City Sauce is a nod to urban and city life through the inspiration of film. Since beginning my journey with film and the development process, there are certain colors that surface through each film stock. These presets are a digital take on the subtleness at capturing those tones. Though this pack was inspired by the city, you can apply them to anything you capture. Urban or landscape, interior or exterior, these have you covered.
The collection features three distinct color presets—Chelsea, SoHo, and Williamsburg—each meticulously crafted to evoke the unique character of New York City’s most iconic neighborhoods.
- Chelsea offers a cooler, refined look that enriches mid-tones while maintaining an industrial warmth.
- SoHo dives deep into the shadows, adding a hint of magenta and warmth to mimic the shifting light reflecting off historic brickwork.
- Williamsburg introduces a balanced warmth with subtle green tints, inspired by the greenery of Brooklyn parks and the classic look of Kodak Ektar film.
In addition to the color profiles, the pack includes the newly added Hudson Yards for a cleaner, futuristic skin-tone-friendly finish, and the Monokrome series. Monokrome 1 provides a polished, balanced black-and-white base, while Monokrome 2 + Grain is a direct homage to Kodak Tri-X 400, complete with “baked-in” grain and a flattened, cinematic fade.
What sets City Sauce apart is its functional versatility through DVLOP’s advanced toolkit. Each preset comes equipped with “Push” and “Pull” modifiers, allowing you to instantly adjust exposure and contrast as if you were developing film in a darkroom. To finish the look, the pack includes varying grain intensities to add that essential texture that makes an image feel alive.
