Fujifilm Velvia film simulation recipe for rich golden images from many cameras
Velvia Dream
Some of my most popular film recipes are those created with Classic Negative and featuring a warm rich tone. When I share images made with these, and especially Goldeneye, and the recent Dreamland, I often get qustions about how to recreate the look with older sensors.
This presents a challenge to me, as I only own one camera, and the quality of the native film simulations are hard to fake. Certainly, the Fujifilm colour science and processing algorithms are way more sophisticated than the adjustments that I make in a film recipe, but that’s not a reason to be defeated.
I have created this film recipe as a mimic to Goldeneye and Dreamland, using the Velvia film simulation (the first recipe I have tried with this), and I have kept to settings that are common on the widest range of Fujifilm cameras. It shares a lot of the qualities of these film recipes, without the dependence on Classic Negative.
Velvia Dream Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Velvia/Vivid |
| Grain Effect | Off |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Off |
| White Balance | 5500K, +6 Red, ‑6 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlights | ‑1 |
| Shadows | 1 |
| Colour | ‑2 |
| Sharpness | ‑3 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | ‑3 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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