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Plain-English guides to editing photos on your phone — film presets, true 16-bit RAW develop, color grading, film effects, and how to nail specific film stocks and looks. No jargon.

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The fundamentals — what presets, RAW, and film effects actually are.

What are film presets?

How film presets work, how they differ from filters, and how to use them on your phone.

How to develop RAW on your phone

What RAW is, why 16-bit matters, and how to develop RAW photos non-destructively on mobile.

How to add film grain & analog effects

Grain, halation, light leaks, and film borders — what they are and how to add them tastefully.

AI photo editing vs real editing

How AI image generation differs from real editing — and where Fimii's AI actually helps.

Film stock looks

How to emulate classic analog film stocks on your phone — stock by stock.

Best film stocks to emulate

A roundup of classic film stocks and which mood, scene, and skin tone each one suits.

Kodak Portra 400 look

Warm, natural skin tones and soft pastel color — the classic portrait film look.

Kodak Gold 200 look

Golden, nostalgic warmth with gentle contrast — the sunny-day snapshot film.

Kodak Ektar 100 look

Vivid saturation, punchy reds, and ultra-fine grain for landscapes and travel.

CineStill 800T look

Tungsten balance and that signature red halation glow for night and neon scenes.

Fujifilm Superia look

Green-leaning, punchy everyday color — the friendly consumer-film snapshot feel.

Black & white film look

Rich tonal range, real grain, and deep contrast — HP5 / Tri-X style, done right.

Lomo & cross-process look

Boosted saturation, heavy vignette, and unpredictable color shifts — lo-fi and bold.

Photo looks & aesthetics

Dial in a specific vibe — vintage, cinematic, moody, golden hour, and more.

Vintage / retro look

Faded blacks, a warm cast, grain, and a date stamp — that nostalgic old-photo feel.

Cinematic look

Widescreen crop, teal-orange color, halation, and controlled contrast — a movie still.

Disposable camera look

Hard flash, a green cast, heavy grain, and a timestamp — the 90s point-and-shoot vibe.

Moody, dark film look

Crushed shadows, muted color, and a cool cast for a low-key, atmospheric mood.

Clean film look for portraits

Natural skin tones, gentle contrast, and minimal grain — flattering and understated.

Golden-hour film look

Warm glow, lifted highlights, and soft orange for that sun-kissed film feeling.

Color grading

Take control of color — wheels, HSL, curves, and white balance on mobile.

How to color grade on your phone

A beginner's overview of wheels, HSL, curves, and white balance — plus a simple workflow.

Color wheels explained

Shadows, midtones, and highlights — how lift/gamma/gain push color into each tonal range.

HSL adjustments & skin tones

Hue, saturation, and luminance per color — fix skin tones and tame greens and blues.

Tone curves for beginners

Read a curve, add an S-curve for contrast, and lift the blacks for a faded-film matte.

White balance & temperature

Temperature and tint explained — fix color casts or warm a shot up on purpose.

Teal & orange cinematic grade

Why the look works and how to build it with color wheels and HSL, step by step.

Match colors between photos

Get a consistent set — by hand with curves, or with AI look-match from a reference.

Presets & filters

LUTs, presets, filters — install them, make your own, and tune the strength.

Best film presets by subject

Which presets and film stocks suit portraits, street, landscape, and skin tones — and how to tune each to the shot.

Free vs paid film presets

Quality, quantity, skin tones, and support compared — plus why one-time purchase beats subscription for a look you'll keep.

How to install presets

Install and import presets on iPhone and Android — the file types, the step-by-step flow, and where presets live in Fimii.

LUT vs preset vs filter

What each one really does, when to use it, and why a film preset is editable settings — not a destructive one-tap filter.

Make your own film preset

Build a look from a photo you've graded, save the whole stack, then refine and reuse it on every future shot.

Preset strength and fade

Why applying a preset at 100% looks fake, and how to dial it back to a natural, film-like sweet spot.

Film effects

Grain, halation, light leaks, borders, VHS, date stamps — analog texture done right.

Add a date stamp

The orange seven-segment date stamp from 90s point-and-shoots — style, placement, format, and keeping it believable.

Add a film border frame

Film-strip, slide-mount and print-rebate borders — and why a real transparent frame beats a flat overlay.

Add light leaks

Warm, edge-anchored light leaks that read as happy accidents — placement, opacity, color, and when to skip them.

Dust, scratches & analog texture

Aged dust and scratch texture that reads as found, not broken — how real wear behaves and how much is believable.

How to add film grain

Add grain that reads as real emulsion, not digital noise — size, intensity, and why grain lives in the midtones.

VHS / retro camcorder effect

Scanlines, chroma bleed and tracking — what each VHS ingredient does and how to keep it from looking cheap.

What is halation

The soft red glow film leaves around bright highlights — where it comes from and how to add it tastefully.

RAW on mobile

Shoot and develop RAW on your phone — 16-bit, per-brand files, highlight recovery.

Edit camera RAW on phone

Import CR3, ARW, RAF and NEF from Canon, Sony, Fujifilm and Nikon, and develop them in true 16-bit — no computer.

How to shoot RAW on phone

Turn on ProRAW or DNG, the settings that matter, and how to expose a RAW so it develops cleanly.

Manage RAW storage

Sizes explained, when to shoot RAW+JPEG, cloud vs local backup, and a simple keep-or-cull workflow.

RAW vs JPEG on phone

What ProRAW and DNG really capture, the editing headroom you gain, and the storage and speed you trade for it.

Recover highlights & shadows

How much detail is really recoverable from a RAW, the sliders to use, and how to bring back contrast without noise.

Why 16-bit editing matters

How 8-bit causes banding in skies and skin, why depth protects your grades, and what true 16-bit RAW develop gives you.

Shooting & manual camera

Shoot photos that edit well — ISO, shutter, white balance, and low-light settings.

Best camera settings for low light

The best manual settings for low light and golden hour: ISO, shutter, and white balance for warm, clean, film-style photos after dark.

Manual camera app for film photos

Why a manual camera app is the first step to a real film look: control ISO, shutter, and white balance, shoot RAW, and capture frames that grade beautifully.

Manual camera settings explained

ISO, shutter speed, and white balance explained in plain language — what each control does and how to set them for clean, film-friendly photos.

Shoot your phone like 35mm film

Habits and settings that make phone photos feel like 35mm film: pick one focal length, shoot flat, embrace grain, slow down, and grade with intention.

Shoot photos that edit well

Expose and compose so a film look is easy in post: protect highlights, keep shadows readable, shoot flat, and give yourself room to grade.

AI vs real editing

What AI look-match really does — copy a look honestly, without repainting.

Comparisons & alternatives

How Fimii stacks up — vs disposable-cam apps, Lightroom, VSCO, and free options.