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  Julian Smith Soft Film Look

  Posted by Alexander Hawke on January 22, 2012 at 2:45 pm

  Hi, I’m making some research for a high school project involving different and experimental color grading techniques in film and television.

  Currently I’ve been mostly impressed by the “soft, slightly vintage film look” of the popular YouTuber Julian Smith. How he preserves detail, and still produces a pretty flat and soft look. Apparently he shoots with a 5D mkII, probably with CineStyle, various lenses and pretty simple light setups, but that’s my guesses.

  Sample images:

  

  

  

  Now I’ve been trying to mimic the look with the 5D mkII, similar practical equipment and Magic Bullet Suite 11 with looks and colorista, though I cannot wrap my head around how to produce such a remarkable grade. There fore I ask if anyone is able to explain how to achieve this fantastic look as I’d love to present it in class.

  Links to sample videos:
  https://youtu.be/ukr1WBdXI9M
  https://youtu.be/Mj00ii1BLV8
  https://youtu.be/iubJ-XSL9go

  Thanks!

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  Amr Elshamy replied 13 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Kevin Monahan

  January 23, 2012 at 10:20 pm

  Don’t know the precise “recipe” but I tell you, it looks like the midtones are pushed to white. Try a Color Corrector effect and push midtones (gamma, or Input Gray Level) towards white and see if that doesn’t give you a starting point.

  https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSADD77271-CFC3-48fe-B973-03DF5754F177a.html

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  Alexander Hawke

  January 25, 2012 at 4:05 pm

  Thank you Kevin, it does smooth out the image a bit, while still maintaining a certain contrast and detail, I’m fiddling around with it for now, trying to figure the whole thing out. If you come across something more or figure out a hint, please let me know!

  Thanks,
  /Alex
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  Kevin Fabrizio

  January 31, 2012 at 8:29 pm

  Hey! I’ve been trying to achieve this look for months as well. Have you figured out how he gets it? If not, has anyone else?
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  Amr Elshamy

  February 4, 2013 at 4:38 pm

  I really Try too but no hope… I even try some stand alone programs but no come up right, so if you get any thoughts to reach this look let as know !

  Amr ELshamy
  https://www.hotamr.com

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