RNI film presets for lightroom

RNI film presets for Lightroom

Really Nice Images, RNI, in short, make film and Instagram inspired presets for Adobe Lightroom. They currently offer two vintage film preset collections for professional use and four bundles with emulations the based on the Instagram application for mobile devices. The main difference is that the pro Iconic films 2.1 and Faded Films 2.1 offer high-resolution support, limited only by your camera’s max RAW resolution, whilst the Instagram based presets are meant mainly for used on jpeg’s.

None of the RNI film presets are expensive: the Pro bundles cost $39,99 each ($68,98 when you purchase them together), the Instant $19,99 or $29,98 bundled. I’d say they are worth the money, my preference going to the Iconic Films 2.1 packages, which presets look very close to the original emulated films. Let’s take a look at all the bundles I’ve tested. I started from basic RAW images from the Sony A7r for all of them.

Iconic Films 2.1

A collection of 66 films presets representing the most recognised films from all major brands like Fuji, Agfa, Ilford and Kodak. RNI precisely analysed the real original films for this collection to give you a superior professional tool to simulate look and feel of your favourite films in Lightroom just in one click.

Colour Slide emulations:

RNI film presets for lightroom

slide KODAK E200 Alt

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slide KODAK E200

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slide FUJI FORTIA SP Warm

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slide FUJI FORTIA SP HC

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slide FUJI FORTIA SP COOL

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slide FUJI FORTIA SP

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slide AGFACHROME 1978

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slide AGFA RSX Aged

Colour negative emulations:

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negative ROLLEI DIGIBASE Warmer

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negative ROLLEI DIGIBASE Warm

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negative ROLLEI DIGIBASE Extra DR

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negative ROLLEI DIGIBASE Cool

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negative ROLLEI DIGIBASE

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negative KODAK PORTA 160 Warm

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negative KODAK PORTA 160 Print

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negative KODAK PORTA 160 Expired

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negative KODAK PORTA 160 Alt 2

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negative KODAK PORTA 160 Alt

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negative KODAK PORTA 160

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negative KODAK ELITE CHROME EXPIRED

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negative KODAK ELITE CHROME DR2

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negative KODAK ELITE CHROME DR

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negative KODAK ELITE CHROME

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negative KODAK EKTAR Red

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negative KODAK EKTAR Green

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negative KODAK EKTAR Alt 2

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negative KODAK EKTAR Alt

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negative KODAK EKTAR 100

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negative KODAK EKTACHROME Warm

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negative KODAK EKTACHROME HC

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negative KODAK EKTACHROME FADED

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negative KODAK EKTACHROME COOL

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negative KODAK EKTACHROME

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negative KODAK COLOR 400

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negative KODAK COLOR 200

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negative KODACHROME 1958 faded

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negative KODACHROME 1958

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negative KODACHROME 60s Warm

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negative KODACHROME 60s_

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negative KODACHROME 50s Warm

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negative KODACHROME 50s Cool

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negative KODACHROME 40s Faded

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negative KODACHROME 40s

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negative FUJI SUPERIA 1600

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negative FUJI SUPERIA 800

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negative FUJI SUPERIA 400

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negative FUJI SUPERIA 200

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negative FUJI PRO 800Z

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negative AGFA VISTA 100 warm

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negative AGFA VISTA 100

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negative AGFA 100F print

Colour Instant emulations

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instant POLAROID 690 Faded

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instant POLAROID 690

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instant POLAROID 669 Warm

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instant POLAROID 669 Cold

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instant POLAROID 669

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instant POLAROID 600

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instant Fuji INSTAX MINI 8

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instant Fuji FP 100C Warm Fade

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instant Fuji FP 100C Cool Fade

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instant Fuji FP 100C Alt

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instant Fuji FP 100C

Black and white emulations

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BW ILFORD DELTA 800

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BW ILFORD DELTA 100

BW ILFORD DELTA 3200

BW ILFORD DELTA 3200

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BW ILFORD DELTA 400

 Film Essentials / correction tools

This bundle also has a Film Essentials and correction tools section that provides quick control over contrast, grain, vignette and slide frame effect.

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Vignette +2

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Vignette +1

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Vignette

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Smart contrast +2

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Smart contrast +1

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Smart contrast -2

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Smart contrast -1

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slide film white

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slide film black

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grain 1600

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grain 800

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grain 400

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grain 200

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grain 100

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Fade +3

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Fade +2

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Fade +1

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Fade

 

Faded Films 2.1

This bundle is inspired by  photographic films and prints. Nostalgic, warm, faded, under- and over processed, with grain and beautiful colour deviations. This collection of presets is based on their long study of vast amount of real archive samples, the study of pieces of personal history and the study of human beings, their memories, their feelings, their love.

Film Presets

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ABERDEEN

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ABBEYROAD

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711

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Ando

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BARNESBRIDGE

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BROCK-02

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BROCK-03

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CHESTER

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DECEMBER 1974

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FADEDFLOWER

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FADEDFLOWER COLD

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FADEDFLOWER HC

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HERST&ANNA

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INTERSTATE 76

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LIMBO MONOCHROME

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LOMO CROSS

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LOMO CROSS 2

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LOMO CROSS 3

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LOMO CROSS 4

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LOMO CROSS 5

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MANOR HOUSE 92

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MANOR HOUSE 93

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MANOR HOUSE 96

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MANOR HOUSE 98

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MANOR HOUSE 99

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NEENA

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NIAGARA87

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NIAGARA88

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NIAGARA88 cool

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NIAGARA88 cool HC

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NIAGARA88 cooler

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NIAGARA88 fade

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NIAGARA88 green

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SANDY

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SCHNEIDERS ARCHIVE

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SOLARIS

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SVEMA

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UTAH MONOCHROME

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WILLOW

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WINDCLIFFE

 

Instagram Presets For Lightroom

INSTA 1 bundle

This is a package of presets designed to emulate filters of the first versions of Instagram app. It is a collection of 16 creative Lightroom presets emulating look & feel of the earliest filters of Instagram version 1. All the presets are developed by digital imaging experts using GretagMacbeth colour matching techniques and optimised for using in sRGB colour space to give you the best possible result.

RNI film presets for lightroom

Lord Kelvin

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1977

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Gotham

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Nashville

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Poprocket

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Apollo

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Hefe

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Walden

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Inkwell

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Branan

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Toaster

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Lily

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Sutro

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Earlybird

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Lomo-fi

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X-Pro II

INSTA 3 preset bundle

This package is designed to emulate filters of the latest versions of Instagram app. There are 19 creative Lightroom presets emulating look & feel of Instagram 3.x filters. All the presets are developed by digital imaging experts using GretagMacbeth colour matching techniques and optimised for using in sRGB colour space to give you the best possible result.

RNI film presets for lightroom

Amaro

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kelvin

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1977

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Nashville

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Hefe

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Walden

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Inkwell

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Brannan

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Toaster

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Sutro

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EarlyBird 3

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Lo-Fi

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Willow

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Sierra

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X-Pro

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Valencia

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Hudson

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Rise

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Mayfair

Conclusion

As you can see by looking at these examples, RNI film presets can be very convincing in emulating 20th-century films. The best thing is that they work directly in Lightroom, so you don’t need to go to an external editor to get the look and feel of vintage film. All the presets are also fully editable and customizable, so you can tweak your pictures to have exactly the look you want.

As I mentioned before, I especially like the Icon Films 2.1 package, as this seems as close to vintage film as I’ve seen in any other preset collection like VSCO or Exposure. Although I think it is not possible to directly compare any of them, as they each have a unique flavour and different usage for me anyway. I’d go for RNI film presets if I need a fast and very accurate film emulation though.

wim arys

Wim Arys is a photographer from Belgium Europe with a passion for mirrorless cameras.

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2 Responses

  1. Dara says:

    Thanks Wim

    Fantastic review and really good stuff.

    I do portraits and weddings and tried several film-simulating packages for lightroom but nothing stands close to RNI Iconic Films yet.

    Especially like their Kodak Elite Chrome. It looks like it reveals lots of subtle color halftones hidden in the image. Something that, i thought, only the real film can do.

    • wim arys says:

      Cheers Dara, I really like the fast workflow in Lightroom too. You don’t wan’t to go to an external program if you’re doing 300+ photos for something like a wedding…

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