ChobialFilm, on an iPhone.
Recipes, RAW, halation, grain and LUTs — how each look works, and how to build it yourself.
iPhone 18 Pro Film texture and Grain: not on RAW, not on iPhone 17
iPhone 18 Pro's Film texture and Grain are HEIF-only and only for photos shot on an 18 Pro. What shipped, and how to get film grain on RAW on any iPhone.
Fujifilm recipes on iPhone: shoot Classic Chrome without the camera
How to use Fujifilm recipes on iPhone: what each setting does, the nearest iPhone control for it, and two original recipes you can shoot live.
CineStill 800T look on iPhone, halation included
How to get a CineStill 800T look on iPhone: what the film does, why the red halation can be modelled, and a night recipe you can shoot live.
Edit Fuji RAF and Sony ARW files on iPhone, with film looks
How to edit Fuji RAF and Sony ARW raw files on iPhone without a computer: getting them onto the phone, which cameras iOS reads, and the apps that develop them.
Why your iPhone photos look like paintings, and how to fix it
Why iPhone photos look like oil paintings: noise reduction, multi-frame fusion, sharpening and tone mapping. The fixes, with and without an app.
Shoot through a LUT on iPhone: live .cube looks for photos
How to shoot through a LUT on iPhone for stills: which apps show a .cube LUT live, which LUTs work on photos, and why log LUTs look wrong.
Ektacolor Pro 400 is Portra 400: the look, and how to build it on iPhone
Ektacolor Pro vs Portra: why they're the same film, what the Portra 400 look is, and an original iPhone recipe for soft skin, pastel greens and fine grain.
What halation is, and how to fake it properly
What is halation? The physics of the red glow around lights on film, why most halation effects look wrong, and how to fake it convincingly.
Every photo a negative: re-develop old photos with films you make today
Treat every iPhone photo as a digital negative: re-edit RAW photos and change the film after taking the photo, even years later, with films you make today.
Can't get an X100VI? Your iPhone can shoot like one
An honest X100VI alternative on iPhone: what a phone can't match, what it can (colour, 3:2 framing, one-button shooting, RAW), and how to set it up.
Kodak Gold on iPhone: the Photographic Styles trick vs a real film look
The Kodak Gold iPhone Photographic Styles trick, what it can't do on RAW, and a Kodak Gold filter for iPhone you can see live and change later.
Tri-X vs HP5 on iPhone: black and white with colour filters
Get a Tri-X or HP5 look on iPhone: how the two films differ, how colour filters shape black and white film, and two original recipes to shoot live.
Why digital grain looks fake, and what real grain does
Why film grain on iPhone photos often looks fake, what real film grain does at each tone, and how to add realistic film grain that holds up.
How to make iPhone photos look like film, with and without an app
How to make iPhone photos look like film: what makes a photo read as film, the free no-app route in Camera and Photos, editing apps, and live film cameras.
iPhone RAW vs HEIF: which to shoot for a film look
iPhone RAW vs HEIF, and ProRAW vs plain RAW: file sizes, processing, latitude, and which one to shoot if you want a film look you can change later.
Classic Negative on iPhone: a recipe for the Fujifilm look
The Classic Negative look on iPhone: what Fujifilm's Classic Neg simulation does, and two original recipes, one for sunny streets and one for overcast days.
Ricoh GR Positive Film and Hi-Contrast B&W on iPhone
Ricoh GR recipes on iPhone: what Positive Film and Hi-Contrast B&W do on the GR, and two original iPhone recipes that shoot a similar look live.
Make a LUT on your iPhone and use it in Lightroom and Resolve
How to create a LUT on iPhone from a look you build with real controls, export it as a .cube, and use it in Resolve, Final Cut, Premiere and Lightroom.
iOS 27 Camera: a histogram at last, and what it still can't do
iOS 27 Camera added a histogram and Pro Controls on iPhone 18 Pro. What about focus peaking, manual ISO and zebras, and what's still missing.
How we build film looks: solving a film simulation from photographs
How Chobial's built-in film looks were measured, not eyeballed: pairs of in-camera RAW develops, solved in CIELAB, and what went wrong on the way.