https://chobial.app/blog/ Film looks on iPhone: recipes, RAW, halation, grain and LUTs. en https://chobial.app/blog/iphone-18-pro-film-texture-raw/ https://chobial.app/blog/iphone-18-pro-film-texture-raw/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/fujifilm-recipes-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/fujifilm-recipes-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/cinestill-800t-look-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/cinestill-800t-look-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/edit-fuji-raf-sony-arw-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/edit-fuji-raf-sony-arw-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/why-iphone-photos-look-like-paintings/ https://chobial.app/blog/why-iphone-photos-look-like-paintings/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why iPhone photos look like oil paintings: noise reduction, multi-frame fusion, sharpening and tone mapping. The fixes, with and without an app. https://chobial.app/blog/shoot-through-lut-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/shoot-through-lut-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/portra-400-ektacolor-pro-look-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/portra-400-ektacolor-pro-look-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/what-is-halation/ https://chobial.app/blog/what-is-halation/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/redevelop-old-photos-digital-negative/ https://chobial.app/blog/redevelop-old-photos-digital-negative/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/x100vi-alternative-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/x100vi-alternative-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/kodak-gold-look-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/kodak-gold-look-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/tri-x-hp5-black-and-white-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/tri-x-hp5-black-and-white-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/why-digital-grain-looks-fake/ https://chobial.app/blog/why-digital-grain-looks-fake/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/make-iphone-photos-look-like-film/ https://chobial.app/blog/make-iphone-photos-look-like-film/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/iphone-raw-vs-heif-film-look/ https://chobial.app/blog/iphone-raw-vs-heif-film-look/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/classic-negative-look-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/classic-negative-look-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/ricoh-gr-look-on-iphone/ https://chobial.app/blog/ricoh-gr-look-on-iphone/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/export-lut-from-iphone-lightroom-resolve/ https://chobial.app/blog/export-lut-from-iphone-lightroom-resolve/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/ios-27-camera-histogram-focus-peaking/ https://chobial.app/blog/ios-27-camera-histogram-focus-peaking/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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. https://chobial.app/blog/solving-film-looks-from-photographs/ https://chobial.app/blog/solving-film-looks-from-photographs/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 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.