How the vignette effect works
The tool draws a soft radial gradient on top of your photo. Inside a circle around the center, nothing changes. From the edge of that circle to the corners of the image, the chosen edge color fades in smoothly until it reaches the strength you set. The result is a natural-looking vignette with no visible ring.
| Setting | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | 0–100% (default 50%) | Opacity of the edge color in the corners. 20–40% is subtle; 70% and more is dramatic. |
| Clear center size | 10–90% (default 50%) | Radius of the untouched center, as a share of the distance from the center to a corner. |
| Edge color | any (default black) | Black darkens, white lightens, any other color tints the edges. |
Transparent areas stay transparent: the gradient is only painted where the image already has pixels.
When to use a vignette
- Portraits: a subtle dark vignette (30–40%, center 50–60%) pulls attention to the face and hides a busy background.
- Product photos: a gentle fade toward the corners keeps the eye on the item.
- Vintage and film looks: combine a stronger dark vignette with the warm tone of Sepia Filter or with Black and White Photo.
- Soft, airy images: a white edge color gives the faded-edge look of old portrait studios and greeting cards.
- Colored frames: a dark blue or brown edge color tints the corners to match a mood or a brand.
If you want the background out of focus rather than darker, use Blur Image instead; for a stronger frame, apply a vignette on top of the blurred result.
Tips for a natural result
Overdone vignettes are easy to spot. Keep the strength moderate, make the clear center large enough to contain the whole subject, and compare with the original by moving the strength slider back to 0. On very wide panoramas the corners get most of the effect, because the fade is circular and reaches full strength only in the corners. If your subject is off-center, crop the photo first so that it sits closer to the middle.
Formats and batch processing
You can open JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF (first frame), BMP and SVG files, plus iPhone HEIC photos. Download saves each image with “-vignette” added to its name, in a ZIP when you process several.
| You open | You download |
|---|---|
| JPG | JPG (quality 92%) |
| PNG | PNG, transparency kept |
| WebP | WebP (PNG in Safari, which can’t save WebP) |
| HEIC, AVIF | JPG |
| SVG, GIF, BMP | PNG |
Privacy
There is no upload step: your browser reads the file, paints the vignette on a canvas and saves the result locally. The site’s security policy only lets the page talk to its own server, and EXIF metadata such as GPS location is not copied into the output.