Dreamy creamy Eterna film simulation recipe for X-Trans 4 cameras
I am often inspired by the great work of others, and in this case, I was really taken by the tones of a recipe shared by Willard Largueza Macay. He had captured wonderful images at the Taste of Lawrence Festival, a food festival in Ontario, Canada. I loved the yellow tones and other worldly skies.
When I tested his settings, I saw a different result, perhaps because it was developed on X-T3 and there are differences between camera models. I found that adjustments were needed on my X-S10 to achieve a similar tone and feel. But, after after a few tests and some do-overs, I settled on this wonderfully creamy and atmospheric recipe that I call Festival Cream.
Festival Cream Film Recipe
- Simulation: Eterna/Cinema
- Grain Effect: Strong, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
- White Balance: 7500K
- WB Shift: +3 Red, -5 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlights: +2
- Shadows: -2
- Colour: -4
- Sharpness: 0
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: +4
- EV compensation: +2/3
More Creamy & Nostalgic Recipes
Creamy tones and a brighter washed out look are synonymous with nostalgic feel photography, capturing a warm mood reminiscent of happy memories. Here are a few other recipes with a similar creamy and/or nostalgic look.
- Classic Gold – like aged & faded Kodak Gold film
- Aged Kodak Portra – warm look based on expired Portra
- Eterna 8K – warm golden tones with Eterna
- Cheery Chrome – happy vibes with this very warm CC recipe
- Fading Memory – muted creamy brown tone Eterna recipe
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 