Halide + Kino

📣 Introducing Kino 1.3, a big update to Kino with powerful creator features:

Audio Control — you can now toggle automatic or manual selection of any audio source; expanded external drive support; frame drop detection and more!

Grab Kino 1.3, in the App Store now: shotwithkino.com/download

Gorgeous shot!

Physicality: the new age of UI There’s a lot of rumors of a big impending UI redesign from Apple. Let’s imagine what’s (or what could be) next for the design of iPhones, Macs and iPads.

New on our blog: @sdw.bsky.social chronicles the design ages of iOS and visualizes what the next UI age might look and feel like. www.lux.camera/physicality-...

New on our blog: @sdw chronicles the design ages of iOS and visualizes what the next UI age might look and feel like. www.lux.camera/physicality-...

A year ago, we launched Kino — Halide’s video sidekick. We couldn’t have imagined the incredible rollercoaster of its first year: topping the App Store charts, a cameo in the iPhone 16 keynote, and winning the App Store Awards as iPhone App of the Year!

Happy birthday, Kino 🥳

What is HDR, anyway? It's not you. HDR confuses tons of people. In this post, we finally explain what HDR actually means, the problem it presents, and three ways to solve it.

It's not you: HDR confuses tons of people. In our new blog post, @sandofsky.com finally explains what HDR actually means, the problem it presents, and three ways - including our new Halide way - to solve it. www.lux.camera/what-is-hdr/

Love seeing Spectre used in the wild!

(Fun fact: We shipped Spectre right before the pandemic and had a lot of fun marketing planned around ‘make crowds disappear in touristy places!’ - that wasn’t quite necessary in 2020 🥲)

Along with our review, check out the latest update to Halide in the App Store, which now supports and has some adjustments to best work with this fantastic lil phone!📱

In the land of the multi-camera phones, can a one-eyed king rule? We dig into the iPhone 16e with this mini-camera review on our blog: www.lux.camera/iphone-16e-c...

Last chance to get a question in for us to answer in our lil’ iPhone 16e review.

It’s iPhone 16e week, but let’s take a moment to honor the finest iPhone with a home button: the iPhone 7! Maybe the nicest iPhone ever?

Dylan McDonald (@dylan.mcd8) shot this utterly gorgeous portrait of the 7 series lineup. We’ll always be very partial to the Jet Black — the best iPhone finish.

Cool observation by @gruber.foo: iPhone 16 wallpapers match their rear camera layout from 1 orb on iPhone 16e all the way to 3 for iPhone 16 Pro

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iPhone 16e is here! Packing a “48Mp dual camera”. We’re going to investigate!

true!

Now that we're a bit later into the lifetime of iPhone 16, we're curious to hear how you use the Camera Control. Is it a part of your workflow? Love it or hate it?

Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. Shoot your shot 💘

Some of the 52-week creative challenges of the last 4 weeks! This week’s theme is ‘Speed’ - take a shot and share it to participate and have a shot at winning some really cool merch.

Some more details in our Discord. 💬 discord.gg/eCCSDqUp

Amazing JUSTICE show in Lyon.

Though WWW/Iris remains my favorite, really loved the intensity and spectacle of this one.

Can't wait to see them again.

📷 shot with @halideapp.bsky.social + @usedarkroom.bsky.social

Do you like manual settings, Kino, and those two things combined? Great — hop into our Discord! We’ll be doing one of our first Early Access TestFlight invite rounds: discord.gg/FVFmSUbfuZ

RULE OF THIRDS is our 2nd theme to kick off our 52-week creative challenge!

Tips: A thirds-layout grid is in Halide and Kino - and you can use that as a guide as you take a shot. But, don’t limit yourself to a precise grid if you feel like it: you can take shots of, say, 3 items too.

Here’s a cool new thing we’re doing: we now have a Discord community! Great for sharing shots, tips, and tracking your progress for our 2025 challenge.

Join here! discord.gg/RDAUwQ96

A spectacular shot to start the year with! Loving the winter mood.

Week 1 - Early Light is the theme

The Halide / Kino 52 week challenge begins today! Week 1’s theme is EARLY LIGHT 🌅

Share a shot here or in our discord to complete 52 weeks of shooting to improve your photography and build a creative habit in 2025 - along with a chance to win some cool Lux merch.

Feuerwerk in Berlin. Made with @halideapp.bsky.social #shotoniphone #iphone16pro

All of us at Lux wish you a very happy new year — may it be filled with light worth capturing. ✨

What was your favorite photo you took this year?

Indeed, we are now using the latest APIs and it seems this isn’t supported anymore. We’ve sent feedback to Apple to see if this can be amended — sorry for the inconvenience!

Happy halidays Phil!

The Road to Halide Mark III Today we're excited to announce our plans around Halide 3.0, or as we like to call it, Mark III. We're also inviting you to participate in its development through our new community Discord, where you'...

We’re doing something a bit different this year and previewing our next big update to Halide.

Here’s what’s coming in Halide Mark III. Also: a new community, and a huge thank you for an incredible 2024! www.lux.camera/the-road-to-...