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Effect

Film Instant

Instant camera colour, soft edges and characteristic fade.

Edwin Land demonstrated one-step photography to the Optical Society of America in 1947, and Polaroid's Model 95 went on sale in Boston in 1948. Early prints were peeled apart after a timed development; the SX-70 system of 1972 ejected an integral colour print that developed in daylight without peeling.

Instant film's soft contrast, chemical quirks and white frame became a visual shorthand for memory and immediacy. This effect leans into that colour and fade without needing a working pack of film.

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Properties

  • Instant Film LUT

    Range
    Polaroid PX-680, Polaroid PX-680 Warm, Polaroid Time Zero Expired, Polaroid 669, Polaroid 669 Underexposed, Polaroid 690, Polaroid 690 Underexposed, Polaroid PX-70, Polaroid PX-70 Underexposed, Fuji FP-100C, Polaroid 690 Warm, Fuji FP-100C Cool, Fuji FP-100C Underexposed
    Default
    Polaroid Time Zero Expired

  • Amount

    Range
    0, 0 to 2, 2
    Default
    1.085, 1.131

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --effect film-instant --set d_lut=2 --set amounts=1.0849,1.1307 -i input.jpg -o output.png

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