Astia 100F
An accurate Astia 100F emulation: gentle slide contrast with real midtone snap, faithful-but-flattering skin, and delicate pastel highlights.
Settings
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Look
- Film Simulation
- Astia / Soft
- Dynamic Range
- DR200
Tone
- Highlight
- 0
- Shadow
- +1
Color
- Color
- +1
- White Balance
- Daylight (5500K)
- WB Shift
- Red +1 · Blue −1
- Color Chrome FX
- Weak
- Color Chrome FX Blue
- Off
Detail
- Sharpness
- 0
- Noise Reduction
- −2
- Clarity
- −1
Texture
- Grain Effect
- Weak, Small
Exposure
- ISO
- Auto, up to ISO 6400
- Exposure Comp.
- +1/3 EV
Astia 100F on Fujifilm is a faithful slide-film emulation built on the Astia simulation, tuned with a +1 Shadow, DR200, and a subtle +1 Red / −1 Blue white balance shift so skin reads warm and true while highlights stay delicate and pastel. It keeps genuine slide-film midtone contrast rather than diffusing everything soft.
Why this base
Astia is the only sensible base here — the simulation is literally named after Astia 100F, so it already carries the film’s restrained saturation and flattering skin curve. Setting Color to +1 nudges the palette toward slide-film richness without tipping into Velvia territory, keeping reds and skin honest. Color Chrome Effect WEAK deepens saturated objects just enough to mimic the film’s controlled density, and Color Chrome FX Blue stays OFF because Astia 100F never rendered aggressive cyan-blue skies.
How to shoot it
Soft, even daylight is where this shines — late-morning shade, overcast portraits, and window light all let the Astia curve breathe. The +1 Shadow and DR200 combination gives the frame slide-film snap in the midtones, while Highlight 0 keeps bright skin and pastel backgrounds from crushing to white. The +1 Red / −1 Blue shift adds warmth to complexions without an orange cast, and the −1 Clarity restores the slightly smooth, filmic transition slide stock had between tones. Grain is set WEAK / SMALL to echo the fine emulsion of 100-speed slide film, and a +1/3 EV lift protects those delicate highlights by keeping exposure gently to the right.
What to avoid
Don’t reach for this in harsh midday sun expecting the highlights to hold — Astia 100F was a low-contrast-scene film, and DR200 with Highlight 0 will still clip a blown sky. In that light, meter for the highlights or wait for softer conditions. Also avoid pushing Color past +1 or turning Color Chrome FX Blue on; both break the restrained, pastel character that separates this accurate slide rendering from a punchier reversal look. Noise Reduction at −2 keeps fine detail crisp, so pair it with clean, well-lit skin rather than deep low-light scenes.
Questions
3 answers
The Soft Portrait recipe diffuses skin and drops contrast for a gentle, romantic feel. This one keeps the +1 Shadow and DR200 midtone snap that real Astia 100F slide film had, so it renders more accurately rather than softening everything.
Not exactly as written — the X-T3 has no Clarity control, so skip the −1 Clarity and keep every other value. Astia itself is fully supported on the X-T3, so the core look still holds.
Slide film clipped highlights fairly readily and held a defined contrast curve. DR200 keeps that slide-like snap in the midtones while still protecting the delicate pastel highlights this look depends on.