Matching Film Look in Lightroom Without the Lab Bills

If you're billing clients who want that grain-and-fade look but you're shooting digital, building it manually in Lightroom beats chasing preset packs that never quite match your actual film scans. The real value here isn't the aesthetic trick itself — it's having a repeatable, adjustable grade you own, so when a client asks for something consistent across a 400-image gallery, you're not fiddling with sliders on every frame.