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QuartzLab '99: The Retro Photo Timestamp Application | Add 90s LED date stamps to your photos
Batch-burn authentic retro camera date stamps using each photo's EXIF data — with LED glow, vintage databacks and a 35mm film border.
Authentic 90s stamps
LED, 7-segment and databack styles with real glow and bloom.
35mm film border
Sprocket holes and yellow edge printing, without cropping your photo.
100% private
Everything runs on your device. Photos are never uploaded.
Editor
Stamp your photos
Photo preview
DROP PHOTOS
Drag JPEGs or RAW files here — or use “Add photos”.
Photos are processed locally in your browser and are never uploaded or stored on a server.
Photos are processed locally in your browser and are never uploaded or stored on a server. Tip: use ← → keys or swipe to switch photos.
About
About QuartzLab '99: free retro date stamp, film border & instant photo editor
QuartzLab '99 is a free, browser-based photo timestamp application built for photographers and retro enthusiasts who want to recreate the unmistakable character of 1990s photography. Whether you are restoring family snapshots, building a lo-fi portfolio, or curating a social feed with analog soul, our digital photo editor burns authentic retro camera date stamps directly onto your images without ever uploading them to a server.
Every stamp is generated from your photo's EXIF data, so the date and time stay true to the original moment. Choose from classic LED styles, vintage databack layouts, and a glowing 90s camcorder style finish that mimics the light bleed of old camcorder on-screen displays. You can batch-process JPEGs and RAW previews, adjust positioning, color, and glow intensity, then export a ZIP file with metadata preserved.
Three editing modes
- 35mm film border — wrap your photo in an authentic film strip with sprocket holes, yellow edge printing, frame numbers, grain, halation, vignetting and warm light leaks.
- Instant print — turn any image into a square, wide or mini instant photo with coloured frames, film looks and handwritten, typewriter or worn label-maker captions.
- Date stamp — the classic quartz date and time burned into the corner, just like a 90s point-and-shoot.
New to the tool? Read the QuartzLab '99 user guide or learn how to date stamp iPhone photos.
Private by design
QuartzLab '99 keeps the entire workflow local and private in your browser. It is the fastest way to give modern digital photos the nostalgic look of analog point-and-shoot cameras, camcorder databacks, and late-night flash photography. Drop your images, pick a stamp style, and bring the 90s back one frame at a time.