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Curves, Unconstrained. White Balance, Remastered. And more...

https://darkroom.co/blog/2026-09-15-curves-white-balance

Published: September 15, 2026 16:00

Curves can now be edited unconstrained, White Balance is more accurate and useful, Liquid Glass for iPad and Mac, and a new iPhone photostrip for faster browsing and culling.

The RAW Fix Apple Never Announced

https://darkroom.co/blog/2026-09-10-compressed-raw

Published: September 11, 2026 10:00

Compressed RAW was one of our top requests from Apple for years. Fujifilm and Nikon files decode now, and so does Sony lossless. The α7 V’s lossy and compressed HQ modes still do not.

Liquid Glass for iPhone

https://darkroom.co/blog/2026-08-03-liquid-glass

Published: August 3, 2026 10:00

Darkroom for iPhone has been refreshed with Liquid Glass, a more immersive editing experience, a native Albums tab, richer photo grid controls, and more precise masks.

Winter Update

https://darkroom.co/blog/2026-02-11-winter-update

Published: February 12, 2026 12:30

Darkroom turns 11. A look back at the 7.0 launch, 24 updates since December, our lowest crash rate ever, and the introduction of Curated Community Preset Collections.

Community Presets Wrapped '25

https://darkroom.co/blog/2025-12-26-presets-wrapped

Published: December 26, 2025 10:00

Discover the top community presets of 2025! Explore this year’s most exported and hidden gem presets, unique collections and interesting insights.

Darkroom 7: Faster, Smoother, and Built for the Future

https://darkroom.co/blog/2025-12-09-render-engine

Published: December 9, 2025 10:00

Darkroom 7 brings a fully rebuilt rendering engine, that brings a smoother editing experience, Bloom & Halation tools, improved video playback, and workflow upgrades across the board.

Bloom & Halation — Add analog glow to photos

https://darkroom.co/blog/2025-12-08-bloom-halation

Published: December 9, 2025 10:00

Add film-like bloom and red-edge halation in Darkroom. How each effect works, when to use it, and how to get a vintage glow.

Darkroom 7 Beta 8 open for all platforms

https://darkroom.co/blog/2025-11-05-darkroom-7-iphone-beta

Published: November 5, 2025 12:30

Join us in also testing Darkroom 7 for iPhone & iPad, featuring our completely rebuilt rendering engine that delivers unprecedented speed, stability, and performance.

Darkroom 7 Beta 1 for Mac

https://darkroom.co/blog/2025-08-12-darkroom-7-beta

Published: August 12, 2025 12:30

Join us in testing Darkroom 7 for Mac, featuring a completely rebuilt rendering engine that delivers unprecedented speed, stability, and performance.

Darkroom vs Lightroom — No import needed

https://darkroom.co/blog/2023-09-07-darkroom-vs-lightroom

Published: February 25, 2024 10:00

Edit the photos already in Apple Photos — no import, no Adobe catalog. Compare Darkroom and Lightroom on workflow, pricing, presets, video, and tools.

Introducing Preset Sync & Backup to Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2024-02-14-preset-sync

Published: February 14, 2024 10:00

All your presets are now automatically synced and backed up across all your devices. Built on Apple iCloud for data security.

Thank you! Celebrating Darkroom’s 9th birthday

https://darkroom.co/blog/2024-02-12-thanks-9-years

Published: February 12, 2024 10:00

Nine years ago, we launched Darkroom. Explore a brief history of Darkroom and learn about our plans for the future.

Darkroom’s Product Roadmap

https://darkroom.co/blog/2023-05-09-roadmap

Published: May 9, 2023 10:00

Discover Darkroom's exciting plans, featuring cutting-edge technology to enhance your mobile photo editing experience.

The art behind the Darkroom app icon

https://darkroom.co/blog/2023-01-11-app-icons

Published: January 11, 2023 10:00

Explore the design thinking behind Darkroom's app icon evolution. Learn why the logo and app icon have changed and the reasons behind each variation.

Color Grading comes to Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2022-12-12-color-grading

Published: December 12, 2022 10:00

Color Grading unlocks new creative expression, giving your photo or video a distinct style by adjusting the tone of your shots.

State of the Art Highlight and Shadow Recovery in Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2022-11-03-highlights-shadows

Published: November 3, 2022 10:00

Highlight & Shadow recovery sliders get a major upgrade that dramatically improves their recovery range and refines the result.

Ten Productivity Tips & Tricks for Your Darkroom Workflow #3

https://darkroom.co/blog/2022-08-ten-tips

Published: August 29, 2022 12:00

Third edition of highlights on 10 tips and tricks to get more out of your Darkroom workflow.

Darkroom 6: Make Local Adjustments with Masks

https://darkroom.co/blog/2022-04-masks

Published: April 12, 2022 10:00

We are proud to introduce Masks, a powerful and essential tool for photographers. Backed by AI, and designed for mobile.

Darkroom for Monterey & iOS 15

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-10-ios15-monterey

Published: October 25, 2021 20:59

With todays update we bring you even more stability and compatibility with the latest improvements on macOS 12 Monterey and iOS 15.

Improving Your Darkroom Editing Experience

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-08-Improvements

Published: August 11, 2021 13:25

We’ve been busy since last summer: 6 major feature releases (macOS support, ProRAW, Flag & Reject, Clarity, Shortcuts Automation, and Grain…

Improved Grain in Darkroom: Fast, Smooth, and More Natural

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-07-improved-grain

Published: July 13, 2021 15:14

Today, we’re releasing a change to our grain slider that increases performance, reduces memory-use, and refines the overall look. The grain…

Automate your Darkroom Workflow with our new Shortcut Actions

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-06-shortcut-actions

Published: June 21, 2021 15:07

We’ve always been very excited about the possibility of integrating Darkroom into shortcuts, but until recently, have been limited by the…

Clarity in Darkroom: Enhance Details in Your Photos

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-05-clarity

Published: May 13, 2021 17:07

Today we are excited to introduce Clarity, a brand new seemingly simple slider tool. This frequently requested tool is the new companion…

Manage your growing Darkroom Photo Library with Flag & Reject

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-03-flag-reject

Published: March 29, 2021 14:40

You already know that editing photos can be fun. Getting to the right photo though, and knowing which one to edit in a big pile of photos…

Ten Productivity Tips & Tricks for Your Darkroom Workflow #2

https://darkroom.co/blog/2021-02-ten-tips-tricks

Published: February 3, 2021 12:43

Following up last year’s surprisingly popular 10 things you likely didn’t know about Darkroom and your many requests for more tips.

ProRAW vs JPEG vs RAW in Darkroom (And a whoooole lot more)

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-12-proraw

Published: December 17, 2020 15:43

This a two-for-one update. First, we’re adding support for ProRAW with a new “Tone Map” slider. Second, we’re bringing all the bug fixes…

Darkroom 5 Comes to the Mac

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-11-mac

Published: November 12, 2020 16:03

The same Apple Design Award-winning app you know and love is now tailored & optimized for its new home on the Mac.

10 things you likely didn’t know about Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-08-ten-things

Published: August 25, 2020 13:59

These are our favorite tips and tricks on features we have added to Darkroom over the past 5 years.

Manage your Albums in Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-06-manage-albums

Published: June 10, 2020 17:12

Today’s update introduces comprehensive library and album management features. We’ve spent years optimizing your editing workflow by…

Video Processing Comes to Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-04-video

Published: April 23, 2020 13:43

Today we’re launching app-wide support for editing videos in Darkroom, available to all our existing and new subscribers. This is one of…

A New Rendering Engine for Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-03-new-renderer

Published: March 14, 2020 19:01

We’re releasing a major rebuild of Darkroom’s rendering engine that will dramatically improve the performance, stability, and reliability…

Watermarking, App Icon Picker, and an update to our business

https://darkroom.co/blog/2020-02-watermark-subscription

Published: February 12, 2020 15:31

Today’s release of Darkroom includes two new features that people have been asking for a long time: Export Watermark, and an expanded App…

A Whole New Look for Darkroom: Light Mode, Multiple Spaces, Shortcut Action, and Sound Effects

https://darkroom.co/blog/2019-09-light-mode

Published: September 26, 2019 15:48

You can’t make the best iOS photo editor without integrating deeply into the system. Darkroom holds the mantle of the most deeply…

Introducing the Darkroom Histogram

https://darkroom.co/blog/2019-08-histogram

Published: August 6, 2019 13:07

The Darkroom Histogram is finally here in all its colorful, curvy glory! We obsessed over these little curves to create a histogram that…

Darkroom Everywhere: Photos Extension, Drag & Drop, Files app, and more

https://darkroom.co/blog/2019-03-everywhere

Published: March 25, 2019 14:36

Darkroom 4.1 dramatically increases the number of ways you can get your photos into Darkroom for editing. It’s also packed with…

Grain & RAW+JPG Switching support.

https://darkroom.co/blog/2018-11-grain

Published: November 9, 2018 13:12

Hot on the heels of our iOS 12 & Hashtags release last month we are thrilled to bring you one of our most requested features: Film Grain…

A Big Little Update for RAW Photos

https://darkroom.co/blog/2018-10-raw

Published: October 10, 2018 22:28

It started out with a bug, how did it end up like this? We went in to investigate, unpacking the problem resulted in a few benefits that make this more than a dot-release.

Hashtag Sets, Siri Shortcuts, Portrait HD & More in Darkroom for iOS 12

https://darkroom.co/blog/2018-10-ios12

Published: October 4, 2018 16:04

Following a long summer break in which our founder Majd Taby got hitched in the beautiful (and hot) fields of southern France, we are back…

Content-Aware Frames, Duotone Filters, and an enormous list of improvements

https://darkroom.co/blog/2018-06-frames

Published: June 28, 2018 19:01

After months of hard work, we’re thrilled to introduce the Frame Tool, a new and free top-level tool, the Duotone premium filter pack, and…

Depth Editing, Extended-Range RAW Editing & App-Wide Refinements

https://darkroom.co/blog/2018-03-depth-editing

Published: March 29, 2018 15:39

Darkroom’s latest update continues to push the boundaries of joyful mobile photo editing by adding depth editing, and extended-range RAW.

Thank you, 32 million times over: Celebrating Darkroom’s Third Birthday

https://darkroom.co/blog/2018-02-third-birthday

Published: February 13, 2018 00:06

Three years ago to the day, Matt Brown and I launched the first version of Darkroom. Thank you to all the photographers who have been…

RAW + JPEG, Modify Original, and a Christmas Giveaway

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-12-raw+jpeg

Published: December 22, 2017 22:12

We have a lot to talk about, but let’s start with the news: Darkroom 3.3 is a little Christmas present for our users. Addressing the most…

Darkroom for iPhone X

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-11-iphone-x

Published: November 2, 2017 19:42

Hot on the heels of last month’s blockbuster Darkroom 3 release with over 18 user-facing new features, we’re thrilled to share Darkroom for…

Haptic Feedback

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-07-haptic-feedback

Published: July 3, 2017 14:38

It’s Monday in Amsterdam! We’re busy here working along the beautiful canals getting fresh bits ready for your consumption. Fresh out the…

The Try-Before-You-Buy Release

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-05-try-before-you-buy

Published: May 17, 2017 18:58

In these posts, we discuss what’s new in each update and the background behind it. We hope you find these in-depth explorations insightful.

Welcome, Darkroom 2.8!

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-04-darkroom-28

Published: April 3, 2017 21:08

This month’s update is a little early. Sometimes, things just work out that way! This one is a little smaller, but it builds on the work we…

Introducing Darkroom 2.7

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-03-darkroom-27

Published: March 20, 2017 15:15

Following through on our promise last month to pick up the pace of updates, we’re excited to share with you the biggest update since…

Recreating VSCO Presets in Darkroom

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-03-recreating-vsco-filters

Published: March 13, 2017 21:16

Note: If you want to eat the fish, without learning how to fish, feel free to jump ahead to the “How to Recreate a VSCO Preset” section…

Darkroom’s 2 Year Anniversary Celebration

https://darkroom.co/blog/2017-02-2-year-anniversary

Published: February 13, 2017 19:09

Let’s get to the fun stuff first: To celebrate Darkroom’s 2 year birthday, we’re announcing a 30% sale across the board for 1 week only…

Darkroom 2.5 Update

https://darkroom.co/blog/2016-08-darkroom-25

Published: August 19, 2016 21:07

Friends, It’s been a while since we last talked. A full explanation for the delay will come later, I’ll keep this post as concise.

Black and White Editing

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-08-black-and-white

Published: August 17, 2015 21:13

Sunday School #7: Black and White photos are a category of photos all on their own and can evoke very powerful emotional responses and elevate a photograph when done well.

Meet The Color Tool

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-08-color-tool

Published: August 9, 2015 15:46

Sunday School #8: We’re back! Color allows you adjust the tone of individual colors in the photo. The more granular the slice, the more control you have.

Adopting a Workflow

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-07-workflow

Published: July 11, 2015 23:28

Sunday School #6: This week, we’ll go over how to adopt a mobile photo editing workflow, giving you some insight into how you can optimize it.

Using Curves (Part 2 of 2)

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-07-curves-part-2-of-2

Published: July 4, 2015 20:59

Sunday School #5: This week, we’ll focus more on the Red, Green, and Blue channels and talk about how you can use your knowledge to capture the perfect tone and that look you’ve been lusting after.

Hunting Light

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-06-hunting-light

Published: June 21, 2015 21:29

Sunday School #3: learn how to see, read, and incorporate light into your photos, you’ll have all the technical fundamentals of photography covered…

Managing Composition

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-06-managing-composition

Published: June 14, 2015 19:05

Sunday School #2: Every beautifully edited photo you’ve seen started out as a beautiful photo, with care taken to identify a focal point, leading lines, and symmetry.

Proper Exposure Control

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-06-exposure-control

Published: June 7, 2015 20:05

Sunday School #1: Exposure refers to the amount of light that hits the sensor of your camera. Proper Exposure means the bright and the dark areas of the photo both got enough light to distinguish detail.

Redesigned Filters and A Leap in Performance

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-04-redesigned-filters

Published: April 1, 2015 23:15

Matt and I are way stoked to share 1.2 with you guys. Let’s start with the good stuff. Here’s what’s new:

Image zoom, free crop and more

https://darkroom.co/blog/2015-03-darkroom-11

Published: March 3, 2015 10:07

We just released our first upgrade to Darkroom, and it’s packed with lots of improvements, performance tweaks and bug fixes — most of them based on your helpful feedback (thank you!).