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FilmLab, for analog flilm FilmLab helps you view and digitize analog film negatives with a real-time preview that converts to positives. Capture, crop, and enhance frames with advanced color and tone correction for scanner and RAW workflows.

FilmLab, for analog film

FilmLab, for analog film is a photo editing app made for people who love shooting on film. It gives you a wide set of tools to review and digitize film negatives, then capture the exact photos you want with ease. You can open negatives and use a real-time preview to see what the image looks like after converting the negative into a positive.

After your scan, you can save the full strip as a whole or cut it into individual frames. FilmLab also includes custom image processing that smoothly merges multiple shots taken with your device’s camera—so your workflow feels simpler, and the results are more enjoyable.

Highlights

• Live preview + capture that converts negatives to positives instantly.
• Dedicated modes for color negative, black-and-white negative, and color positive film.
• More than simple inversion: advanced processing combines multiple exposures to preserve fine detail.



• Custom color and tone correction algorithms for results that look more like traditional film workflows.
• Post-capture editing including cropping, rotating, and adjusting exposure and color balance—both on proof sheets and on single frames.

Key Features

• Simple and easy to use—a clear, beginner-friendly interface that makes negative conversion quick and straightforward.
• Great-looking photos: color rendering is built to mimic analog photographic materials, delivering strong results from both color and black & white negatives.
• Designed for camera scanning and supports film scanners.
• Raw support: can open raw files from popular DSLR and mirrorless cameras, plus scanner raw files in DNG and TIFF formats.

Tips for Users

• When you install FilmLab, you get 12 scans per device for free.
• For unlimited scanning, choose a monthly or annual subscription.
• If you purchase a subscription, the payment is charged to your Apple account.
• Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can disable auto-renewal anytime by going to Account Settings in the App Store after purchase.
• If you cancel, you can still view and edit all images scanned while your subscription was active.

Changelog

• Fixed an issue where exposure could become dramatically inaccurate when film was surrounded by a black mask.
• Fixed bugs that could lead to crashes on some devices.

Final Thoughts

Every film photo is one-of-a-kind. That strip of film existed in a specific place at a specific moment, capturing light permanently through a mix of science and chemistry. Seeing these images never fails to inspire awe—and we hope FilmLab gives you that same feeling every time you scan.