Portra 400 Film Preset by Lou & Marks is a preset designed to emulate the timeless, classic look of the Kodak Portra 400 film stock. It's the top preset of 2025 and will be your go-to preset for all your photography.
Features Our Kodak Portra 400 Film Preset
Kodak Portra 400 is known for its natural color reproduction, soft skin tones, and medium to low contrast, making it a popular choice for portrait, wedding, and lifestyle photography. This preset aims to bring those signature film-like qualities into your digital images, giving them a classic feel. Here are the top features of our Portra 400 preset:
1. Natural Color
The Portra 400 preset helps mimic the film’s renowned color balance, with warm and neutral tones. Expect to see soft greens, warm yellows, and muted reds, all of which give your photos a vintage feel while keeping the colors true-to-life.
2. Soft & Flattering Skin Tones
This preset is especially popular for portrait photography as it enhances skin tones, giving them a soft, smooth appearance. Skin is rendered naturally, without looking overly edited, making it ideal for weddings, family portraits, and engagement photos.
3. Film Grain Effect
One of the hallmarks of Portra 400 film is its subtle grain, which gives photos an organic quality. This preset recreates that effect, adding a fine grain texture to your photos, which contributes to the overall film-like aesthetic.
4. Gentle Contrast & Soft Highlights
The preset’s low contrast and soft highlights help maintain a classic film look, where highlights are not overly harsh and shadows retain detail. This results in a softer, more forgiving image than modern digital edits, mimicking the feel of film photography.
5. Classic Film Colors
As with the actual Kodak Portra 400 film, the preset emphasizes vibrant yet muted colors. Greens from foliage, blues in the sky, and reds or yellows in clothing or objects are subtly enhanced without becoming too punchy. The look is subtle and refined, perfect for those who want to keep their images authentic.
Best Uses For Portra 400 Presets
This preset works well for a variety of photography types, including portrait, lifestyle, wedding, and travel photography. It can also be used for landscape photos, as it helps bring out natural tones. Here are the top uses for Portra 400 presets:
1. Portrait Photography
The soft and flattering skin tones make this preset perfect for any type of portrait photography. Whether you're capturing engagement photos, family portraits, or headshots, it will provide a beautiful and natural look.
2. Wedding Photography
The medium to low contrast and natural colors make it ideal for wedding photography, especially if you're going for a classic authentic vibe. The film-like grain adds a nostalgic touch, making wedding photos feel timeless.
3. Lifestyle & Fashion Photography
Use it for lifestyle photos, whether you're shooting outdoor scenes, casual portraits, or fashion shots. The colors remain true to life, but with an elegant, vintage feel.
4. Travel & Landscape Photography
The Portra 400 preset is great for landscape and travel photography. Whether capturing city streets, mountains, or beach scenes, this preset helps maintain a balanced, true-to-life color palette with a subtle film texture.
5. Documentary & Street Photography
For those looking to create documentary or street-style photography, the Portra 400 preset gives your images an authentic, natural look. It helps emphasize the mood of the moment without making the photo look too polished or over-edited.
How To Use Portra 400 Film Lightroom Preset
Our Kodak Portra 400 Presets include presets for mobile and desktop Lightroom & Photoshop ACR.
1. Download & Install
After purchasing the preset, install it into your Lightroom (Mobile or Desktop). The installation is straightforward, and instructions are included in your purchase.
2. Apply The Preset
In Lightroom, open the photo you want to edit, then go to the Develop module (for desktop) or the Presets panel (for mobile). From there, select the Portra 400 preset to apply it.
3. Fine-Tune The Image
While the preset will apply a great starting point, you can make adjustments based on the specific lighting conditions or style you're going for. You might want to tweak exposure, contrast, or white balance to perfect the final image.
4. Export Your Image
Once you're happy with the look, export the image in your desired format (JPG, TIFF, etc.) and resolution for printing or sharing on social media.
Final Thoughts On Portra 400
Our Portra 400 Presets are a fantastic tool for photographers looking to emulate the classic, nostalgic look of the Kodak Portra 400 film. Its ability to create soft skin tones, gentle contrasts, and subtle, muted colors makes it perfect for portrait, wedding, and lifestyle photography.
Whether you're going for a vintage feel, a timeless look, or just want to add a bit of film magic to your images, this preset is a great choice to achieve a natural, professional, and film-inspired edit.
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We also have more film presets from the Portra family including Kodak Portra 160 Presets & Kodak Portra 800 Presets for Lightroom.
