Gray Imaging & Photography presents:

MikeyG!s Kodak HIE Preset ver. 1 - released 11/13/2008

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Archive Contents:
readme.txt
Kodak HIE.lrtemplate
Kodak HIE Auto.lrtemplate
Kodak HIE Curve.lrtemplate

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Description:

Kodak HIE is the recently discontinued (2007) infrared film.  Speculation states that
the US military no longer needed the infrared film, and the military is Kodak's biggest 
customer for the film. The small percentage of film photograhers using the emulsion was
not large enough to keep the film alive.  It was very sensitive to the red (900 nm) 
spectrum. Unfourtunately, I was never able to shoot this film, and the cost for rolls 
remaining is out of my price range.

< from Kodak >
KODAK PROFESSIONAL High-Speed Infrared Film is a
high-speed film with moderately high contrast, sensitive to
light and radiant energy to 900 nanometres (nm) in
wavelength. It is useful for haze penetration and for special
effects in commercial, architectural, fine art, and landscape
photography. With development variations, you can use this
film for scientific, medical, aerial photography, and
document copying. You can also use it for
photomicrography, photomechanical, and remote-sensing
applications.
Infrared films are sensitive to infrared radiation, some
ultraviolet radiation, and to all wavelengths of visible
radiation (light). They are not as sensitive to green light.
Whatever the ultimate purpose of your photographs,
infrared photography provides unusual effects obtainable by
few other means.



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Kodak HIE.lrtemplate:

  This preset is the base for the set.  The preset will set you basic tone values to 
  preset levels.  

Kodak HIE Auto.lrtemplate:

  This preset utilizes all of the base preset, with the exception that it allows LR to
  apply is autotone feature to the photograph.

Kodak HIE Curve.lrtemplate:

  This preset will utilize the exposure setting of you photo at time of application.  
  This preset primarily efects the grayscale mixer, tone curve and clarity, sharpening
  and noise reductions.


Hints for use:

  *  Adjust Red and Magenta channels in mixer to get different looks.  Keep both to the
     right to maintain Infrared emulation.  

  *  Utilize white balance dropped to adjust photo to best appearance.  

  *  Work with contrast and brightness to get proper gray density you desire.
  
  *  Utilize fill and recovery to bring out details.

  *  Increase clairty if softly textured, increase black levels to bring out more texture.


I hope you enjoy this preset, please provide me with feed back on the preset at my
blog, flickrmail, or twitter.

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Michael W. Gray
Gray Imaging & Photography

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Release  4: MikeyG!s Color Slide Film Presets Vol 1
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Release  8: MikeyG!s Kodak Tri-X Preset
Release  9: MikeyG!s Kodak Plus-X Preset
Release 10: MikeyG!s Kodak T-Max Preset
Release 11: MikeyG!s Kodak HIE Preset