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Late Show: cinema colour for city nights

Cool shadows, a glow around lamps and signs, and the coarse grain of fast film.

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Pedestrians and glowing signs on a Tokyo street at night, with Late Show
The signs glow and the street lifts out of pure black into cool shadow.Photo: Christopher Politano / Pexels.

The same four photographs

Every preset page shows the same four photographs as the film pages, so you can compare looks from page to page. Press Before Photonica to see them as they were taken.

A woman with freckles in hard sun — Late Show
Skin in daylight
Green hills under a deep blue sky with clouds — Late Show
Greens and sky
A wet New York avenue at night in neon and streetlight — Late Show
Night, mixed light
A woman in a yellow dress at golden hour — Late Show
Against the light

Where it shines

Night streets, neon, shop windows and rain. Lamps and signs get a glow, the shadows turn cool and the grain is coarse, like a frame of film shot at night.

What to watch

In daylight the grain looks heavy and skin in low sun turns a saturated orange. It is made for the night.

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Every photograph here was rendered by Photonica with the preset as it opens in the editor. Results vary with the light and colour in your photo. Everyday, Road Trip and Street are free; the other nine presets come with Pro. Guest editing includes three exports a day; a free account removes that daily limit and lets you save your own presets.

Photographs: Saul Joseph, Пельмешик, kevin Galerken and DARKMODE CINEMA on Pexels.