Film Stock Video Emulator

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Grade digital footage toward a named film stock. Each profile sets how the three color channels respond, where contrast sits, how much the blacks lift, and how coarse the grain is, so a clip graded to Portra 400 and one graded to Velvia 50 differ in more than color.

Profiles

A color negative has three separately sensitised layers, so each channel gets its own gamma and gain. That is how Portra keeps skin warm with neutral shadows, and how Superia pushes green in the midtones without tinting the whole frame. The four black-and-white stocks convert to monochrome with their own contrast and grain.

Profile Strength blends the stock with the original grade. Exposure and Contrast Trim adjust on top of the stock’s own curve without leaving it.

Grain and halation in motion

Grain is redrawn on every frame, which is what separates moving film from a still texture laid over video. Grain scales the amount the stock already carries: Delta 3200 and Superia 1600 are coarse at 100%, Ektar and Portra 160 fine.

Halation adds the red glow that forms around bright highlights when light bounces back off the film base. CineStill 800T, which has that layer removed, shows it most.

Source footage

Film emulation works best on footage with room in the highlights and shadows. Log or flat profiles converted to standard contrast first give the most film-like result. Clips that are already heavily graded or clipped to white keep that clipping under the stock.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which stocks are included?

Seventeen: Kodak Portra 160, 400, and 800, Gold 200, Ektar 100, Kodachrome 64, and Tri-X 400; Fujifilm Velvia 50, Superia 400 and 1600, Pro 400H, and Acros 100; Ilford HP5 Plus and Delta 3200; CineStill 50D and 800T; and Agfa Vista 200.

Does the grain move?

Yes. The grain pattern is seeded from each frame's timestamp and changes 30 times per second of source time, like grain on a projected print. The same frame always gets the same grain, so the preview matches the export.

What does a profile change?

Gamma and gain for each color channel, a contrast curve and its pivot, base fog that lifts the blacks, overall saturation, grain amount, and halation strength.

Is this a LUT?

No. A LUT maps colors only. The profiles here also add grain and halation, which a color table cannot produce.

What happens to the audio?

It is copied into the export unchanged when the container can hold its codec, and re-encoded when it cannot. A note under the export button says which happened.

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Film Stock Emulator

Grade a photo to seventeen named film stocks, including Portra 400, Velvia 50, Pro 400H, CineStill 800T, and Tri-X 400, with separate trims for exposure, contrast, grain, and halation.

Expired Film Video Effect

Age a video like expired color film: shadows and highlights drift to opposite casts, blacks fog up, the emulsion mottles, and grain moves on every frame. Set degradation, crossover, fog, mottling, and grain. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Aerochrome Video Effect

Give a video the false-color infrared look of Kodak Aerochrome: green foliage turns red or magenta while skies stay blue, with film grain that moves on every frame. Set profile, intensity, foliage, and red bloom. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Film Grain Video

Add moving analog film grain to a video. Set grain amount, size, and softness; the grain is redrawn on every frame and its size scales with the output. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Disposable Camera Video Effect

Give a video the look of a cheap point-and-shoot film camera: harsh flash bloom, faded warm print color, light leaks, vignette, and grain and dust that move on every frame. Set flash strength and film finish. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Grunge Video Effect

Distress every frame of a video with dirt, scratches, ink loss, and a hard contrast grade, with the damage redrawn on every frame like worn film. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Instant Camera Video Effect

Grade a video like an instant print: lifted blacks, soft highlights, warm faded color, and print grain that moves on every frame. Set faded color and print grain. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Redscale Video Effect

Remap every frame of a video to the redscale film palette: deep red shadows, orange midtones, and yellow highlights. Set redscale amount, yellow highlights, blue retention, exposure, and contrast. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Engraving Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into an antique engraving: hatch lines that follow the form, crosshatching in the shadows, and etched edges that move slightly on every frame. Set ink and paper colors, exposure, and line density. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Newspaper Print Video Effect

Print every frame of a video as a newspaper halftone: black dots on aged newsprint, ink spread, and paper texture that changes on every frame. Set dot size, contrast, ink spread, and paper texture. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Night Vision Video Filter

Turn a video into night-vision footage: brightness mapped to green, white, amber, or blue phosphor, with gain, highlight bloom, and grain that moves on every frame. Exports MP4 or WebM with the soundtrack.

Orton Video Effect

Screen a blurred, brightened copy of every video frame over the sharp original for a dreamy glow that keeps detail. Set blur radius, glow amount, soft layer exposure, saturation, and shadow protection. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.