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How to add a night vision filter to a photo on iPhone

In LiDAR Camera, tap the gear icon for Settings, tap Import & Process Photo, then Choose Photo, pick a picture, tap a look such as Night Vision, then Save or Share. Five taps, give or take. It needs iOS 16 and is a PRO feature, free for everyone during the first 7 days.

2 min read · Updated 2026-09-16

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When to use a night vision filter

You already have the photo. A garden at dusk, a campsite, a pet in a dim hallway, a party shot you can't retake. You just want the classic green night-vision style, a thermal look, a stark monochrome, on the picture you already took.

Haven't taken it yet? Shoot it directly in the app with the look on instead; the live camera is also brighter than a plain photo, so you get a better starting frame. Photo Import exists for pictures already sitting in your library.

How to get a night vision effect on a photo

  1. Open LiDAR Camera and tap the gear at the top left to open settings.
  2. Under Photo Import, tap Import & Process Photo.
  3. Tap Choose Photo and pick one picture from your library.
  4. Tap a look. Night Vision gives the green style; try Phosphor, Thermal or Infrared for others.
  5. Tap Save to add the result to Photos, or Share to send it.

Which looks work on an imported photo

Nine looks work on any photo: Night Vision, High Contrast, Denoise, Thermal, Phosphor, Infrared, Arctic, Starlight and Grayscale. Depth Map, Enhance Distant and Edge Detect are not offered, because a saved photo carries no depth from the LiDAR Scanner.

Picking a look for an existing photo
You wantTry
Classic green night vision gogglesNight Vision
Old green-screen glowPhosphor
Hot-and-cold colour styleThermal
Red-orange infrared-photo styleInfrared
Cold blue toneArctic
Clean black and whiteGrayscale
Punchy amber contrastHigh Contrast

On an imported photo Thermal colours by brightness, since there's no depth to work with: light areas look hot, dark ones cold. A style, nothing more, same as everywhere else in the app.

Tips and common mistakes

  • A filter cannot recover detail from a nearly black photo. Start from a picture where you can see something.
  • Too green or flat? Lower Night Vision Intensity and import again.
  • If Custom Watermark is on in settings, your text is added to the result.
  • No Photo Import section? It needs iOS 16 or later.

Questions and answers

Is there a free night vision filter app?
LiDAR Camera is free to download. Photo Import is PRO, open to everyone for the first 7 days. Taking new photos and videos with the free looks stays free.
Can I filter several photos at once?
No. Photo Import processes one picture at a time.
Can I add the filter to a video I already recorded?
No. Looks are applied to videos only while you record them in the app; imported files must be photos.

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