Historic and experimental photographic process emulations recreated as free Lightroom XMP presets. From 1840s daguerreotype and wet plate collodion to modern cross-processing and film soup, these presets reproduce the unique color shifts, tonal palettes, and texture artifacts of analog alternative processes. 25 free presets for creative color grading and film emulation.
presets in Presets/Alternative-Process/
| # | Preset | Character / Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albumen Print | Glossy egg-white coated paper, warm brown-purple tones, 1850s Blanquart-Evrard |
| 2 | Autochrome | Pointillist potato-starch color grain, muted pastel palette, 1903 Lumière |
| 3 | BW Infrared | White glowing foliage, black skies, near-IR spectral response, 720nm+ filter |
| 4 | Bromoil | Bromide print inked with oil pigment, soft charcoal-like texture and brushwork |
| 5 | Calotype | Paper negative aesthetic, soft detail, warm brown tones, 1841 Talbot patent |
| 6 | Cross Process C41→E6 | C-41 negative film in E-6 chemistry, high contrast with warm-orange shift |
| 7 | Cross Process E6→C41 | E-6 slide film developed in C-41 chemistry, strong green-blue color shift |
| 8 | Cyanotype Classic | Prussian blue monochrome, high contrast, 1842 Sir John Herschel process |
| 9 | Cyanotype Tea-Toned | Warm brown-toned cyanotype, split-toned blue/brown shadows via tannic acid |
| 10 | Daguerreotype | Mirror-like polished silver plate, extremely fine detail, 1839 Daguerre |
| 11 | Diana F+ | Lo-fi 120 plastic camera, dreamy blur, vignetted square format, toy camera aesthetic |
| 12 | Film Soup | Boiled, dyed, or soaked negative — unpredictable color stains, warped texture |
| 13 | Gum Bichromate | Soft painterly texture, watercolor-like tonal gradations, pigment process |
| 14 | Holga | Plastic meniscus lens, heavy vignette, soft focus, light leaks, 120 medium format |
| 15 | Lith Print | Infectious development, gritty grain, warm olive-yellow shadow tones |
| 16 | Lomo LC-A | High saturation, vignette-heavy, Minitar 32mm f/2.8 character, Lomography cult |
| 17 | Palladium Print | Warmer than platinum, sepia-brown midtones, velvety deep shadows |
| 18 | Pinhole | Infinite depth of field, soft diffraction, long-exposure stillness, lensless photography |
| 19 | Platinum Print | Matte finish, warm black-to-neutral tones, luminous highlight separation |
| 20 | Redscale | Red-orange-yellow color cast, reversed film layer shooting technique |
| 21 | Salt Print | Matte paper, reddish-brown tones, 1830s Talbot calotype positive process |
| 22 | Solarization | Partial tone reversal, dark Mackie-line halos around highlights, Man Ray style |
| 23 | Van Dyke Brown | Deep chocolate brown, matte finish, iron-silver kallitype process |
| 24 | Wet Plate Ambrotype | Positive image on glass backed with black, milky highlights, soft contrast |
| 25 | Wet Plate Tintype | Positive image on blackened metal, brown-black tones, 1850s collodion |