Infrared
False color · IR filmInfrared film records light just past red, which our eyes can't see. Leaves glow, skies go dark and colors come out wrong in a beautiful way. Infrared gives your picture that false-color look, in color, black and white or purple.
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What it's like
Load a roll of infrared film, put a filter on the lens and shoot a park at noon. The trees come back white or hot pink, the sky turns almost black, and skin gets a soft, waxy glow. It looks like summer on another planet. Infrared fakes that from an ordinary picture.
When to reach for it
- Landscapes and trees, where the foliage turns pink or white.
- Dreamy, unreal portraits with a soft halo.
- Album and poster art that should feel strange but still photographic.
How it works
Healthy leaves bounce back a lot of infrared, so on this film they shine. Infrared reads how green and leafy each part of your picture is, plus its brightness and red, and treats that as the infrared signal. Color infrared film then shifts every layer down one, so infrared shows as red, red shows as green and green shows as blue. That shift is where the pink trees come from.
Controls
6 controls in 3 sections, in the order Tune shows them.
Film
- SelectFilm
Color IRMono IRPurple IR
The film. Color IR turns foliage red and pink. Mono IR is black and white with glowing white trees and dark skies. Purple IR leans magenta and violet.
Response
- Hero knobStrength
0 to 100 · rests at 100
The hero. How much of the infrared look replaces your picture.
- KnobFoliage
0 to 100 · rests at 65
How strongly green leaves light up.
- KnobSky depth
0 to 100 · rests at 50
How much the blue sky deepens. In Mono IR, it goes nearly black.
Finish
- KnobGlow
0 to 100 · rests at 35
A soft halo around bright and leafy areas, like light blooming in the film.
- KnobContrast
0 to 100 · rests at 50
Flatter or punchier.