We’re excited to offer you a **50% discount** on your first year of [Darkroom+](#darkroom+). For just $16.49 (instead of $32.99), you’ll unlock premium features that take your creativity to the next level. No need to wait for Black Friday—we’re starting early!

The sale runs from **Friday, November 15th to Monday, December 3rd, ending on Cyber Monday**. Don’t miss this chance to elevate your editing game at half the price.

To claim your discount, simply [download](/download) the latest version of Darkroom from the App Store and follow the steps in the app. No promo code needed! You can also tap the button below to go directly to the membership page.

<a href="https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=953286746&code=BLACKFRIDAY24" className="button">Claim Discount Now</a>

And don’t keep this deal to yourself! Share it with friends, family, and fellow photographers so they can join Darkroom+ at an unbeatable price too.

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## Shout Out to Glass

This Black Friday, we want to give a shoutout to our longtime friends at Glass, who are also running a [50% off sale](https://glass.photo/highlights/glass-black-friday-sale-2024). We go way back with them—before either of us even started our companies—and have been cheering each other on ever since. It’s the kind of indie camaraderie that keeps this community strong. If you haven’t explored Glass yet, their sale is the perfect excuse to jump in and see why we’ve been fans from day one.

**[Get 50% off your first year of Glass membership!](https://glass.photo/offer/BLACKFRIDAY)**.

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Glass is a thoughtfully designed and built photo-sharing community made for photographers who care about quality, simplicity, and a creative-first community. It’s free from ads, algorithms, and all the distractions you usually find in social media—just pure photography in its best form. If you love using Darkroom to craft the perfect edits, you’ll appreciate how Glass gives your images the stage they deserve. For Darkroom customers who are serious about their photography, it’s a great place to showcase your work, get inspired, and connect with fellow creators who share your passion.

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## Darkroom+

Darkroom+ is our membership that provides access to the growing bundle of already 9 premium features. Whether you want to add a distinct style, make precise adjustments, or manage your photo library efficiently, Darkroom+ has you covered with its collection of premium features.

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With [Color Grading](/blog/2022-12-12-color-grading), [AI Powered Masks](/blog/2022-04-masks), [Video Processing](/blog/2020-04-video), [Flag & Reject](/blog/2021-03-flag-reject), Curves Tool, Selective Color, Premium Presets, Watermark, and Custom App Icon, you will have toolkit ready to transform your photos on the go without the hassle of complex legacy software.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to elevate your creativity and unlock endless possibilities with Darkroom+!

## New to Darkroom?

Whether you're a seasoned shutterbug or just casually dipping your toes into the world of mobile photography, Darkroom offers a comprehensive suite of foundational tools beyond Darkroom+ that cater to all your photo management and editing needs.

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1. **Manage**: Darkroom seamlessly integrates with Apple iCloud Photos, so all your memories are already there, waiting for you. So you can effortlessly import, browse, and organize your growing photo library. Plus, the intuitive interface means you can view, edit, and manage your photos, albums, and folders across iPhone, iPad and Mac with familiar ease.
2. **Select**: Dive into your photo library and the confidently curate. With Darkroom you can efficiently swipe and edit through your collection. Use the batch feature to speed up the process. Keep what captures your heart, and effortlessly discard what doesn't make the cut.
3. **Adjust**: Unleash your inner artist with Darkroom's professional, non-destructive adjustment tools and broad file format support. Embrace the power of state of the art tools like [Clarity](/blog/2021-05-clarity) and [Highlight & Shadow](/blog/2022-11-03-highlights-shadows) recovery, and the wealth of [Community Presets](/blog/2023-07-25-preset-discovery) to make your photos stand out. Even better, [share your own unique presets](/blog/2022-10-13-preset-sharing) with the world or apply your favorite edits to multiple photos with just a few taps. And for that extra flair, add colorful frames or conveniently export your shots for social media stories.
4. **Export**: Ready to show off your work? Darkroom makes it a breeze to share your beautifully crafted photos, videos, and even your custom presets with anyone, anywhere and any app. It's not just about editing; it's about sharing your vision and creativity with the world.

Darkroom is more than just a tool; it's a gateway to expressing your creativity and sharing your story with the world. Serious or amateur, every mobile photographer has a home here.

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### Frequently Asked Question

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 Be aware that prices vary per country, listed below are the prices for the United States. We recommend going to our <a href='https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id953286746?pt=117198944&mt=8'>app store page</a> to see the exact pricing for your specific country."
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Get a 50% discount on your first-year subscription to Darkroom+ and unlock a world of endless possibilities

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Darkroom is designed to be familiar to use and easy to navigate across your iPhone, Mac, iPad or Vision Pro. In this guide we’ll help you understand how to get around and where everything can be found.

Darkroom has three main areas:

1. **Library**, where you browse and manage your photos and videos.
2. **Viewer**, where you view, edit, and choose between your photos and videos.
3. **Export**, where you save or share your photo and videos.

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## The Library View

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### Preview Grid

If you have chosen to give Darkroom access to all of your photos, you should see them all here, no importing needed. Note that you don't have to do this, you can also give it access to one photo at a time. Please note, we don’t do anything with your photos without your explicit consent. We also don’t upload them to our servers, we don’t analyze them. We just show you your photos from the Apple iCloud Photo Library.

**1 — View & Edit**. On iPhone, iPad and VisionPro opening a photo to view or edit is as simple as tapping it. On Mac we use the native behavior, which is to double click!

**2 — Batch**. On iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro, at the top right you will see the Batch button which will allow you to select multiple photos. Once photos are selected, the Batch actions bar will appear at the bottom. On iPhone and iPad you can quickly start Batch selection by simply swiping left or right on the photos you wish to select! On Mac, you can multi select by default, use the "command ⌘" and "shift ⇧" keys while selecting to extend your selection, and the batch actions show at all times at the top right in the toolbar.

**3 — Settings**. On iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro, at the top left you will find the gear icon, tap to open our Settings. On Mac you can head to the "Darkroom" menu and click the "Settings..." menu item. This is a good place to look around, you’ll find plenty of useful options.


### Album List

**4 — Folders & Albums**. On iPhone you will find a bar at the bottom of your Preview Grid that has 3 smart albums (Recents, Favorites, Edited) ready for you. But you can also pick and search for any other album on your iPhone by tapping on the left most option with the ^ triangle. Which in turn will show you all our Smart Albums and all of your personal Folders and Albums in your Apple iCloud Photos Library. On iPad, Mac and Vision Pro, our album list is always located on the left-hand sidebar.

**5 — Import**. At times you might want to import some photos or videos from a different source than your Apple iCloud Photos Library. The Import option is the way to do that. It works through Apple’s Files app, so anything connected to it, including your DLSR memory card or connected USB drive will be accessible. 

> **Drag and Drop**  —  On Mac you will be able to drag and drop photos to the library from your desktop. And on iPad you can also drag and drop photos from your library to any of the albums shown in the album list on the left.

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## The Photo View

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### Navigation

Darkroom is designed to be easy to navigate, and familiar to use across all your iPhone, Mac, iPad or Vision Pro. Some of the more unique and most efficient ways to move around in Darkroom make use of gestures, allowing for extremely easy one handed or even just thumb based navigation on iPhone, as well use of keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac. We have made sure though that you can get around without knowing any of them. But knowing them is like having a super power!

* **Close**. On iPhone and iPad you can swipe down to close the photo. On Mac you can drag the image downwards.
* **Previous/Next**. On iPhone and iPad you can also swipe left or right to navigate between your previous and next photos. This even works when you have your tools open. Allowing you to edit rapidly through photos, even by using copy and pasting, or do quick comparisons. On your iPad and Mac you can also use the arrow keys to quickly navigate through your album.
* **Before and after comparison**. On iPhone and iPad you can tap and hold your finger on the photo to see the original. On Mac you can use just tap-and-hold your mouse on the photo or video. And on iPad and Mac you can also use the dedicated button for it.
* **Zoom.** You can do a quick double tap to zoom into your photo, and double tap again to zoom out. Or use a pinch gesture to zoom into any area of the photo you want. And the swipe around with one finger to pan around the photo.
* **Hide the interface**. When viewing or editing a photo you can simply tap on the photo briefly once to hide all the interface to just see your photo. Just tap once more to show it all again.

### Actions

In our main toolbars shown at the top of Darkroom, actions on the left typically take you back, and actions at the right move you forward.

**1 — Back**. There is a clearly marked Library or < back button to go back to the library. On iPhone and iPad you can also Swipe down to close the photo, and even on Mac you can drag the image downwards.

**2 — Export**. After editing your most likely next step is for you to save to use elsewhere, or share. We explain more on this view further down.

**3 — Actions**. On iPhone we “hide” quite a few secondary options for you here. Ranging from show/hiding the Histogram or Metadata viewer, to many of the photo management options such as “Add to..”. On Mac and iPad we expose quite a few more depending on how much space we have.

**4 — Photostrip**. On both iPad and the Mac we have the Photostrip, which shows you all your photos in a thin strip on the left side of your screen. Allowing you to quickly navigate through your photos. And it even has all the management context menu options you can find in the library.

### Tools

**5 — Swipe up to reveal tools.** When you are viewing a photo or video you can either tap any of our tools to open them, or you can quickly swipe up to reveal the adjustments (sliders) tool on iPhone and iPad. On Mac you just click the tool you wish to open. There are many tools accessible through our main toolbar, and some through or our photo actions menu. We’d like to invite you to please take some time to explore them.

On iPhone we also have the Flag & Reject features accessible by swiping the toolbar right, or tapping on the small < arrow at the left of the toolbar. On iPad and Mac the Flag and Reject options are always available and conveniently sit in the toolbar.

**6 — Before and after comparison**. In order to make edits it’s actually pretty useful to be able to check what the original looked like. On iPad and Mac we have a dedicated button for it. You can also tap the eye 👁 icon next to the tool title to see the original. As mentioned before, on iPhone you can tap and hold your finger on the photo to see the original.

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### Powerful Editing Tools

Darkroom offers a comprehensive suite of powerful editing tools to help you achieve your creative vision. From basic adjustments to advanced Color Grading and Masks, there's something for every photographer's needs. Tap through to explore some of our most powerful tools that help set Darkroom apart:

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 <URL 
 url="/blog/2022-04-masks"
 title="Make Local Adjustments with Masks"
 excerpt="Masks are a powerful and essential tool for photographers. Backed by AI, and designed for mobile."
 coverImage="/assets/images/posts/2022-04-masks-header.jpg"
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 <URL 
 url="/blog/2022-12-12-color-grading"
 title="Color Grading in Darkroom"
 excerpt="Color Grading unlocks creative expression, giving your photo or video a distinct style by adjusting the tone of your shots."
 coverImage="/assets/images/posts/2022-12-06-color-grading-header.jpg"
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 <URL 
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 title="The Darkroom Histogram"
 excerpt="The histogram helps you spot and fix exposure and color problems by showing how pixels are distributed across tones in your photo."
 coverImage="/assets/images/posts/2019-histogram-header.jpeg"
 />

 <URL 
 url="/blog/2021-03-flag-reject"
 title="Manage your photo library with Flag & Reject"
 excerpt="Efficiently cull and review your photos: Flag what you’re interested in, Reject what you don’t want to keep."
 coverImage="/assets/images/posts/2021-flag-header.jpeg"
 />
 <URL
 url="/blog/2021-06-shortcut-actions"
 title="Automate your workflow with Shortcut Actions"
 excerpt="We’ve always been very excited about the possibility of integrating Darkroom into shortcuts, but until recently, have been limited by the"
 coverImage="/assets/images/posts/2021-shortcuts-header.jpeg"
 />
 <URL 
 url="/blog/2024-03-01-create-preset"
 title="Create your own custom preset"
 excerpt="Learn how to create and develop your own unique preset and share it with the community."
 coverImage="/assets/images/posts/2022-1029-preset-highlights-header.jpg"
 />
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## The Export View

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**1 — Save or Share**. All edits made in Darkroom are non destructively. That means that any edit you make isn’t directly applied to the original photo. Instead we render the edits live on top of the original, which enables you to undo and change your edits at any time in the future. That also means you have to export, using “Save” or “Save Copy”, for any of the edits you have made to show up in other apps outside of Darkroom.

**2 — Export tools.** We offer quick access to adding a frame when you export. This is great for things like Stories and Reels, where you want to keep the same aspect ratio. You also have the ability to easily copy some of your hashtag sets for sharing to social networks.

**3 — Settings.** There is quick access to settings where we offer several options that relate to exporting. Which ranges from setting the file format (for both photo and video), to applying a watermark, location embedding, managing your metadata, or managing your hashtags.

---

## iPhone, Mac, iPad and Vision Pro

Darkroom has apps for all of your major devices. We have made sure that the visual language and navigation between our apps is true to each platform, but similar enough that there shouldn’t be much of a learning curve to get around.

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> **Pro-tip, Keyboard Shortcuts** — On Mac and iPad we have made sure to have solid [keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts) support. Making it possible to more efficiently move around and work by just using your keyboard. To discover all the shortcuts, on iPad tap and hold the command key, and on Mac you can click through the top main menu or head on over to our dedicate help page listing all the available [keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts).

In this guide we aim to help you understand how to get around, and know where everything can be found.

Welcome to Darkroom

Light and faded like a cozy pair of jeans from the 80s by <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a>

MEM3

By <a href="https://twitter.com/darkhorse166">Norman Ma</a>

A Little Punch

By <a href="https://twitter.com/linuskuner">Linus Kuner</a>

🏠

By <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a> emulating Fujifilm Provia 400X

Inspired by Wes Anderson's recent movie "Asteroid City". By <a href="https://jeffd.org">Jeff Dlouhy</a>

Asteroid City

By <a href="https://twitter.com/simon_harper/">Simon Harper</a>

Vice

Bright highlights, faded shadows, detailed and rich browns. Emulating the VSCO M5 preset.


MT300

By <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshCalvetti">Josh Calvetti</a>

Heart-Shaped Sunglasses

Give your shots a little west coast beach look, bright vibe, bold water and skies.

Capitola

Add warmth, color, and film vibes in a single tap with this emulation of the E1 filter in VSCO by <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a>

Gloriously warm and dusty sunset days by <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a>

MEM4


Vibrant vintage look, giving your shots a bright and colorful feel.


MA100

By <a href="https://twitter.com/tony_martinez/">Tony Martinez</a>

VSCO A9

Emulating Fujifilm by <a href="https://www.pixelfactory.agency">Manuel Babolin</a>

FF CLASSIC NEGATIVE

A warm and colorfull preset by our friends at <a href="https://glass.photo/" target="_blank">Glass</a> that will give your shots a pop.

Glass Pop

🌞

Golden

By <a href="https://twitter.com/LenzAtemporal">Jonathan Lenzmeier</a> emulating Fujifilm Cross Process

Classic Negative

Emulating Fujifilm black and white by <a href="https://www.pixelfactory.agency">Manuel Babolin</a>

FF ACROS

Warm summer summer look, with red tones and punchy shadows.

MT100

A quick and subtle tune-up for your food photos by <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a>

Clean Plate

By <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidAddison1">David Addison</a>

Tatton

By <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a> emulating Cross Process

By <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a> emulating the venerable Kodak TRI-X 400 look.

TX400

Moody colors and a subtle contras bump, emulating the VSCO A9 preset.


MT200

A heavier and more opinionated vintage film emulation by <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a>

MEM1

FF PROVIA Standard

By <a href="https://twitter.com/miekd/">Maykel Loomans</a>

Loomono Profil 800

A saturated, warm, and grainy look that will give your shots a vintage feel.

🎞️A

Loomono Profil 200

By <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a> emulating Fujifilm Classic Chrome

Fuji CC

Great for all lighting conditions. Warm tones for portraits, strong saturation for landscapes. Typical of Kodak films.


Kodak UltraMax 400

By <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmaber/">Matt Maber</a>

KodaChrome 25

Hozier

By <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a> emulating Agfa Vista 400 film

FF ETERNA Bleach Bypass

Magenta Boogaloo by <a href="https://sangsara.net/about/">Brandon Lee</a>

MEM2

By <a href="https://behzod.com/">Behzod</a>

Palm - Light

✨ Polaroid 600

FF MONOCHROME


The relentless march of progress continues! Matt and I are stoked to share 1.2 with you guys. We’ve updated most of our filters and completely rebuilt McKinley, Carson, and Shasta. A lot of time was spent making sure Darkroom maintains its edge as the fastest photo editor on iOS, and we’ve added a new tool and a whole bunch of refinements along the way. Let’s dig into the new hotness…

## Redesigned Filters

Every filter has been updated taking into consideration your feedback and lessons we’ve learned since we launched Darkroom almost two months ago.

### McKinley

McKinley works really well for indoor portraits. It slightly increases the contrasts and casts a green hue, particularly in the shadows and adds a lot of warmth to skin tones.

![](/assets/images/posts/1__NzgQv__Gx7SEQdlrBAhbnAw.jpeg)

### Carson

Carson is a new, moody filter that works really well for urban and landscape photos. Constrasty, with a blue tint in the shadows, Carson adds a lot of emotion to and strength.

![](/assets/images/posts/1__YAHt__WPKM4ofVGlwmsokvw.jpeg)

### Shasta

Shasta is our nod to Velvia. Bright, contrasty, and colorful, Shasta will do beautiful thing to greens and yellows. Try it on landscape photos and photos with a lot of color.

![](/assets/images/posts/1__WsakrzcCc4KrXzKh1ghCkg.jpeg)

![](/assets/images/posts/1__cpJPL85DPwKfjonV7q5q3Q.gif)

## Fade

We’ve added a new slider to the Basic Adjustments tool: Fade. It works great for photos with a lot of harsh blacks and whites. We’ve also moved vignette up the stack. The two work well together to add a lot of mood.

![](/assets/images/posts/1__dndGh3YoTkLd____fr3e0u1A.gif)

## iCloud Photo Library (Beta)

Darkroom will now download photos from iCloud allowing you to edit your entire photo library, whether it’s on the device or in The Cloud™

![](/assets/images/posts/1__H2DikFXn0qjXAOzhBjkmGw.gif)

## Pinch to Close

Added a new gesture to pinch & rotate to dismiss back to the grid. Happy swiping!

## Encore

*   Blacks and Whites are now supported in the RGB channel!
*   We’ve updated how we synchronize with your photo library so it’s much, much faster for large libraries. If you have more than 30,000 photos, it used to crash when you save or open the app. No more!
*   Improved the performance of opening and closing photos from the grid. Should be smooth as butter!
*   Vignette is now earlier in the pipeline which means you can add a fade or a tone in Curves and apply a vignette behind it
*   Added more descriptive labels to curve operations in history.
*   Tapping above and below the curve to move it by 1 percent now properly registers a history operation
*   Added the ability to pinch/rotate down to dismiss the photo\

_The Darkroom Team_

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:

Redesigned Filters and A Leap in Performance

Redesigned Filters

McKinley

Carson

Shasta

Fade

iCloud Photo Library (Beta)

Pinch to Close

Encore

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