Cinematic classic chrome film recipe with rich color and contrast
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Sometimes, when developing film recipes, the inspiration comes in the form of a single image. This was one of those occasions, when this fifties style image was posted in the Facebook group as an interesting look.
I kept returning to it, trying to find a recipe that came close to this interesting retro style.
The look sits somewhere between Classic Chrome and Classic Negative, and having explored both, I settled on Classic Chrome as the base simulation. To this, I added rich colour and tested various colour balances, until I settled on the below combination.
I didn’t have any 50’s interiors to work with, so I tried it with a by usual range of natural and landscape scenes. Whether it matches the source image, I don’t know, but I love how it has come out.
Cineplus Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Classic Chrome |
| Grain Effect | Off |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Strong |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Weak |
| White Balance | 5800K, +1 Red, +2 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlights | ‑1 |
| Shadows | 1 |
| Colour | 4 |
| Sharpness | ‑2 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| EV Comp. | +2/3 |
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