Emulsion Studio

A free film filter for your photos, built by Luis Ramirez. Pick from 11 films and 6 lenses, set the grain, and download the result. It was made for AI images that need to feel like they were shot on film, and it works on any photo. Free, runs in your browser, nothing uploaded anywhere.

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Films modeled on real stocks

Each film here is built from the stock it’s modeled on: the manufacturer’s datasheet for the curve and the grain, and the way the film looks when a lab scans it. Sola 400 is modeled on the look of Kodak Portra 400, Marigold 200 on Kodak Gold 200, Nocturne 800 on CineStill 800T, and so on down the list. Color negative rolls its highlights off gently. Slide film is dense and unforgiving. Black and white gets its own lens filters and toning.

Color negative

Sola 400
Modeled on Kodak Portra 400
Warm, gentle skin and soft highlights. The everyday portrait film.
Celadon 400
Modeled on Fujifilm Pro 400H
Airy and pale. Mint greens, pink skin, cool open shadows.
Marigold 200
Modeled on Kodak Gold 200
Golden and nostalgic. Warm yellows, strong reds, the family-album film.
Primary 100
Modeled on Kodak Ektar 100
Vivid and crisp. Deep blue skies, bold reds, very fine grain.
Evergreen 400
Modeled on Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400
Drugstore film. Cool greens, magenta skin, punchy and a little gritty.
Nocturne 800
Modeled on CineStill 800T
Night film. Cool teal shadows and a red glow around every bright light.

Slide

Alpine 50
Modeled on Fujichrome Velvia 50
Slide film. Rich color, deep contrast, dense blues and a warm cast in the light.
Crimson 64
Modeled on Kodak Kodachrome 64
The magazine slide film. Strong reds, deep contrast, cool dense blacks, color that stays short of loud.

Black and white

Press 400
Modeled on Kodak Tri-X 400
Classic black and white. Bright skin, soft grey blacks, a little more bite than Long Grey.
Long Grey 400
Modeled on Ilford HP5 Plus
Gentle black and white. A long grey scale that holds shadows and skies.

Instant

Pocket Instant
Modeled on integral instant film (Polaroid 600 and SX-70 type)
Instant print. Weak greenish blacks, creamy pink whites, soft color.

Film plus lens

The film is the color, the contrast, the grain and the red glow around bright lights. The lens is everything the glass does: vignette, softness, a light leak, a frame. Pick one of each. Every film works with every lens, and every effect has its own slider after you pick. Even the Clean lens leaves a trace of corner softness and color fringe, because no real lens is perfect from edge to edge.

Made for AI images

AI images tend to arrive with two giveaways: an orange grade baked in, and flat lighting that shows detail in the window and under the table at once. Cleanup does two things and nothing else. It removes the color cast and opens up flat lighting. Then the film goes on top. Turn it down for real photos.

Take the look with you

Try a film here, then use it in your own editor. Every film downloads as a Lightroom profile (.xmp) and as a .cube LUT for Photoshop, Resolve, Premiere and Final Cut. The download holds the film’s color only. Grain, halation and the lens effects depend on where each pixel sits, so they can’t live in a LUT. Add those here.

One photo or a batch

Load up to 20 photos on a computer and 10 on a phone. Edit one, apply the look to all of them, then adjust any photo on its own. Export them one at a time or all at once. On a computer a batch downloads as one zip. On a phone it goes to the share sheet.

It all runs in your browser

Nothing uploads. Your photos are read, edited and exported on your own device, so there’s no server, no account and no watermark, and your image is never tracked. Exports are JPEG or PNG at full size, with location and camera data stripped out. Like the other tools here, it’s free and it’s meant to be useful, not gated.

About the names

These films are independent emulations. They aren’t made, sponsored or endorsed by Kodak, Fujifilm, Ilford, Harman, CineStill or Polaroid. Those names are trademarks of their owners and appear here only to say which film each look is modeled on.

Film questions

What films are the looks modeled on?
Kodak Portra 400, Fujifilm Pro 400H, Kodak Gold 200, Kodak Ektar 100, Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400, CineStill 800T, Fujichrome Velvia 50, Kodak Kodachrome 64, Kodak Tri-X 400, Ilford HP5 Plus and integral instant film (Polaroid 600 and SX-70 type). Each one is built from the stock’s published datasheet and how it looks scanned.
Does it work on AI images?
Yes, that’s what it was built for. The Cleanup control removes the color cast and opens up flat lighting, then the film and grain go on top. It works the same on any photo.
How do I use a film in Lightroom?
Download the film’s profile (.xmp). In Lightroom Classic choose File, Import Develop Profiles and Presets. In Lightroom choose File, Import Profiles and Presets. The film then appears in the Profile browser.
How do I use the LUT in Photoshop or DaVinci Resolve?
In Photoshop add a Color Lookup adjustment layer and choose Load 3D LUT. In Resolve open Project Settings, Color Management, Open LUT Folder, copy the .cube in and choose Update Lists.
Why isn’t the grain in the LUT?
A LUT can only turn one color into another. Grain, halation and lens effects depend on where a pixel is and what’s around it, so no LUT can hold them. The download carries the film’s color; add grain in the tool.
Does it upload my photos?
No. Everything happens in your browser, on your device. Nothing is sent to a server.
Is it free?
Yes. No account, no watermark, no limit on exports.
Does it remove location data?
Yes. Exported photos carry no GPS or camera metadata.
Is this the same as VSCO or Hipstamatic presets?
No. These looks are built from the film stocks themselves, not copied from another app’s presets. If you like a film stock in one of those apps, the film modeled on the same stock here will feel familiar.