Film(ish) Download on theApp Store

Shoot digital – edit analog.

True-to-film photo and video editing

Accurate film simulation, full color grading toolset, photo and video effects.

A portrait as the camera recorded it The same portrait on a film and a print
500T + 2383

Film measured – not guessed

88 films in 8 families

A photograph as the camera recorded it The same photograph on a film and its print
50D + 2383

Two-stage film emulation

Film and print stages are separated for better control and better results

A photograph as the camera recorded it The same photograph on 250D and a print
250D + 2383

88 film stocks, 20+ prints – thousands of creative possibilities.

Photochemical Adjustments

Accurate darkroom colors calibrated from thousands of scans.

All this data has taken the form of 4 sliders: push, skip bleach, cross-process and color temperature. Each one is simple, accurate and fast. Combining them with full creative control unlocks countless combinations and looks.

A man in a black hat and bandana in a stone-walled room, with the bleach skipped by the amount the slider shows
Skip bleach 50

Bleach bypass

Bleach bypass (skip bleach) simulates the effects of silver retention – what happens when you don’t remove the silver crystals from the negative after development.

Because the effect is so strong, almost no movie you’ve seen uses this at 100% and many skip bleach on the intermediate print so the original negative stays clean.

High contrast, deep shadows, bright highlights – the effect makes everything feel real and gritty.

A portrait in low light, pushed by the amount the slider shows
Push +100

Push

Pushing film means exposing for a different ISO rating than what is on the box and then over- or under-developing in the darkroom.

The emulsion layers react differently, shifting the color balance cool-to-warm but in a much more interesting way than a white balance adjustment.

There’s a subtle exposure shift of ±0.5 EV that you can correct for or amplify to match your vision.

Grain rendered at nanometer scale

Film does not have grain – film is grain. Film(ish) has built a full particle simulation for grain.

A close portrait with no grain The same portrait with film grain
35mm

Every photo is rebuilt from 9 layers of particles in different shapes and sizes. Unique structure on every frame – accurate at any scale.

Read more: Replicating film grain

Physical not visual effects

Diffusion, light leaks, halation are simulated based on the behaviour of light and how it interacts with the lens and film.

A night street from a car window, with halation around the lights

Halation

Motorcyclists under a bridge at night, with an anamorphic flare across the headlight

Flare

A man leaning on his hand in a green-tiled room, the window light diffused

Bloom

A woman in profile under a single warm light, the light spreading softly through mist

Mist

Light first. Film second. Print third.

The order you apply adjustments and effects in can make or break a color grade. In Film(ish) you don't have to think about it – everything is applied in the correct order and the correct color space.

  1. Source

    1. RAW · HEIF · Video Frame
    2. Log → Scene Light
    3. Noise Reduction
    4. Erase

  2. Light

    1. Lens Simulation
    2. Saturation · WB · Clarity
    3. Exposure
    4. Vignette
    5. Lift · Gamma · Gain
    6. Dehaze
    7. Masks
    8. Lens Blur · Motion Blur

  3. Film

    1. Light Leak
    2. Film White Balance
    3. Inner Glow · Diffusion
    4. Halation · Flare
    5. Film Stock
    6. Bleach Bypass
    7. Dye Saturation
    8. Hue Twist · Roll-off
    9. Vibrance
    10. Couplers · Micro Contrast

  4. Negative

    1. Grain
    2. Crop · Rotate · Perspective
    3. Print Curve
    4. Print Film

  5. Print

    1. Color Wheels · LAB
    2. Split Tone · Selective Color
    3. Hue vs · HSL · Saturation
    4. Look · Blacks / Whites
    5. Highlight Detail
    6. Match · Duotone · Skin
    7. Input Levels

  6. Finish

    1. Film Damage
    2. Frame
    3. Text
    4. Date Stamp
    5. Paper
    6. Export

Your phone is over-processing photos. Film(ish) removes it in one tap.

If you shoot Apple ProRAW you can remove local tone mapping in a single tap.

With Apple ProRAW local tone mapping Without Apple ProRAW local tone mapping
Apple ProRAW Local Tone Mapping

Video editing and HDR support

Same color science, same film stocks – now in motion, and ready for HDR displays.

Film(ish) on an iPhone: Grading, the Hue vs Hue curve under a portrait

Color grading tools

Large toolset for professional color control

  • Color wheels
  • HSL + Density
  • Levels
  • Split tone
  • Hue vs, Sat vs
  • Selective color & more...

scopes – histogram, waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope

A photograph in the editor with a radial mask on it

Fine tune every detail with masking

  • Mask types
    Linear, Radial, Brush, Luminance, Color, Depth, Subject, Background, Sky
  • Composite masks
    add, subtract, intersect
  • Modifiers
    expand, feather, invert
  • On device ML masking
    Sky, subject, depth, background

Optimized workflow

  • Bulk editing and custom presets
  • Preset sharing
  • iCloud support for cross device editing
    edits, presets and settings sync through your own iCloud (beta)

Film(ish) iOS

Download on theApp Store
FreePro$19.99One time purchase · varies by region
Twelve film simulationsEvery film simulation, every print film and paper
Every tool, on photos and on video, to use and to tryExports that use a Pro tool
Photo export with the free filmsVideo export without the Film(ish) mark

One-time purchase – pro on all your iOS devices and shared with your family through Family Sharing

Private by design

We collect no data – all edits are on device. Cross-device edits are in your private iCloud. No accounts, no tracking, no ads.