About DigicamFilter

Why we made it

Phone cameras today are technically incredible and, somehow, a little boring. Every shot comes out sharp, evenly lit, and color-corrected to within an inch of its life. The photos look perfect and feel like nothing.

Older cameras got it "wrong" in ways people now miss: blown-out flash, a grainy texture in the shadows, colors that leaned warm or green, a soft focus that flattered skin. That imperfection is exactly what the digicam and CCD revival is chasing. You can buy a 15-year-old camera off a marketplace to get it, or you can recreate the look on the photos you already have. We built this for the second option.

How it works

Drop in a photo, pick a starting preset, and nudge the sliders until it feels right. Under the hood the editor uses your browser's own graphics engine (WebGL, with a Canvas fallback). WebGL provides the full set of effects. Compatibility mode supports grain, contrast, saturation, warmth, vignette and fade; unavailable controls are disabled.

• •Nineteen presets to start from: from iPhone 4, Cool CCD, and Disposable Flash to Kodak Gold, Lomo Punch, Polaroid, 70s Print, 80s Print, 90s Snapshot, and Matcha Latte, each tuned to a different era and mood. Every filter page starts from its matching look and documents its settings.
• •Real controls, not one button: twelve sliders so the result looks like your photo, not a stamp applied to everyone's.
• •JPG and PNG exports: the longest edge is capped at 4096 pixels, with an optional 1080-pixel export for a smaller file.

Your photos never leave your device

There is no upload step. Every edit happens locally, in your browser, and the downloaded file is generated on your device. We never see, store, or send your images anywhere. You can read the details in our privacy policy.

No catch

The tool is free to use, with no account, no watermark on your exports, and no app to install. JPEG, PNG and WebP work in browsers that decode them. HEIC support depends on your browser; convert to JPEG if your file will not open. The editor stays free.

Who makes this

DigicamFilter is a one-person project, built and maintained by Skyz, an independent web developer and retro-camera enthusiast. The guides explain the editor's settings, show example results and discuss the limits of each look. Synthetic reference scenes are labelled where used; they are not real-camera calibration tests.

Being small is the point. There is no account system because none is needed, and no upload step because the tool was designed so your photos never have to leave your device. When you email about a bug or a missing look, the person who wrote the code is the one reading it.

The project also posts before/after examples and new looks on Pinterest.

Say hello

Found a bug, have a preset idea, or just want a look we don't support yet? We read everything. Reach us on the contact page or email [email protected].