Natural color film simulation recipe with pure tones from the Astia setting
Natural Ambience
I set myself a little project to develop a small set of film simulation recipes which present a pure look using the standard film simulations in our cameras. For a Kodak look, I have Kodacolor Ambience. For a Fujifilm look, there is Fujicolor Ambience, and for a natural color style, here is Natural Ambience.
The base for this recipe is the Astia film simulation, which has a film like look and works well with skin tones and earthy or creamy tones. The settings of the recipe make minor adjustments, alowing the pure Astia look show through.
These images are actually more saturated than my usual taste, and I’d often opt for somethiing more muted or nostalgic. But on bright days, and for natural scenes, this recipe is a great way to capture memories in a natural style.
Natural Ambience Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Astia/Soft |
| Grain Effect | Weak, Small |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Off |
| White Balance | Auto (Ambience Priority), +1 Red, ‑2 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR200 |
| Highlights | 0 |
| Shadows | 1 |
| Colour | 1 |
| Sharpness | ‑1 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| EV Comp. | 0 |
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