H&D Curves

[kintatsu]

Has anyone here converted a digital image by matching the inverse of the image to the H&D curves of a given film? I've found some great results using curves from Provia, Polaroid T55, and other curves/data.

Just curiosity.

[Manfred M]

Could you please post some examples and explanation as to the effect you are getting here. I assume you are trying for more of a film look?

[Richard Lundberg]

I'm sure there's an app for that, I don't remember the name. It might be one of the onOne products or DxO.

[kintatsu]

Actually, I've used the published curves of several films with some of my photos. I've found the look is quite close. I was just wondering if anyone else has tried this.

I like using the actually H&D curve data, then once that part is finished, if you really want, you can try to match it to the curves of a given paper. Paper cuurves are harder to find, though.

Here's one done as a Polaroid PN T-55 using first the negative curves, then the print curves from Polaroid, to match the look of a print from that film.

[Bobobird]

Newbie question - where do you get the curves data?

[kintatsu]

Newbie question - where do you get the curves data?

I downloaded the data from Kodak for their films, Agfa has a booklet for theirs, and Fuji's was from their site. Google for any other films you may want to check out.