DxO FilmPack 3 Expert Review

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DxO released version 3 of their FilmPack software earlier in September, with a new user-friendly interface, 10 new film looks, 10 new colour filters and additional colour and black & white conversion controls. The software makes it possible to apply a large range of film effects to pictures and has been developed with expert photographers with many films, such as Kodachrome, no longer available on the market.

DxO FilmPack 3 Expert Features

• Apply the quality, style, colours, and grains of the most famous films rolls to your digital photos
• Up to 60 film renditions are available, with hundreds of possible combinations
• Combine the color rendering of one film with the grain of another
• DxO FilmPack faithfully renders the colours, saturation, contrast, and grain of analog photography on your digital photos
• Quick and easy - the magic of film photography is yours with just a few clicks
• Use DxO FilmPack as a standalone or as a plug-in with DxO Optics Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom or Apple Aperture

DxO FilmPack 3 Expert Performance

The software has been tested both as a standalone program and in Photoshop with both methods easy to use and allow batch processing. Below are example images using each of the films available. Every image is further editable, you can change the colour rendering intensity, basic settings (contrast, saturation, exposure), hue, saturation, lightness, noise removal (luminance and chrominance), film grain (intensity and size) and add a creative vignette (intensity, midpoint, roundness and transition). There are some custom examples at the bottom. These custom settings can be saved and easily applied to other photographs.

Original
Color Positive Film
Agfa Prescia 100	Fuji Astia 100F	Fuji FP 100C	Fuji Provia 100F
Fuji Provia 400F	Fuji Provia 400X	Fuji Sensia 100	Fuji Velvia 50
Generic Fuji Astia 100	Genric Fuji Provia 100	Genric Fuji Velvia 100	Generic Kodak Ektachrome 100 VS
Generic Kodak Ektachrome 64	Kodak E-100 GX Ektachrome 100	Kodak Ektachrome 100 VS	Kodak Elite Chrome 200
Kodak Elite Chrome 400	Kodak Elite ExtraColor 100	Kodak Kodachrome 200	Kodak Kodachrome 25
Kodak Kodachrome 64	Lomography X-Pro Slide 200	Polaroid Polachrome	Polaroid 669
Polariod 690
Color Negative Film
Agfa Ultra Color 100	Agfa Vista 200	Fuji Superia HG 1600	Fuji Superia Reala 100
Fuji Superia X-Tra 800	Fuji Superia 200	Kodak Elite Color 200	Kodak Elite Color 400
Kodak Portra 160 NC	Kodak Portra 160 VC	Lomography Redscale 100
Black & White Film
Agfa APX 100	Agfa APX 25	Fuji Neopan 1600	Fuji Neopan Acros 100
Ilford Delta 100	Ilford Delta 3200	Ilford Delta 400	Ilford FP4 Plus 125
Ilford HP5 Plus 400	Ilford HPS 800	Ilford Pan F Plus 50	Ilford XP2
Kodak BW 400 CN	Kodak HIE (High Speed Infrared)	Kodak HIE filtered (High Speed Infrared)	Kodak T-Max 100
Kodak T-Max 3200	Kodak T-Max 400	Kodak Tri-X 400	Polaroid 664
Polaroid 667	Polaroid 672	Rollei IR 400	Rollei Ortho 25
Rollei Retro 100 Tonal	Rollei Retro 80s
Cross Processed Film
Cross processed - Fuji Superia 200	Cross processed - Kodak Elite 100
Custom presets
Sample 1	Sample 2

DxO FilmPack 3 Expert Verdict

The DxO FilmPact 3 Expert software can be considered fairly expensive at £79.00, but similar software, such as Nik Software Color Efex Pro 4 is priced at $199, around £125. If you have a particular fondness for the effects capable when shooting with your old film camera, the FilmPack software is ideal to recreate the effects in your pictures.

DxO FilmPack 3 Expert Pros

Lots of films available
Easy to use
A good range of customisable options

DxO FilmPack 3 Expert Cons

Quite expensive

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DxO FilmPack 3 is available in two editions, Essential and Expert, which differ in terms of available film renderings and features. DxO FilmPack 3 Essential Edition is currently available for £49 while the Expert version is priced at £79. If you have DxO FilmPack 1 or 2 you can upgrade for £29. A free trial is also available on the DxO website.