What's Next for Filmtone

Batch JPEG / PNG grading

Grade entire folders at once — apply your chosen preset to every image in a directory.

Single video export

Apply the same look to one short MP4 and export with your grade baked in.

4 film-inspired presets

Kodak Portra 400, Fuji Pro 400H, Kodak Ektar 100, and Ilford HP5 Plus.

Browser demo

Try presets on your own photos before downloading the desktop app.

Share your look via URL

Generate a link that opens the browser demo with your exact preset settings.

Desktop v0.3 — export & preview refinement

Clearer switching between photo batch export and single-video export, fewer mistakes bridging the graded preview into export defaults, aligned edit/export chrome, a searchable preset picker, and automatic video preview pause while export is busy.

Web demo preview tuning (v0.3)

Adjusted preview sizing and media presentation in the browser demo for a closer match to Desktop.

Desktop v0.4 — film process controls

Compression, compression range, print contrast, and cyan / magenta / yellow trim — aligned between the browser demo preview and Desktop export.

Quick / Pro layout and Film Stock picker (v0.4)

Quick stays on the shortest path; Pro exposes process, artifacts, source trim, and LUT in order. Preset surfaces group film stocks with clearer boundaries (including stocks like Velvia 50).

Video preview transport (v0.4.2)

Play/pause, timeline scrub, timecode, and Space to toggle playback on Web and Desktop — with locks during export or preview hold, and safe interaction alongside Compare mode.

Pro panel vocabulary & inline hints (v0.4.2)

Clearer Pro labels (film texture, source adjustments, color fringing), improved Japanese for Bloom/Halation, hover hints on collapsible headers, and a Bloom threshold tooltip.

Faster export for heavy codec sources (v0.4.3)

4K HEVC and other heavy format sources are automatically optimized before export, delivering up to 4× faster throughput.

Progressive preview for heavy footage (v0.5.1)

Heavy formats such as ProRes and 4K HEVC now open with an immediate native-decoded preview, then switch over to an optimized intermediate in the background for smoother work.

Portrait video + rebuilt motion blur (v0.5.1)

Vertical footage now displays in full-frame contain mode, and motion blur has been rebuilt around an eight-frame ring buffer with shutter-angle control.

Cross Filter optical effect (v0.6.0)

A new diffraction-style star filter for bright point lights, with controls for strength, point count, rotation, streak length, threshold, and chromatic split.

Proxy cache and video UX polish (v0.6.0)

Desktop now keeps progressive preview proxies in a bounded local cache, while compare dismissal, faster playback review, slider reset discoverability, and thumbnail/loading polish have all been improved.

Desktop stability and look polish (v0.6.1)

The launch-time update banner is back, preview recovery after export is more reliable, glow was retuned for black-mist night scenes, and hard cross-filter spacing now behaves more predictably.

Cross Filter product-surface cleanup (v0.6.2)

The public product surface now freezes Soft mode, normalises restored and shared state back to Hard, and replaces the old Spikes slider with direct 4 / 6 / 8 choices.

Preset expansion

Additional film stocks and creative looks beyond the initial four.

Preview/export parity for video and batch

Bring video export and batch output closer to the new WebGPU preview path so highlight rolloff and overall rendering match more reliably.

Portrait & non-16:9 video export resolution

Improving scaling so vertical sources are less likely to be shrunk more than needed, using a long-edge-oriented cap.

Smart Look AI

AI-assisted image correction on Desktop — adjusts photos to better suit the chosen preset's look. Desktop-first; Web may follow later.

DNG / RAW support

Import and grade raw files directly without prior conversion.

Windows support

Bring Filmtone Desktop to Windows for broader accessibility.

External editor handoff (under evaluation)

Exploring a handoff path for Filmtone grades. No public format or editor workflow is promised until it ships.

Film-style develop step (under evaluation)

Exploring whether a dedicated develop-style stage fits Filmtone. Not included in v0.4; timing and scope are TBD.

Mobile app

A lightweight mobile companion for quick grading on the go.

Cloud preset sync

Sync your custom presets across Desktop, Web, and Mobile.

Editor plugin integration

Integrate Filmtone presets directly into photo and video editing apps.