Print stock

Print stock is the film the camera negative is printed onto to make the positive image you actually watch — Kodak 2383 is the classic example. Most of the color character we call “the film look” lives in this print step: the negative captures the scene, and the print stock renders it into its final tones and colors. That is why print-film-emulation LUTs model the print stock rather than the negative, and why the print stage is where film emulation does most of its work.

First used in: 2.10 · Look development II — film emulation