Getting the film look with Dehancer Photo

Dehancer Photo is film emulation software that gives digital images the look and feel of classic, analogue film. Available as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Capture One, Dehancer Photo includes many popular film emulations (Kodak Portra, Fujicolor Pro, Kodak Ektar, Cinestill, etc) plus unique special effects like colored grain, halation and bloom to create more authentic film looks.

Disclaimer: Dehancer has not sponsored or paid for this video, nor have they had any editorial input. Dehancer provided me with a license for Dehancer Photo for the purposes of creating this video. All opinions are my own.

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0:00 Intro
0:52 Preparing raw images
2:46 User interface
5:00 Film profiles
6:21 Push, Pull
8:14 Source
8:43 Expand
9:26 Print film and paper
11:01 Color head
14:18 Vignette
14:48 Film grain
18:27 Halation
21:07 Bloom
22:21 Motion picture example
25:40 Color negative example
29:46 Room for improvement
32:23 Outro

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[dominey]

Couple of updates after publishing this video:

1) Dehancer Photo is currently macOS only (from what I understand a Windows version is forthcoming). I neglected to mention this in the video.

2) At the time of this review, Dehancer is only accepting payments via cryptocurrency. I was not aware of this prior to making this review, for the company provided me with a license (so I didn't go through their checkout process). Hopefully by the time you read this more purchasing options will be available again.

[CollectedWorx]

You explain complex topics better than any other photography focused channel I've come across. Thank you for you efforts!

[Luke_Wyler]

This was honestly one of the best videos I’ve found on YouTube. This video made me fall in love with photography all over again. It reminded me why we do what we do as photographers and the richness of our craft’s past. Thank you for this incredible video and I look forward to watching more of your content!

[cilus_wanderlust]

HI !
I just found your profile through this video. I really love your excitment and professional - informative style at the same time.
Thanks a lot for the great content :)

[KGeorge-]

Todd, this was a very informative and inspirational video especially to those of us that have shot film and miss it!

[driiver]

Thanks for this! I was running into the muddy color problem!

[samiturunen]

Thanks Todd - Informative review. Quality work. Dehancer definitely got my attention :)

[voidlume]

Amazing explanation as always. I love watching your videos!

[Havenotats]

This is such a comprehensive guide to dehancer photo!
I'm looking to create a video on the tool myself & I will most definitely reference to your video here.

[AndreiRestrepo]

Awesome walkthrough video! Not only did I fully learn how to use Dehancer, but learned a great deal about FIlm Stocks, really appreciate all the knowledge you shared man!

[vidalmateos]

Learned a lot from this video Todd! Thank you so much, and you further informations regarding films were so informative to me! Also listening to your teaching is really chill and comfortable to follow :)

[Daniel_Ilyich]

Minor correction: I believe they suggest to bring the contrast down to 40 and the blacks up to 60. Not that this is critical, but I've noticed it's better when there's more wiggle room in the dark shadow region. They also recommend bringing the exposure down to bring the whites down (it gives a better result than dragging the highlights and whites.

[kaspergaram]

Excellent video, Todd! Thank you, this explains so much about Dehancer.

[venividdivici]

thank you for this great introducing to dehancer :)

[NeilBorg]

That was an excellent review! Wish I could explain film look as well as you do on my own Youtube channel 😅
Thanks for this though, really informative!

[yanyuchan]

Thanks for the great video talking about emulating film looks! May I know which one do you prefer to use between Denhancer and RNI films profile?

[nick]

It’s a great plugin for sure the effects look convincing enough grain, bloom, halation etc but in terms of color RNI is much better, so i use them both combined. The results do turn out quite magical but still even using the very best emulation which is what this is it can only take as like 95% there compared to the real thing. Also I found when preparing the raw file prior to editing I skip the -1 exposure as suggested. Just keep it correctly exposed and -40 contrast +60 blacks.

[Sotangy]

Interesting software, and great video .I've subscribed! Do you know how this compares to DXO or the original VSCO?

[dassonntagskind]

Absolutely love Dehancer for street photography, landscape and artsy stuff but I'm having huge problems with skin tones and portraits. I just can't get it to look right... Any ideas?

[AliSatchu]

Would you recommend over installing RNI profiles that you reviewed 3 years ago?