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Vignette Effect

Darken the edges of any photo with a smooth radial gradient. Adjust intensity, pick any color, choose circle or oval, and download in seconds.

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JPG, PNG, WebP (max 20MB)

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Processing your image on the server

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How It Works

  1. Upload the photo you want to add a vignette to
  2. Adjust intensity, color, and shape controls
  3. Download your vignetted image instantly

Tips

  • Black vignettes work best for dramatic portraits
  • Lower intensity for a subtle, professional look
  • Oval shape works great for landscape photos
  • Try white vignettes for a dreamy, vintage effect

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Why Use Vignette Effect

Precise Intensity Control

A 0-100 slider lets you dial in anything from a barely visible edge fade at 20% to a deep, dramatic burn at 90%.

Full Color Picker

Black is the default, but the color picker accepts any hex value. Warm brown gives sepia tones, white creates an airy blown-out edge, and deep blue shifts the mood entirely.

Circle or Oval

Circle keeps the fade symmetric around the center. Oval automatically stretches to follow your image proportions, which suits wide landscape crops better than a rigid circle would.

Processed on the Server

PHP GD handles the pixel math server-side, so there is no waiting for an AI queue and no points are consumed.

Perfect For

Portrait Photos Landscape Photos Social Media Product Shots Wedding Photos Art Photography

Powered by Server-Side Processing

PHP GD Image Processing

The vignette is computed entirely by the PHP GD library running on the server. Every pixel's color is blended toward your chosen vignette color in proportion to its distance from the image center, producing a smooth radial falloff without banding or hard edges.

Because the math is deterministic and runs server-side, you get a result in under a second regardless of your device. There is no AI model involved, which means no processing queue, no credit cost, and output at the full original resolution.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Vignette Effect runs on PHP GD, not an AI model, so it uses 0 points from your account. Upload, adjust, download.

Desktop editors give you a vignette option buried inside lens correction or effects panels, and you need the app installed. Here you upload one file, move two sliders, pick a color, and download. No account required beyond what you already have, no plugin to install.

Portraits with a natural look land well between 40 and 60%. Push to 70-90% when you want a moody or theatrical result. Keep it at 20-30% to just pull the eye toward the center without the viewer noticing the effect.

Yes. Set the color picker to #FFFFFF and the edges of your photo will fade toward white instead of black. The result reads as an airy, overexposed border that works well for light and airy portrait styles.

Upload JPG, PNG, or WebP files up to 20MB. The processed image downloads as PNG to preserve quality, since PNG is lossless and avoids recompression artifacts that JPEG would introduce.

No. The effect is computed at the original pixel dimensions. Each edge pixel is blended toward the vignette color, not resampled or resized. Sharpness and detail in the center of your photo are completely unchanged.

Yes. Upload the original file each time and change the intensity, color, or shape. Each run saves independently to your gallery so you can compare the results side by side.

Under a second for typical photos. The GD library applies the radial gradient directly to the image buffer in memory, so there is no queue or waiting for an AI model to respond.

Yes. The oval maps its axes to your image dimensions, so a wide landscape photo gets a horizontally stretched gradient and a tall portrait gets a vertically stretched one. The circle option keeps both axes equal regardless of orientation.

Yes. The color picker accepts any hex color. A warm brown around #3B1F0A fades edges into a sepia tone. A deep teal or navy shifts the corners toward a cinematic grade. Experiment with the picker to find what works with your specific photo's tones.

Vignette Effect vs Other Methods

Feature Luxoret AI Manual / Traditional Other Tools
Speed Results in seconds Hours with Photoshop Minutes per image
Skill Required None — fully automated Professional editing skills Some learning curve
Quality AI-powered, photorealistic Depends on editor skill Template-based, limited
Accessibility Browser-based, any device Desktop software required App or desktop required
Revisions Unlimited instant retries Time-consuming redo Limited by credits