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Kodak Ektachrome 100VS
Kodak's answer to Velvia: Very Saturated Ektachrome with a cooler, bluer bias.
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Kodak Ektachrome 100VS
Drag to compare. 2 renderings of Kodak Ektachrome 100VS are included.
Try it on your own photo → Download .cube
What this look does
High saturation with a cool cast — blues and cyans are pushed where Velvia pushes greens and reds. Contrast is high and shadows go dense.
landscapewater and skycool palettes
About Kodak Ektachrome 100VS
The clearest illustration that Kodak and Fuji chose opposite corners of the colour space: put 100VS next to Velvia 50 on the same photo and the whole Kodak-versus-Fuji argument becomes visible in one comparison.
Included renderings
In Filmgrid each rendering carries its own name. The exposure and temperature labels describe how it differs from the base look.
| Filmgrid name | Rendering | LUT |
|---|---|---|
| Brilliant Meadow | base | .cube |
| Radiant Santorini | generic profile | .cube |
Kodak Ektachrome 100VS is no longer made — what to use instead
Kodak Ektachrome 100VS went out of production around 2000s. Remaining stock, where it exists at all, sells for several times its original price, and expired rolls do not render the way fresh film did.
The practical substitute is to shoot something current and apply the look afterwards, which is what this page is for — the 2 renderings here reproduce Kodak Ektachrome 100VS on any photograph, free.
If you would rather shoot film, the closest options in this library are Fuji Velvia 50, Kodak E100GX, Kodak Elite Extracolor 100 — check each for whether it is still in production.
Apply Kodak Ektachrome 100VS to your photo →
How to use this LUT
The download is a standard .cube 3D LUT, so it loads in almost anything: Lightroom Classic (Profile → Browse), Photoshop (Color Lookup adjustment layer), Premiere Pro (Lumetri → Creative), DaVinci Resolve (LUTs panel), Final Cut Pro (Custom LUT effect), Affinity Photo, Capture One and OBS. See the step-by-step guide if you have not loaded one before.
Photographers who work in Lightroom often call these presets. Strictly they are profiles rather than presets, and the difference matters when you want to edit the look further — that distinction is explained here.
If you only want the finished picture, skip the download: open the tool, drop a photo in and export at full resolution. Nothing leaves your device.
Questions
- Is Kodak Ektachrome 100VS still made?
- No. Kodak Ektachrome 100VS was discontinued around 2000s, which is why its look is now reproduced digitally. The 2 renderings on this page emulate it, free, with no film to buy.
- Can I use Kodak Ektachrome 100VS as a Lightroom preset?
- Effectively, yes. The download is a
.cubeLUT, and Lightroom imports those as profiles — Develop → Profile Browser → Import Profiles. A profile behaves like a preset and adds an Amount slider for strength. See LUTs versus presets for what differs. - Is the Kodak Ektachrome 100VS LUT free?
- Yes. Every rendering downloads as a
.cubefile with no account, no email and no watermark, and the browser tool exports at full resolution for free as well.
Similar looks
Compared with
Two looks described in words is guesswork; two looks on the same photograph is not.
- Fuji Velvia 50 vs Kodak Ektachrome 100VS — The Kodak–Fuji divide, at maximum volume.
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