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How recipes work
Anatomy of a Fujifilm recipe.
Every recipe on this site is a complete set of these in-camera parameters. Here's what each one controls, so you can read a recipe and know what to expect before you load it.
| Parameter | What it does |
|---|---|
| Film Simulation | The base look — Provia, Velvia, Astia, Classic Chrome, Classic Negative, Acros, Eterna, and so on. Every recipe starts from one simulation; the other parameters refine it. |
| Dynamic Range (DR100 / 200 / 400) | How much highlight headroom the camera protects. DR200 and DR400 underexpose by one or two stops, then lift shadows to recover highlights — useful for high-contrast scenes. |
| D-Range Priority | An auto-tonemapping mode that flattens highlights and shadows together. Off lets you control tone with the dedicated curves; Weak or Strong overrides them. |
| Highlight | Per-recipe tone curve at the top end. Negative values soften highlights, positive values harden them. Typical range -2 to +4. |
| Shadow | Per-recipe tone curve at the bottom end. Negative values lift shadows, positive values crush them. Typical range -2 to +4. |
| Color | Saturation. Negative values desaturate; positive values increase color intensity. Subtle changes — typical range -2 to +4. |
| Sharpness | In-camera edge sharpening applied to the JPEG. Most recipes sit between -2 and +2; high values look crunchy. |
| Noise Reduction | Smoothing applied at higher ISOs. Lower values preserve detail and grain; higher values smudge fine texture. |
| Clarity | Midtone contrast. Negative values give a soft, dreamy look; positive values add bite. Adds processing time per shot. |
| Grain Effect (strength + size) | Adds simulated film grain. Strength is Off / Weak / Strong; size (where supported) is Small or Large. Stills only — does not apply to video. |
| Color Chrome Effect | Deepens saturated colors and adds gradation in already-rich tones. Off / Weak / Strong. Subtle and worth trying on most color recipes. |
| Color Chrome FX Blue | Same idea, targeted at blues. Helps skies hold density without going cyan. Off / Weak / Strong. |
| White Balance preset + shift | Choose Auto, Daylight, Shade, a Fluorescent / Incandescent preset, or Custom Kelvin. The Red/Blue shift fine-tunes the resulting cast in 1/20 steps — the secret sauce of most recipes. |
| ISO Auto (max) | The Auto-ISO ceiling. Recipes often cap this to keep noise reduction and grain looking consistent across a shoot. |
| Exposure Compensation | Recommended EV bias for the recipe — for example, +1/3 to lift skin tones or -2/3 to protect highlights with Classic Negative. Apply per-shot via the EV dial. |
Questions, answered
A recipe is a complete set of in-camera JPEG settings — film simulation, white balance and shift, tone controls, grain, colour-chrome effects, and ISO behaviour — saved as a custom profile on a Fujifilm camera. Once loaded, the camera renders every JPEG with that look automatically, no post-processing required.
A preset edits a RAW file after the fact in Lightroom or similar software. A recipe configures the camera so the JPEG comes out of the camera already finished. Recipes need no desktop step; presets need no specific camera. The two answer different needs.
Go to Image Quality Setting → Edit/Save Custom Setting → choose a slot (C1 through C7) → Edit/Check Current Settings → enter each parameter from the recipe → press DISP/BACK to save. The recipe is then available from the Image Quality menu or, on newer bodies, the film dial.
No. Recipes only affect the JPEG that the camera generates. The RAW file is untouched. If you shoot RAW + JPEG, you get a recipe-finished JPEG plus a neutral RAW you can edit conventionally later.
The film simulation choice carries into video, and so do most of the JPEG colour parameters. Some effects — grain in particular — are stills-only. For motion work, Eterna and Eterna Bleach Bypass are the simulations designed for video pipelines.
Recipes survive firmware updates. New firmware sometimes adds parameters or film simulations, and an older recipe simply won't use the new ones. Existing saved custom profiles continue to load and shoot the way they did before the update.