Photo Filters
Turn a photo black and white, sepia or negative, or give it a vintage, warm or faded look, then fine-tune brightness, contrast and colour.
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These photo filters change the look of a picture in one click: black and white, high-contrast black and white, sepia, vintage, invert (negative), warm, cool, vivid and faded. Each filter has a strength control, and you can fine-tune brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and a vignette on top. The preview updates as you move the sliders, and the download is the full-size photo with the same settings.
How to Apply a Filter to a Photo
- Add your photo. It opens in black and white, with a small preview of every filter below it.
- Pick a filter and lower Filter strength if the effect is too strong.
- Fine-tune brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and vignette.
- Hold Hold to compare to see the original.
- Download as JPG, PNG or WebP at full size.
What Each Filter Does
| Filter | What changes | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Black & White | Colour removed, brightness kept | Portraits, architecture, documents |
| High-contrast B&W | Grayscale with 35% more contrast | Street photos and dramatic skies |
| Sepia | Warm brown monochrome | An old-photograph look |
| Vintage | Half sepia, softer contrast, muted colour and darker corners | Travel and family photos |
| Invert | Every colour replaced by its opposite | Negatives, dark-mode screenshots, artistic effects |
| Warm / Cool | Shifts colour towards orange or blue | Fixing a cold or yellow cast, or setting a mood |
| Vivid / Faded | Stronger or softer colour and contrast | Making colours pop, or a matte, pastel style |
How Black and White Conversion Works
A photo is not made black and white by averaging red, green and blue. Our eyes see green as much brighter than blue, so an average makes skies look too light and foliage too dark. This tool uses the standard luma weights from the ITU-R BT.601 video standard: 29.9% red, 58.7% green and 11.4% blue. The result keeps the brightness you see in the colour photo.
Sepia uses the same matrix as the CSS sepia filter used by web browsers, which maps each pixel to a brown tone of the matching brightness. Strength mixes the result with the original, so values below 100% give a partial effect.
Related Tools
To soften a whole picture, use Blur Image. To add a caption after applying a filter, use Add Text to Image. To pull the main colours out of a photo as HEX codes, try the Color Palette Extractor.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I make a photo black and white?
Add the photo; the Black & White filter is applied straight away. Press Download full size to save it. High-contrast B&W gives deeper blacks and brighter whites, which suits street and portrait photos.
Is grayscale the same as black and white?
In everyday use, yes. Strictly, a grayscale image has many shades of grey, while a pure black-and-white image has only two colours. This tool makes grayscale, which is what people mean by a black and white photo.
How do I invert the colours of an image?
Choose Invert (negative). Every colour is replaced by its opposite: black becomes white and blue becomes yellow. It is useful for making a dark screenshot light, or the other way round.
Can I turn a scanned film negative into a photo?
A black-and-white negative, yes: invert it, then adjust brightness and contrast. A colour negative has an orange base, so inverting it alone leaves a strong blue cast; it needs film-scanning software to correct.
Can I make the filter weaker?
Yes. Filter strength mixes the effect with the original, so 50% sepia gives a gentle warm tint instead of a full old-photo look.
Does the downloaded photo keep its full resolution?
Yes. The preview is worked out on a smaller copy so the sliders stay quick, but the download applies the same settings to the full-size photo.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The filters run in your browser and the photo never leaves your device.