Thanks for using PhotonCam. This new version: - Added support for using the JPEG-XL (lossy/lossless)compression for ProRAW. You can set this in the RAW settings. Using JPEG-XL can help reduce the DNG file size. Saving JPEG-XL requires iOS 18 or above, while viewing and editing require iOS 17 and macOS 14 or above. - A new dedicated RAW Process settings page has been added. New settings: Local Tone Mapping amount for ProRAW and 3 new ones for Bayer RAW: baseline exposure, global tone mapping, and shadow bias. By default, Bayer RAW will now use low baseline exposure to give you a more natural look. - Now you can re-develop both ProRAW and Bayer RAW in the editor, with some new settings. - Also, now you can set the ProRAW edit settings the same as the camera in the editor settings. - For Bayer RAW, when you enable HDR and enable generate HEIF/JPEG from DNG, a HDR Gain Map will be calculated from RAW and be attached to the HEIF/JPEG. You can disable this in the app settings. Also, the HDR effect has also been improved. - Added a new Hybrid RAW mode: use Bayer RAW for non-zooming lens and ProRAW for zooming. - Long-pressing the photo in the gallery will let you choose which version to edit. Also, you can preview the Original and Edited versions of the photo. - In the edit mode of the filter management page, now you can filter filters by favorite state. - Fix an issue where calibration adjustments can’t be saved in a custom filter. - Fix an issue where filter strength can’t be pasted from edits. - Photos processed by pasting edits or re-generated from DNG can now be added to the “PhotonCam Edited” album if you enable it. - Updated 2026 and Apple horse-year logos in Frame customizations. - This version increased the min version to iOS 17.2. Support for iOS 17 series will be ended after the upcoming versions. - More bug fixes and improvements.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This new version: - Added support for using the JPEG-XL (lossy/lossless)compression for ProRAW. You can set this in the RAW settings. Using JPEG-XL can help reduce the DNG file size. Saving JPEG-XL requires iOS 18 or above, while viewing and editing require iOS 17 and macOS 14 or above. - A new dedicated RAW Process settings page has been added. New settings: Local Tone Mapping amount for ProRAW and 3 new ones for Bayer RAW: baseline exposure, global tone mapping, and shadow bias. By default, Bayer RAW will now use low baseline exposure to give you a more natural look. - Now you can re-develop both ProRAW and Bayer RAW in the editor, with some new settings. - Also, now you can set the ProRAW edit settings the same as the camera in the editor settings. - For Bayer RAW, when you enable HDR and enable generate HEIF/JPEG from DNG, a HDR Gain Map will be calculated from RAW and be attached to the HEIF/JPEG. You can disable this in the app settings. Also, the HDR effect has also been improved. - Added a new Hybrid RAW mode: use Bayer RAW for non-zooming lens and ProRAW for zooming. - Long-pressing the photo in the gallery will let you choose which version to edit. Also, you can preview the Original and Edited versions of the photo. - In the edit mode of the filter management page, now you can filter filters by favorite state. - Fix an issue where calibration adjustments can’t be saved in a custom filter. - Fix an issue where filter strength can’t be pasted from edits. - Photos processed by pasting edits or re-generated from DNG can now be added to the “PhotonCam Edited” album if you enable it. - Updated 2026 and Apple horse-year logos in Frame customizations. - This version increased the min version to iOS 17.2. Support for iOS 17 series will be ended after the upcoming versions.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. The new version brings some new features: - In the filter management page, when entering the edit mode, now you can find your filters by selecting multiple filter tags. - For iPhone 17 Pro series, now you can use interactive zoom to scale up to 3x when using 4x telephoto camera. The operation is the same as zooming on wide camera. - Now you can select background blurring effect when editing a Frame: gaussian, bokeh, zoom and motion blur types are supported. Also, you can now set the bottom padding of the content in a Frame. Two new Frames have also been added leveraging those feature. - Added a new red RICHO logo in Frame. - When editing Frame from the photo editor, now the image will be the one applied with your filter and adjustments. - When entering the editor, a new hint will be displayed showing the loaded photo version. - Support select and batch favorite/unfavorite multiple photos in the gallery. - Added a new A5 filter. - Optimized UI of Liquid Glass.

Happy New Year 2026! This update brings several improvements: - You can now choose the date stamp format when adding date stamps to photos. - Updated font styles for some built-in frames (for new installations). - After you press the shutter button, the animation now finishes as soon as the exposure is complete, allowing you to take the next photo immediately. Previously, you had to wait until the system finished processing the photo before you could shoot again. This change helps you capture more moments without waiting. Please note that it is still recommended to keep the app open until all photos are saved. - When the Non-Destructive Save option is enabled in Advanced Settings, photos with no filters or effects applied will no longer be saved as edited versions (you won’t see a Revert button in the Photos app). This helps save storage space. - Other improvements and bug fixes.

As we wrap up 2025, this update focuses on stability and polish. Thank you for being part of our journey this year — more refinements are coming in 2026.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version: - Made some improvements to the fade and other adjustments. - The focus indicator when choosing the focus point in the Depth Editor now shows in HDR white when HDR is enabled, helping you see the focus point clearly. - When you are outdoors in bright sunlight, the system may clip HDR content in the editor. In this case, the app automatically falls back to SDR mode. - Upgrading from the previous version of the app will not reset the hidden status of the filters anymore. - In the photo frame, when you use the Filter Name field for your custom frame and the filter you use is your custom filter, only the filter name you customized before will be shown. - Added the Reddit entrance in the about page. You can send feedback, discuss with others, or post your photos captured by PhotonCam in this subreddit. - Added a new Lock Screen Widget to launch the app without switching camera lenses. This is helpful if you just want to go back to the app from the background. - Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping the same image file a second time to the app won’t open the editor. - Slightly increased the launch speed. - Photos captured by the camera will be processed in queue, with a little indicator showing the processing count. - Other bug fixes.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version: - Supported SLR flip. You can enable this via the top-right auxiliary settings in the camera view. Photos captured in this mode will be flipped horizontally and vertically, and will be useful when attaching some external camera lens. - Added a new A3 filter, featuring a vintage look with some color-gradings, vignettes and grain effect. - Addressed an exposure issue on iPhone 17 series. - Other bug fixes and improvements.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This build brings some new features: - The noise/grain feature is completely revamped, supporting dynamic grain effect as well as letting you adjust the grain size and choose to use Colored Grain. - Introducing the new Halation effect, joining the revamped grain effect to create a film-look. - Added a new font and a new color to the date stamp. - Add a new toggle to post the black & white effect, so that the photo will stay monochromatic no matter how you edit your photo. - When you connect your iPhone to the external display via screen cast, it will show the camera preview as well as the histogram in the external display, making it an external monitor. - In the low-light condition, it will automatically use the quality-first fusion prioritization to improve low-light quality. If you turn on the “Disable Fusion to de-sharpen”, this won’t work. - For sliders, now you can tap the track to set the value to that position. Note: as always, you can tap the number to the left of the slider to reset the value. - When you enter the editor, your last used panel (Filters/Adjustments/Frame/HDR) will be automatically selected, helping you tweak the same editing across different photos quickly. - Addressed some UI bugs introduced in iOS 26.1. - Other general improvements and bug fixes.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This build brings some new features: - The noise/grain feature is completely revamped, supporting dynamic grain effect as well as letting you adjust the grain size and choose to use Colored Grain. - Introducing the new Halation effect, joining the revamped grain effect to create a film-look. - Added a new font and a new color to the date stamp. - Add a new toggle to post the black & white effect, so that the photo will stay monochromatic no matter how you edit your photo. - When you connect your iPhone to the external display via screen cast, it will show the camera preview as well as the histogram in the external display, making it an external monitor. - In the low-light condition, it will automatically use the quality-first fusion prioritization to improve low-light quality. If you turn on the “Disable Fusion to de-sharpen”, this won’t work. - For sliders, now you can tap the track to set the value to that position. Note: as always, you can tap the number to the left of the slider to reset the value. - When you enter the editor, your last used panel (Filters/Adjustments/Frame/HDR) will be automatically selected, helping you tweak the same editing across different photos quickly. - Addressed some UI bugs introduced in iOS 26.1. - Other general improvements and bug fixes.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This build brings some new features: - The noise/grain feature is completely revamped, supporting dynamic grain effect as well as letting you adjust the grain size and choose to use Colored Grain. - Introducing the new Halation effect, joining the revamped grain effect to create a film-look. - Added a new font and a new color to the date stamp. - Add a new toggle to post the black & white effect, so that the photo will stay monochromatic no matter how you edit your photo. - When you connect your iPhone to the external display via screen cast, it will show the camera preview as well as the histogram in the external display, making it an external monitor. - In the low-light condition, it will automatically use the quality-first fusion prioritization to improve low-light quality. If you turn on the “Disable Fusion to de-sharpen”, this won’t work. - For sliders, now you can tap the track to set the value to that position. Note: as always, you can tap the number to the left of the slider to reset the value. - When you enter the editor, your last used panel (Filters/Adjustments/Frame/HDR) will be automatically selected, helping you tweak the same editing across different photos quickly. - Addressed some UI bugs introduced in iOS 26.1. - Other general improvements and bug fixes.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings some improvements: - Refined the UI for exporting a single filter. - Saved photo filenames now always use the 24-hour format, regardless of your device’s settings. - The Software TIFF property in saved photos now includes the name PhotonCam. - You can now zoom in further in the photo editor. - Improved accuracy when setting the depth focus point by tapping in the photo editor. - Fixed UI issue in the aspect ratio picker in the editor. - Some optimizations for the RAW cleanup feature. - Fixed the layout issue on iPhone SE. - Fixed the issue where rotating your iPhone when viewing images will reset the zoom scale.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings some improvements: - Refined the UI for exporting a single filter. - Saved photo filenames now always use the 24-hour format, regardless of your device’s settings. - The Software TIFF property in saved photos now includes the name PhotonCam. - You can now zoom in further in the photo editor. - Improved accuracy when setting the depth focus point by tapping in the photo editor. - Fixed UI issue in the aspect ratio picker in the editor. - Some optimizations for the RAW cleanup feature.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings some updates: - In the “RAW Resource cleanup” feature (via gallery page - select RAW photo - bottom “…” menu), if the final image is generated from the DNG, it will always be in Display P3 color space. - When re-generating HEIF/JPEG from DNG by batch (via gallery page - select RAW photo - bottom “…” menu), now you can choose whether to paste edits or not. - Other UI tweaks and improvements.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This update fixed some known issues as well as improved the user experience. Specifically, when you long-press the preview to show the original image in the camera view, you can now press the shutter button to capture photos without a filter/frame applied.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version: - When the photo information inspector is open in the photo viewer, you can now swipe to switch photos. - For the photo information inspector, now you can switch between the Edited or Original version, letting you inspect more information like the RAW file size. - Optimized some touch responsiveness issues.

Introducing Liquid Glass in PhotonCam. This version refreshed some looks in the app, matching the iOS 26, iPadOS 26 design. For iPhone 17 series: - Now when you use the front camera, you can tap the button to toggle between 4x3 and 3x4 aspect ratio, letting you do a landscape portrait without rotating your phone. - When using dedicated telephoto camera (by tapping the 4x), you can now tap the same button to switch to 8x zoom. - When using dedicated ultra wide camera (by tapping the 0.5x), you can now tap the same button to switch to macro mode (2x of ultra wide). This feature is also available for all models that support Macro mode (iPhone 13 Pro and later). - When fusion camera is enabled (via Settings → Camera Lens), when using interactive zoom to zoom the main wide camera, you can go up to 8x and telephoto will be switched to automatically. Also, there are some other improvements: - Now if the camera has smudge, the app will show a hint about it, and as always, keeping your lens clean is the best way to improve the photo quality ;) - Added a new K0 filter. - When microphone is enabled, the haptic feedback will also work. - Added 2 new color schemes for custom Frame, matching the Orange and Deep Blue color of the new iPhone 17 Pro. - Other bug fixes.

Introducing Liquid Glass in PhotonCam. This version refreshed some looks in the app, matching the iOS 26, iPadOS 26 design. For iPhone 17 series: - Now when you use the front camera, you can tap the button to toggle between 4x3 and 3x4 aspect ratio, letting you do a landscape portrait without rotating your phone. - When using dedicated telephoto camera (by tapping the 4x), you can now tap the same button to switch to 8x zoom. - When using dedicated ultra wide camera (by tapping the 0.5x), you can now tap the same button to switch to macro mode (2x of ultra wide). This feature is also available for all models that support Macro mode (iPhone 13 Pro and later). - When fusion camera is enabled (via Settings → Camera Lens), when using interactive zoom to zoom the main wide camera, you can go up to 8x and telephoto will be switched to automatically. Also, there are some other improvements: - Now if the camera has smudge, the app will show a hint about it, and as always, keeping your lens clean is the best way to improve the photo quality ;) - Added a new K0 filter. - When microphone is enabled, the haptic feedback will also work. - Added 2 new color schemes for custom Frame, matching the Orange and Deep Blue color of the new iPhone 17 Pro. - Other bug fixes.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version addressed some issues on iPhone 17 series.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This versions brings some updates: - Now the app supports Bayer RAW, which is known as Zero-Process mode. When enabling generating HEIF/JPEG from DNG, auto tone-mapping will be applied, which can be disabled in the advanced settings. - Add support for iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air. - Addressed an issue where a fixed device model name will be shown when editing the frame. - Saved photos in Photo Extension will now be HEIF and in Display P3 color space. - Various factorings and bug fixes.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings some bug fixes and improvements.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings some bug fixes and improvements.

Thank you for using PhotonCam. Starting with this version, PhotonCam now supports iOS 17 and later only. This update includes significant refactoring to adopt new APIs introduced in iOS 17, resulting in improved performance. Other updates: - Fixed an issue causing the app to crash when both Fusion Camera and Zoom Camera Control are enabled at the same time and then zoom to 3x or further. - Optimized the preserved settings cleanup logic. - Optimized Cube loading speed. - Slightly increased the speed of saving DNG & HEIF after capturing. - Now you can re-generate HEIF / JPEG from the DNG in the gallery page in batch (via the context menu or via selection mode), achieving the de-sharpened look without having to do this while capturing to save your time. - Now the drag-to-select experience in the gallery page matches the iOS Photos app. - In photo extension, the images will be saved as JPEG on iOS 26 Beta, since the system now doesn’t support saving as HEIF in the extension. - Addressed the issue where filter previews can’t be loaded in the photo extension.

Thank you for using PhotonCam. Starting with this version, PhotonCam now supports iOS 17 and later only. This update includes significant refactoring to adopt new APIs introduced in iOS 17, resulting in improved performance. Other updates: - Optimized the preserved settings cleanup logic. - Optimized Cube loading speed. - Slightly increased the speed of saving DNG & HEIF after capturing. - Now you can re-generate HEIF / JPEG from the DNG in the gallery page in batch (via the context menu or via selection mode), achieving the de-sharpened look without having to do this while capturing to save your time. - Now the drag-to-select experience in the gallery page matches the iOS Photos app. - In photo extension, the images will be saved as JPEG on iOS 26 Beta, since the system now doesn’t support saving as HEIF in the extension. - Addressed the issue where filter previews can’t be loaded in the photo extension.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings several bug fixes and improvements: - Addressed an issue where imported RAW files via the share sheet couldn’t be saved after editing. - The position of date stamps will now remain consistent across photos with different dimensions but the same aspect ratio. - To reduce interruptions, the Camera Control feature introduced on the iPhone 16 series will be disabled by default in the camera view for new installations. You can still press Camera Control to launch the app if you prefer. To enable the full Camera Control functionality, go to PhotonCam’s settings. - Now you can control the zooming of wide camera using Camera Control on iPhone 16 series.

Thanks for using PhotonCam. This version brings some bug fixes and improvements.