Recolor any photo with cinematic looks, duotone gradients and fine-tune adjustments — all in your browser.

Drop a photo into the darkroom, pick a look or build your own duotone, then dial in brightness, contrast, grain and vignette. Nothing is uploaded — every effect is rendered live on your device.

1Upload a photo 2Pick a look 3Download
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JPG, PNG or WebP — up to 25 MB. Everything stays in your browser.

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About Photo Effects & Duotone

Photo Effects & Duotone is a small darkroom in your browser. Drop in a photo and recolor it with preset looks — black & white, sepia, vintage, cool or warm — or apply a duotone that maps shadows to one color and highlights to another, from ready pairings like Teal/Orange to a fully custom two-color mix.

Fine-tune the result with brightness, contrast, saturation and temperature sliders, then add film grain and a vignette for texture and focus. A before/after slider lets you compare your edit with the original at any point.

Every effect is rendered live on your device — nothing is uploaded — and the finished photo downloads as PNG or JPG.

How to use Photo Effects & Duotone

  1. Upload a photo (JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 25 MB) or paste it from the clipboard.
  2. Pick a preset look, or choose a duotone pairing.
  3. For a custom duotone, enable it and pick your own shadow and highlight colors.
  4. Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, temperature, grain and vignette.
  5. Compare with the before/after slider, then download as PNG or JPG.

Frequently asked questions

Yes — all looks, duotones and adjustments are free to use and download, with no credits or sign-up.

A duotone remaps the image’s tones to two colors: dark areas take one color, bright areas the other, with blends in between. It is the bold, poster-like look popular in music and brand artwork.

Yes. Enable the custom duotone, then pick any shadow and highlight color; a swap button flips them instantly. Presets like Indigo/Coral or Forest are just starting points.

No. Every look, slider and duotone is rendered in your browser in real time — the photo never leaves your device.

Yes. The preview includes a draggable before/after slider, so you can check the effect against the untouched original before downloading anything.


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