Brief Descriptions of Simulations?

Thanks for the suggestion!

I would do that, but people tend to limit themselves very much to suggested settings only.

During my time working on this project, I noticed people take settings or guidance very strictly and will not wander away from suggestions. So for example, if I say a particular film simulation works well on portraits, they would only use that film recipe on portraits. They won't try it nighttime, or for landscape or anything else. They will use it exactly per my recommendation, and nothing more.

This is the moment when creativity dies. This is against my purpose, since with this project I aim to free people of color grading and ignite their creativity.

That's why I showcased each film recipe in the PDF and created Blog posts, so people can check for themselves what colors you are actually getting, and choose for themselves in what context they might like to use it.

I personally like a dark grungy style, and unconventionally I could use Vektro 100 or even Fortia 50 for portraits, street photography, landscape, and more, but some other people won't, and might label my recommendations as bad. This will only leave them with a negative experience and limit their creativity on what film recipe to use when.

If you check up any single genre of photography like fashion for example, there are infinite styles, so in that logic, any film simulations can be used in any condition you seem fit to materialize your vision.

Each has a different perspective on how a portrait film simulations should look like. It's your vision that gives life to the image, that sews everything together into a cohesive story.

In the end, it all boils down to your personal style and how you want to depict the subject to convey a certain emotion, because cinema is a visual language.