Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
Pro Editing, AI&Preset Filters
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Optimise your creative workflow with Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor, now available for macOS. Experience the pinnacle of desktop editing with Darkroom, designed to elevate your photo and video projects with its comprehensive, feature-rich editing suite.
Dive into a world where AI powers precision editing, offering you the ability to meticulously sculpt your visuals. With advanced depth editing and object recognition, fine-tune the elements of your photos—like skies, hair, and skin—with unmatched accuracy. Darkroom rivals the functionality of industry giants such as Adobe Lightroom and Canva, providing a versatile toolkit for every creative need.
Unleash your creativity with intuitive tools like touch-responsive curves and selective colour adjustments, making the editing process smoother and enabling the creation of distinctive presets. Explore the richness of RAW photography with full-resolution support and 16-bit colour depth, ensuring every detail, shadow, and highlight is perfectly captured.
Elevate your video editing with Darkroom, featuring real-time playback and professional-grade 4K video colour grading. Enhance your videos with an array of filters, frames, and editing tools, making Darkroom your go-to solution for both photo and video editing.
Organise your projects effortlessly with Darkroom's smart album management. The integrated hashtag manager streamlines your workflow, making it easier to create and apply hashtags. Enjoy batch editing capabilities that rival those of PicsArt or Canva, all within a single, powerful app.
Experience Darkroom with our Membership Trial and Subscription, offering a compelling alternative to platforms like Adobe Lightroom. Tailored for enthusiasts of VSCO, Peachy, or Instagram filters, Darkroom ensures a smooth subscription management experience with user-friendly auto-renewal settings. Prepare for an unparalleled desktop editing journey with Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor.
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more Ultra-fast, super-intuitive photo editing, no pro skills needed. Dive into your library and start cropping, adjusting curves and using preset filters – or creating your own – until your pics are exactly how you want them.
Ultra-fast, super-intuitive photo editing, no pro skills needed. Dive into your library and start cropping, adjusting curves and using preset filters – or creating your own – until your pics are exactly how you want them.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that prevented Subject, Sky, Teeth and other image masks from rendering properly
7.1.6 5 days ago
Fixes
- Enhanced stability during export by lowering memory usage.
- Resolved a bug causing colours to render incorrectly on the first export after app launch for Colour, Colour Grading, and Curves tweaks.
- Addressed an issue with Darkroom-edited RAW photos exporting too dark when saved by Darkroom or other apps.
- Fixed a colour rendering issue on Macs with older AMD Radeon (Polaris) GPUs where colours appeared distorted.
7.1.5 17 Apr
This update fixes colour rendering issues with highlights, shadows, bloom, and halation, especially for RAW photos.
7.1.4 14 Apr
This update resolves a crash when switching between photos.
7.1.1 4 Mar
Today we’re rolling out Extended Metadata, a major upgrade to Darkroom’s metadata viewer. The entire system has been rebuilt to be faster, more dependable, and much more complete.
• Added printing support on Mac.
• Improved the speed and reliability of photo previews.
• Fixed photos being imported twice when the app wasn’t already open.
• Fixed the iPhone mask selector so it scrolls correctly with more than three options.
• Fixed several orientation issues with Masks when used on videos.
• Disabled Depth and Subject mask options for video, as they aren’t supported.
• Refined various localisations throughout the app.
• Fixed unclear error messages when switching to another app.
• Fixed a crash on Mac when using the “Edit with Darkroom” option.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on 7th‑gen iPads and earlier models.
• Fixed a crash when calculating Smart Frame colours.
7.1 24 Feb
# Bug Fixes
- Resolved app crash on launch and settings - Fixed a crash caused by in-app purchase system timing issues.
- Fixed crash when rapidly switching photos - Addressed a threading issue in the image processing that caused crashes during quick photo changes.
- Rectified batch photo selection crash - Resolved a crash triggered by resizing the batch action bar.
- Resolved keyboard issue in copyright editing - Fixed a problem causing the keyboard to dismiss unexpectedly when editing export copyright fields.
- Corrected false error dialogs on app switch - Eliminated unnecessary error messages about GPU processing when returning from background.
- Fixed errors during library updates - Addressed unneeded error alerts when the photo library updated during an edit.
# Improvements
- Enhanced "Report an Issue" screen - Streamlined feedback form to prioritize issue descriptions, with optional photo attachments and remembered email addresses.
- Notice for feedback submission without photos - Added a warning when diagnostic info is missing due to no recent photo activity.
7.0.25 12 Feb
- Bug reports: Add email option — You can now choose to add your email when reporting bugs, enabling our team to follow up with you more easily.
- Frame preview matches export — Resolved an issue where the frame size in preview differed from the final exported image.
- Video controls unblocked — Subscription banner no longer covers video playback controls.
- Music uninterrupted — Promotional video screens won’t pause or stop audio from other apps (music, podcasts, etc.).
- Crash fixed on video export — Resolved an issue causing the app to crash during video export.
- Crash fixed switching photos — Resolved a rare crash when quickly moving between images.
7.0.24 10 Feb
Bug Fixes
- Blurry RAW previews sorted—RAW images now show in full resolution.
- Crash on photo editing fixed.
- Large image rendering issues resolved.
- Quick photo switch errors removed—UI now handles swift navigation smoothly.
- Crash on exporting masked RAWs resolved—no more crashes with selective edits.
- Reliable batch export—no failures after first photo.
- Undo keeps crop handles visible.
- Aspect Ratio stays after rotation—no more disappearing indicator.
- Proper export of rotated photos with frames—alignment fixed.
Improvements
- "Edit With Darkroom" on Mac is smoother—single photos go to editor, multiples to grid.
- Enhanced batch action buttons—better tap targets and consistent look.
- Upgraded grid overlay icons on Mac—better scaling in Transform tool.
7.0.22 30 Jan
Stability
- Resolved crash when scrolling swiftly through photos
- Fixed crash during rapid navigation due to incorrect photo resource access
- Addressed crash from photo loading conflict with quick image switching
- Corrected crash from missing rendering resources
- Solved crashes linked to preset syncing
Photo Browsing
- Addressed blurry images issue upon returning to a photo, ensuring full quality rendering
- Fixed blank images during library navigation
- Resolved issue of blank photos while unloading a previous image
- Enhanced library browsing performance, especially with thumbnail generation
General
- Minimized unnecessary error alerts on photo previews
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These updates focus on stability and reliability, resolving issues that caused crashes or blank previews during fast photo browsing.
7.0.21 28 Jan
Bug Fixes:
Crop Tool
- Resolved issue with crop controls jumping on rotated images with an aspect ratio
- Corrected crop gestures detection on rotated images
- Fixed cursor direction when dragging crop edges on rotated images
- Aspect ratio selector now flips correctly with sideways rotated photos
- Fixed interference of "View Original" long-press with crop gestures
Video
- Fixed audio echo in exported videos
- Resolved issue of black video preview during editing
General
- Fixed Flag & Reject swipe in landscape mode
- Resolved problem retrieving edits from previously exported images
- Fixed "View Original" button on Mac
7.0.19 23 Jan
- Fixed an issue that caused frames to always export as black on some photos.
- Fixed an issue that prevented preset sharing from completing successfully.
- Fixed an issue that caused ML-based masks to not be generated for some RAW images.
- When there’s an error loading a video, you’ll now see an error message.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when using Darkroom via a Shortcut while the app was not running.
- Fixed a startup crash affecting older iPads using A10 chips.
- You can now create multiple masks of the same type, but inverted.
- Fixed an issue with some third-party integrations.
- Drag and Drop from Finder now works as expected.
7.0.18 20 Jan
• The Sharpness slider is back in Mask adjustments, so you can sharpen only the masked areas.
• Live Photo exports now detect stalls more reliably, reducing hangs and timeout alerts.
• Error reporting has been improved.
• Fixed a crash affecting Presets.
7.0.16 16 Jan
This update resolves a problem where some photos wouldn't load if they required downloading from iCloud.
7.0.15 11 Jan
• Bug reports now send more reliably, even if your device is offline.
• Smoother, more reliable video playback.
• Importing and browsing photos is now steadier and less likely to quit unexpectedly.
• Editing tools behave more consistently, with fewer crashes when switching tools or adjusting controls.
7.0.14 9 Jan
New in this build:
1. Fixed a crash that could occur during export
2. Improved clarity results for certain images
3. Free/As Shot aspect ratio selection now persists across images
4. Fixed favourite preset order not being preserved
7.0.13 8 Jan
• Fixes issues affecting RAW+JPEG photos.
• Fixes a crash caused by very large images.
• Fixes an issue where videos could appear stretched after cropping.
• Fixes issues causing flashing or blank previews when browsing photos.
This update restores the “Report an Issue” button in the “…” menu of the editing screen. Please use it to report any bugs or glitches you run into so we can sort them out. Thank you!
7.0.12 6 Jan
This update includes these fixes:
1. We aim to finally resolve blurriness in exports. This was a sharpness issue appearing in various forms. We've tackled the root cause.
2. Fixed an export problem causing video colours to appear faded.
7.0.9 23/12/2025
This update resolves crashes on Intel Macs and corrects an issue preventing frames from appearing in exports.
7.0.5 18/12/2025
This update fixes frequent app crashes.
7.0.4 17/12/2025
Darkroom 7 is here, faster, smoother, and more accurate than ever. Our brand-new render engine makes every edit feel instant: sharper previews, buttery scrolling, quicker RAW loading, precision video playback and 8K support, and rock-solid performance across photos and video.
We’re also introducing two new creative tools: Bloom for a soft cinematic glow, and Halation for rich, film-like character. Together unlocking expressive new looks.
Version 7.0.2 fixes the following issues:
# Bug Fixes
• Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing photos in Recents.
• Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when resetting edits on photos that use depth or segmentation-based adjustments.
# Image Quality Improvements
• Addressed a rendering problem affecting the Clarity tool on certain devices, improving consistency and overall image quality.
7.0.3 16/12/2025
Darkroom 7 is here, and it's faster, smoother, and more precise than ever. Our new rendering engine ensures every edit feels immediate: sharper previews, seamless scrolling, quicker RAW loading, precision video playback, 8K support, and solid performance for both photos and videos.
We’re excited to introduce two new creative tools: Bloom for a soft cinematic glow, and Halation for a rich, film-like look. Together, they unlock expressive new styles.
Version 7.0.2 addresses the following:
# Bug Fixes
• Resolved a crash when viewing photos in Recents.
• Fixed an issue causing the app to crash when resetting edits on photos using depth or segmentation adjustments.
# Image Quality Enhancements
• Improved a rendering issue affecting the Clarity tool on some devices for better consistency and image quality.
7.0.2 12/12/2025
Darkroom 7 is here, now faster, smoother, and more precise than ever. With our new rendering engine, every edit feels immediate: sharper previews, fluid scrolling, faster RAW loading, precise video playback with 8K support, and stable performance for both photos and videos.
We’re also bringing in two new creative tools: Bloom for a gentle cinematic glow, and Halation for deep, film-style texture. Together, they unlock new expressive styles.
Version 7.0.1 resolves the following issues:
- HDR videos exported with incorrect colours
- 'Edit With Darkroom' shortcut not functioning
- Older iPhones showing tiling problems during adjustments
7.0.1 11/12/2025
Darkroom 7 has arrived, delivering speed, smoothness, and accuracy like never before. Our new rendering engine ensures every edit is immediate: clearer previews, seamless scrolling, rapid RAW processing, precise video playback with 8K support, and robust performance in both photos and videos.
We're also adding two creative tools: Bloom for a soft cinematic glow, and Halation for a rich, film-like feel. Together, they unlock new expressive styles.
7.0 09/12/2025
∙ Fixes issue where reject count would not clear after deleting photos.
∙ Improvements to Flag and Reject.
6.8.22 30/10/2025
∙ Improvements to membership view.
6.8.21 11/09/2025
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that prevented Subject, Sky, Teeth and other image masks from rendering properly
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