Cinematic
Fujifilm film simulation recipes for a cinematic look — muted contrast, controlled colour and film-grade tonality straight out of camera.
“Cinematic” usually means three things: muted, slightly desaturated colour; controlled, gentle contrast that holds the shadows; and a colour palette with a deliberate lean — teal shadows, warm highlights — rather than neutral accuracy.
How to think about cinematic recipes
Start from Eterna or Classic Chrome — the simulations modelled on motion-picture stocks, with their restrained, filmic curve. Flatten the contrast (pull highlights, lift shadows) toward a gradeable, low-contrast image, the way cinema is shot to be coloured later. Add a colour lean with the white-balance shift — cool the shadows, warm the lights — and a touch of grain for texture.
The mistake is reaching for saturation. Cinematic colour is about direction, not intensity — a consistent palette across the frame reads as “graded,” while punchy colour reads as a snapshot.
Recipes for Cinematic
8 entries
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Emulates CineStill 800T
CineStill 800T
A tungsten-balanced Classic Chrome recipe that emulates CineStill 800T for night and neon — cool teal shadows, warm streetlights, and heavy cinematic grain.
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Emulates CineStill 400D
CineStill 400D
A soft, warm-neutral Eterna recipe emulating CineStill 400D for golden daylight streets and portraits — DR400 highlights, lifted shadows, fine grain.
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Emulates Bleach bypass / silver-retention film processing
Eterna Bleach Bypass: Gritty Cinematic
A drained, high-contrast Eterna Bleach Bypass recipe with metallic highlights and heavy mood — built for rain, concrete and night streets.
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Emulates Eterna cinema stock under flat daylight
Eterna Overcast
A soft cinematic Eterna recipe for overcast and lightly rainy days — lifted shadows, low saturation, and a cool cast for wet streets and muted architecture.
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Emulates Kodak Portra 800
Kodak Portra 800
A warm, punchy Classic Negative recipe emulating Kodak Portra 800 for tungsten and mixed evening light, with STRONG large grain and DR400 to hold skin under dim conditions.
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Emulates Reala Ace (mixed-light cinematic interpretation)
Reala Ace Mixed Light
A restrained, cinematic Reala Ace recipe built for the situations where Portra is too daylight-warm and Classic Chrome is too contrasty — mixed indoor/outdoor afternoon light. X-Trans V exclusive.
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Emulates Kodak Vision3 250D (5207)
Kodak Vision3 250D
A clean, halation-free Eterna recipe emulating Kodak Vision3 250D (5207): soft daylight contrast, huge highlight latitude, neutral-warm skin and muted-but-alive colour.
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Emulates Kodak Vision3 500T (5219)
Vision3 500T
A restrained Eterna night-cinema recipe emulating Kodak Vision3 500T: cool teal shadows, warm orange practicals, tight grain, DR400 open blacks.