Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Natural Astia for Bright, Playful Colour

Film simulation recipe for X-Trans IV Fujifilm cameras using Astia

Natural Astia Film Recipe

Natural Astia

Summer landscapes are full of green, with fields, trees and plants bursting with colour, and summer blue skies. As autumn arrives, fields become golden and reds and oranges appear. To capture this richness, I took a step away from Classic Chrome and Classic Negative, and give one of the core simulations a try.

This recipe for colourful landscapes is based upon Astia, a softer look than Provia, but one that also has a bright and playful character. I also warmed the colour balance a little to take off any blue tint to the trees and leaves, and reduced both the saturation and shadow depth. This leaves us with a happy and bright recipe that is still distinctly Astia, with cheery reds and blues, and soft look greens.

Natural Astia Film Recipe Settings

Film SimulationAstia/Soft
Grain EffectOff
Colour Chrome EffectWeak
Colour Chrome BlueStrong
White BalanceDaylight, +4 Red, ‑3 Blue
Dynamic RangeDR200
Highlights‑1
Shadows‑2
Colour‑2
Sharpness‑1
ISO Noise Reduction‑4
Clarity0
EV Compensation+1/3

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Natural Astia Film Recipe: Sample Photos

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Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
Natural Astia film recipe sample photo
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Photos by Giang Le

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Photos by Darren Urda

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Photos by Andrew Gundershaug

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Photos by John Dryden

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Comments

4 responses to “Natural Astia for Bright, Playful Colour”

  1. Martin Spaull Avatar
    Martin Spaull

    Thanks for the recipe and the excellent examples

    1. justingould Avatar

      You’re welcome, Martin. Thank you

  2. tracypsub Avatar
    tracypsub

    Newbie here. Why do the 2 photos of the yachts look almost like B&W?

    1. justingould Avatar

      Hello. For these images, I was using my 70-300 zoom, and shooting towards the bright hazy sunlight. This, along with the fact that the boats were in fact mostly white with dark sails made them appear almost monochrome. It is how it looked on that day. 🙂

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