Beacon: A Fujifilm X100V Film Recipe (In-Camera JPEG + Lightroom/RAW Guide)

Edward Leung
Aug 6
2 min read

Poster of Belem Tower silhouetted against a warm sky, with crowds at base; text reads Beacon and Fujifilm Recipe After55ed Archive — Monument to the Discoveries stands dramatically silhouetted against a fiery sky, capturing a timeless scene in Lisbon's historic landscape.

Before/after of Lisbon’s Monument to the Discoveries, labeled Beacon, showing a stone monument and statues under brighter then moody dusk tones. — The Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon showcases a dramatic transformation with lighting and color adjustments, enhancing the intricate details of the historic figures.

Before and after of the Arch of Constantine in Rome, with a gray bright edit on left and warm dark tones on right. — Before and after image showcasing the Arch of Constantine in Rome with a dramatic lighting transformation.

Before-and-after of Belem Tower, Lisbon: bright left, warm dark right, with scaffolding and wet stone walkway under cloudy sky. — A striking before-and-after comparison of Belém Tower in Lisbon, showcasing the transformation of its facade through restoration and color enhancement.

The Look

Three monuments from Italy and Portugal, spring 2026 -- the Arch of Constantine in Rome, Belém Tower on the Tagus, and the Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon. Beacon is a Velvia-based recipe built around one idea: pull the sky's highlights back hard while crushing the architecture underneath toward a graphic, near-black silhouette. Where most of this archive's recipes lift shadow detail for a softer, more forgiving look, Beacon does the opposite -- it deepens and crushes the shadow side of the frame on purpose, trading recovered detail for a bolder, more monumental silhouette.

In-Camera JPEG Settings (Fujifilm X100V)

Setting	Value
Film Simulation	Velvia
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlight Tone	-2
Shadow Tone	+3
Color	+3
Sharpness	+1
Noise Reduction	-3
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Color Chrome Effect	Strong
Color Chrome FX Blue	Strong
White Balance	Auto, R+4 / B-5
ISO	Auto (160-6400)
Exposure Comp.	-1 to -1 1/3

Lightroom / RAW Equivalent

Setting	Value
Profile	Adobe Color
Exposure	-0.40
Contrast	+25
Highlights	-60
Shadows	-20
Whites	-20
Blacks	-25
Temperature	+20
Tint	+3
Vibrance	+25
Saturation	+10
Clarity	+20
Dehaze	+15
Vignette	-20

Tone Curve

An aggressive, graphic S-curve -- highlights and lights held back to protect the sky's glow, darks and shadows pulled down hard to crush the foreground toward true black.

Highlights: Decrease
Lights: Slight increase
Darks: Decrease
Shadows: Decrease

HSL / Color Mixer

Red Hue -5, Saturation +25
Orange Hue -5, Saturation +30
Yellow Hue -10, Saturation +10
Green Hue 0, Saturation -20
Aqua Hue +10, Saturation -10
Blue Hue +15, Saturation -20, Luminance -10
Purple Hue 0, Saturation -10
Magenta Hue 0, Saturation -5

Split Toning

Highlights: Hue 25, Saturation 20 (deep fire orange-red). Shadows: Hue 210, Saturation 15 (cool blue). Balance -15, favoring the shadow tone and deepening the silhouette mood.

Detail

Sharpening -- Amount 60, Radius 1.0, Detail 35, Masking 15. Noise Reduction -- Luminance 12, Detail 50, Contrast 0, Color 25, Color Detail 50, Smoothness 50.

Calibration

Red Primary Hue +8, Saturation +10. Green Primary Hue -10, Saturation -10. Blue Primary Hue +5, Saturation +5.

These settings aim to reproduce the fire-sky, crushed-silhouette character of the reference look, offering a starting point for further creative adjustment.