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Real colour grading · adjustable grain

Film photo filter

Five looks built from actual channel curves rather than a flat colour overlay — with strength, grain and vignette on separate sliders so you can stop before it becomes a costume.

5 film looksGrain and vignetteBefore/afterNo watermark

Load a photo and pick a look

Grading happens on this page; the file is never uploaded.

One image at a time
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These are looks inspired by film characteristics — not measured emulations of any named film stock.

How it works

  1. Each look is a set of per-channel gain and lift values plus saturation and contrast — the same shape as a simple film emulation curve, not a coloured layer pasted on top.
  2. Strength blends the graded result back towards your original, so 40% is genuinely half as strong as 80%.
  3. Grain adds the same random offset to all three channels, which is how film grain behaves; colour noise looks like a broken sensor instead.
  4. The vignette darkens by distance from the centre on a squared falloff, so it stays smooth rather than showing a ring.

What it will never do

  • It does not claim to be a specific film stock. These are looks inspired by film characteristics, not measured emulations of a named emulsion.
  • Nothing is uploaded. Your photo is decoded, graded and exported inside the tab.
  • No watermark, no export limit, no account.

Questions

Is this a real film emulation?

No, and it does not claim to be. A measured emulation needs the actual response curves of a named film stock. These are five plausible looks made from channel gains, lift, saturation and contrast — honest colour grading, not a copy of a specific stock.

Why is the grain grey rather than colourful?

Because real film grain moves all three channels together. Independent per-channel noise reads as sensor noise, which is exactly the thing people are trying to get away from.

Does it reduce quality?

Export is JPEG at quality 0.92 from a copy capped at 1800 px on the long edge. Your original file is untouched, so you can always go back.

Want these looks on the photos you take?

PhotoCream is optional — this free tool runs entirely in your browser and works without it. Check the app’s current App Store listing for exact features, pricing and availability before downloading.

View PhotoCream on the App Store