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Kodak Kodachrome 64
The most famous colour film ever made — dense reds, restrained blues, archival permanence.
Original
Kodak Kodachrome 64
Drag to compare. 2 renderings of Kodak Kodachrome 64 are included.
Try it on your own photo → Download .cube
What this look does
Strong reds and warm yellows against comparatively muted blues and greens, with dense blacks and a distinctive slightly dark midtone. Colour is saturated without looking synthetic.
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About Kodak Kodachrome 64
Kodachrome used a fundamentally different process from every other colour film: the dyes were added during development, not held in the emulsion, which is why the images keep their colour for decades in dark storage. The last roll was developed in 2010 when the final K-14 lab closed. Most iconic National Geographic colour work of the twentieth century is Kodachrome.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Skyline | base | .cube |
| Lush Garden | generic profile | .cube |
Kodak Kodachrome 64 is no longer made — what to use instead
Kodak Kodachrome 64 went out of production around 2009. 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 Kodachrome 64 on any photograph, free.
If you would rather shoot film, the closest options in this library are Kodak Kodachrome 25, Kodak Kodachrome 200, Fuji Velvia 50 — check each for whether it is still in production.
Apply Kodak Kodachrome 64 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 Kodachrome 64 still made?
- No. Kodak Kodachrome 64 was discontinued around 2009, 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 Kodachrome 64 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 Kodachrome 64 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.
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Two looks described in words is guesswork; two looks on the same photograph is not.
- Kodak Kodachrome 64 vs Fuji Velvia 50 — Two different centuries of colour.
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- Kodak Kodachrome 25 vs Kodak Kodachrome 64 — Which Kodachrome?
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