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

Brimstone: A Fujifilm X100V Film Recipe

A captivating view of a Porto church beneath a stunningly vivid fire-sky, captured using the Fujifilm X100V's "Brimstone" recipe. The image highlights the bold architectural details against an intense blue backdrop.

Transformation of a baroque facade in Porto, accentuated by a blazing sun against a deep teal sky, showcasing a striking before-and-after edit.

Ancient colonnade in Pompeii with enhanced warm tones, highlighting the contrast against a vivid blue sky.

"Amalfi Coastline in Sorrento: A striking before-and-after comparison of the cliffs and harbor, showcasing enhanced colors and contrast with the Brimstone effect."

Three frames from a Southern Europe trip built the reference for this one: a Baroque church in Porto with the sun blazing straight through a halo of haze, the Sorrento coastline curling out toward Vesuvius, and Pompeii's ancient colonnade cutting a hard line against a deep blue sky. Brimstone is a high-drama, Velvia-based recipe built around one idea — let the sky burn while everything else goes near-black.

In-Camera JPEG Settings (Fujifilm X100V)

• Film Simulation: Velvia/Vivid

• Dynamic Range: DR400

• Highlight Tone: -2

• Shadow Tone: -2

• Color: +2

• Sharpness: 0

• Noise Reduction: -2

• Grain Effect: Weak, Small

• Color Chrome Effect: Strong

• Color Chrome FX Blue: Weak

• White Balance: Auto, R: +3, B: -5

• ISO: Auto (160-6400)

• Exposure Compensation: -1/3 to -2/3

Lightroom / RAW Settings

• Profile: Adobe Color

• Exposure: -0.25

• Contrast: +28

• Highlights: -55

• Shadows: -15

• Whites: -8

• Blacks: -20

• Temperature: +12

• Tint: +3

• Vibrance: +18

• Saturation: +6

• Clarity: +25

• Dehaze: +12

• Vignette: -20

Tone Curve

A steep S-curve — highlights pulled down harder than usual to tame the sun, shadows pushed down rather than lifted, for a crushed, high-drama contrast.

• Highlights: strong decrease

• Lights: moderate decrease

• Darks: slight decrease

• Shadows: strong decrease

HSL / Color Mixer

• Red Hue: 0, Red Saturation: +15

• Orange Hue: -5, Orange Saturation: +20

• Yellow Hue: -10, Yellow Saturation: +10

• Green Hue: 0, Green Saturation: -20

• Aqua Hue: +10, Aqua Saturation: -10

• Blue Hue: +15, Blue Saturation: -15, Blue Luminance: -10

• Purple Hue: 0, Purple Saturation: +10

• Magenta Hue: +5, Magenta Saturation: +5

Split Toning

• Highlights Hue: 25, Highlights Saturation: 20 (strong warm orange glow)

• Shadows Hue: 235, Shadows Saturation: 15 (deep, cool crushed-rock blue)

• Balance: -10

Detail

• Sharpening: Amount 55, Radius 1.0, Detail 30, Masking 20

• Noise Reduction: Luminance 15, Detail 50, Contrast 0, Color 25, Color Detail 50, Smoothness 50

Calibration

• Red Primary Hue: +8, Red Primary Saturation: +5

• Green Primary Hue: -8, Green Primary Saturation: -5

• Blue Primary Hue: +5, Blue Primary Saturation: +5

White balance is left as-shot in the Lightroom preset — dial in warmth per scene, or match the camera recipe's WB shift (R+3/B-5).

Brimstone Lightroom Preset.zip

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