Use the original file
Upload the photo from your camera roll rather than a screenshot or a copy saved from a messaging app. Compressed copies can carry blocky artefacts that become easier to see once contrast drops.
Image trend
How to Give a Photo an AI Film Look
There is one upload slot and no grading controls; the warm-to-cool haze is a fixed recipe. That keeps the steps short, so most of the care goes into choosing the file and comparing the result.
- Final image
- 1 still
- Your input
- 1 photo
- Price
- from 51 credits
From flat phone photo to hazy film frame
Let the grade run
After upload, colour, haze and grain are applied in about a minute. You can close the tab; the finished image is saved to your assets in the same shape as the photo you gave it.
Compare side by side
Open the result next to the original and start with the sky, where a smooth fade should replace any hard colour steps. Then look at the people, whose faces should be unchanged apart from the light falling on them.
How to make it
A smooth, hazy colour gradient across your own photo. Add one clear photo; the look is already set.
The photo you add
1. Your photo
Any photo: a landscape, a street, a portrait.
- 01
Upload a photo
Pick any photo you want to re-grade.
- 02
We grade the colour
Soft haze and a smooth colour gradient are applied in about a minute.
- 03
Download and post
Save the image in the same shape as your original.
Same photo, new mood
Composition, people and faces are kept as they were. Only the light and colour change.
A smooth gradient
Warm highlights fade into cool, muted shadows, with low contrast and fine film grain.
Works on anything
Landscapes, city streets and portraits all take the grade well.
Photo tips
- Photos with sky, hills or open space look best
- Keep the original sharp and well exposed
- Daylight photos work better than night shots
- The grade changes colour and light, not the people
Questions & answers
How many photos do I need?
One: any photo you want to re-grade.
Is my photo private?
Your photos are used to make your image. Only upload photos of yourself, or of people who have agreed to it.
Can I use the result commercially?
Check your plan's terms for what you can do with generated images. They apply to your result.
How long does it take?
About a minute. You can leave the page; the finished Color Gradient image is saved to your assets.
Will it change the people in my photo?
No. The aim is to keep your composition, subjects and faces as they are and only change the light, colour and atmosphere.
Ideas for your next photo
Pick a premise, choose the right photo, and turn one finished image into a post worth sharing.
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Make your Color Gradient image
One photo, about a minute. The same moment, in softer, graded colour.