Ancient Light 1.9 adds Albumen, expands the product page language around Infrared, and carries forward the recent Tintype and Daguerreotype presentation improvements. NEW ALBUMEN PROCESS Albumen joins Ancient Light as a twelfth historic process. Inspired by nineteenth-century albumen and cabinet-card prints, it renders a warm sepia-brown paper photograph with softened contrast, fine grain, gentle vignette, and an aged cream card mount. CABINET-CARD PRESENTATION Albumen output is treated as an object, not only an image. Finished photos include rounded card corners, subtle paper speckling, a cream stock background, and a ruled inner border around the print. INFRARED PROCESS INCLUDED Infrared remains part of the full process set: luminous pale foliage, darkened skies, ethereal skin tones, and spectral monochrome contrast inspired by early infrared-sensitive emulsions. TINTYPE FORMAT OPTIONS Tintype supports both regular and square output. Choose Regular for the original camera crop, or Square for a centered plate-style composition. TINTYPE WITH OR WITHOUT BORDERS Tintype photos can include worn period plate borders, or use No Borders for a cleaner plate without the sampled edge overlay. SEVEN DAGUERREOTYPE FRAMES Daguerreotype includes seven scanned period-style frame choices, plus No Frame: Gaslight Octagon, Parlor Cartouche, Cameo Round, Velvet Reliquary, Aurelian Cameo, Midnight Locket, and Salon Window. LARGER FRAMED OUTPUT Daguerreotype frame output scales to the photo instead of being limited by the original frame artwork size, producing larger finished images. PHOTO-ONLY ADJUSTMENTS Exposure, contrast, warmth, vignette, and other review adjustments apply to the photograph beneath the Daguerreotype frame. The frame artwork itself stays intact. This update gives Ancient Light a warmer paper-print voice alongside its metal plates, blueprints, oil prints, color plates, and spectral infrared renderings.

Ancient Light 1.8 expands two of the app's most tactile historic processes: Tintype and Daguerreotype. TINTYPE FORMAT OPTIONS Tintype now supports both regular and square output. Choose Regular for the original camera crop, or Square for a centered plate-style composition. TINTYPE WITH OR WITHOUT BORDERS You can now choose whether Tintype photos include worn period plate borders. Use Borders for the distressed historic edge treatment, or No Borders for a cleaner plate without the sampled edge overlay. TINTYPE OPTIONS IN THE VIEWFINDER When Tintype is selected, a new on-camera options button shows the current setup, such as Regular / Edges or Square / No Edges. Tap it to change format and edge treatment without digging through Settings. SEVEN DAGUERREOTYPE FRAMES Daguerreotype now includes seven scanned period-style frame choices, plus No Frame. New and expanded choices include Gaslight Octagon, Parlor Cartouche, Cameo Round, Velvet Reliquary, Aurelian Cameo, Midnight Locket, and Salon Window. LARGER FRAMED OUTPUT Daguerreotype frame output now scales to the photo instead of being limited by the original frame artwork size, producing larger finished images. PHOTO-ONLY ADJUSTMENTS Exposure, contrast, warmth, vignette, and other review adjustments now apply to the photograph beneath the Daguerreotype frame. The frame artwork itself stays intact. This update keeps the historic look, but gives you more control over final presentation.

Better results for tintype images. Fixed bug when sharing. More realistic lens choices.

Added Infrared filter as the eleventh option.

Fixed bug in saving and wanting to switch film type to possibly save another. New Features: All Four Optical Lenses Ultrawide (0.5×), wide (1×), 2×, and telephoto (5×) are now selectable directly from the viewfinder using native-style buttons. Available lenses are detected automatically from your device hardware. Switching between 1×, 2×, and 5× is instant; the ultrawide uses its dedicated sensor with a brief transition identical to the native camera. Save Multiple Versions from One Capture The Save button now resets after confirming, so you can swipe to a different process and save again — each version is written independently to your Photos library from a single capture. Landscape Edit Layout In landscape orientation, the review screen now uses a side-panel layout. The photo fills most of the screen; a right-hand panel contains the scrollable adjustment icons, active slider, and action buttons — all accessible without reducing the image size. Button order is consistent across orientations: Save, Share, Compare, and Discard. ProRAW + JPEG Dual Save On iPhone Pro models, each Save writes two files: the filtered JPEG with all Ancient Light metadata embedded, and the original 48MP ProRAW DNG straight from the sensor. They are saved as a single paired asset in Photos — identical to how the native Camera app handles ProRAW. Ready to open the DNG in Lightroom, Darkroom, or any RAW editor alongside your period version. On non-Pro devices only the JPEG is saved. Crop Now Applies Before the Period Effect The period treatment — vignette, plate edges, border details — is now applied to the cropped area rather than the full capture. A Daguerreotype or Tintype frame now wraps exactly what you composed, not the original sensor field of view. Frame Picker in the Viewfinder When Daguerreotype is the active process, a frame icon and current frame name appear directly in the viewfinder top bar. Tap to open a popup listing all six frame styles with descriptions. Works in portrait and landscape. Photographer Credit Field A new Photographer field in Settings writes your name to the IPTC Credit field of every saved photo. If left blank, the credit defaults to "Ancient Light." Rich Embedded Metadata Saved JPEGs now carry: process name and intensity (EXIF User Comment), caption with process and frame (IPTC Caption), photographer credit (IPTC Credit), app name and version (IPTC Originating Program and TIFF Software). Readable in Lightroom, macOS Photos, and any IPTC-aware viewer. Crop Handles Redesigned Corner and edge handles are now inset from the image boundary so they sit outside the photo rather than on its edge. The full image is always visible while cropping. Real-Time Adjustment Sliders Slider response has been tuned for immediate feedback — changes appear live as you drag, without visible lag. Framing Matches Capture The viewfinder now uses letterbox mode so the preview shows exactly what the sensor will capture. No more zoom mismatch between what you saw and what was saved.

All Four Optical Lenses Ultrawide (0.5×), wide (1×), 2×, and telephoto (5×) are now selectable directly from the viewfinder using native-style buttons. Available lenses are detected automatically from your device hardware. Switching between 1×, 2×, and 5× is instant; the ultrawide uses its dedicated sensor with a brief transition identical to the native camera. Save Multiple Versions from One Capture The Save button now resets after confirming, so you can swipe to a different process and save again — each version is written independently to your Photos library from a single capture. Landscape Edit Layout In landscape orientation, the review screen now uses a side-panel layout. The photo fills most of the screen; a right-hand panel contains the scrollable adjustment icons, active slider, and action buttons — all accessible without reducing the image size. Button order is consistent across orientations: Save, Share, Compare, and Discard. ProRAW + JPEG Dual Save On iPhone Pro models, each Save writes two files: the filtered JPEG with all Ancient Light metadata embedded, and the original 48MP ProRAW DNG straight from the sensor. They are saved as a single paired asset in Photos — identical to how the native Camera app handles ProRAW. Ready to open the DNG in Lightroom, Darkroom, or any RAW editor alongside your period version. On non-Pro devices only the JPEG is saved. Crop Now Applies Before the Period Effect The period treatment — vignette, plate edges, border details — is now applied to the cropped area rather than the full capture. A Daguerreotype or Tintype frame now wraps exactly what you composed, not the original sensor field of view. Frame Picker in the Viewfinder When Daguerreotype is the active process, a frame icon and current frame name appear directly in the viewfinder top bar. Tap to open a popup listing all six frame styles with descriptions. Works in portrait and landscape. Photographer Credit Field A new Photographer field in Settings writes your name to the IPTC Credit field of every saved photo. If left blank, the credit defaults to "Ancient Light." Rich Embedded Metadata Saved JPEGs now carry: process name and intensity (EXIF User Comment), caption with process and frame (IPTC Caption), photographer credit (IPTC Credit), app name and version (IPTC Originating Program and TIFF Software). Readable in Lightroom, macOS Photos, and any IPTC-aware viewer. Crop Handles Redesigned Corner and edge handles are now inset from the image boundary so they sit outside the photo rather than on its edge. The full image is always visible while cropping. Real-Time Adjustment Sliders Slider response has been tuned for immediate feedback — changes appear live as you drag, without visible lag. Framing Matches Capture The viewfinder now uses letterbox mode so the preview shows exactly what the sensor will capture. No more zoom mismatch between what you saw and what was saved.

Version 1.2 — What's New: Added Wet Plate, Bromoil, and Lippmann processes. iPad support. Process quick-picker. Auto enhancement. Rotation fixes. Settings remembered between sessions.