Film(ish)

True to film photo editing

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

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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PRINT FILM A new Print section under Grading. After the negative develops your image, it can be printed onto the stock theatrical prints were made on – Kodak 2383 or Fuji ETERNA-CP 3513DI – with a chain-order option, and a "Print film" text variable to match. SCOPES Histogram, luma waveform, RGB parade, RGB overlay and vectorscope in both editors, in a resizable panel. A new clipping warning marks the areas about to lose highlight or shadow detail – drawn per stock, receding as you pull Whites or Highlights back. GRAIN Softening is rebuilt around film MTF – no longer a flat Gaussian blur. Each ISO now carries the resolving power of its emulsion: fine grain resolves more detail, fast grain less. The slider also goes negative – raw grain over the sharp image. FILM STOCKS New: Fujicolor F-64D and Fujicolor REALA 500D, daylight-balanced cinema negatives. The Fuji ETERNA negatives have new, improved versions. FP1 now carries its real name, Superia 200. LENS BLUR Near and far are separate controls now – foreground bokeh can spill over a sharp subject, the way a real lens renders it. ANALOG EDGE Redesigned border – the torn film edge looks more organic and less repetitive. Inner Glow and Diffusion now blend smoothly when combined. VIDEO Export Frame – one tap saves the current frame to Photos at full resolution. FIXES – LOG footage no longer renders dark with a conversion LUT. – Video export no longer crashes on clips with certain audio formats. – Exports with frames stay in their size tier. – The editor no longer comes back black after switching apps. – HDR exports match the preview's border brightness. – Preset thumbnails no longer open blank in the video editor.

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    Seller
    • Catalin Bridinel
    Size
    • 32.1 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.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Catalin Bridinel