.City light pollution glowing behind a dark hill, night, lit only by street and shop lights. Photographed without a preset.
Night Halation applied to City light pollution glowing behind a dark hill, night, lit only by street and shop lights
City light pollution glowing behind a dark hill, night, lit only by street and shop lights
Mono 014 fire lowlight. With the Night Halation preset applied.Mono 014 fire lowlight. Photographed without a preset.
Night Halation applied to Mono 014 fire lowlight
Mono 014 fire lowlight
Cabin blue hour. With the Night Halation preset applied.Cabin blue hour. Photographed without a preset.
Night Halation applied to Cabin blue hour
Cabin blue hour

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. 01Bramble Top
    Bramble Top applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Bramble Top applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Bramble Top applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Bramble Top applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  2. No. 02Shadow Reach
    Shadow Reach applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Shadow Reach applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Shadow Reach applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Shadow Reach applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  3. No. 03Parted Tone
    Parted Tone applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Parted Tone applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Parted Tone applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Parted Tone applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  4. No. 04Halved Scale
    Halved Scale applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Halved Scale applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Halved Scale applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Halved Scale applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  5. No. 05Divided Frame
    Divided Frame applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Divided Frame applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Divided Frame applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Divided Frame applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  6. No. 06Reed Bed
    Reed Bed applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Reed Bed applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Reed Bed applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Reed Bed applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  7. No. 07Angled Noon
    Angled Noon applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Angled Noon applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Angled Noon applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Angled Noon applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  8. No. 08Tealstream
    Tealstream applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Tealstream applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Tealstream applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Tealstream applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  9. No. 09Postcard Blue
    Postcard Blue applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    Postcard Blue applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    Postcard Blue applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    Postcard Blue applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

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

  10. No. 10CS-09 Rimlight Silhouette
    CS-09 Rimlight Silhouette applied to Cocktail bar Before: Cocktail bar
    Cocktail bar
    CS-09 Rimlight Silhouette applied to Light 003 falling overcast Before: Light 003 falling overcast
    Light 003 falling overcast
    CS-09 Rimlight Silhouette applied to Night 022 light lowlight Before: Night 022 light lowlight
    Night 022 light lowlight
    CS-09 Rimlight Silhouette applied to Travel 061 bus blue Before: Travel 061 bus blue
    Travel 061 bus blue

    Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is CS-09 Rimlight Silhouette. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

Night Halation is 800-speed cinema colour negative shot after dark: streetlights that bloom red at the edge, tungsten that stays warm, shadows that go cyan, blacks that stay open and grainy. It is the diner, the petrol station, the parking lot, the hotel sign, the wet road, the window at night. The dialect is late, cinematic in mood but never a grade, warm lights against cool dark. Every pack says which lights, which dark and how much glow, and never confuses the halation look with a split-tone filter.

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?

Not by design. This pack is for lights, roads, signs and skies; on a face it will do what it does to everything else. Use the portrait packs in this brand when a person is the subject.

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 split but reduce the glow, lower Highlights a few points; to keep the glow 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 10 presets from Cinema Night Car 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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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

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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

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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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