Visual Supply Co., more affectionately referred to as VSCO, has built an empire around its impressive collection of film emulation presets. To date, the Oakland-based company offers seven complete collections of film presets for desktop editing software, each of which encompasses a specific collection of presets inspired by various film stocks, both new and old.
Individually, these preset packs sell for $59, which seems a fair price to pay for the amount of work that’s gone into each respective pack. The problem is, it’ll take some thought to figure out what specific pack best fits your needs as a photographer, because different packs work best depending on the style of photography they’re being used on.
To prevent buyer’s remorse, VSCO has put together a little sampler pack for newbies just getting into the game. Appropriately titled “VSCO Film Essentials,” the pack features a hand-selected collection of the most popular film emulations from each of the seven complete collections VSCO offers.
Below are the film stock emulations included in the pack, sorted by the complete package they represent:
Film 01
- TRI-X
- Kodak Portra 800
Film 02
- Fuji Neopan 1600
- Kodak Portra 400 UC
Film 03
- Fuji FP–100c
Film 04
- Fuji Astia 100
- Fuji Provia 400X
Film 05
- Agfa Vista 100
- Kodak Gold 200
Film 06
- Fuji 400H+1
- Kodak Portra 160 +1
Film 07
- Agfa Portrait XPS 160
- Ilford Pan F 50
- Kodak Ektar 25
Like VSCO’s seven other offerings, this particular pack costs $59 and works within Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw. To purchase the VSCO Film Essentials pack, you can head on over to VSCO’s online store.
If you want to take an incredibly comprehensive look at every film pack VSCO has to offer, Nate Photographic has provided an absolutely astonishing VSCO Film Guide.
