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Kodak HIE Infrared

True infrared film: white foliage, black skies, glowing halation around highlights.

Original Kodak HIE Infrared

Drag to compare. One rendering of Kodak HIE Infrared is included.

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What this look does

Foliage renders bright white while skies go near-black. Highlights bleed with a pronounced halo because the film had no anti-halation backing. Grain is heavy and contrast extreme.

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About Kodak HIE Infrared

HIE had to be loaded in total darkness and focused with an infrared correction mark on the lens. Nothing else looks like it, and no current film fully reproduces it. Try this one with the halation slider raised.

Included renderings

In Filmgrid each rendering carries its own name. The exposure and temperature labels describe how it differs from the base look.

Kodak HIE Infrared is no longer made — what to use instead

Kodak HIE Infrared went out of production around 2007. 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 1 rendering here reproduce Kodak HIE Infrared on any photograph, free.

If you would rather shoot film, the closest options in this library are Rollei IR 400, Lomography Redscale 100 — check each for whether it is still in production.

Apply Kodak HIE Infrared 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 HIE Infrared still made?

No. Kodak HIE Infrared was discontinued around 2007, which is why its look is now reproduced digitally. The 1 renderings on this page emulate it, free, with no film to buy.

Can I use Kodak HIE Infrared as a Lightroom preset?

Effectively, yes. The download is a .cube LUT, 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 HIE Infrared LUT free?

Yes. Every rendering downloads as a .cube file with no account, no email and no watermark, and the browser tool exports at full resolution for free as well.

Similar looks

Rollei IR 400 Lomography Redscale 100

Compared with

Two looks described in words is guesswork; two looks on the same photograph is not.

• Rollei Ortho 25 vs Kodak HIE Infrared — The two ends of the spectrum.

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