Everything to edit. No import needed.

Curves, masks, and color grading for the photos and videos already in Apple Photos. Try every tool free.

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20M+ Downloads
Since 2015
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What's New

Organize

All the tools to effortlessly import, browse and organize your ever growing photo library.

Pick

Efficiently cull your photo library, even with batch. Favorite what you love, Reject what you're not interested in.

Edit

Make your shots pop using our nondestructive adjustment tools, AI-backed masks, or Color Gading.

Export

Share your carefully crafted photos, videos, and even your custom made presets with anybody anywhere.

Non-destructive editing by design

Edit freely, without compromise. Darkroom gives you complete creative freedom with non-destructive editing from the start. Experiment with presets as springboards for new looks, every adjustment is reversible, every step saved in your full edit history. Copy, paste, and refine across photos or videos without ever committing or damaging your originals. From first draft to final export, your work stays entirely under your control.

Photo & Video in one flow

One workflow. Every medium. Darkroom brings photos and videos together in a single, fluid editing experience. Work with Portrait, RAW, ProRAW, Slowmotion, 4K, and even 8K video using the same powerful tools, from color and curves to masks and presets. Adjust exposure, refine tones, and recover detail in real time, so editing motion feels as effortless and precise as editing stills.

3,882 Free Community Presets

Free looks from photographers worldwide — skip the blank slate, start from a look you love, then refine it until it's unmistakably yours.

Browse Community Presets

Take every edit further with Darkroom+

AI masks, cinematic color, and analog glow — on photos and video. Try every tool free. Darkroom+ is only required when you export.

Don't take our word for it!

Every tool to find a look.

Presets, grain, and frames to set a mood. RAW, crop, tone, and batch to finish the picture — all included.

  • Custom PresetsSave a look once — photos, video, and every device.

  • GrainFilm texture that scales — analog grain, not noise.

  • Color FramesA frame from the photo itself, or a Stories crop in a tap.

  • Exposure & ToneRecover highlights and shadows. Set black and white point.

  • ClaritySharpen texture or smooth skin, without a crunchy halo.

  • Crop & PerspectiveStraighten, reframe, and fix geometry in one place.

  • RAW & ProRAWTrue RAW from 600+ cameras, plus iPhone ProRAW.

  • HistogramCatch exposure and color casts before they hit export.

  • Batch EditingOne edit you love, applied to the rest of the shoot.

  • Copy & PasteBring across only the adjustments you want.

  • ExportPhotos, video, and presets, out to wherever you share.

  • iPhone, iPad, Mac & VisionStart on a phone, finish on a Mac. Same tools, no handoff.

  • Start InstantlyOpen a photo and start shaping it — nothing to set up first.

  • Albums & FoldersKeep a shoot together and favorites close at hand.

  • Siri ShortcutsCrop, frame, and export without opening the editor.

Try the complete Darkroom workflow

Install our free app on your iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Vision Pro. Start editing your iCloud Photos in seconds, without any setup or importing hassles.

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Darkroom runs on iPhone, Mac, iPad and Vision Pro