ChatGPT does Presets

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I asked ChatGPT to create film emulations for use in Lightroom, for Agfa CT-18 and Agfa CT-21 (my beloved slide films from yesteryear). I was presented with comprehensive recipes, which work (at least, to my eyes). Here is CT-18. BASIC PANEL Exposure: 0.00 (adjust per image) Contrast: -10 Highlights: -20 Shadows: +10 Whites: +5 Blacks: -5 PRESENCE Texture: 0 Clarity: …

Social Media Likes – Redux

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Well, broke my own record, again. I just finished scanning a series of Agfa CT 21 slides taken in Istanbul in January, 1977. They were taken with my lovely Pentax KX, about 6 months after I bought it, and most were shot with the excellent Pentax 55mm F/1.8 lens. I posted a single image on facebook, across the usual film …