Fujifilm simulation Soft Negative recipe for X-Trans IV cameras
This film recipe is intended to be a versatile all rounder which can be used in a wide variety of conditions. It is based on the excellent classic negative simulation, adapted with color balance amd tone curve for softer, nostalgic tone.
These changes add softness and warmth to the classic negative look, giving a gentle mood a bit loke old negative prints. I call it Soft Negative, because of this characteristic, although I did initially call it Aged Negative when I first created it.
It works espcially well in the golden hour around sunrise or sunset, and renders lovely skies around this time of day. Even in twilight, the tones have a cosy, but not overpowering style. That doesn’t mean it’s not suitable at other times of course, and I find it works well on cloudy and dull days too.
For me, this is the soft and nostalgic style I was looking to achieve with my Fujifilm X-Series, and I take more shots with this and other soft tones recipes than anything else.
You might also like: Pale Negative, which has a similar look and feel, or Nostalgic Fujicolor with a retro feel from similar settings.

Film Recipe for Soft Negative / Aged Negative
- Simulation: Classic Negative
- Grain Effect: Strong, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
- White Balance: 4800K
- WB Shift: +5 Red, -5 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlights: -1
- Shadows: -1
- Colour: -3
- Sharpness: -1
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: 0 or +1/3






























3 responses to “Soft Negative film recipe with Classic Negative”
Hi.
I like your profiles
Obviously you’re using a late model fuji. I’m wondering if you have any recipes for the older model fujis? I have an xpro1, which obviously has just range and fine control to the lens recipes. But it’s such a wonderful camera to use.
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Thanks for the comment. In this stage of my site, I’ve been developing recipes with my X-S10, so they make use of the features and simulations on this generation of cameras. I do also own an X70, which is X-Trans II, but I haven’t yet done any recipe work for it. Maybe I will have some time to do that later, but for the moment everything is for the X-Trans IV models, sorry.
A couple of places to look include, https://craigbergonzoniblog.com/tag/film-simulation-recipes/ and https://fujixweekly.com/fujifilm-x-trans-ii-recipes/ plus 3 recipes on https://piotrecipes.wordpress.com/x-trans-ii/
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