Classic Chrome film simulation recipe for X-Trans IV with a teal tone
Alta Vista
When I started my working life, Alta Vista was the no. 1 search engine, and Google was a curiosity that hadn’t yet taken off. Anyway, what about this recipe?
Sometimes, when I see an image, I experiment in X Raw Studio to see if I can recreate the style from some raw files. Quite a few of my recipes start out this way, and then move to the camera for testing.
Alta Vista is one such experiment, but in this case, I ended up with a very different look than I had intended. I was quite taken by it, and I decided to embrace the strong teal tones. And, because it’s all about the sky and big views, I went with the name Alta Vista.
Alta Vista Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Classic Chrome |
| Grain Effect | Off |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Strong |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Weak |
| White Balance | 6600K, ‑5 Red, ‑1 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlights | ‑1 |
| Shadows | 1 |
| Colour | ‑3 |
| Sharpness | 0 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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