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Darkroom Changelog

What's new in Darkroom 6.7.10

Apr 21, 2024
  • Added the option to duplicate a photo, to be able to more easily create variations.
  • Tap the new “Duplicate Photo” photo viewer toolbar actions menu.
  • Use the new “Duplicate Photo” option in the photo context menu.
  • This even works when multiple photos or videos selected.
  • Fixed the Color Range option for a Mask not working properly in a specific localization situation.
  • Fixed shared presets status not being synced properly.
  • Fixed preset action options not updating properly and being spaced too far apart.
  • Fixed a potential crash when migrating older presets.
  • Fixed a potential crash with preset thumbnails.
  • Fixed a crash caused by reading the portrait & Pro RAW segmentation masks.
  • Fixed the Mac settings toolbar icons showing in the wrong large size.

New in Darkroom 6.7.8 (Mar 27, 2024)

  • Fixes a bug where frame colors are reset to white.
  • Fixes a bug where changing perspective resets the straightening.
  • Addresses some common crashes.
  • Fixes video playback.

New in Darkroom 6.7.7 (Mar 26, 2024)

  • This update fixes a bug where frame colors are reset to white, and fixes a bug where changing perspective resets the straightening.
  • There are also crash fixes in this update.

New in Darkroom 6.7.6 (Mar 22, 2024)

  • This update introduces a new Membership page in Settings which summarizes your Darkroom+ membership or previous purchases made in Darkroom, and provides a bit more clarity on what you have or don't have access to, and resources to learn more about it.
  • We've also made improvements to the toolbar on the macOS app to make it feel more native and responsive.
  • Other improvements:
  • Added a confirmation sheet when you successfully purchase or restore a purchase
  • Improve performance of using Curves and Straightening tools in Darkroom, they should be much more smooth now
  • Improve performance of Darkroom during editing sessions. Navigating between images and going back and forth between editing and library interfaces should now be smoother
  • Improve keyboard shortcut reliability particularly on macOS
  • Fix bug causing app to stall when unsharing a preset
  • Fix styling of reject all and unreject all buttons on iPad toolbar
  • Fix bug causing orientation bugs in image previews when using the toolbar on iPad and macOS to rotate an image multiple times
  • Optimize app startup performance
  • Crash fixes during editing and navigation

New in Darkroom 6.7.3 (Mar 8, 2024)

  • We're starting work with this release on tidying up the macOS app, giving it a fresh coat of paint and tightening the design up a bit. This update also fixes a couple of crashes and small bugs.

New in Darkroom 6.7 (Feb 15, 2024)

  • We're excited to introduce automatic preset syncing and backup in Darkroom. Now all your custom and community presets will automatically synchronize across your devices, along with the favorites, arrangement, and even the sets you've chosen to hide. It's a significant step forward in enhancing your photo editing workflow, offering consistency and convenience on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
  • Previously, Darkroom's preset management across multiple devices was a manual process that disrupted your creative workflow. Now all your presets are always accessible, eliminating the need for manual backing up, restoring, or manually sharing between devices. And because it's backed by iCloud, syncing works out of the box without a user account. It's as easy as that!

New in Darkroom 6.6.7 (Dec 21, 2023)

  • This update fixes a crash that caused the app to crash on launch when you use LImited Access on macOS

New in Darkroom 6.6.5 (Nov 21, 2023)

  • This update includes small bug fixes and improvements

New in Darkroom 6.6.3 (Nov 16, 2023)

  • This update improves launch times in the app, as well as other performance improvements.

New in Darkroom 6.6.2 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • This update improves launch times in the app, as well as other performance improvements.

New in Darkroom 6.5.2 (Sep 1, 2023)

  • This update includes some minor bug fixes.

New in Darkroom 6.5.1 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • This update includes some minor bug fixes.

New in Darkroom 6.5 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • This update introduces a whole new way to explore, discover, and install shared preset from the Darkroom community. In the Presets tool, a new icon will open a dedicated browsing interface that groups shared presets by common categories and filters, helping you find the best presets for your photos.
  • This update also includes bug fixes and improvements. Namely:
  • Fixes flagging and rejecting in landscape orientation on iPhone.
  • Various other UI refinements.

New in Darkroom 6.4.1 (Jun 15, 2023)

  • We have rebuilt the Adjustments tool to improve the experience of creating and managing Masks.
  • On iPhone, you can now see a preview of the masks you have created from the mask selector, and on macOS and iPadOS, the adjustment tool is redesigned to show you a list of masks with previews in-place.

New in Darkroom 6.3.12 (May 26, 2023)

  • With our official Leica FOTOs integration, you can now select FOTOS as your preferred Camera app in Darkroom, and jump directly to it during an editing session. Similarly, you can go from previewing a photo in FOTOs, and start editing it in Darkroom with one tap.
  • To celebrate the occasion we also included three new app icon variants available to our Darkroom+ members for their textural enjoyment: Red Dot pays homage to the craft of Leica, Highlight pairs with our previously released Shadow, and Macintosh is a nostalgic and skeuomorphic nod to the granddad of modern computing.

New in Darkroom 6.3.11 (May 18, 2023)

  • Some minor issues with the user interface have been fixed in this update.

New in Darkroom 6.3.10 (May 15, 2023)

  • This update adds iCloud syncing support for Flagged and Rejected items across devices.
  • You shouldn't notice any difference day to day, but your flagged and rejected assets should update across devices faster and more reliably.
  • Adds option to quickly 'Select All' in albums.
  • Fixes sort menu on macOS.

New in Darkroom 6.3.9 (May 2, 2023)

  • Fixes icon on macOS.

New in Darkroom 6.3.8 (Apr 27, 2023)

  • Added integration for Obscura camera. Tap the Obscura icon at left top of the Library if you have it installed to quickly switch to it. And with their update, quickly open and edit a photo in Darkroom from within Obscura after capture.
  • Resolves an issue with window restoration on external monitors.
  • Fixes a possible issue while trying to import a photo.

New in Darkroom 6.3.7 (Mar 23, 2023)

  • Added integration for ProShot camera by Rise Up Games. Tap the ProShot icon at left top of the Library if you have it installed to quickly switch to it. And with their update, quickly open and edit a photo in Darkroom from within ProShot after capture.

New in Darkroom 6.3.6 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • This update dramatically improves the rendering performance of Darkroom across the board, but particularly on macOS. You'll see the biggest improvement while moving sliders interactively.
  • This update also includes improvements to our localization and translations internationally.

New in Darkroom 6.3.4 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • This update include simple bug fixes.

New in Darkroom 6.3.3 (Jan 28, 2023)

  • This resolves an issue where keyboard shortcuts would occasionally stop working on macOS.

New in Darkroom 6.3.2 (Jan 16, 2023)

  • This update adds a new way to change the preferred camera app in Settings.

New in Darkroom 6.3.1 (Dec 15, 2022)

  • This update includes a fix for a crash that was affecting some devices.

New in Darkroom 6.3 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • Today, we’re excited to announce the addition of Color Grading as a new Darkroom+ feature, unlocking opportunities for creative expression that were previously impossible in Darkroom. 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!
  • With the four Color Grading wheels, you can now adjust the overall tone of your photo or video by changing the color, saturation, and luminance globally, or in your highlights, midtones, or shadows. It’s remarkable how far you can go in creating unique stylistic looks only using this new Darkroom+ tool.
  • To accommodate the new tool in the toolbar on the iPhone, we also made the toolbar scroll. If you are looking for the History Tool, you will likely have to scroll a bit to the right. This does not change anything about the accessibility of Flag & Reject, those action remain accessible by swiping right, or tapping on the small left arrow in the toolbar.

New in Darkroom 6.2.2 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • This update reduces the amount of memory used when initializing RAW images, and improves how we use memory to ensure smooth and consistent rendering results.

New in Darkroom 6.2.1 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • Based on feedback, we've decided to make Shared presets available for free to Legacy customers. If you made a purchase before our switch to subscriptions, you can now use presets shared by the community for free. Thank you for your feedback.
  • Added Fjorden camera integration. Quickly tap the Fjorden icon at left top of the Library if you have it installed. And with their recent 1.4 update, quickly open and edit a photo in Darkroom from Fjorden after capture.
  • Fix an issue where exporting RAW photos using the HEIF format generates a green thumbnail and a corrupted image when using iMessage.
  • Removed the double swipe to switch to another app or go to the Home Screen when editing a photo. Now you can just directly swipe away.
  • Improved performance of scrolling through the library.
  • Fixed color masks not working for RAW and Depth photos.
  • Fixed an issue with loading of RAW image that where already exported.
  • Moved the purchase and membership option up in setting to make them more accessible.
  • Fixed a crash when trying to select photos to edit in Limited Access mode

New in Darkroom 6.2 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • New: Dramatically Improved Highlight and Shadow Recovery:
  • We’re releasing a major upgrade to our exposure recovery sliders that dramatically improves their recovery range and refines the result. This enables a whole new set of creative effects in Darkroom that were simply out of reach previously.
  • Five sliders in Darkroom have been rebuilt from the ground up: Exposure, Whites, Highlights, Shadows, and Blacks. These enhancements are available for all image types, though they are particularly powerful for RAW editing workflows, since RAW photos have a lot more detail to recover.
  • How to Upgrade your Existing Edits:
  • All your existing edits on your photos in Darkroom remain unaffected. The new implementation lives side by side with the previous one. This ensures that your edited photos won't look different when you open them again. However, if a previously-edited photo doesn't use any of the new sliders, we'll upgrade it automatically, so it always looks as best as it can.
  • If you would like to upgrade a previously-edited photo to use the new version of our sliders, please first reset your edits by selecting the Original preset, using the “Reset Edits” option in the actions menu, or using the “Reset” option the History tool.
  • When applying any preset, regardless of what version it was made with, we will use the new recovery algorithms. This ensures that community presets and existing presets won't be stuck with the old legacy recovery implementation.
  • Other Changes in this Release:
  • We have removed the Photo Editing Extension. This means you can no longer use the limited version of Darkroom to make edits within the Photos app. For more details, please read the announcement about this release on our website.
  • We’ve added three new icons to celebrate this release: Shade, Holo, and Album.
  • Performance improvements that should help increase stability and reliability of using Darkroom
  • Reduce size of image cache stored on device
  • Fix for a HEIF bug on iOS 16 which caused ProRAW images exported to have a green thumbnail in the Photos app.
  • Fixed a bug where photos that failed to load appeared stuck loading.

New in Darkroom 6.1.1 (Oct 14, 2022)

  • This update includes simple bug fixes.

New in Darkroom 6.1 (Oct 13, 2022)

  • You can now share your favorite custom Darkroom presets with your friends, with a simple link!
  • Select on of your custom presets that you want to share, tap on it again (•••) to view its options and you’ll find the new “Share” button. From the share sheet, you’ll be able to share a link to anyone, whether they have Darkroom installed or not.
  • Anyone with your link can install your presets with a tap. That’s pretty much it! There are no files to manage, host, download or import. It couldn’t be simpler or more flexible.

New in Darkroom 6.0.9 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • Fixed seams or lines showing when editing or exporting a portrait photo with a subject mask.
  • Fixed a common crash caused by a memory leak during long usage sessions.
  • Improved performance when navigating from photo to photo.
  • Fixed a visual issue with the Grain app icon variant showing black along the edges.
  • Fixed layout regressions on several platforms.
  • Removed the “Hidden” smart album on latest version of iOS, as it is no longer supported.
  • Removed the ability to tap the “LIVE” photo badge to play back video from a Live Photo.
  • Fixed a minor layout issue for the Mac Preferences window.
  • Improved Mac window resizing performance in the library.

New in Darkroom 6.0.8 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • New in this release: Fix for a bug wherein the trial prompt appears when not using any premium features.

New in Darkroom 6.0.7 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • Added mirroring support for external displays connected to iPad
  • Added scroll-to-top support on iPhone when in an album
  • Moved Copy With Options to be behind an alternative gesture. On iPhone, you now have to tap-and-hold to see the copy options. On iPad and macOS, you have to use the Shift modifier when clicking the Copy button or using the keyboard shortcut.
  • Fixed a bug causing images to appear shifted momentarily when navigating from image to image
  • Other small bug fixes and improvements across the app.

New in Darkroom 6.0.6 (Jul 17, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug causing paywall to pop up to existing Darkroom+ users on export

New in Darkroom 6.0.5 (Jul 13, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue with crop being applied twice in certain edge cases.
  • Fixed the bug causing the original unedited photo to be shown in the wrong dimensions, after being cropped.
  • Fixed a cropped image sometimes showing at un-cropped dimensions, causing the image to be stretched.
  • Fixed cropped and exported image appearing stretched when starting editing, until you move a slider.
  • Fixed exporting from the library not properly marking photo as exported.
  • Fixed the progress indicator at times hiding too soon, making it appear as if the crop/transform tool was unresponsive.
  • Fixed an issue that would result in restored edits not being applied.
  • Added the Depth Range mask in the new iPhone quick mask options bar.
  • Fixed the bug causing the quick mask options to appear unintentionally when scrolling down.
  • Fixed some minor layout issues with the Masks control bar.
  • Fixed some minor UI bugs in the new paywall screen.
  • Fixed a bug resulting in Darkroom occasionally crashing while running in the background.

New in Darkroom 6.0.3 (Jun 20, 2022)

  • Loading photos and smart masks is faster.
  • Fixed an issue where some edits where not being applied when exporting a photo from batch actions or photo action menu.
  • We also fixed exposure and brightness edits on RAW photos not exporting when batch applies using selective copy/paste.
  • Fixed an issues that would cause the histogram to not consistently show and hide when it should.
  • The red mask overlay is now properly positioned after adjusting perspective and or orientation.
  • Fixed the file type badge staying visible when it should be hidden when also hiding the interface.