Polaroid Filter
The faded, soft, gently warm color of instant film, on any photo.
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Available Presets
iPhone 4
Soft edges, gentle grain, slightly warm 2010s smartphone vibe.
Warm Digicam
Golden-hour point-and-shoot warmth with punchy colors.
Cool CCD
Cleaner, slightly cool vintage sensor feel (subtle green/cyan lean).
Flash Pop
Harsh highlights + glow like a built-in flash at night.
Soft Nostalgia
Dreamy, faded, warm — heavy softness + bloom for a nostalgic vibe.
Frequently Asked Questions
It recreates the color of Polaroid instant film: lifted blacks so the image looks softly faded, a gentle warmth, muted saturation, a slight glow, and a soft vignette. It is the washed, dreamy look of a developing instant photo.
Not at the moment. This filter focuses on the instant-film color and fade rather than adding a white frame. If you want the border, you can drop the exported image into any frame template afterward.
Add fade to lift the blacks, keep warmth gentle, pull saturation down slightly, and finish with a soft vignette. The faded, low-contrast feel is what separates instant film from a normal photo.
Yes, on mobile and desktop, including HEIC files from an iPhone.
No. All editing happens on your device, and nothing is uploaded.
About This Tool
A Polaroid does not look like a sharp digital photo, and that is the appeal. Instant film lifts the blacks so nothing is truly dark, leans gently warm, keeps color soft and a little muted, and fades toward the edges. The result feels like a memory caught mid-development rather than a crisp snapshot. This page recreates that instant-film color on a modern photo.
Load a photo and a soft, faded preset is applied as a base. The moves that matter are Fade, which lifts the blacks for the washed look, a gentle Warmth, and a small drop in saturation so the color stays soft. A light vignette and a touch of glow finish the instant-film feel.
One honest note: this filter focuses on the instant-film color and fade, not the white Polaroid frame. If you want the classic border, export the image and drop it into any frame template afterward. The hard part, the color and the fade, is what this page does well.
It runs entirely in your browser with no upload, works on mobile and desktop including HEIC, and is free with no sign-up and no watermark.
See the difference
How to get the Polaroid look
- 1
Upload your photo
Everyday shots and portraits suit the soft instant-film feel. Everything stays on your device.
- 2
Start faded and soft
A soft, faded preset loads automatically. Add Fade to lift the blacks for that washed instant-film look.
- 3
Keep it gentle, then export
Hold warmth and saturation back so the color stays muted, add a soft vignette, and download at full size.
A Polaroid recipe
Prefer numbers? The faded, low-contrast feel is the whole point, so do not over-correct it.
Polaroid vs the other looks
The Polaroid look is faded, soft, and low in contrast, where the Kodak look is warmer and punchier and the 35mm look is sharper and more neutral. Note that this page does the instant-film color and fade, not the white border frame.
Best retro filter settings for portraits, street, and night
A slider-by-slider guide, including how to keep a faded look from going flat.