30+ Best Film Presets for Lightroom

We get a lot of requests for film Lightroom presets. Many of you seem to like that vintage or retro look. It is not surprising, though! We totally understand the timeless appeal of this aesthetic. Nothing beats its charm and drama. Maybe it’s the added nostalgic feel, too.

Here are the top film presets that we have on our website that can easily add effects that look like film. These are all in color: think vintage and retro analog cameras. You get the typical soft look but in varied tones. You can experiment with different styles with this preset selection.

You may also notice that many of them can be used for all types of photography, regardless of lighting conditions. The beauty of using these presets is that you can set the style that you want and tweak it from there. You can, therefore, adjust it to complement every photo’s characteristics. For example, if your shot needs more brilliant light regions, you can easily set both Whites and Highlights sliders.

If you prefer to try Lightroom black and white presets, we also prepared a dedicated list of the very best ones we have.

Kodak Presets for Lightroom

Portra 160

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Kodak Portra 160 Style, Matte Tones

Portra 160 free preset gives digital photos the popular look of the Kodak Portra 160 film. Its versatile effect can be used across all styles of photography. Its cool hues and tempered intensity look great on portraits and various outdoor scenes.

All Gold Everything

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Soft, Golden Warmth, Muted Highlights

All Gold Everything free Lightroom preset will give you the look of the Kodak Gold ISO200 film. You get the overall warm retro look with blends of sunny golds and magenta.

Kodak Funtime

Best for: Well-Lit Scenes, Natural Light
Style: Retro, Warm, Light, Instant Film

Kodak Funtime is a free classic film preset that gives photos the charming retro film effect of Kodak’s single-use camera. It helps add a layer of nostalgia and fun to your photos with its warm and light hues.

Ektar 100

Best for: Outdoors and Travel Photos
Style: Vibrant, Matte

Ektar 100 free preset simulates the stunning vivid colors of the iconic Kodak Ektar 100 film. It does an amazing job in replicating the iconic analog look all for free. It has a unique and captivating blend of intense hues and subdued tones. If you want punchy colors along with the unmistakable analog film look, Ektar 100 is the preset to go for.

Ektachrome

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Classic Film, Soft Matte, Cool Tones

Ektachrome free preset recreates the iconic look of the Kodak Ektachrome film. You get the soft matte texture that is reminiscent of documentaries and published shots with historical significance.

Fuji Lightroom Presets

FujiColor 400 C

Best for: Outdoor, Natural Light
Style: Cool Tones, Light, Matte, Analog Film

FujiColor 400 C free preset gives your digital photos the desaturated look of images taken with old analog cameras. It also has distinct cool tones that accentuate every element of the shot.

FujiColor 400 W

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Warm Tones, Analog Film, Matte

FujiColor 400 W free preset produces a retro film look with elegant magenta hues. It also applies subtle tints to accurately replicate the accentuating tones of the film.

FujiColor 400 N

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Neutral Tones, Natural Colors, Analog Film, Matte

FujiColor 400 N free film preset recreates the look of the Fujicolor film in neutral color temperature. It ensures that you get the charming analog aesthetic without distorting colors and tones. If you want to have the retro aesthetic while keeping the natural look, this is the best film preset to use.

Lightroom Polaroid Preset

Spectra

Best for: Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Low Contrast, Soft, Polaroid Aesthetic

Spectra free film preset recreates the look of the Polaroid Spectra especially for digital images. In one click, your photos can get the charming aesthetic of Polaroids.

SX-70

Best for: Diffused Lighting
Style: Soft, Vintage, Polaroid Aesthetic

SX-70 free film preset makes any digital photo look like an old-school Polaroid print. It copies the instant camera aesthetic of the popular Polaroid SX-70.

SX-7000

Best for: Portraits, Versatile
Style: Warm, Brown, Film

SX-7000 is a free preset that captures the golden brown aesthetic of a retro Polaroid. Even with its retro tones, the preset retains much of the photo’s clarity. It is great for portraits as well.

Fuji Superia Presets

Superia 100

Best for: Natural Light, Outdoors
Style: Warm, Natural Vibrance

Superia 100 free emulation preset is inspired by the Fuji Superia film with ISO 100. This creates a film look with warm and mild tones. You can expect the resulting image to have deep and well-defined colors.

Superia 400

Best for: Daylight Photography (Versatile)
Style: Balanced, Vivid Tones

This Superia 400 free preset is brighter than its lower ISO sibling above. It has the similar Superia film aesthetic, now balanced with more light. You get crisper and more vivid tones as well. To account for the film’s greater light sensitivity, you will notice some film grains, too.

Superia 800

Best for: Versatile, Diffused Light
Style: Film-Grain, Matte, Vibrant

This Superia 800 free preset replicates the look of the Superia film but with high ISO, the highest among the three. This means the you get milder tones with grainier textures. These effects come together to create an even more convincing film look.

Vintage Lightroom Presets

1985

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Magenta Hues, Soft Blues

1985 free preset recreates the subtle magenta tones and pastel blues of 1980’s films. It makes them look timeless and cinematic in one go. Even with its subdued tones, the preset still produces rich colors and balanced tones.

1970s

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Yellow Tones, Old Film, Cinematic

1970s free preset brings back the 1970s home video effect to your photos by adding rich yellowish hues to undersaturated colors. It also sets the tone curve to recreate that nostalgic aged film look.

Warm Retro

Best for: Diffused Lighting
Style: Soft, Matte, Retro

Warm Retro free preset adds elegantly blended warm tones to create a stunning timeless look. Like most vintage photos, this free preset produces brighter but slightly muted images. Its soft aesthetic adds to its unique appeal.

Vintage Garden

Best for: Gardens and Landscapes
Style: Undersaturated, Light, Old Film

Vintage Garden free preset brings the muted yet elegant style of old gardening books to your digital photos. It applies a series of adjustments to colors and tones to authentically recreate the iconic style. The result is a classic aesthetic that looks like film.

Utah

Best for: Landscapes, Outdoor Shots, Travel
Style: Retro Film, Analog, Bluish Tone, Soft Colors

Utah free Lightroom preset that enhances landscape elements and applies beautiful classic film tones. Its does a great job recreating the charming style of analog photography. Just look at its retro-like tones and blueish hues.

Viva 665

Best for: Indoor and Outdoor, Natural Light
Style: Warm Brown, Vintage Tones

Viva 665 free preset produces a beautiful retro look and feel by coating images with a delicate brown tone. Even if it’s distinctly vintage in style, it does not wash out tones. It retains the depth and detail of the original shot.

Old Gloomy Film

Best for: Outdoor Photography, Natural Light
Style: Cross-Processed, Old Film, Vintage

Old Gloomy Film is the free film preset to use if you want to recreate the iconic look of Lomo cameras. The aesthetic is also similar to cross-processed photos. Its tones and colors produce a nostalgic and artistic look.

Vintage Vixen

Best for: Natural Light, Portrait, Landscapes, Travel
Style: Warm Retro, Fine Grain, Matte

Vintage Vixen is a free Lightroom preset that creates a warm retro style. The preset simulates the classic light and grainy look that is often seen in analog film photos. We highly recommend it for outdoor portraits.

Yellow Dream

Best For: Diffused Natural Light, Outdoors
Style: Vintage, Warm Motif, Yellow Tones

Yellow Dream free warm film preset produces warm vintage colors and soft but accentuated tones. It can be used to add a nostalgic atmosphere on photos, from outdoor portraits to landscapes.

79th

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Soft, Matte, Magenta Hues, Vintage

79th free preset can give any shot a retro feel with its light magenta hues. Its look is close to Polaroid film, but with a light magenta. This is a must-try if you are looking for a unique take on a warm vintage motif.

The One

Best for: Outdoor Portraits, Travel Photos
Style: Rich Warm Browns, Teal Hues, Detailed

The One free preset produces a gorgeous blend of teal and brown tones. The result looks incredible on outdoor portraits! It’s just amazing how its rich brown tones enhance skin colors, while its teal hues produce dramatic landscapes. It is exactly this unique color motif that sets it apart from other vintage film presets.

Portrait Film Presets

Dark Dream

Best for: Urban Portraits
Style: Vintage, Cinematic, Dim, Matte, Soft, Natural

Dark Dream is a free Lightroom preset that gives photos a dark and dreamy feel because of its soft matte tones. This preset actually has a light vintage film look, unlike what its name suggests. It creates this wonderful blend of tones for a mysterious and moody atmosphere.

Cross Processed Film Presets

Cross Processed

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Soft, Warm, Cross Processed Tones

Cross Processed free preset makes it possible for your digital photos to look, as the name suggests, like they were cross-processed. With it, you now do not need to have an analog camera and manually develop slide films to get this artistic retro style.

Cross-Processing

Best for: Versatile, Portraits
Style: Vibrant, Film, Green Hues

Cross-Processing free preset coats photos with warm green tones to make them look cross-processed. Unlike some film emulation presets, this one still produces vibrant colors. It even complements the stylish retro aesthetic.

Outdoor Film Presets

Colormatic 100

Best for: Outdoor, Landscapes, Travel Photography
Style: Bright, High-Contrast, Matte

Colormatic 100 free preserves the natural look of photos and adds a film style by tweaking the lights and colors. You get bright and vibrant photos. Unlike other film presets, this brings out details, making it all the more ideal for outdoor and travel photography.

Film Fanatic

Best for: Outdoors, Bright Scenes
Style: Matte, Soft Colors, Undersaturated

This Film Fanatic preset can easily give outdoor shots an authentic film look. You really get the most of its charming film tones when applied to images with diffused lighting. We just love its gentle cool hues, matte look, and light glow.

Black and White Film Presets

B&W Orange Filter

Best for: Outdoor, Landscapes, Cityscapes, Urban Spaces, Street Photography
Style: Brilliant, Wide Tonal Range

B&W Orange Filter is the preset you should use if you want to have the orange filter effect without having to invest in any gear. It converts colored images to high-contrast black and white as it recreates the look of photos shot through an orange filter.

B&W Infrared

Best for: Outdoor Scenes, Detailed Photos, Landscapes
Style: Deeply Toned, Brilliant

B&W Infrared free preset is a simulation of black and white infrared photography. It produces monochromatic images that are bright and deeply toned, the exact look that you get when shooting with an infrared filter.

Mono Fade

Best for: Outdoor Photography, Portraits, Landscapes, Cityscapes
Style: Soft Tones, Crisp Details

Mono Fade free preset has a unique film aesthetic that reminds us of newsprint. Even with the fade effect, the preset keeps details crisp and clear. It only softens the tones to produce a convincing analog film look.

Fujifilm Neopan

Best for: Versatile, Indoor and Outdoor
Style: Deep Browns or Sepia, Rich Tones, Analog Film

Fujifilm Neopan free copies the iconic tones of the Fujifilm Neopan film. You will notice it for its deep chocolate browns and defined midtones. Its versatile and professional aesthetic looks great on portraits, landscapes, and other types of photography.

Featured Premium Film Presets for Lightroom

These stylish and high-quality film presets by our friends at KIIN create professional looks. The analog style is so authentic and finely tuned! Not only that but these sets are also designed to also produce a cohesive aesthetic that’s perfect for an Instagram feed or blog. Highly recommended.

10 Polaroid Presets for Lightroom Mobile and Desktop

This Polaroid preset collection by KIIN contains 10 professional presets with polaroid looks that can fit any shot! This is by far the most authentic-looking Polaroid preset collection that we have come across.

Here’s a tip: take an image with flash to produce a more retro look and feel!

See more examples on KIIN’s website by clicking the button below.

7 Vintage Lightroom Presets for Mobile and Desktop

KIIN’s new Vintage preset pack creates a classic retro film look that has an elegant color motif. This alone is enough to make your feed timelessly cohesive.

Plus, the aesthetic is stylishly romantic! We love how the tones don’t look washed out, just tweaked and balanced to create that undeniable analog film style. The results look very professional each time.

You can find more sample photos on KIIN’s website: