FilmSlate turns one photographed slate frame into complete metadata for an entire roll. Photograph the slate, shoot your roll, drop it in — every scan is tagged automatically.
Open the app, select your camera, film stock, ISO, lens, and location. Curated dropdowns for 70+ film stocks and 30+ camera makes — with custom escape hatches for anything rare.
FilmSlate generates a beautiful full-screen editorial slate with a machine-readable QR code. Photograph it as the first frame on your roll. Done — go shoot.
Drop your scanned folder onto the macOS app. It finds the slate frame via Vision detection, decodes the QR, and embeds EXIF / IPTC / XMP metadata into every image — so Lightroom sees it all.
Metadata is written directly into each image file — no sidecars, no plugins. Camera, film stock, ISO, lens, location, project, push/pull, and more. Lightroom reads it instantly.
The macOS app uses Apple Vision.framework to find your slate frame automatically in a folder of scans — even if it's blurry, slightly exposed, or buried mid-roll. Manual override always available.
The slate is a photographable artifact — not a utilitarian QR sheet. High-contrast editorial typography with error-correction level H, readable through motion blur and imperfect exposure.
Choose per-run: backup originals to a subfolder, write tagged copies while leaving originals untouched, or mutate in place. Your negatives are never at risk.
Curated dropdowns covering Kodak, Fujifilm, Ilford, CineStill, and more — with push/pull, focal length, lens make, location, and project fields. Every field has a custom escape hatch.
Save reusable camera, lens, and film combinations as presets for one-tap fill. Every previous roll is archived — duplicate any session instantly for a rapid roll change on set.
Create sessions, configure metadata, generate your slate, and scan existing QR codes. Four tabs: Slate, Sessions, Presets, Scan. Works offline — no account required to shoot.
Drop a folder of scans — FilmSlate finds the slate frame, reads the metadata, and tags every image automatically. The result is a roll Lightroom can filter by camera, film stock, lens, location, and more.
Download FilmSlate for iOS, Android, or macOS and start tagging your rolls from the very first frame.