Poser Frames version 2

Poser Frames version 2

A while ago my little labor of love, Poser Frames, was released in a major new version (as of this writing it’s at version 2.2.1). Poser Frames is my JavaScript for Photoshop that adds borders to your images, emulating the look of film scans with a visible film rebate.

I had a small technological breakthrough with version 2 and was able to make it more or less resolution independent, which meant I had the space to add many more film scan styles. The script can now emulate both scans with visible scanner masks as well as cropped versions. I’ve also added different versions of scanner masks for many of the film formats.

When constructing the scanner mask styles I’ve drawn inspiration from actual scans, mainly from Carmencita Film Lab in Valencia, Spain, but also from donations from a few private contributors. I’ve also looked at scans in photo books, such as Wonderland by Annie Annie Leibovitz.

Of all the negative formats, the 645 version applied to images in 4:3 format proved to be the most challenging. I wanted the borders to be as non-destructive as possible, meaning a minimal overlay, so you could crop the border out without loosing too much image real estate if you ever wanted to. The way a real 645 scan looks makes this difficult, but in the end I think I struck a nice balance. The 4:3 format is now one of my own favorites.

I realize faking scanner borders isn’t for everyone (it has proven divisive, strangely enough since no-one bats an eye at faking film grain), but if this sort of thing interest you the script is available from here: https://github.com/hertze/PoserFrames.

Here follows a few example frames: