Eterna based film simulation recipe to mimic the look on an expired film
I love the faded look of an expired film, and even more so when there’s a wash out colour cast that leaks across the images. You see this effect sometime when a long out of date 35mm film is developed and a hazy lomo style image is revealed.
In this film recipe, I wanted to create something similar to looks I’d seen and admired, with a green/brown cast and low contrast and saturation. Eterna was the natural choice for a base, because it already shares some of these qualities in it’s tone and contrast.
The more that I’ve used this recipe, the more I have come to love it. It often feels like it has jumped straight from the cinema screen, and has a mellow aged tone that makes me want to use it more and more.
Clarity and CC Blue are used in this recipe, so newer X-Trans IV and V cameras will be able to use it in full. For older sensors, skipping those two settings will give a similar look that should still have lots of character.
Expired Geographic Film Recipe
- Simulation: Eterna/Cinema
- Grain Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
- White Balance: Fluorescent 1
- WB Shift: -4 Red, -6 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR100
- Highlights: -1.0
- Shadows: -2.0
- Color: -4
- Sharpness: -1
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: +3
- EV compensation: 0
Similar looks: Aged Kodak Portra, Aerocolor Lomo & Citric Acid
Expired and Aged Film Looks
I’m a fan of the expired film style and love the analog look and retro feel that goes along with it. Here are a handful of other recipes that I’ve made in this style.
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 