Earlier this year I set out to create a new film simulation recipe for the summer, inspired by some rolls of Fujifilm Sensia 100 I shot in the past. As usual, somewhere along the way I got sidetracked and ended up with something completely different: I created a Classic Chrome-based Lightroom preset that you can download here, which I’ve been using in most of my Fujifilm photos for the past few months. The reason for switching to Lightroom in the first place was that I wanted to apply some color shifts to specific colors (Blues and Reds) and add a slight fade to the shadows, both of which are currently impossible with the in-camera options.
Interestingly enough, the straight out of camera jpgs with the film simulation I was initially working on weren’t too far off from this Lightroom preset, so I decided to tweak it further to get as close as possible. The main difference is the blue skies, which in Lightroom are shifted towards teal but in the camera jpgs I couldn’t get that look without ruining the other colors. Still, I think overall it’s pretty close and more importantly, it looks great with our Portuguese summer light! 🙂
The camera settings are:
- Film simulation: Classic Chrome
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- White Balance: Auto
- WB Shift: +4 Red, -1 Blue
- Highlights: 0
- Shadows: -1
- Color: 0
- Noise reduction: -4
- Clarity: -3
- Sharpening: -1
- Grain effect: Strong
- Grain size: Small
- Color chrome Effect: Weak
- Color chrome FX blue: Off
- Exposure compensation: usually between +1/3 and +2/3, adjust as necessary
Here are a few comparisons between the Lightroom preset (left side) and the camera jpgs (right side):
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Bom dia Luís,Obrigado pela partilha da receita e do preset! Já tenho ambos do meu lado para experimentar. Curiosamente, por causa dos detalhes nas sombras, o preset é-me um bocadinho mais apelativo.Pode ser que consiga aproximar a receita para o jpg 🙂
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De nada, espero que seja útil! 🙂 Eu também prefiro o preset e provavelmente será o que vou continuar a usar mais, mas dá muito jeito na camera ter logo uma visualização muito próxima do que depois irei obter no Lightroom.
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Hi Luís! Wow! How wonderful and thanks for these nice gifts! I have already played with both on some photos I made in California this past week, and they are both excellent! Of course, I could only use X-RAW studio, but it’s good enough to see the result. Thanks again!
Cheers,
Jason
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Thank you very much Jason, I’m glad you liked it. I would love to see those photos, I imagine this recipe would work very well in the Californian landscape! 🙂
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One thing I notice comparing the jpeg to LR was that the jpeg appears to be noticeably sharper and detailed. I could send you a photo comparison (one LR one jpeg).
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Thank your share, Luís！Portugal appears so beautiful in your lens…
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That’s so kind of you, thanks! 🙂
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Thank ur share, Luís! Portugal appears such beautiful in ur lens…hope one day can go to see in personally🙂
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