Image Filters for Shortcuts vs ArtDeck

Image Filters for Shortcuts brings 146 powerful image filters to Apple Shortcuts, letting you automate image editing workflows across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Every filter is available as a Shortcuts action with full parameter control. Chain multiple filters together, process images in bulk, or trigger edits automatically — no manual work required. FILTERS INCLUDED Color Adjustments Brightness & Contrast, Hue & Saturation, Exposure, Gamma, Vibrance, White Balance, Highlight & Shadow, Levels, Color Curves, Color Threshold, Channel Mixer, Color Monochrome, False Color, Gradient Map, Color Clamp, Color Polynomial, and Dither. Blur & Sharpen Gaussian Blur, Box Blur, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Disc Blur, Bokeh Blur, Depth Blur, Tilt Shift, Median, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Morphology Gradient, Morphology Maximum, Morphology Minimum, Gabor Gradients, and Depth of Field. Distortion Twirl, Pinch, Bump Distortion, Hole Distortion, Vortex, Circle Splash, Glass Distortion, Glass Tiles, Droste, Displacement, Torus Lens, Center Stretch, Nine Part Stretch, Kaleidoscope, Triangle Kaleidoscope, Light Tunnel, Mirror, Magnify, Fisheye, Circle to Square, Polar Tiles, Slipping Tiles, Drunk Vision, Liquify, Seamless Tile, Perspective Correction, and tile effects including Affine, Fourfold Rotated, Sixfold Rotated, and Twelvefold Reflected. Stylize & Effects Vignette, Pixelate, Crystallize, Edges, Comic Effect, Pointillize, Solarize, Bloom, Gloom, Line Overlay, Spot Light, Spot Color, Edge Work, Height Field, Shaded Material, Hexagonal Pixelate, Dot Screen, Line Screen, Circular Screen, Hatched Screen, CMYK Halftone, Halftone Color, and Equalizer. Artistic & Film Pencil Sketch, Oil Painting, Emboss, Watercolor, Stained Glass, Neon Glow, Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Anaglyph 3D, Double Exposure, Orton Effect, Thermal Camera, Night Vision, Cross Process, Infrared, Lomography, Duotone, Split Toning, Film Grain, Vintage, VHS, Scanlines, ASCII Art, and Chroma Key. Generators & Noise Checkerboard, Stripes, Grid, Sunbeams, Star Shine, Lens Flare, Starburst, Voronoi, Clouds, Value Noise, Organic Noise, Random Texture, Add Noise, Noise Reduction, Op Tile, Parallelogram Tile, Perspective Tile, Glide Reflected Tile, and Color Wheel. Enhancement Dehaze, Clarity, Auto Tone, Skin Smoothing, Miniature, Raindrops, Frosted Glass, Photo Collage, Flashlight, Contours, Spheres, Angular Waves, Radial Waves, and Seamless Tile. SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION Each filter appears as its own action in the Shortcuts app. Parameters like radius, intensity, angle, and position are fully adjustable. Pass images between actions to build multi-step editing pipelines. Automate repetitive edits or create one-tap shortcuts for your favorite filter combinations. The app also includes a built-in image editor for quick manual adjustments. Open images from Files or Photos, preview filters in real time, adjust parameters with sliders, and export the result. Runs entirely on-device using Core Image. No internet connection required.

ArtDeck is a reference board for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Collect images, videos, links, and notes, then arrange and zoom them on an infinite canvas. Make a moodboard or open the built-in tools when you want to analyze value, color, composition, or motion. You can also keep references next to Procreate on iPad or your creative apps on Mac. iCloud sync is optional. CAPTURE NOW, USE IT ANYWHERE See a texture, a color combination, or a striking composition while you're out? Take a photo right inside ArtDeck and drop it on a board. Because your boards sync, it's there on your Mac and iPad, ready next to your design, 3D, or drawing tools. COLLECT FROM ANYWHERE • Shoot photos and video on iPhone and iPad; on Mac, take the photo with the webcam or your iPhone • Import from Photos or Files • Scan a document on iPhone or iPad, or use Continuity Camera on Mac • Save any link as a card, or paste a link to an image, video, or PDF to import it • Drag and drop, paste, or use the Share menu from any other app • Opens all common image formats, plus WebP, AVIF, JXL, HDR, EXR, and SVG. Video, GIFs, and PDFs up to 300 pages • HDR images and video at full brightness on capable screens, for the whole app or per board STUDY WHAT YOU COLLECT Study any image or video frame through the ToolBox's five lenses, without touching the original: • Values: grayscale, a value ladder, and Notan to read your darks and lights • Color: pull a palette from any image, or see its temperature and saturation zones • Composition: overlay grids, test new framings, or check the symmetry • Read: simplify to the big shapes, find where detail piles up, follow the edge hierarchy • Measure: drop plumb lines, read an angle off a snapping guide, and compare two lengths The Analysis panel shows value range, a histogram, hue, saturation, and color distribution. Export a study, or keep a copy on your board. Step through GIFs and video frame by frame, with onion skin and a GIF filmstrip ANNOTATE AND DRAW • Mark up an image, or draw directly: pen, highlighter, and shapes • Draw a stroke, then hold at the end to straighten it ARRANGE IT YOUR WAY • An infinite canvas to drag, scale, rotate, and zoom • Snap to objects and grid; align, distribute, and tidy up • Group and nest, reorder, lock, with undo and redo YOUR BOARDS, EVERYWHERE • The same boards on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, synced through your iCloud • Works fully offline: sync catches up when you're back online • Choose which boards sync • Split View and Stage Manager on iPad • Keep your window on top of the others on Mac YOUR GALLERY • Carousel and grid views of every board • Labels and multi-label filtering • Favorite, archive, rename, or duplicate any board MAKE IT YOURS • Dark, light, and high-contrast themes • Set one theme for the whole app, or one per board • An editor to fine-tune the colors and create your own themes • Import and export themes by file or link ACCESSIBILITY • VoiceOver support across the app, including items on the canvas • Respects Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion • A theme editor that checks color contrast and flags colors that are hard to tell apart EXPORT AND HAND OFF • Export a whole board or just a selection • PNG, JPEG, HEIC, or PDF, up to 8K, with a transparent background where the format allows • Save a whole board as one .artdeck file to back up or hand off TRY IT FREE, KEEP IT FOR LIFE Start with a free, individual 7-Day Trial. It does not renew. Lifetime Access is a one-time in-app purchase, not a subscription. No separate ArtDeck account is required. Keep what catches your eye.