A new beta version has been released. This one is absolutely massive.

Stars and Grid

We’ve redesigned the photo grid and culling system.

  • We’ve replaced Faves with Starred. You can now use standard 1-5 keys to mark each photo with a star rating. Use ~ to remove any stars.
  • The Starred view shows all starred photos, grouped by their star rating.
  • The Rejected view holds photos you’ve rejected (delete key)
  • All views now have a new filter at the bottom to show photos based on their star rating
  • The grid has been rebuilt from scratch to be beautiful and performant for 1000s of photos
  • The grid shows metadata (name, camera settings, stars), which can be toggled with /
  • The logic for maintaining scroll position and selection across view changes has seen many improvements

Looks

We’ve replaced the Aphera Standard look with Base. Base is Aphera’s default rendering (“no edits”). We think it’s lovely on its own and a better starting point for your own creative decisions.

  • Look shortcuts have been moved to 6-0 keys to make space for star ratings at 1-5
  • The Base look is assigned to the - key (next to 0)
  • The [ and ] keys are used to cycle through all looks.

Crop

We’ve added several requested features:

  • Crop overlays (thirds, quarters, and fine grid)
  • Cursor changes to indicate drag and straighten gestures
  • Improved interactions for many crop and straighten movements
  • New toolbar design in crop mode

Other Changes

  • Background color shortcuts moved from [ ] keys to < > keys. This aligns with the / key for grid settings
  • In existing projects, Looks assigned to numbers 6-9 have been moved to the More Looks section
  • More consistent delete key behavior: delete rejects, option-delete removes from view, and command-delete removes from the project
  • Fixed broken TIFF and PNG exports
  • Improved metadata for all export formats
  • Improved compatibility with obscure DNG formats
  • Fixed some LUT formats that failed to import
  • Actions like change Balance, set Look, and set Star require a selected photo
  • Additional toast messages for many actions
  • The View and Photo menu have been reorganized to better represent the new features

Look Management

  • In Detail, right click on a Look for Export Look allowing you to save it to disk.
  • Added File > Import Looks to load looks you’ve saved.

New Cameras

We’ve added support for the following cameras:

  • Canon EOS R1
  • Canon EOS R5 Mark II
  • Nikon Z6 3
  • Sony A1M2
  • Sony FX2
  • Sony ZV-E10M2