Pro RAW capture. On-device film looks. Bake your own LUTs and shoot in them live. The digital darkroom built for photographers, not filter scrollers.
The Digital Darkroom for Purists.
Acetate bridges the gap between pure RAW capture and the soul of analog film. Built for photographers who understand that an image is made, not taken — every adjustment runs on-device, no cloud, no account, no tracking.
PURE RAW CAPTURE
Shoot in Apple ProRAW (DNG) on every supported iPhone. Acetate bypasses standard processing and writes the sensor's uncompressed data straight to your library, preserving every stop of dynamic range for post.
PRO SHOOTING MODES
Full manual or assisted: Auto, Program (P), Shutter Priority (S), ISO Priority, Manual (M), Night Mode, and Long Exposure up to 30 seconds. Swap ultra-wide, wide, and telephoto with a tap. Self-timer (3s / 10s) and burst mode — hold the hardware shutter for rapid-fire frames — both included.
CINEMATIC FILM LOOKS
Eighteen curated 3D LUTs in two families. Eight physics-based film emulations covering the eras most photographers chase — '70s Warm, '80s Neon, '90s Cinema, Golden, Mono, Faded, Moody, Cross. Ten art-directed looks for everything else — Dusk, Cinematic, Pastel, Vivid Punch, Faded, Teal & Orange, Bleach Bypass, Moody Night, Golden Hour, High Key. Press and hold to preview live before you commit.
OPEN LUT
Tap any filter and the editor sliders physically move to reflect the look — see exactly what each filter is doing and tweak from there. A small tick mark on every slider shows the filter's value; reset snaps back, long-press clears to zero. Works for built-in films, Artistic Looks, and your own imported .cube LUTs.
BAKE YOUR OWN LUTs
Save any edit you make as a portable .cube LUT and apply it to other photos with one tap — or load it in the camera and shoot in your own signature look. Import any .cube file from Files, iCloud, AirDrop, or third-party providers. Export to share with Lightroom, Premiere, DaVinci. Favourite the ones you use most and they pin to the front of the strip.
THE EDITOR
Full-strength tools designed for image-makers:
• Three-way colour grading wheels (Shadows / Midtones / Highlights) with per-range luma — the DaVinci Resolve workflow on iPhone
• OkLab perceptual-space HSL for hue, saturation, and luminance shifts that don't muddy or clip
• RGB tone curves, split toning, filmic highlight rolloff
• Dehaze, texture, three-stage edge-aware denoise
• Selective masks: radial, linear-gradient, and one-tap Subject / Person / Background / Sky via Apple's Vision framework
• Mood presets — eight curated cinematic looks with intensity control
ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE
Smart tools that run entirely on your iPhone using Apple's Vision framework and on-device Core ML:
• Smart LUT — tap Generate and Acetate's on-device AI writes a per-photo recipe tuned to your scene (Portrait, Landscape, Food, Night, Golden Hour, Architecture, Nature). Regenerate for a fresh take. Save as a reusable filter.
• Scene detection optimises your photos automatically
• Auto-straighten finds the horizon for you
• Object Removal erases unwanted elements with a tap (A15 / M1 or newer)
PRO EXPOSURE TOOLS
Live RGB and luminance histograms, highlight and shadow zebras, false-colour exposure map, customisable focus peaking, dual-axis level indicator with haptic confirmation.
TACTILE INTERFACE
Haptic feedback for the shutter, dials, and level lock. Live readouts of ISO, shutter speed, and exposure compensation are always on. Composition grids, before-and-after compare, deep undo and redo.
PRIVACY FOCUSED
Your photos are yours. No account, no cloud, no analytics. Location is used strictly for EXIF geotagging on photos you take, and never leaves your device. The entire app — capture, edit, AI, save — works offline.
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Big update. New camera and editor features, plus fixes throughout.
Open LUT. Every filter now becomes a fully-editable preset. Tap a film and the editor sliders physically move to reflect the look — see exactly what the filter is doing, then tweak from there. A small tick mark on each slider marks the filter's value; tap reset to snap back, long-press to clear to zero. Works for both built-in films and your imported .cube LUTs (values are estimated from the cube for imports).
Smart LUT. Tap Generate in the filter strip and Acetate's on-device AI writes a per-photo recipe tuned to your scene — Portrait, Landscape, Food, Night, Golden Hour, Architecture, Nature, or a subtle fallback. Regenerate for a different take. Save as a reusable filter via the existing Save flow.
10 new Artistic Looks alongside the film emulations: Dusk, Cinematic, Pastel, Vivid Punch, Faded, Teal & Orange, Bleach Bypass, Moody Night, Golden Hour, High Key. Each ships with hand-tuned slider values so Open LUT lights up the moment you tap.
Selective masking with Vision. One-tap Subject, Person, Background, and Sky masks — on-device, no cloud. Apply local exposure, colour and sharpness adjustments through the detected region. Sky uses an on-device heuristic and works best on outdoor photos with a clear horizon.
Self-timer and Burst. 3s / 10s countdown with a viewfinder readout and haptic ticks; hold the hardware shutter for rapid-fire capture.
Favorites for your LUTs. Long-press any user filter to favorite — favorites pin to the front of the strip with a star badge.
Custom focal length indicator. Pinch to a non-preset zoom and the lens chip now reads ×1.3 (or whatever) instead of silently showing the nearest preset.
AE/AF lock hint in the Pro Mode card — points you at the iOS Settings → Camera Control → Light Press toggle that turns a half-press into a DSLR-style focus + exposure lock (iOS 18.2+).
Bug fixes.
• Manual mode no longer drifts — ISO and shutter now actually lock when you switch to Manual.
• Switching back to Auto fully resets focus and white balance, not just exposure.
• Tapping Default while a user LUT is active now correctly clears it.
• Your manual exposure values (ISO, shutter, EV, white balance, focus, lens, focal length) now persist across launches.
Privacy unchanged. Everything runs on-device. No cloud, no analytics, no accounts.
Version 1.1.1
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Information
Seller
BMB ENTERPRISES LTD
Size
216.7 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.