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Film Borders in Photoshop: How to Fake Analog in Under 5 Minutes
Client asks for a “film feel.” You hand back a vignette and some lifted shadows. They say it looks “digital.” You die a little inside. I’ve been in that exact situation more times than I’d like to admit, and for a while my answer was to throw a VSCO preset at it and hope for the best. The problem is that a color grade alone doesn’t sell the analog look - what really does it is texture and, specifically, a believable film border.