# Image To Film Color Simulation

> This prompt directs an AI to take a standard digital photograph and apply an authentic, stock-specific film emulation—replicating the chosen film’s color palette, contrast curve, grain structure, and characteristic effects (e.g., halation or vignette) while keeping the image’s original size, composition, and subject detail intact. The outcome is a high-resolution, editorial-grade film-styled image that looks like it was shot on the selected analog stock, optionally with a film border, without resorting to generic retro filtering or altering identity-critical features.

- Skill: `betterpromptme/image-to-film-color-simulation` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add betterpromptme/image-to-film-color-simulation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/betterpromptme/image-to-film-color-simulation/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Design & Media
- Author: BetterPromptme (https://skillmd.com/u/betterpromptme)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/betterpromptme/image-to-film-color-simulation

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## What it does

This prompt directs an AI to take a standard digital photograph and apply an authentic, stock-specific film emulation—replicating the chosen film’s color palette, contrast curve, grain structure, and characteristic effects (e.g., halation or vignette) while keeping the image’s original size, composition, and subject detail intact. The outcome is a high-resolution, editorial-grade film-styled image that looks like it was shot on the selected analog stock, optionally with a film border, without resorting to generic retro filtering or altering identity-critical features.

> For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.

## Inputs


### textInputs

Pass each text input using `--input <key>=<value>` flags.

| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
| --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| `Border` | Required | Yes/No | (none) |
| `Film_Type` | Optional | Select the film stock you want to emulate | `Kodak Gold 200` |



### imageInputs

This prompt requires **exactly 1 image**. You **must pass exactly 1 image flag** (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.

| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
| ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yes | the original photo to be transformed | `--image-input-url <url>` or `--image-input-path <path>` |


### Models and options

This skill's modality is: **`image`**.

To discover which `model` values you can use (and which `options` keys/values are valid for each model), run:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where `modality` is `"image"`.

## How to run

### Step 1: Collect inputs

First, run `betterprompt resources --models-only --json` and filter to `modality: "image"` to discover valid models and available options:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.

Then collect all inputs from the human:


- Required text inputs:
    - `Border`
- Optional text inputs (use defaults if not provided by the human):
    - `Film_Type` (default: `Kodak Gold 200`)
- Required images:
  - **Exactly 1** images: image 1 (the original photo to be transformed). Images must be provided in this order.
- Optional: model and options.
  - Present the human with the default model **`gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`** and its available options. Look up `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview` in the `betterprompt resources` output (filtered to modality `"image"`) and show its `availableOptions` as: `key: val1, val2 (default), val3  |  key2: ...`. Mark a value `(default)` if it matches these defaults: `{}`.
  - If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`, options `{}`. Other models from the resources call are also available.

If any required text input or the required images are missing, **ask the human for what's missing**. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: **"Please provide images in this order: image 1 (the original photo to be transformed)"**.

### Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI

Use the frontmatter's `name` as the positional argument (for this skill, use `image-to-film-color-simulation`).

Command form:

```bash
betterprompt generate image-to-film-color-simulation \
  [--input <key>=<value>] \
  [--image-input-url <url>] \
  [--image-input-path <path>] \
  [--model <model>] \
  [--options <options JSON>] \
  [--json]
```

Notes:

- Pass each text input as a separate `--input <key>=<value>` flag.
- Pass each image using `--image-input-url` or `--image-input-path`, in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).
- If the human does **not** mention a model, **omit** `--model` and BetterPrompt will use the default model: **`gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`**.
- If the human does **not** mention options, **omit** `--options` and BetterPrompt will use the default options: **`{}`**.
- If the run times out, the response will include a `runId` you can use to fetch the result later.

Example (using defaults shown above):

```bash
betterprompt generate image-to-film-color-simulation \
  --input Border=<value> \
  --input 'Film_Type=Kodak Gold 200' \
  --image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
  --model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview \
  --options '{}'
```