FADE-200muted negative
Muted colour, per-hue.
- Reference
- Faded / bleached colour negative — per-hue muted response
- Format
- 3:2 / 4:3
- Modes
- Photo only
- Pricing
- Paid in-app unlock
What it simulates
- Per-hue colour science — HSV-space fadeGrade / hueLerp over R/O/Y/G/A/B/P/M anchors
- Hue shifts + saturation cuts 0.65-0.80
- Slightly warm white balance
- Soft-S tone lift
- Film-blur (0.5)
- Deliberately no vintage-glow, no halation — restraint by design
- Scene-based variations
How it behaves at capture
- Photo mode
- Live in the viewfinder, baked at capture
- Per-hue colour science — different colours behave differently at capture, not a uniform desaturation
What FADE-200 is
FADE-200 is muted colour negative — the first FILM shelf camera with per-hue colour science. Real faded film doesn't lose saturation uniformly; it fades in colour bands, shifted differently by hue. Reds cool. Blues wash. Yellows drift. FADE-200 models the same behaviour with an HSV-space grader that operates on eight colour anchors independently.
Per-hue behaviour
The fadeGrade and hueLerp stages apply hue shifts and saturation cuts (0.65-0.80) to R, O, Y, G, A, B, P, and M anchors. Interpolation between anchors gives smooth per-hue response — the frame doesn't have hard colour boundaries, but the way each hue fades is distinct.
How to shoot with FADE-200
- Scenes with a strong colour dominant — sunsets, foliage, walls with painted colour, blue hour. FADE-200's per-hue response has something to work with.
- Not the right pick for cool desaturation (use MONO 100 for b&w) or vivid slide film (use VERDE 50).
- Combine with warm WB scenes for the classic faded-photo character.
See also VERDE 50 (vivid positive, opposite direction) and NOCT-800 (tungsten night).
Samples
Frequently asked questions
Why is FADE-200 significant?
It's the first FILM shelf camera to use per-hue colour science — meaning red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple, and magenta each get their own hue shift and saturation cut, rather than a uniform desaturation across the frame. That per-hue response is what makes real faded film look faded — not less saturated overall, but selectively less saturated by colour band.
What does 'no vintage-glow' mean?
It means FADE-200 deliberately does not run the vintage-glow shader stage (soft-focus warm lift). The point is muted colour, not soft-focus nostalgia. If you want glow, MORNING 01 is the FILM shelf camera to use.
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