Warm shifted film recipe for nostalgic retro images with Classic Chrome
Whakamuri
The word whakamuri is a Maori word that translates loosely as ‘looking back’ or ‘counting backwards’, so I’ve adopted it as the name of this retro toned recipe for styling images with a golden aged tone.
The base film simulation is Classic Chrome which is pushed far far into the warm tones zone with a +6, -8 colour balance shift. This gives a strong yellow creamy styling to most images and is the heart of the look.
In keeping with the nostalgic retro theme, shadows are softened and colour is muted. There’s a dose of grain in here too, along with negative clarity adding to the slightly hazy analog feel.
Whakamuri Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Classic Chrome |
| Grain Effect | Strong, Small |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Off |
| White Balance | Auto, +6 Red, ‑8 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlights | 0.5 |
| Shadows | ‑1 |
| Colour | ‑3 |
| Sharpness | 0 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | ‑2 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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