Image Filters

The built-in filter presets

The filter tool applies a one-tap colour grade from a grid of presets built on canvas colour operations. The presets are none (original), vintage, black and white, cool, warm, film, Japanese, vivid, soft, sketch, emboss, fade, noir, autumn and ocean. Each is a fixed combination of sepia, grayscale, hue-rotate, brightness, contrast and saturation values, rendered live as you tap a swatch.

On top of the preset, three sliders let you fine-tune: brightness 50 to 150 percent, contrast 50 to 150 percent, and saturation 0 to 200 percent, all defaulting to 100 percent. The tool applies one preset at a time, then your sliders on top of it.

• Vintage: warm sepia tone for an old-photo feel.
• Black and white and noir: neutral monochrome, noir with deeper contrast.
• Cool and warm: blue-shifted vs orange-shifted grading.
• Film, Japanese, fade, autumn, ocean, vivid, soft, sketch and emboss.

How to combine presets and sliders

Because only one preset is active at a time, layering two looks means exporting after the first, then re-uploading and applying the second. In practice the sliders do most of the fine work: drop saturation toward 0 percent to desaturate, raise contrast for punch, or lower brightness for a moody image. The sketch and emboss presets are special - they push grayscale and high contrast to mimic a pencil drawing or a raised relief rather than a simple colour grade.

If all you want is plain monochrome, the dedicated grayscale tool is faster; if you want to invert tones for a negative look, use invert; for sharpening after a grade, use sharpen.

Step by step

All filtering happens in the browser and the file is never uploaded, so you can grade private photos with no privacy trade-off.

1. Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP photo.
2. Tap a preset swatch in the filter grid; the preview updates live.
3. Adjust brightness, contrast and saturation as needed.
4. Press reset to return to the original, or download the graded image.

One-preset-at-a-time workflow and the sliders

Only one preset is active at a time, so stacking two looks means exporting after the first, re-uploading, and applying the second. In practice the three sliders do most of the fine work: saturation at 0 percent fully desaturates (the same result as the black-and-white preset), raised contrast adds punch, and lowered brightness darkens for a moody image. The sketch and emboss presets are not simple colour grades - they push grayscale and high contrast to mimic a pencil drawing or a raised relief, which is why they look heavier than a tint.

Because the whole effect is a canvas colour transform, the original resolution is preserved and there is no upload. If a preset is too strong, lower saturation or contrast rather than switching presets; that keeps the chosen mood while taming it. For a flat neutral monochrome without any tone, the grayscale tool is the cleaner one-click route.

• One preset at a time; layer looks by exporting and re-uploading.
• Saturation to 0 reproduces the black-and-white look manually.
• Sketch and emboss are relief-style effects, not colour tints.
• All grading is local; no server upload.
• Tap any swatch to switch presets; the preview updates live.
• Brightness, contrast and saturation sliders fine-tune the active grade.
• Reset returns the photo to its original colours and values.
• For vintage or film tones start from a matching preset, then tame it with the saturation slider.

Photo Filters With Adjustable Strength

Filters are preset color grades that quickly change the mood of a photo. PixlReady includes more than twenty looks, including vintage and film tones, black and white, warm portrait grades and cool landscape styles, all rendered locally in your browser with a live preview. Unlike one-tap camera apps, every filter has an adjustable strength slider, so you can apply a subtle hint of a look instead of overpowering the image.

Pick a filter, dial the intensity up or down, compare with the original and export the full-resolution JPG or PNG. Filters are non-destructive in the sense that your original file is never overwritten; the edited result is saved as a new download.

Tips for best results

• Keep strength between 30 and 70 percent for a natural, professional grade.
• Apply the same filter to a set of photos to give a campaign or feed a consistent look.
• Use black-and-white filters to emphasize texture and composition.
• Do basic exposure correction before grading for cleaner results.

Common use cases

• Styling Instagram, Pinterest and blog imagery
• Giving product photos a unified brand look
• Turning ordinary photos into retro or film-style posts
• Quickly previewing color treatments before detailed editing

Frequently Asked Questions