LuttieThe Kodak Ektar 100 look
Ektar 100 is Kodak's most saturated colour negative: vivid, clean colour and more contrast than a portrait film, made for landscapes and travel. Luttie's Vivid 100 is shaped after it, for photos that should pop the way film does rather than the way a saturation slider does.
Where it comes from
Kodak introduced Ektar 100 for photographers who wanted slide-film colour with negative-film latitude. Its fine grain and strong colour made it a landscape and travel favourite, while its handling of skin, which can run red, kept it out of most portrait bags. Where Portra flatters, Ektar dramatises.
How to grade it
In order. Every control below exists in the Luttie editor, free to use in your browser.
Film panel → Vivid 100
Pick Vivid 100 as the negative.
Print → Scan
Keep it on Scan, the way almost everyone sees Ektar. A print stage on top of Ektar's contrast is usually too much.
Exposure
Leave it near 0. Unlike Portra, Ektar isn't known for overexposure; +0.3 EV at most.
Crosstalk
This is where the saturation lives. Pull it down toward 70–80 if colours feel too strong, especially with people in frame.
Scan balance
Blue +1 or +2 warms landscapes slightly; Red +1 cools them.
Export
Download the graded image, or export a .cube (Luttie Pro) to use in Photoshop, Resolve or Premiere.
When it works
Landscapes, skies and foliage
Travel and street photos in good light
Colourful architecture and product shots
Anything that should look vivid without looking digitally oversaturated
When to avoid it
Close-up portraits, where Ektar's saturation can push skin toward red; Portrait 400 is the better stock there. It also has little to work with in flat, grey light.
Frequently asked
It can be, but it isn't what it's known for. Its saturation and contrast push skin toward red and show blemishes. For people, Portrait 400 is the gentler choice; for landscapes and colour, Ektar wins.
You can put the Vivid 100 look on your own photos free in Luttie's browser editor and download the graded image. Exporting it as a .cube LUT for other apps is part of Luttie Pro.
Portra is low contrast and gentle, built for skin. Ektar is higher contrast and much more saturated, built for landscapes. The same scene looks soft and warm on Portra and vivid and crisp on Ektar.
No. Vivid 100 follows the shape of Ektar's published curves, steeper with a shorter toe than the cinema stocks, and models its saturation with colour interactions chosen by eye. It hasn't been measured against real film, and Luttie isn't affiliated with Kodak.
Build it on your own footage
Drop in a photo or pull a frame from a video, grade it in the browser, and export a .cube LUT for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or CapCut.
Related looks
Kodak and Ektar are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Luttie isn't affiliated with Kodak; its film stocks are inspired by published data about real films, not copies of them.