Every flaw of light, under your control.

Halobloom is a Photoshop plugin for chromatic aberration, lens distortion, glow, vignette, prism and film looks that hold up on real photographs.

Explore the effects

Built like a darkroom, not a filter pack.

Every effect in Halobloom is modeled on how light actually misbehaves: glass bends it, film burns it, old lenses leak it. The result reads as optics, not overlays.

It lives in one panel inside Photoshop, works non-destructively on a duplicated layer, and stays fast enough to iterate on full-resolution files while you work.

Warm light blooming against a near-black background

Sixteen effects, each dialed by hand.

Every effect ships as its own toggle with its own sliders, no bundled presets pretending to be one thing.

Chromatic aberration effect

Chromatic Aberration

Lens distortion effect

Lens Distortion

Kaleidoscope effect

Kaleidoscope

Lens blur effect

Lens Blur

Vignette effect

Vignette

Film looks effect

Film Looks

Duotone effect

Duotone

Bloom effect

Bloom

Halation effect

Halation

Anamorphic streak effect

Anamorphic Streak

Light leaks effect

Light Leaks

Film burns effect

Film Burns

Grunge effect

Grunge

VHS effect

VHS

Glitch effect

Glitch

Film grain effect

Film Grain

This list keeps growing — new effects ship regularly.

See it on a real photograph.

Drag any tile to compare.

After Halobloom — Ilford HP5 Plus film look, film burn, grain Before Halobloom Before After

Ilford HP5 Plus film look, film burn, grain

After Halobloom — chromatic aberration, lens distortion, light leaks, duotone, film burn Before Halobloom Before After

Chromatic aberration, lens distortion, light leaks, duotone, film burn

After Halobloom — chromatic aberration, lens distortion, kaleidoscope, vignette, halation, light leaks, grain Before Halobloom Before After

Chromatic aberration, lens distortion, kaleidoscope, vignette, halation, light leaks, grain

After Halobloom — film look, halation, grain Before Halobloom Before After

Film look, halation, grain

After Halobloom — chromatic aberration, lens distortion, vignette, Cinestill 800T film look, halation, light leaks, grain Before Halobloom Before After

Chromatic aberration, lens distortion, vignette, Cinestill 800T film look, halation, light leaks, grain

After Halobloom — chromatic aberration, Fujifilm Superia 400 film look, halation, anamorphic streak, grain Before Halobloom Before After

Chromatic aberration, Fujifilm Superia 400 film look, halation, anamorphic streak, grain

Halobloom v.dev
Chromatic Aberration
42%
Vignette
28%
Kaleidoscope
0%
Glow / Bloom
61%

One panel. Sixteen effects. Full control.

Every effect has real sliders and real checkboxes, not a single mystery intensity knob. Turn one thing on, tune it, and layer the next.

  • Thirty curated presets, plus your own saved looks
  • Non-destructive: Apply duplicates and labels the result layer
  • Runs natively inside Photoshop as a UXP panel

Thirty ways to start. Infinite ways to finish.

Curated presets combine several effects into one named look. Save your own once you land on something worth keeping.

Vintage Portrait Dreamy Glow VHS Rewind Prism Dream Golden Hour Cyberpunk Neon Old Polaroid Film Noir Shadows Anamorphic Flare Infrared Dream Chrome Dreams Sunset Bokeh Broken Signal Analog Warmth Frozen Frame Soft Focus Romance + your presets

Get Halobloom

All effects, one panel, no subscription.

€25 €35
launch price · one-time purchase · free updates
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Photoshop CC 2022 or newer · macOS & Windows

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