20th Century - Film Types and Formats
For this task, I was to use my Adobe Spark that I previously created on Ilford XP2 35mm to digitally recreate the look of this film type. I will insert below a step by step on how I done this using screenshots and descriptions.
STEP 1
To start with, I chose a frontal lighting portrait, due to the even amount of lighting in the image, I felt it was a good one to work with.
STEP 2
I then added a black and white filter to the image, adjusting the red, green, and blue channels accordingly so to achieve the same affect as Ilford XP2 film. Red - 21 Green - 32 Blue - 47. I found these channel mixer recipes when researching, which can be found on my previous Adobe Spark.
STEP 3
After applying the channel mixers to my black and white filter, this is what the image looked like.
STEP 4
I then proceeded to add noise onto my image, giving it an authentic film appearance.
STEP 5
These were the settings I used when adding noise, so to only add a subtle amount, without overdoing it.
STEP 6
This is how the image looks with the added noise.
STEP 7
I then saved my image as a PSD, Saving with all the layers.
STEP 8
This is the settings I used to save my image for print.
STEP 9
These are the settings I used to save my image for web.
EVALUATION
I feel that for using this technique, I got on pretty well as I had done good research beforehand. I feel that by doing my step by step guide here, I will be able to successfully complete this process again with no issues due to it being well explained and pictured. I liked the final outcome of this process as it looked like an authentic film print. I enjoyed learning about this process as it’s always fun to learn how to do new things to make your images different.
