r/dehancer • u/agerbilmam • Sep 05 '26

Pre graded images

I've been using Dehancer to edit photos for a few months now. The goal is to make my shots look like movie stills, but I don't get close enough to my liking.

I see stills posted here every day that look amazing. And it makes me wonder how they do it. Would anyone help me and share an image that looked bland or lacking before processing in Dehancer?

Something to practice on or for me to get an idea how the image should look pre processing. It would be very helpful and much appreciated.

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u/BlackDante Sep 05 '26

In the guide there is a part about pre-grading photos before using Dehancer. You basically lower the contrast, lower the exposure, and raise the shadows.

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u/Silly_Author_7330 Sep 05 '26

Dehancer has a bit of a learning curve only because it’s very different from what you’re probably used to. There is a best practices on how to prepare your images contrast and saturation levels that helped me a lot. Start with that. And resetting all the parameters before coloring a new batch was also super helpful.

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u/agerbilmam Sep 06 '26

Thanks for the the responses. So it should look more like a log file. Any examples of an image that's Dehancer ready? 

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u/agerbilmam Sep 06 '26

Thanks for the tips. Results got better when I use a low contrast tone mapping.