LUMIEREGolden Hour
A low, warm sun from any direction: a directional wash, glow and cast-light bands that fall across the frame like light through a window.
Pro camera for iPhone
Paint with light.
Lumiere is a camera, darkroom and film lab in one. More than 120 film and cinema looks render live in the viewfinder, with full manual control, real portrait depth, and photo and video editors built in. Your Apple Watch can be the remote.
Live demo. Swipe the viewfinder, tap the shutter.
0film, cinema & house looks, all live in the viewfinder
0MPHEIF, JPEG, DNG RAW, ProRAW or RAW+HEIF
4K60H.264, H.265, ProRes and ProRes HQ video
0accounts, trackers or uploads. Ever.
LUMIERE ENGINEOriginalStraight from the camera
REC ● 4K · LIVE LOOKS
The looks
Every look, rendered by the real engine.
No mockups. Every image here went through Lumiere's own filter pipeline, the same code that grades your viewfinder live. Pick a scene, pick a look, then drag the divider to compare.
ORIGINAL
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Showing 46 of 124 looks at 100% intensity, using the app's default settings. Look names are the in-app names. Sample photos: Unsplash.
Looks · relighting
Not filters. Light.
Golden Hour, Digicam and Cinematic don't just grade color, they relight the scene. They find your subject on their own and work live on both photos and video.
Digicam
The compact-camera night-flash look. The ambient light falls toward evening and a warm on-camera flash pops your subject out of it. No fake grain, just light.
Cinematic
A motion-picture print grade: teal shadows, golden highlights, lifted blacks and late-afternoon sun, finished with halation and a vignette.
Drag across a photo to compare. Rendered by the app's GoldenHourEngine, DigicamEngine and CinematicEngine with on-device subject masks. Slider values (light direction, intensity, flash, teal) are set per photo, just as you would in the app.
PINNED
Portrait
Depth, on anything.
Live background blur for people, pets and objects. Tap to pin a subject, long-press to add another, then set the strength on the aperture dial.
Subject aware
On-device Vision masks find every subject. Choose one, several, or all of them.
Studio light
Add a key light at 3K to 9K and shape it with Power and Spread.
Synced to the real sun
Golden light with SYNC SUN matches the sun's actual position from GPS and compass.
Capture
Four ways to see.
Stills, your way.
Shoot up to 48 MP in HEIF, JPEG, DNG RAW, ProRAW or RAW+HEIF, in 4:3, 16:9, 1:1, 1.85:1, 2.39:1 or full frame. Self-timer, Night mode, Multi-shot and Long Exposure are all one tap away.
Blur that knows the subject.
Live depth on anything, with an aperture dial from PORTRAIT to SHARP. Add studio light, or golden light synced to the sun.
Cinema in every frame.
Record HD, 1080p or 4K at 24, 30 or 60 fps in H.264, H.265, ProRes or ProRes HQ, with Stable or Gimbal stabilization. Every look grades your footage live as you shoot.
Photos that breathe.
Cinemagraph loops in four styles. Spotlight keeps the center alive, Ribbon moves a band, Cinema gives a clean full-frame loop and Loop plays forward, then back.
Pro controls
Your exposure. Your call.
Switch from Essential to Pro and the full toolkit appears: shutter from 1/8000 to 1 s, ISO, manual focus with peaking, white balance from 2000 to 10000 K, ±3 EV, a live histogram, grids and a horizon level. Try it.
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Manual controls
Auto adjusts ISO and shutter speed for you. Move a slider to take over.
Focus peaking outlines in-focus edges in red. Pull focus until the subject lights up.
In Essential, the same control is called Brightness. Drag up or down on the viewfinder.
Viewfinder aids
A browser simulation of the controls on a photo. On iPhone these drive the real sensor.
Night mode
Scene-adaptive low light, with a stability guide that says when to HOLD STEADY.
Long exposure
Frames every 1, 2, 5 or 10 s, stitched into silky water and light trails.
Multi-shot HQ
Four aligned frames merged into one cleaner, more detailed photo.
Live tune
Texture, Structure and Dehaze, plus XY pads for tone and color, right in the viewfinder.
Grids & level
Rule of Thirds, Golden Ratio or Crosshair, plus a horizon level.
Every lens
0.5×, 1×, 2×, 3× and 5×, depending on your iPhone. Pinch or swipe the zoom button.
Processing
From pure sensor data to polished.
Choose how much your iPhone does for you, from minimal processing to straight-from-the-sensor RAW.
Format
JPEGHEIFDNG RAWProRAWRAW+HEIF
Size12 MP24 MP48 MP
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Intelligence, on device
A second pair of eyes.
Lumiere reads the scene and suggests a look, or learns one from a photo you love. Everything runs on your iPhone.
AI PICK
The right look, picked for you.
AI Pick classifies the scene (people, night, food, sea, scenery) and picks the best look. AI Pickup in Pro mode lays out four options, each with its reason.
AI PICK
MATCH PHOTO
Love a photo's color? Match it.
Lumiere reads a reference photo's tone, color balance, tints and falloff and turns them into a live filter called My Match, saved for next time.
Results above come from SceneRecommender and FilterMatchEngine, the app's own code, run on these sample photos.
Photo editor
A darkroom in your pocket.
Crop, AI, Retouch, Adjust and Filters. Every look from the camera plus a full grading suite, and your edits stay with each photo so you can come back later.
BEFORE
Color Mixer
Hue, saturation and luminance for eight color bands.
Nature
Separate sky and foliage controls.
Border
Ten colors or your own, with pinch to fit the photo.
Detail & Tune
Sharpness, noise reduction, clarity, texture, structure and dehaze.
Video editor
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ORIGINAL
Grade footage like a film.
Trim, add looks and filters, adjust exposure, contrast and saturation, rotate, and export a high-quality .mov.
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Apple Watch
Your shutter, on your wrist.
Prop up your iPhone, step into the frame, and see a live preview on your wrist. Turn the Digital Crown to zoom, swipe to change looks, and fire the shutter with a tap or a double-tap gesture.
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Controls
Self-timer
Capture mode
Try it: tap the watch shutter, scroll or drag on the Digital Crown to zoom, swipe the watch preview to change looks, or open Tools for the self-timer.
Live preview
See the shot from across the room.
Crown zoom
Smooth 1× to 10× with haptic detents.
Double tap
Pinch your fingers together to fire the shutter, hands-free.
Full control
Mode, self-timer, lens, AI look, HDR, Night and Multi-shot.
Siri on your wrist
“Take a photo”, “Flip camera”, “Change filter”.
Matches your theme
The watch follows your iPhone's theme, Deep Space included.
Requires Lumiere open on a paired iPhone. watchOS 10 or later.
Everywhere
Ready before you are.
Camera Control
Press the Camera Control or a hardware button to fire the shutter, and slide for exposure.
Lock Screen
Open Lumiere straight from the Lock Screen.
Control Center
Add the Lumiere Camera control and you're one swipe from shooting.
Siri & Shortcuts
“Take a photo with Lumiere.”
Zoom, flash, timer, exposure, aspect ratio, filters and more, all as Shortcuts actions.
Say “cheese”
Voice shutter on “photo”, “picture”, “take photo” or “cheese”. Speech recognition stays on device.
Edit in Lumiere
Send any photo or video from the share sheet to the full editor.
Quick actions
Long-press the icon for Photo Editor, Long Exposure, HQ Mode, Video, Start Recording or Night Mode.
Best Light alerts
A heads-up when golden hour and blue hour start where you are.
Shake for a look
Shake your iPhone for a fresh filter. Switch it on in Settings › Capture Assist.
Make it yours
Eight themes. Ten icons. One you.
Pick a theme and the whole app follows, Apple Watch included, along with this page. Go on, try one.
Larger Controls mode enlarges text and touch targets across the app.
Tour
A closer look.
The real app, screen by screen. Drag to browse, or open the interactive guide for a step-by-step walkthrough.
Privacy
Read the privacy policy
Your photos stay yours.
No account
No sign-up and no login. Open it and shoot.
Nothing leaves
No analytics, no trackers, and no networking code at all.
On-device AI
Scene analysis, subject masks and speech run on Apple's on-device frameworks.
Location, if you like
Only for geotags, Sync Sun and Best Light alerts, and only if you allow it.
Step into the light.
Lumiere for iPhone, with an Apple Watch remote.
Download on theApp Store
Coming soon to the App Store
Requires iOS 17 or later. Siri, Lock Screen and Control Center features need iOS 18; the editor's AI tools need iOS 18.1. The Apple Watch remote needs watchOS 10. Lenses, resolutions, ProRAW and ProRes depend on your iPhone model.