Image by Celia Kelly
Edited with Quest 55 SuperEight
Quest 55 SuperEight Lightroom presets bring the imperfection and magic of Super8 film to your digital edits, with Super8 film borders, soft focus, gritty grain, and unpredictable quirks such as light leaks, dust, and scratches.
Those effects and tools are included in the preset collection, but you can take your SuperEight edits even further with the following Quest Tools for Lightroom!
Whether you want more variety in filmic edits or different effect options, try these Lightroom preset toolsets with your Quest 55 SuperEight edits!
Filmic Dust & Scratch Presets for Lightroom
Dust & scratches are characteristic of Super8 film, not of the format itself, but a byproduct of age, handling, and projectors used to watch Super8 videos or film stills. Dust and lint cling to the film while it’s being exposed, developed, or projected, and every time the film is handled over time, it can pick up small scratches or debris, lending to the imperfect character we know and love about Super8.
Image by Flora Gibson Photography
Edited with Quest 55 SuperEight and Quest Tools 03 - Dust & Scratches
Borders for Lightroom that Emulate Film
One of the most recognizable features of Super8 film is its distinctive and charming film border. Super8 film has thin, black lines that separate each frame, which are visible when you look at the raw film strip or a full-frame scan. It can also have one small rectangular sprocket hole per frame. The film stock might include Kodak edge codes or frame numbers printed along the edge. Sometimes light leaks, scratches, or chemical streaks appear near the edges, contributing to the organic look.
Image by Matt Pocknell Photogaphy
Edited with Quest 55 SuperEight and Quest Tools 07 - Filmic Borders
Iconic Light Leak Presets
Light leaks are one of the most evocative traits of Super8 film, beautiful imperfections that come from the nature of analog film handling. Light leaks happen when unintended light enters the camera body or film cartridge, exposing part of the film in an irregular pattern. In color film, they show up as orange, reds, yellows, and pinks because the film emulsion is hypersensitive to those tones. they can look like streaks, flares, bursts, or hazy washes of color or light that fade across the frame, usually at the edges or corners.
Image by Flora Gibson Photography
Edited with Quest 55 SuperEight and Quest Tools 08 - ExF Light Leaks
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Whether you’re editing your photos with the Quest 55 SuperEight preset collection by itself, or adding extra filmic magic to your edits with the aforementioned Quest toolsets, we hope you enjoy the nostalgic and unpredictable fun of SuperEight!
Don’t miss out on the BONUS LUTS FOR VIDEO that go with the SuperEight Presets! Match your video edits to your photos easily with these video editing LUTs!