DxO FilmPack for Landscapes

[David Jones]

For some reason (possibly because I bought Optics Pro) DxO recently gave me an upgrade to the Expert version of their FilmPack software so I have been taking another look at it. The application works rather well as a plug-in in Aperture so that helps.

I have a weakness for clouds - I could sit and watch them all day, and I tend to try to photograph them quite a lot. The results rarely match up to my expectations but I will keep trying and learning.

I like the way this render has worked out; it applies the Ilford Pan F Plus® 50 emulation with Gold toning. To my eyes the toning captures some of the ambience of the sea as it is around our British Isles: beautiful but cold and dangerous if you do not show it respect.


_DSC0851 by berriff, on Flickr

Sony Alpha 57 with Sony f/1.8 35mm prime; ISO 100, f/8, 1/1600. I forgot to switch back to RAW (no excuse - it was there in the viewfinder) so this is from a colour JPEG processed in Aperture and then DxO FilmPack.

 

[Pete Askew]

That is nice David and the processing choice well I think. I too have Filmpack although I mostly use SilverFX at the moment. The one area where I think Filmpack is better is in the toning as it is more like what you expect for film.

 

[David Jones]

Thank Pete. I have no doubt that Silver FX is the most powerful and flexible of the tools available as I see from the results in this forum. I am still finding my own direction at the moment and I have a few other skills to master before thinking about buying yet more software!