I created the Color Response Curves preset packs to quietly bring film-like tonality to your digital photos. It leans on classic color-response behavior like gentle highlight rolloff, a forgiving shadow lift, and subtle per-channel shifts — so images gain a calm, filmic feel without looking overcooked. Designed and tested for people who prefer edits that support their photos and let them shine without stealing the scene.

The first set contains the basic color films focused on getting a nostalgic look from the 90s. This pack includes some of the most popular film stocks available in that period. Kodak Portra 200, Fujifilm Superia 200, Fujifilm Provia 200, and Kodak Gold 200

• Kodak Portra 200 — gentle, warm skin tones with soft highlight rolloff and low-contrast midtones; great for portraits and lifestyle work when you want a subtle, flattering film look.
• Fujifilm Superia 200 — slightly punchier greens and cooler shadows with modest contrast; well-suited to everyday color scenes and travel photography.
• Fujifilm Color 200 — neutral, refined color balance with crisp midtone detail and a restrained highlight shoulder; ideal for scenes where accurate, clean color is important.
• Kodak Gold 200 — warmer overall palette, richer yellows and reds, and a touch more contrast for a nostalgic, saturated snapshot vibe.

The colors you will get with these film emulation camera profiles are on the neutral side of things and will produce very pleasant looks, as these film stocks were intended for general use, so any camera owner can use them back in daylight. They are filled with nostalgia and produce a very recognizable look. They were widely used, and people know these color palettes without even realizing it.

What are Color Response Curves?

Color Response Curves is a way to map out how the different color layers of film react to light, giving each film stock its unique look. I painstakingly recreated these curves from complex film emulations inside Davinci Resolve and baked them into easy-to-use Lightroom Camera profiles so you can use them to give your photos the film vibes without taking over your Lightroom sliders, so you can now fine-tune the tones in your images while retaining the nostalgic filmic hues.

It's basically like picking a film stock after you have already taken the photo, and you also have the power to influence the rest of the film properties afterwards. They're not magic, but man, they make film emulation feel like a breeze.

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And if you want ot learn even more about color response curves, check out my article: https://vmoldo.com/film-colors/

In the video industry, there are already many techniques for bringing the characteristics of famous film stocks into digital workflows. But as photographers, we’re still catching up in that department. To bridge this gap, I’ve adapted DaVinci Resolve’s film emulation LUTs to Lightroom by reversing their Color Response Curves.

Using Color Response Curves, you can bring those same classic tones and color nuances into your photography editing environment while maintaining the possibility to edit your images however you see fit.

What is included?

After purchasing this set, you will receive three folders:

• The first contains camera profiles with the color response curves baked into them. This will provide a great starting point for your edits, with the characteristics of the film stock imbued in it, but will allow you to use all the Lightroom settings you might want to create your final look. Keep in mind, these will be applied first before your basic raw file edits
• The second folder holds presets that provide a quick way to apply those profiles in Lightroom from the preset menus. If you prefer browsing through the camera profiles directly in Lightroom’s menus, you don't need to install these. However, for faster previewing, I find it easier to have them as presets as well.
• The third folder contains the actual curves designed for the tone curve panel. I recommend pairing these with either the Adobe Neutral or Adobe Standard profiles for optimal results. Mixing them with Adobe Color will result in oversaturated images with way too much contrast. The main difference between using camera profiles versus curves is the order in which they get applied. These edits will be applied after the basic adjustments you made to the RAW file.

For optimal results, I recommend applying the camera profiles as early as possible in your editing process, right after you set a proper white balance for your images.

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The Color Response Curves are not a 1-click preset!

Please note that these are custom response curves saved as camera profiles, not a one-click preset. They are great building blocks that will help you create nostalgic film emulations with amazing colors, but you will still have to make basic adjustments to your RAW files to bring the best out of your photos, add grain, and create the complete look.

INSTALLATION:

Copy the .xmp files to the specific folder:

Windows: C:Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings

macOS: User Library>Application Support>Adobe>CameraRaw> Settings

You can make as many subfolders and organize the files however you see fit, as Lightroom won't care and will load everything inside the folder

WARNING: Your Lightroom Version has to be somewhat recent. This won't work with versions of Lightroom that do not have a curve panel inside their masks.

To learn how to add any presets to Lightroom, you can follow these steps:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/kb/faq-install-presets-profiles.html

Purchase of these Lightroom presets and Camera profiles grants the buyer a personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to use the presets. This license strictly prohibits resale, redistribution, or sharing of the presets in their original or any modified form, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes.