Filmlume: Negative to Positive
35mm and 120mm film negatives
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Your 35mm and 120mm film negatives, turned into photos with the colour of a classic lab scan. Photograph a roll on a light with any camera — a mirrorless on a copy stand, or your iPhone over an iPad showing white — bring the pictures in from Photos or Files, and every frame becomes a finished positive at full resolution.
CLASSIC LAB COLOUR
• On by default: every frame balanced on its own, with dense blacks, warm skin and greens that lean teal — the look of the minilab scanners of the film years. Slides get the same lab look. Switch to Neutral for a flat scan to grade elsewhere.
READ LIKE A LAB SCANNER
• The orange mask of colour negative divided out using the film's own base, each dye layer balanced between the frame's darkest and brightest detail.
• RAW of any make, DNG, ProRAW, 16-bit TIFF, HEIC, JPEG and PNG at full size and bit depth; a 500 MB TIFF opens in a moment.
37 FILM LOOKS
• Starting points in the spirit of colour, black-and-white and slide stocks, each our own model.
A TONE CURVE YOU DRAW, WITH POINTS
• Touch the line to add a point, drag to bend the curve, double-tap to take it away. One curve for the whole picture and one each for red, green and blue.
DUST, TAKEN OUT WITH CARE
• Small specks and dust disappear; long thin things — wires, railings, aerials, branches — stay where they are. See exactly what it removes first, and lower Size or Sensitivity if it takes too much.
A PRINTER'S CONTROLS
• Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, warmth, tint, saturation and grain, live under your finger; a double tap returns a slider to zero.
• Graduated and radial filters with their own light and colour, up to six on a frame.
• C-41 colour balance like an enlarger's head, and a colour mixer (HSL) for eight colours.
• Take the film base from the rebate, or tap something grey to balance exactly.
• Crop to 3:2, 6×6, 6×7, 4:3, 16:9 or freely; rotate, mirror, straighten and square the perspective. Nothing is destroyed.
KEEP IT
• Full resolution, always: 10-bit HEIF to Photos, a JPEG to share, or a 16-bit TIFF.
• Rolls kept with their film; star the keepers and save them in one go.
• Your photos, on film: print any picture in one of the film looks or in six CCD sensor looks.
• Light table: a second device shows an even white light for the negative.
ANALOG, WHEN YOU WANT IT
• Halation, light leaks from either edge, a print or film border on export; Pushed, Pulled, Expired and Cross Process presets. Nothing analog is added unless you add it.
SIRI AND SHORTCUTS
• “New roll in Filmlume” and “Import negatives into Filmlume”, by voice or in Shortcuts.
A WORKSPACE THAT FILLS THE WINDOW
• A dark workspace where colour is easy to judge, laid out for whatever window it is given: iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo — folded, unfolded or on one half of the large screen. Fold the tools away to give the picture the whole window. Requires iOS 17 or later.
PRIVACY
• No account and nothing uploaded: scans stay on your device until you save or share them.
ONE-TIME PURCHASE
• One in-app purchase unlocks Filmlume: no subscription, nothing renews, nothing to cancel.
• Before buying you can start a three-day free trial — an in-app item that costs nothing — which unlocks everything; when it ends, the app waits to be unlocked.
• Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. Restore it at no cost on every iPhone and iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
DISCLAIMER
Scan only film you own or have the right to copy, for your own use. Colour and density are the app's interpretation; its lab rendering and film looks are our own models, not the makers' data, and no film maker is connected with this app. Keep your originals. Provided as is, without warranty, to the extent permitted by law.
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Support: alpenlume@gmail.com
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New: a tone curve you draw with points (one curve for the picture, one each for red, green and blue) and dust removal that leaves wires, railings and fine lines alone, with a preview of exactly what it takes out.
Also: a dark workspace, ten real sample negatives, a new icon, and a layout that fills the whole window on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo — folded, unfolded or on half of the large screen. Fold the tools away to give the picture all the room.
Still here: halation, light leaks, film borders on export, and Pushed, Pulled, Expired and Cross Process presets. No film grain unless you add it.
The developer, MARIUSZ MALISZEWSKI, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- MARIUSZ MALISZEWSKI
- Size
- 10.5 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. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, German, Hindi, Polish, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 3-Day Trial $0.00
- Unlock Filmlume $16.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Alpenlume