🎨 5 looks + tool combos

1. Vintage film tone (Instagram classic)

70s film-camera mood. Warm yellow + slightly dark corners + noise.

• Sepia / Vintage filter with the "1970s warm" preset
• Vignette to darken corners
• Light Leak for yellow corner glow

2. Cinematic tone (movie look)

Hollywood color grading: shadows teal, highlights orange ("Teal & Orange"). Most popular for Instagram travel.

• Duotone tool with teal + orange
• Cinematic Letterbox for black bars top + bottom
• Vignette to spotlight center

3. Golden hour (sunrise / sunset)

The warm golden light of sunrise / sunset. Best for portraits.

• Light Leak "Golden sunrise" preset, top-right light
• Glow to make bright areas shine (threshold 200+)

4. Black & white (mono classic)

Most elegant. Great for portraits, architecture, street. Not just desaturated: contrast must be tuned.

• Sepia tool: intensity 100, temp -50 ≈ pure B&W
• Color Pop for keeping just red: Schindler's List effect

5. Cyberpunk / neon (trendy)

Make night / portrait shots feel futuristic. The Instagram algorithm loves these vivid colors.

• Glow for neon signs (cyberpunk preset)
• RGB channel split for glitch feel
• Thermal / IR for a totally different vibe

👤 Portrait retouching tips

Clean the background

The key to portraits is background handling. The Background Blur tool gives you DSLR-style subject sharpness with blurred background (F1.4-aperture bokeh).

Selfie horizontal flip

If your phone selfie looks "backwards", use the Mirror tool for a quick fix.

Crop and rotate

Tilted photos? Use the Rotate tool for free-angle correction. 90° or fine ±15° adjustments.

💡 Lightroom vs free tools

RAW files and batch processing? Lightroom wins for pro photographers. But for SNS / blog photo editing, free tools cover it.