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Darkroom is an award-winning photo editing app available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, built by a small team of independent developers.

Los Angeles & Amsterdam
Joined November 2014
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
4 years
Unboxing the Apple Design Award
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4 years
It still doesn't feel real to say but… Darkroom has been selected as the proud recipient of an Apple Design Award! @AppStore Download the app here:
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4 years
Darkroom is available today on the Mac as a Universal app with support for the new M1 and Intel Macs on Big Sur. Darkroom now provides a complete & powerful workflow for mobile photographers, all the way from editing on-the-go, to the Mac at home.
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
1 year
We are so curious about Monday #WWDC23
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2 years
Introducing Masks in Darkroom, giving you the ability to make local edits to your photos. Available today on iPhone, iPad, and macOS. To celebrate, we're having our first sale: 30% off the annual subscription for the next 2 weeks.
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
4 years
Ask and you shall receive
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Anders Drage
4 years
@usedarkroom Closeups of the card and the award coming?
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5 years
It may not render images yet, but it works, and it's beautiful.
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4 years
Did Apple just......was that...Darkroom?! running on... a Mac.... on the KEYNOTE!?
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@usedarkroom
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6 years
*taps on mic* Check. Check one two. *clears throat* Darkroom for iPad is coming. Sign up for the beta here:
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
2 years
Christmas present time! We’re adding Color Grading as a new Darkroom+ feature. It's an essential tool to give your photos and videos a distinct style and for making presets. Oh, and it’s also our first new top-level tool since Frames in 2018!
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
6 years
Darkroom for iPad is finally here: Faster, easier, and more powerful. We've rebuilt the entire user-interface from scratch to deliver a fully responsive experience, and improved nearly every view in the entire app. Read more about what's new:
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
4 years
Don't know about you, but we spotted Darkroom on at least two occasions in the keynote today. Thanks @Apple ❤️
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Darkroom
4 years
Today we're launching app-wide support for editing videos in Darkroom, available to all our existing and new subscribers. All management and editing tools work with videos, and we added a new Cinematic filter set. More details in the announcement:
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Darkroom
5 years
Together, the Tele @moment lens on the Tele iPhone lens, and the Wide angle moment lens on the wide angle iPhone lens give you enormous range to shoot with. These two photos were captured from the same place.
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@usedarkroom
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6 years
Darkroom is four years old today, a milestone we’re very proud of. Thank you all those who contributed to making Darkroom what it is today, and all who have supported us along the way. We have as rich and full a pipeline today as we did on day 1. Here’s to 4 more years!
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
4 years
Well hello there. We spotted Darkroom in the brand new @Apple iPad Air add shown at the event just now 🥰
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@usedarkroom
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5 years
THREAD! We're looking to hire our 2nd iOS engineer to help us build Darkroom's future. This is a very unique opportunity to join a tiny distributed team of 2, working at a very profitable, bootstrapped, independent company, that's growing sustainably and fast. No ads, no VCs.
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3 months
Biggest Darkroom feature in a WWDC keynote so far!!!!! WOOHOOOO!
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5 years
A Whole New Look for Darkroom: Light Mode, Multiple Spaces, Shortcut Action, Sound Effects & more! Darkroom 4.3 adds extensive support for iOS 13 and iPadOS. Can't wait to hear what you think! Read the announcement for more details —
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
3 years
That something isn’t the branding & design of the app though, is it?
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5 years
It's update time! Darkroom Everywhere is here: Photos Extension, Drag & Drop, Files app, and so, so much more. Lots of happy little details in this one. Jump over to the announcement for the full list.
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
5 years
Yesterday Darkroom crossed 10 million downloads. Thank you to everyone who's supported us. Here's to the next 5 years and to the next 10 million downloads!
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4 years
Oops 😎
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5 years
We have very humble ambitions 😂🚀
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@usedarkroom
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5 years
Friends! Photographers! The Darkroom Histogram is here! We tried hard to deliver a useful and friendly experience that won't scare you with abstract and (tbh quite judgmental) triangles. Try it with the new Blacks & Whites sliders too! Read more:
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5 years
🚨 iOS 13 beta thrill-seekers: it’s a beta meant for developers not consumers. Darkroom and many apps won't work properly on betas for months to come and can even encounter system bugs with a potential loss of photos. Be very careful!
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@usedarkroom
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5 years
2019 was relatively quiet for us. We took on a major infrastructure project that should unlock the next phase of features & growth. 2020 will return us to our tradition of shipping high quality updates frequently. Got three major updates coming up right after each other!
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@usedarkroom
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7 years
The first rule of mobile photography: expose for highlights, edit for shadows. The second rule of mobile photography: wipe your lens!
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@usedarkroom
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4 years
Sometimes we think about the fact that the entirety of Darkroom is 12.1 MB
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5 years
Beta Birdies! We just sent out the latest and greatest from Darkroom. A project we've been working on for over 12 months. Please check your inbox and let us know what you think! We're going to let the dust settle on the existing beta testers before opening it up again.
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6 years
Well look at that, we have finally received the @AppStore “Editors Choice” seal of approval!
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
1 year
Guten Tag! We've partnered with Leica to integrate their excellent Leica FOTOS app with Darkroom. If you're a Leica photographer, you can now move seamlessly from Leica > iPhone > Darkroom and vice versa in one efficient, beautiful mobile workflow.
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@usedarkroom
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2 years
We're thrilled to release a major upgrade to our exposure recovery sliders. This was a major technical investment that enables adjustments that were previously out of reach. 5 sliders have been rebuilt: Highlights, Shadows, Exposure, Whites, and Blacks
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@usedarkroom
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3 years
y'all.....our next update is going to be so dope.
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
6 years
Giving us permission to access your photos is a privilege and act of trust. We believe it's paramount to understand what we do with that privilege. That's why we've rewritten our privacy policy using simple, clear language. Please give it a read.
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@usedarkroom
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5 years
To be clear, it won’t look like this when it ships. Follow us to join on this journey. We’ll try to maintain an open development process as we all collectively learn what works best and how to optimize these experiences across platforms. Incredibly excited.
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@usedarkroom
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7 years
1) Shuffled UI around to take advantage of the new screen. DR now fits full-size photos with the tools expanded. Compare iPhone 8 to X.
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@usedarkroom
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7 years
It's here! It's new, it's exciting, it's neon, and it's Version 3! Full details:
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5 years
To be clear, that's us ↓ right there at the top, in the same stage with @Apple 's very own @pschiller in the company of many many awesome other apps. OMG. 👋🏻🤯
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@usedarkroom
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2 years
Introducing Preset Sharing in Darkroom! A single button to share, and a simple link anyone can use to install. That's it, that's the whole thing. No hosting files, importing from the Files app, etc etc.
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Darkroom
6 years
Do you enjoy the VSCO A9 look and wish you had it in Darkroom? Here’s the recipe to a filter that approximates the aesthetic. Sorry for not supporting filter sharing....yet
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Darkroom
6 years
We’re thrilled to introduce the Frame Tool, the Duotone filter pack, and an enormous list of app-wide improvements to keep Darkroom head and shoulders above the pack in quality and performance.
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Darkroom
4 years
Every major version of Darkroom has come with a brand update, and version 5 is no different. With v5, we embraced the new style of macOS Big Sur. Our new default icon now uses an "aqua-esque" glass texturing, in a nod to the rich heritage of Mac icon design.
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@usedarkroom
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2 years
Major facepalm moment: Our developer account expired and Darkroom has been unavailable from the app store for a day. This just came to our attention and we fixed it. If you're wondering what's happening, just need to give the App Store some time to re-propagate. Sorry about that.
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Darkroom
6 years
It's been silent in Darkroom-land this year due to personal reasons, but it's time to pick up where we left off. Version 4.1 Beta is waiting for review. Big update with a lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes. Look for it soon in your inbox, and thanks for beta testing!
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Darkroom
3 years
New In Darkroom: Automate your Editing Workflow with our new Shortcut Actions Today's release finally allows you integrate the entire Darkroom editing workflow into a single Shortcut Action. Details:
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@usedarkroom
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6 years
Introducing Darkroom for iOS 12: The most extensive hashtag manager on iOS, accessible system-wide from Siri Shortcuts, Today Widget, and more. Portrait HD support, Editable F-Stop, Portrait Lighting effects, all optimized for the latest devices.
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@usedarkroom
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2 years
We’re realistically 3-4 years too late to divert our marketing/community efforts away from this app, though now is better than never. We’ll share more details on where to follow us soon once we have a firmer plan in place
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3 years
Scariest moment in Darkroom’s history: When Craig went into Edit mode with Darkroom right above his finger “don’t delete Darkroom don’t delete Darkroom don’t delete Darkroom don’t delete Darkroom don’t delete Darkroom”
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
5 years
Today's release of Darkroom includes two new features: Export Watermark, and premium App Icon options. We're also switching to subscriptions for new users to set ourselves up for success in the next phase of Darkroom's life. Full Details:
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
5 years
We're excited to share that we've been able to make a $4,060 donation to #teamtrees based on our sales for the month. Through the end of the year, we'll continue to donate $1 for every purchase in Darkroom. So happy to contribute to this amazing effort.
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@usedarkroom
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9 years ago today Darkroom was launched! Thanks to all who have been using Darkroom to edit their photos on the go for the better part of a decade. We are excited about what we have in store!
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3 years
Improve your iPhone photography in two steps: 1. Wipe your lens 2. If shooting into the sun, use your hand to block the sun’s glare Same two tips since 2007…
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4 years
🤩🤯
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5 years
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Cassie @bimbette.bsky.social
5 years
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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4 years
Baby's six years old!
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6 years
Rules of mobile photography: 1. Wipe your lens 2. Exposure for highlights, edit for shadows 3. Use your other hand to block glare
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3 years
Clarity in Darkroom: Enhance the Details in Your Photos We're excited to expand our editing capabilities with one of the most requested features! After months of research, iteration, and optimization, we promise the wait was worth it.
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2 years
Who's excited about another big update to Darkroom next week?
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@usedarkroom
Darkroom
5 years
Today we want to officially welcome @LipovacJeTu (Igor Lipovac) to the Darkroom family. This is a major step, doubling our engineering team, which used to be @jtaby alone! We can't wait for you all to see what the growth of our team will bring to Darkroom in the coming months.
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Darkroom
1 year
This is revolutionary for the photo editing ecosystem!
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Matt Dickoff
1 year
There’s a nice change in iOS 17 et al for those that use Apps to edit their Photos and Videos. There is no longer a prompt for the user to confirm they want the modifications to a photo to happen if the App has either Full or Limited access. 👀 @usedarkroom #WWDC23 #PhotoKit
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1 year
Be still my dancing heart
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4 years
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@AppStore
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4 years
Beautifully designed. Wonderfully innovative. Congratulations to this year’s Apple Design Award Winners! 🏆 Check them out below.
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"Darkroom for iPad didn’t even exist 12 months ago, but there may not be an app on the App Store that has seen such incredible growth and development ever since. [It] has blossomed into a full-fledged photo editor and, in many ways, excels beyond Adobe Lightroom’s capabilities"
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The Sweet Setup
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The Best App for Editing Photos on the iPad
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4 years
If you find yourself looking for a new photo editor, might we suggest one that doesn’t require a slow import process and a shadow library you have to manage and backup yourself?
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2 years
Really feeling the love lately. Thank you @Apple for this incredible feature!
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6 years
Building and testing an app that runs on iPhone and iPad requires tables full of gear.
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6 years
Tune in tomorrow for a very colorful announcement.
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4 years
10-bit! ProRaw! HDR! ƒ/1.6! 2.5X zoom! Bigger sensor! More OIS! KIDS IN A CANDY STORE!
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2 years
Since this is such an important release for us, we're also celebrating by updating our brand, as we do for every major version bump. With this release we further embraced rich coloring and shading of our symbol, to reflect the gained richness of the app itself.
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4 years
ProRaw is like woah
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4 years
We have a fun two-part update for you today: Darkroom includes ProRAW support with a new Tone Map slider, and we’re updating our iPhone & iPad apps with all the new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes added for Darkroom on macOS.
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4 years
We're releasing a major rewrite of our rendering engine that will dramatically improve performance and stability. Portrait editing is more reliable and accurate, RAW photos are more stable, and every slider, transition, and interaction is smoother.
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6 years
New sticker batch is in 🤩🥳. Gonna send these, together with the vintage neon ones, out to those we already promised some. For everybody else, send us a DM.
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We just put up 6.7.10, the 11th update in the past two months. We have been hard at work improving quality, tackling over 60 issues, and decreasing crashes by about 60%! And added lots of little touches. In this update you can now duplicate photos, and we added 6 new app icons.
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3 years
Would you look at this! We made a YouTube video! It's our first one, we used this to learn how to make videos, so we made some mistakes, but it's all part of the learning process. Part of that is hearing your feedback! Do you like this style?
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4 years
👀
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4 years
Tired: Darkroom vs Lightroom Wired: Darkroom for mobile photography, Lightroom for traditional photography Galaxy Brain: The right tool for the job Zen brain: Life is not a series of zero sum games
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Darkroom
6 years
Good morning folks! We just opened up 250 more spots on our Darkroom for iPad Beta. Head on over to to sign up. We're doing 250 now, and 250 in the evening to give people in other time zones a chance to sign up if they miss this announcement.
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Darkroom
4 years
Any interest in a subreddit where we talk about tips/feature suggestions/howtos/upcoming updates/beta announcements/share workflows etc etc?
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Darkroom
4 years
Honored & humbled to have our story told by the @AppStore team. Thank you to all who supported us. It's been a wonderful 5 year journey, and in a lot of ways, we're about to enter a new phase for the next 5 years. We're excited, and very, very busy.
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6 years
His palms are sweaty. Knees weak, arms are heavy.
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4 years
The Mac app took so much energy and focus to release, we’ve been catching our breath catching up to iOS 14, iPhone 12, and starting new efforts. We have one last update to close the year coming soon, and a whole lot of new stuff coming soon in 2021. Excited to share more!
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4 years
"Timing is everything" feels like advice for a bygone era. We can't sit on this update for weeks, and it doesn't seem like things are going to get better soon, so might as well proceed. Hope this at least sparks some joy for some people...
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6 years
Ever wondered what the distribution is of the types of photos that are opened in Darkroom? We did, and this is the result when looking at the last 22 million photos opened:
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2 years
The new color grading wheel pack an insane amount of power in a gorgeous interface. You can not only adjust the hue in specific tonal regions, you can also do things like: 1. Desaturate the shadows 2. Brighten the highlights 3. Adjust hue without touching the midtones
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Darkroom
5 years
Very handy visualization to better understand the difference in focal compression of different lens lengths.
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Ged Maheux
5 years
This gif illustrating how changing lens/focal length alters the appearance of someone’s portrait is stunning.
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4 years
...and on the 14.3rd day, Apple said: “Let there be light”
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4 years
Mac app has launched, iPhone 12 Pro Max is about to get delivered today. We're about to shift gears and start goin' HAM on ProRAW, Dolby Vision, 10-bit video, LiDAR and bringing all the 5.0 hotness to iPhone & iPad. Apple is keeping us BUSY!
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2 years
Darkroom is small independent team of 5 people collaborating remotely on these features. A massive thank you to our colleagues who put in so much hard work to get this release ready, and thank you to everyone who's showing so much support with this launch ❤️
@usedarkroom
Darkroom
2 years
Introducing Masks in Darkroom, giving you the ability to make local edits to your photos. Available today on iPhone, iPad, and macOS. To celebrate, we're having our first sale: 30% off the annual subscription for the next 2 weeks.
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Darkroom
6 years
Tune in tomorrow for some electric news.
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6 years
Good morning. It's us again. Got a bit of a crowd-pleaser this time. *drumroll* Darkroom 3.8 is here with a whole new Film Grain slider and, for the time in an iOS app, a RAW+JPG switcher. Click through for full list of improvements.
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5 years
DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!!
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3 years
Excited to find out what we’re going to be working on for the next 3 months tomorrow!
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3 months
7 days until #wwdc24 , we are excited to hear about all the new opportunities for Darkroom! Enjoy the "Vision" app icon alternate already in the app!
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Greg Joswiak
3 months
Get ready for an action packed #WWDC24 next week!
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2 years
Happy weekend everybody. To help you enjoy the wekend, we curated a collection of the 20 best community presets from those shared in the two weeks since the release of preset sharing.
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4 years
It's really amazing how far Catalyst has come on Big Sur. We wanted Darkroom on the Mac to be a model citizen of iPad apps on the Mac. We spent a ton of time making it feel like a true Mac app, not an "iPad app in a box". Lots of little details everywhere
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