What is the digicam look?

It's the look of the compact digital cameras of the early 2000s: a hard direct flash, bright faces against a darker background, cool and slightly over-sharp colour, and highlights that blow out to white.

Is there a free digicam filter?

Yes. In the photo booth, CCD Cam and Flash Glow are free films. The film editor, which is free and runs on your phone without AI, has Digicam and Flash Pop filters.

What's the difference between a film and an AI look?

A film is a colour grade with grain, flash and glow, applied on your phone in an instant. An AI look re-shoots your photo: it can relight your face as if a real flash had gone off, or put you in a new scene. It takes about 15 seconds.

Can I add the flash look to a photo I already took?

Yes. AI looks and the film editor both work on photos from your gallery.

Digicam, disposable camera and Y2K flash filters for iPhone

Three ways to get the flash look

1. Shoot it in the photo booth

The booth flashes the screen white for every frame, which lights your face like a small on-camera flash. Pick one of the flash films and the whole strip comes out like a night on a digicam:

CCD Cam (free): A compact digital camera from the 2000s: cool, crisp colour and a blown-out flash.
Y2K Digicam: Punchy, saturated digicam colour with a strong flash and dark corners.
Disposable: A throwaway camera at a party: flash, grain and that slightly off colour.
Flash Glow (free): The flash-in-the-dark booth look: a warm flash, glowing skin and a soft vignette.
Noir Flash: Hard black and white lit by a strong direct flash: a night-out photo in mono.
Instax (free): Bright instant-camera colour with a gentle flash and a soft glow.

2. Re-shoot a selfie with an AI look

Already have the photo? AI looks relight it: Disposable Flash adds direct flash, punchy colour and a raw Y2K feel, while templates like Midnight Flash put you on a dark street lit by a flash. An intensity slider fades the result back toward your original.

3. Grade it in the film editor

The free film editor works on your phone without AI. The Digicam, Flash Pop and Disposable filters each have an intensity slider, and you can add light leaks, dust and a frame.

Which one should I use?

Shooting with friends right now: the booth with CCD Cam or Y2K Digicam.
A daylight selfie you want to look like a night out: an AI look. A colour filter can't add a flash that wasn't there.
A photo that already has flash: the film editor, to push the colour further.

Step-by-step: how to get the Y2K flash look on iPhone.

Digicam, disposable and Y2K flash, on your iPhone

AI flash looks

Three ways to get the flash look

1. Shoot it in the photo booth

2. Re-shoot a selfie with an AI look

3. Grade it in the film editor

Which one should I use?

Digicam filter questions

Bring back the flash