Photo Presets
Photo presets
Three ways to keep a look and use it again: recipes saved on this device, settings strings you can copy and share, and .cube colour tables brought in from elsewhere. Below them, the 41 built-in looks as presets, each with its numbers in plain sight and a link that opens the lab already set.
Recipes, settings strings and .cube tables
- Saved recipe
- Recipe → Save in the lab. The effect, its settings, strength, tone and texture, kept in this browser only and shown under Saved on the strip.
- Settings string
- Recipe → Copy settings. A short fp1. string with the same recipe plus mask shape and export frame, to paste on another device, into the batch page, or open as a link.
- .cube table
- Recipe → Import a .cube colour table. Read in the tab and applied with trilinear interpolation; not stored after you leave, and not written into settings strings.
Clean
- DaylightA touch more contrast and colour, nothing you would call a filter.contrast +12, warmth +4, vibrance +18
- CrispFirmer blacks and a cleaner white for detail-heavy frames.exposure +0.05 stop, contrast +28, vibrance +10
- AiryBrighter and softer, for interiors and white backgrounds.exposure +0.28 stop, contrast −12, warmth −3, lift 3%, vibrance +8
- Soft PortraitGentle contrast and open shadows that flatter faces.exposure +0.08 stop, contrast −8, warmth +4, lift 2.5%, vibrance +6
Warm
- Golden HourLate-sun amber in the highlights, skin kept natural.contrast +8, warmth +34, vibrance +16, toned highlights
- HoneyWarm and slightly lifted, gentle on faces.exposure +0.06 stop, warmth +24, tint +4, lift 4%, saturation −6
- TerracottaEarthy reds and a firmer curve for travel and food.contrast +16, warmth +28, tint +8, saturation +5, channel curves 0.94 / 1.00 / 1.06
- CandlelightDeep amber evening light with darkened corners.exposure −0.12 stop, contrast +10, warmth +50, toned shadows, vignette 32
- PeachPink-orange warmth with soft, lifted blacks.exposure +0.10 stop, warmth +18, tint +10, lift 5%, saturation −4, toned highlights
Cool
- NordicCool, quiet and a little desaturated.contrast +5, warmth −28, lift 3%, saturation −16
- GlacierBright cyan-leaning whites for snow, water and product shots.exposure +0.14 stop, contrast +10, warmth −24, tint −5, toned highlights
- Blue HourDusky blue shadows and a soft vignette.contrast +12, warmth −42, tint +8, toned shadows, vignette 24
- MintFresh green-cyan shadows and clean whites.exposure +0.08 stop, warmth −14, tint −10, lift 3%, toned shadows
Film
- Studio 400Colour-negative softness: warm skin, open shadows, fine grain.contrast −4, warmth +10, lift 3.5%, saturation −8, channel curves 0.97 / 1.00 / 1.03, grain 22
- Chrome 64Slide-film punch with cool shadows and dense blacks.contrast +32, saturation +16, toned shadows, grain 16
- Cross ProcessSwapped chemistry: yellow highlights, cyan-blue shadows.contrast +22, saturation +8, channel curves 0.86 / 0.95 / 1.28, toned highlights, grain 18
- Cinema TealTeal shadows, amber highlights, a little halation.contrast +16, toned shadows, toned highlights, grain 12, halation 35
- Expired StockShifted colour, raised blacks and heavy grain, like film left too long.tint +6, lift 8%, saturation −12, channel curves 0.92 / 1.02 / 1.12, toned highlights, grain 32
- Tungsten NightCool night film under warm lamps, with halation on the lights.contrast +14, warmth −20, toned highlights, grain 18, halation 45
B&W
- SilverNeutral black and white with a balanced mix.contrast +14, black and white (R 30 / G 59 / B 11)
- NoirHard red-filter monochrome with heavy corners.contrast +46, black and white (R 62 / G 32 / B 6), vignette 38, grain 20
- SeleniumCool-toned print with violet shadows.contrast +20, black and white (R 30 / G 59 / B 11), toned shadows
- Sepia PrintBrown-toned, softly lifted, like an old silver print.contrast +8, lift 5%, black and white (R 34 / G 56 / B 10), toned shadows, toned highlights
Fade
- Faded FilmMilky blacks and muted colour.contrast −12, lift 12%, saturation −22, grain 12
- DustWarm, dry and washed out, with a little texture.warmth +12, lift 10%, whites down 7%, saturation −30, grain 22
- PastelBright, lifted and soft-coloured.exposure +0.20 stop, contrast −20, tint +5, lift 8%, saturation −10
Vivid
- PunchStrong contrast and colour, eased off on skin.contrast +26, saturation +5, vibrance +46
- TropicSaturated greens and warm light for landscapes.contrast +10, warmth +10, tint −8, saturation +30, channel curves 1.00 / 0.95 / 1.00
- Neon NightMagenta-cyan city light with a soft glow.contrast +28, warmth −18, tint +14, saturation +32, vignette 20, bloom 30
- PopBright, saturated colour with a firm curve.exposure +0.06 stop, contrast +20, saturation +24, vibrance +20
Vintage
- 70sWarm, faded print colour with yellowed whites.warmth +22, lift 8%, whites down 5%, saturation −12, channel curves 0.95 / 1.00 / 1.12, toned highlights, vignette 18, grain 18
- 80s ChromePunchy slide colour, magenta cast and deep blue shadows.contrast +24, tint +8, saturation +18, toned shadows, grain 14
- 90s DisposableFlash-lit point-and-shoot: green tinge, hard contrast, grain.contrast +20, warmth +6, tint −6, channel curves 1.00 / 0.96 / 1.05, vignette 26, grain 30, bloom 12
- InstantSoft instant-print colour with creamy highlights and cool shadows.contrast −6, lift 7%, whites down 6%, saturation −10, toned shadows, toned highlights, vignette 14
- Old PrintFaded, yellowed colour print from a family album.contrast −4, warmth +26, lift 10%, whites down 8%, saturation −35, vignette 22, grain 20
- Faded PostcardSun-bleached cyan and pink, like a postcard in a shop window.tint +6, lift 12%, saturation −20, channel curves 0.96 / 1.00 / 0.94, toned shadows, toned highlights
Moody
- Dark MoodyLow exposure, crushed greens and heavy corners.exposure −0.22 stop, contrast +18, warmth −6, saturation −22, toned shadows, vignette 32
- Soft KoreanBright, clean and low-contrast with pink-cream skin.exposure +0.24 stop, contrast −18, warmth +3, tint +5, lift 5%, saturation −8, bloom 18
- MatteFlat blacks and muted colour, the matte-print look.contrast +6, lift 14%, saturation −14
- Teal NightDeep teal shadows and dim, warm highlights.exposure −0.12 stop, contrast +16, saturation −6, toned shadows, toned highlights
- Golden DustHazy amber light with a soft glow and grain.contrast −4, warmth +30, lift 6%, saturation −10, toned highlights, grain 16, bloom 25
Questions
- What is a photo preset here?
- A preset is a short list of numbers — exposure, contrast, warmth, lift, saturation, split toning, grain — applied to your photo. The built-in looks are presets, and every one is listed on this page with its numbers, so you can see what it does before you open it.
- Where are my saved recipes kept?
- In this browser's local storage, on this device only: the look's name and numbers, never the picture, its name or its size. Up to 24 are kept; they appear under Saved on the strip.
- How do I share a preset with someone else?
- In the lab, open Recipe and choose Copy settings. You get a short string starting fp1. — paste it into the lab on any device, into the batch page, or send the link that opens the lab already set.
- Can I use presets from other apps?
- A .cube colour table can be imported in the lab (Recipe → Import a .cube colour table) and is applied with trilinear interpolation. Other apps' preset files are not read.
- Why does a settings string refuse to open?
- Every field is checked against the lab's own ranges before anything is applied, and the message names the field that is wrong — usually a string cut short when it was copied.
Related on this site
- Photo filtersThe 41 colour looks by family, previewed live on your photo, each one opening the lab already set.
- Batch photo filterOne look, saved recipe or settings string on many photos, in one ZIP.
- Photo effectsEvery rebuild — sketch, cartoon, dots, pixels, characters — on one strip.
- How the lab worksOne engine, the order of operations, why the file matches the screen, and what is stored.
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