True to film photo editing. A no-compromise approach to film simulation – realistic grain, precise film response curves, halation, diffusion, and much more.
Your phone takes sharp, clean, technically perfect photos. Film(ish) makes them feel real.
Film(ish) simulates real analog film stocks – the way light scatters through emulsion layers, how silver halide grains develop unevenly, how highlight halation bleeds warmth into bright edges. The result isn't a look – it's your photo reimagined as if it was shot on film.
WHAT MAKES IT REAL
Every film stock in Film(ish) is built from real characteristic curves – the processing pipeline models real photographic phenomena:
Grain that behaves the way silver halide crystals actually develop. Halation that bleeds warm glow around highlights.
Diffusion – soft highlight roll-off that mimics a Pro-Mist filter on the lens. Dreamy without being blurry.
Characteristic curves – the nonlinear way film maps light to density. Smooth highlight compression, rich shadow separation, and the organic tonal rolloff that digital cameras just don't do. Beautiful deep colors that feel real, not digital.
From warm and candid to cinematic and moody. Cool editorial tones to punchy contrast. Classic black and white to rich, saturated color. Every stock is a complete system — not just a color grade, but a unique combination of curves, dye responses, and tonal character.
FOR CASUAL SHOOTERS
Pick a film stock. Adjust the strength. Export. That's it. Beautiful analog-looking photos in seconds.
FOR COLOR NERDS
Go deeper. Way deeper. Film(ish) gives you over 80 parameters across an 11-stage processing pipeline:
Lift, Gamma, and Gain controls using the ASC-CDL standard — the same framework used in Hollywood color grading. Per-hue adjustments across 8 color zones in perceptually uniform color space. Print contrast curves. Dye saturation modeling based on Beer-Lambert absorption. Scene white balance via illuminant conversion. Split-toning. And more.
This is a mobile app with desktop-grade color science.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Film(ish) processes everything on your device. No cloud uploads. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your photos stay yours.
Works with RAW files, HDR photos with gain maps, and video — applying the full film emulation pipeline frame by frame. Export at full resolution in JPEG, HEIF, or TIFF.
Buy once. Use forever.
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All-new everything: New advanced controls (Hue vs, Sat vs curves, split toning), completely rebuilt masking and cropping, reworked RAW development, refined exposure controls, improved skin tones, and more.
Compact Layout: New layout options for a cleaner, more efficient UI.
Hue vs: A new Grading tab featuring three curves along a continuous hue axis. Shift any hue, its saturation, or its luminosity using an eyedropper tool straight from the photo.
Split Tone: Quick and easy split toning via a dedicated tool.
Advanced Masking: Composite complex masks using Add, Subtract, and Intersect, plus an all-new Brush mask.
Highlight Detail: A dedicated slider that restores highlight texture flattened in SDR renders using the photo's HDR gain map.
Film Frame: A new frame option simulating a classic 35mm film strip.
New in Print: Introducing two paper simulations: EP1 (Kodak Endura Premier) and CA2 (Fujicolor Crystal Archive II).
Reworked RAW Development: Develop modes (As Shot, Normalized, Log) now apply to RAW files from any camera, not just Apple ProRAW. Normalized strips away heavy-handed default processing to create a clean, uniform base - ensuring your presets apply predictably across different cameras and shooting conditions.
Version 1.5
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Information
Seller
Catalin Bridinel
Size
33.9 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.