Lens vignettes are a powerful tool for recreating the look of old lenses and for concentrating attention on the center of the frame. This one is pretty subtle and barely noticeable on its own, but it does add to the atmosphere and effect of the preset as a whole. You can change the Strength setting and also move the light leak effect around the image using an on-screen gadget. You can see from the Light Leaks panel that there are a lot to choose from. Light leak effects are very popular for creating an atmospheric analog image with an evocative haziness or a deliberate ‘leaky camera’ look, where light has got in at the back and fogged the film. This preset does also use a light leak effect… 4. It looks a little like a light leak but different at the same time. This image gets its ethereal effect from the second exposure, its position and its blurring/blending effect.
You can use the on-screen gadget to position the second exposure, adjust its Exposure and its Exposure Balance with the original, and its Zoom Strength and Rotate Strength. It effectively copies the main image, distorts it and blends it back in with the original. The Double Exposure panel is the key to this set of effects.
This rolls the dice randomly on this set of filters, so it’s a great way to see countless variations and without getting exactly the same one twice. If you look at the bottom of the sidebar you’ll see a Vary button. All the Double Exposure presets use this set of filters, but that’s not to say they use all of them. That’s because the filter is enabled for this preset but not used. You’ll see from the panel, though, that the Blur Strength is set to zero. You can create a circular blur towards the edges of the picture, which is what’s used here, or a horizontal blur to create a tilt-shift ‘miniature’ effect. It’s not strictly the same thing, but Analog Efex Pro uses ‘bokeh’ to describe its controlled blur/defocus effects. You can use Control Points to mask the effect in parts of the image you want left unaltered. At the bottom you’ll see and expandable Control Points section. This combines a kind of HDR and structure effect to bring out details in the shadows and make objects stand out clearly. The Detail Extraction slider at the top is interesting, though.
You use it to tune the basics: Brightness, Contrast and Saturation. This panel is standard in just about all Analog Efex Pro presets. I’ll explain each one individually, how it works and the effect it has on the photo. These tools and their settings are in the right sidebar. It’s applied to the image with a single click, but this preset actually uses several Analog Efex Pro tools in combination. The one I’ve chosen for this walkthrough is ‘Double Exposure 2’. If you select this you’ll see a list of preset double exposure effects in the sidebar. In the left sidebar you’ll see a choice of different ‘Cameras’, and one of these is ‘Double Exposure’. You can launch Analog Efex Pro as a standalone program, as an external editor for Capture One and other programs, or as a plug-in for Lightroom or Photoshop.
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