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.
Or download as .zipDownload FilmSlate for iOS, Android, or macOS and start tagging your rolls from the very first frame.