Is Polaroid Polachrome still made?

No. Polaroid Polachrome was discontinued around 2000s, 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 Polaroid Polachrome 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 Polaroid Polachrome 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.

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Polaroid Polachrome

Instant 35mm slide film with a visible additive colour screen.

The same reference photo before any film look is applied

Drag to compare. One rendering of Polaroid Polachrome is included.

Try it on your own photo → Download .cube

What this look does

Low saturation, high contrast and a slightly dim, screened quality that comes from the film's ruled colour filter stripes. Colours are muted and blues dominate.

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About Polaroid Polachrome

Polachrome used a microscopic pattern of red, green and blue stripes rather than dye layers — the same additive principle as Autochrome, eighty years later. The resulting texture is unlike any other film here.

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 Santorini	base	.cube

Polaroid Polachrome is no longer made — what to use instead

Polaroid Polachrome 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 1 rendering here reproduce Polaroid Polachrome on any photograph, free.

If you would rather shoot film, the closest options in this library are Polaroid 669, Kodak Kodachrome 64 — check each for whether it is still in production.

Apply Polaroid Polachrome 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 Polaroid Polachrome still made?: No. Polaroid Polachrome was discontinued around 2000s, 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 Polaroid Polachrome 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 Polaroid Polachrome 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

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Kodak Kodachrome 64

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