iPhone 4 Filter
Turn any photo into the classic iPhone 4 vibe — soft detail, gentle grain, nostalgic color.
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Best Settings for iPhone 4 Look
Portraits
Grain 35–40, Softness 28–34, Warmth 56–62, Shadows 55–60
Street / Daylight
Grain 25–35, Softness 18–28, Contrast 48–54
Night / Indoor
Grain 40–55, Softness 35–50, Bloom 12–26, Highlights 40–50
Presets in this editor
iPhone 4
Loads automatically on this pageSoft edges, gentle grain, slightly warm 2010s smartphone vibe.
The exact values this preset sets, so you can rebuild or tweak it by hand:
Warm Digicam
Golden-hour point-and-shoot warmth with punchy colors.
Grain 28 · Softness 18 · Warmth 66
Cool CCD
Cleaner, slightly cool vintage sensor feel (subtle green/cyan lean).
Grain 22 · Softness 14 · Aberration 12
Flash Pop
Harsh highlights + glow like a built-in flash at night.
Bloom 20 · Grain 18 · Contrast 60
Soft Nostalgia
Dreamy, faded, warm — heavy softness + bloom for a nostalgic vibe.
Softness 48 · Grain 30 · Bloom 26
2000s Y2K
Warm, faded early-digicam color with soft grain and a gentle vignette.
Grain 30 · Fade 18 · Softness 16
Disposable Flash
Hard close-flash glow, warm grain, casual single-use snapshot energy.
Grain 26 · Bloom 24 · Softness 12
Huji-Style
Warm flashed glow with grain, made for the corner date stamp.
Grain 29 · Softness 14 · Bloom 14
Dazz-Style
Cool CCD glow with extra bloom and old-sensor color fringe.
Grain 22 · Bloom 14 · Aberration 13
Kodak Gold
Golden film warmth with soft skin tones and fine grain.
Grain 22 · Warmth 63 · Softness 12
35mm Film
Fine grain and restrained, true-to-life analog color.
Grain 25 · Softness 14 · Vignette 8
Film Grain
Fine, even film texture over otherwise natural color.
Grain 35 · Softness 10 · Fade 10
Lomo Punch
Dark toy-camera vignette with loud, punchy color.
Vignette 30 · Grain 23 · Saturation 62
Vintage Fade
Old-print warmth with lifted blacks and darkened corners.
Grain 28 · Fade 21 · Softness 20
Polaroid
Washed instant-film fade with gentle warmth and a soft glow.
Softness 22 · Fade 21 · Vignette 20
Frequently Asked Questions
The iPhone 4 look is typically softer with less harsh sharpening, plus simpler color processing compared to modern phones.
Yes. It is a free iPhone 4 camera filter that turns any photo into an iPhone 4 photo: the soft detail, gentle grain, and warmer color of that early camera-phone era. Upload a photo, tap the iPhone 4 preset, and adjust to taste.
It recreates the overall vibe (softness, grain, tone), but exact matches depend on lighting and subject. Use the sliders to fine-tune.
Start with the iPhone 4 preset, then increase grain and softness slightly. Lower saturation a bit and add a touch of fade.
Yes. This is a common use case: modern photos + vintage iPhone 4 vibe.
No. Processing is local to your browser.
In most browsers, images exported from a web editor do not keep the original EXIF metadata. Keep your original file if you need metadata.
For maximum quality, export at original size. For faster uploads, resize to 1080px long edge.
Reduce softness and bloom. Then add grain back to keep texture without heavy blur.
Yes — use Reset or set sliders back to neutral (contrast/saturation/warmth/tint/highlights/shadows at 50; others at 0).
Not yet. This page is photo-only.
About This Tool
The iPhone 4 era has a distinctive photo vibe: less aggressive sharpening, a more natural grain/noise texture, and color that feels a bit warmer and simpler than modern computational photography.
This iPhone 4 filter recreates that aesthetic. Start with the iPhone 4 preset, then adjust grain and softness until edges feel slightly relaxed — especially in skin tones and low light.
People look for this a few different ways: an iPhone 4 camera filter, an iPhone 4 photo effect, or simply a way to make a photo look like it was shot on an iPhone 4. They all land here. Upload any modern photo and it comes out with that early-camera-phone feel.
For the strongest iPhone 4 feel, try this recipe: Grain 35–45, Softness 25–35, Saturation 40–48, Warmth 55–62, plus a small amount of fade and vignette. Daylight scenes need less grain; night scenes usually need more softness and bloom.
All edits run locally in your browser and downloads are generated on-device. Your photos are never uploaded.
See the difference
How to get the iPhone 4 look in three steps
- 1
Upload your photo
Any modern photo works, HEIC included. It loads straight into the editor on your device; nothing is uploaded.
- 2
Start from iPhone 4
The iPhone 4 preset is applied automatically: relaxed sharpness, gentle grain, and the warmer, simpler color of the 2010 camera phone.
- 3
Tune softness and grain, export
Raise Softness until edges stop feeling clinical, add Grain to taste, then download in full quality.
An iPhone 4 recipe that works
Prefer to dial it in by hand? These ranges cover most photos. Softness and grain carry the look; keep saturation a touch low.
iPhone 4 vs the other retro looks
The iPhone 4 look is soft and warm without the hard flash of a disposable or the cool glow of CCD. It reads as an early smartphone memory rather than a film photo. If you want more punch, try the 2000s look; for a cleaner sensor feel, try CCD.
Digicam vs film vs disposable vs CCD: which retro look to use
Where the iPhone 4 look sits next to CCD, disposable, and film, with a recipe for each.