Developed,
not filtered.
Every preset applies the same color remap to every image. Argentum™ simulates actual film chemistry — the physics changes with your image, not against it.
CR3 · NEF · ARW · RAF · DNG · ORF · RW2 · PEF
Watch the chemistry.
Every image. Every pixel. No presets, no LUTs — physics.
The development process
Every roll processed by Argentum™ passes through our silver halide simulation pipeline.
Choose Your Film
Every film stock has its own color science — the way its dye layers respond to light. We extracted the real chrominance from each stock and apply it in linear space, before development. The same physics, the same order as real film.
Argentum™
Our house film. Pure silver halide, no color bias.
Pro Neg
Gentle skin tones. Studio portrait standard.
Chrome
Muted, desaturated. Documentary cool.
Velvia
Vivid landscape. Saturated skies and greens.
More stocks added regularly. All derived from real film color science.
Scene Reading
Before anything touches your negative, we read the scene. Subject position, available light, highlight headroom, skin tone temperature. The chemistry that follows is calibrated to what your sensor actually captured.
Grain Intelligence
ISO-profiled noise reduction tuned to your camera’s specific sensor characteristics. Applied to the raw negative before development — the way it works in a real darkroom.
Optical Corrections
Distortion and chromatic aberration corrected using measured profiles for your specific camera and lens. Natural vignetting preserved — it draws the eye to your subject.
Silver Halide Development
Your negative enters the chemistry. Crystal growth, developer diffusion, analog shoulder compression — the same physics that made Portra look like Portra. Light reflecting through the emulsion produces natural halation around bright highlights, just like real film base.
Portrait Printer’s Eye™
On by defaultThe judgment call a darkroom printer makes reading your negative — now running as physics.
Zone VI skin placement. Shoulder Hold™ highlight compression. Blackbody warmth correction. Blue spill removal. Face-aware dodging.
Delivery
16-bit TIFF master and high-resolution JPEG. Auto-cropped to portrait orientation. Ready for your client or your retoucher.
Nine stages. One click. See the difference on your own RAW files.
Try 15 exposures freeSimple rolls. Serious chemistry.
Every tier gets the full engine — silver halide simulation, all RAW formats, TIFF export. Pick the volume that fits your workflow.
Agency
Custom volume for studios processing at scale. Everything in Darkroom, plus dedicated infrastructure.
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| Feature | Single Roll | Grain | SilverPopular | Darkroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposures | 36 | 108/mo | 360/mo | 900/mo |
| Roll equivalent | 1 roll | 3 rolls | 10 rolls | 25 rolls |
| Film stock selection | ||||
| Film simulation | ||||
| All RAW formats | ||||
| JPEG + 16-bit TIFF | ||||
| Batch processing | ||||
| Exposure rollover | Up to 1x | Up to 2x | Up to 3x | |
| Priority support + phone |
Your first roll is on us.
Sign up and get 15 free exposures — enough to test the engine across different lighting, subjects, and styles. No credit card required.
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