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Film Grain Effect

Add Film Grain to Any Photo

Digital photos look too clean? Add real-looking film grain and a gentle vignette for that analog, shot-on-35mm feel.

Image to ASCII Turn any photo into ASCII art — copy it as text or save as PNG.
Image to Pixel Art Make 8-bit pixel art from a photo with retro palettes like PICO-8 and Game Boy.
Glitch Effect RGB split, slice shifts, scanlines and static — a GPU glitch effect for any image.
Halftone Effect Turn photos into print-style halftone dots, squares or diamonds in two colors.
Duotone Effect Map a photo onto two colors — the Spotify-style duotone look.
Pixel Sorting Glitch-art pixel sorting: melt bright or dark pixels into long streaks.
Fluted Glass Effect Reeded glass refraction: look at any photo through ribbed glass.
Shatter Effect Break a photo into flying blocks that scatter away from an intact center.
Photo to Pencil Sketch Turn a photo into a graphite pencil drawing with adjustable line weight.
Photo to Watercolor Soft watercolor washes with ink edges and paper texture from any photo.
Tilt-Shift Effect Miniature-world tilt-shift blur with a movable focus band.
Motion Blur Effect Directional motion blur for speed, panning and dynamic shots.
Chromatic Aberration Split red, green and blue channels for a lens-fringe or 3D-glasses look.
Light Leak Effect Warm analog light leaks and flares in any two colors.
Neon Glow Effect Trace the edges of a photo with glowing neon lines on a dark background.
Paper Cut Effect Layered paper-craft look with cut-out shapes and soft shadows.
Posterize Effect Reduce a photo to a few flat tones for a bold poster look.
Colored Pencil Drawing Turn a photo into a colored pencil drawing that keeps its colors.
Glow Effect Bloom glow: bright areas softly radiate light.
Lens Blur (Bokeh) Dreamy lens blur where bright spots bloom into bokeh.
Zoom Blur Effect Radial zoom or spin blur that rushes toward a point.
Glass Tiles Effect See a photo through hexagonal or square glass blocks with refraction.
Torn Paper Effect Rip a photo into torn paper pieces with white edges and shadows.
Hexagon Mosaic Pixelate a photo into a honeycomb of flat-colored hexagons.
Swirl Effect Twist a photo into a whirlpool around its center.
Water Ripple Effect Concentric water ripples spreading across a photo.
Bulge & Pinch Effect Magnify the center of a photo like a fisheye — or pinch it in.
Vignette Effect Darken — or tint — the corners to focus attention on the center.
Emboss Effect Raised relief look: turn a photo into an embossed grey surface.
Blur Image Blur a whole image smoothly — clean edges, any strength.
Sharpen Image Make soft photos crisper with an adjustable sharpening filter.
Demo image — drop, paste or upload yours

More image effects

All effects
Light Leak Effect example Light Leak Effect Warm analog light leaks and flares in any two colors. Duotone Effect example Duotone Effect Map a photo onto two colors — the Spotify-style duotone look. Tilt-Shift Effect example Tilt-Shift Effect Miniature-world tilt-shift blur with a movable focus band.

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Film Grain Effect — how it works

Analog film grain and a soft vignette for a 35mm look.

Why add grain

Film records light on silver crystals, which leave a fine, irregular texture — grain. Adding it back to digital photos softens the plastic look of heavy retouching, hides banding in skies and gradients and makes a set of images feel like one analog series.

Mono vs. color grain

Monochrome grain changes only brightness, like black-and-white film and most modern emulations. Color grain adds tiny hue variations as well, closer to fast consumer color film. Grain size scales with your photo, so a 24-megapixel export keeps the same character as the preview.

Vignette

Old lenses darken toward the corners. A soft vignette draws the eye to the center and completes the analog look; set it to zero if you only want grain.

Frequently Asked Questions

The grain pattern is generated procedurally, so it looks natural rather than like a repeated texture.

No, everything runs in your browser.

Yes — download the grainy photo and run it through the Light Leak Effect, or combine both in Image Flow.