How to Fake a VSCO Film Look in Photoshop Without Actually Using VSCO
Client work has a funny way of humbling you. I spent the better part of an afternoon once trying to reverse-engineer that warm, slightly faded, film-ish look that’s all over Instagram and Lightroom preset packs, and I kept overshooting it. Everything either looked like a sepia disaster from a 2008 photo booth or a blown-out mess with a yellow tint that made the subject look unwell. The problem wasn’t my eye for color.