Eterna Cinema film simulation recipe with a warm nostalgic tone
Here’s a film simulation recipe that pushes the retro nostalgic aesthetic without opting for an overly orange or sepia tone. It’s a cinematic look with a mellow colour balance, that evokes a nostalgic feel from the warm tones and Eterna base. In fact, if I didn’t already have a recipe with that name, I would have called thie Eterna Nostalgia.
The recipe works well in bright conditions, taming the harshness to created something much softer. If there is a colur cast, it’s somewhere between cyan and a grey green, but is more of an essence that something striking, like the cyan skies of some CC recipes.
In gloomy conditions, the color cast is more evident, with natural and earthy tones becoming moody and cinematic. In conditions like this, crop into scenes, rather than leave large portions of sky to get the best results.
Celluloid Nostalgia Film Recipe
- Simulation: Eterna/Cinema
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
- Colour Chrome Blue: Strong
- White Balance: 6400K
- WB Shift: 0 Red, -6 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- Highlights: -2.0
- Shadows: +4.0
- Color: -4
- Sharpness: 0
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: +1/3
Nostalgic Film Recipes
It’s something of a personal thing, but I really love nostalgic and cinematic looks, and creating and using them is one of my favourite things about Fuji X Series. I’ve made quite a range now, so here’s a curated handful to consider if you enjoy a vintage or retro tone.
- Expired Geographic – an aged Eterna look for natural scenes
- Arthouse Cinema – shoot in a charismatic cinematic style
- Mallorca Mellow – tame the summer sun with a mellow look
- Old West – creamy and aged, inspired by western movies
- Mellow Magic – when you want to use a softer style
- Classic Gold – a look base on expired Kodak Gold film
- Aged Kodak Portra – mellow toned Kodak Portra film look
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 