Soft Vintage Glow

This recipe builds on Fujifilm’s Classic Chrome film simulation, known for its muted tones and a nostalgic atmosphere reminiscent of Kodachrome. This recipe softens highlights and shadows to reduce harsh contrasts and preserve detail, while boosting colour and shifting white balance to create a warm tone by increasing the reds and adding richness to blues. A subtle addition of grain provides a tactile, film-like texture.

Overall, this recipe emphasizes a richly toned, vintage-cinematic look with smooth details and pronounced colour depth. The strong colour chrome effects accentuate colour nuances, while reduced clarity and modest grain promote an organic, film-like softness. This recipe is especially beneficial when you want a warm, nostalgic, film-like mood with gentle contrast.

  • Classic Chrome

  • Dynamic Range: DR400

  • Highlight: -2

  • Shadow: -2

  • Colour: +3

  • High ISO NR -4

  • Sharpness: 0

  • Clarity: -3

  • Grain Effect: Weak, Small

  • Colour Chrome Effect: Strong

  • Colour Chrome Effect Blue: Strong

  • White Balance: Daylight, +4 Red, -5 Blue

  • ISO: Auto (minimum of 500)

Peggy's Cove at sunset, reflected in a tidal pool with a silhouetted person nearby.
Peggy's Cove village houses and dock built on a rocky shoreline, reflected in calm water at sunset.
Coastal structures with raised wooden decks beside a road at sunset. Peggy's Cove.
Peggy's Cove harbour with lobster traps, fishing boats, waterfront buildings, and calm, reflective water.
Sunset at Peggy's Cove, reflected in calm water.
Weathered coastal cottages beside the ocean, with seagulls perched on shingled roofs at sunset
Colorful coastal fishing village with wooden homes, docks, fishing boats, and calm harbor water at sunset
White lighthouse on rocky shoreline at sunset overlooking the ocean
A red fishing boat named Harbour Mist is moored in Peggy's Cove with wooden fishing sheds, lobster traps, and colourful seaside homes in the background.