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instant · Impossible Project · ISO ISO 640 equivalent

Polaroid Px-70

The first Impossible Project colour film for SX-70 cameras — soft, pastel and unpredictable.

Polaroid Px-70 film emulation applied to a reference photo The same reference photo before any film look is applied Original Polaroid Px-70

Drag to compare. 16 renderings of Polaroid Px-70 are included.

Try it on your own photo → Download .cube

What this look does

Low contrast with washed pastel colour, lifted milky blacks and a strong cast that shifts between cold blue and warm amber. Detail is soft throughout.

portraitsstill lifedreamy aestheticsvintage looks

About Polaroid Px-70

When Polaroid stopped making instant film in 2008, the Impossible Project bought the last factory and had to reinvent the chemistry from scratch. The early films were unstable and colour-shifted as they developed — the cold and warm variants here reproduce that spread rather than a single correct rendering.

Included renderings

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

Filmgrid nameRenderingLUT
Merry Sunday -2 stops .cube
Cozy Party -1 stop .cube
Cheerful Sleepover base .cube
Dreamy Camera Roll +1 stop .cube
Bubbly Backyard +2 stops .cube
Candy Beach Day +3 stops .cube
Sweet Popsicle -2 stops, cold .cube
Bubbly Camera Roll -2 stops, warm .cube
Playful Carnival -1 stop, cold .cube
Dreamy Sunday -1 stop, warm .cube
Giddy Picnic cold .cube
Sunny Sleepover warm .cube
Lovely Roadtrip +1 stop, cold .cube
Candy Backyard +1 stop, warm .cube
Breezy Polaroid +2 stops, cold .cube
Cheerful Beach Day +2 stops, warm .cube

Polaroid Px-70 is no longer made — what to use instead

Polaroid Px-70 went out of production around 2017. 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 16 renderings here reproduce Polaroid Px-70 on any photograph, free.

If you would rather shoot film, the closest options in this library are Polaroid Px-680, Polaroid Px-100Uv+, Polaroid Time Zero Expired — check each for whether it is still in production.

Apply Polaroid Px-70 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 Px-70 still made?
No. Polaroid Px-70 was discontinued around 2017, which is why its look is now reproduced digitally. The 16 renderings on this page emulate it, free, with no film to buy.
Can I use Polaroid Px-70 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 Px-70 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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