Recipe:

• Base Picture Control: PURE

• Effect Level: 40

• Quick Sharp: 0

• Sharpening: +2.0

• Mid-range Sharpening: +1.0

• Clarity: +0.5

• Contrast: +1.0

• Saturation: -1.0

Other settings:

• White Balance: Direct Sunlight (oapprox. 5200K)

• WB Shift: A 5.0, M 0.5

• Active D-Lighting: Extra High

• Exposure compensation: +0.7 or +1.0

• High ISO NR: off

This recipe delivers a clean, versatile Portra 400 look with soft highlights, warm skin tones, and muted colors. The PURE base keeps images crisp yet natural, while controlled contrast and saturation preserve a film-like balance without looking flat.

A strong amber white-balance shift adds Portra’s signature warmth, Extra High Active D-Lighting and slight overexposure provide generous latitude, and disabled noise reduction keeps texture organic. Designed to work reliably in almost any lighting situation, this is an ideal everyday Portra-style preset.