fotufilm

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Release history

What changed in each Fotufilm release. Download the current Mac release below.

Current release

Fotufilm 1.8.1 · build 16

Released September 11, 2026 for macOS.

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Fotufilm 1.8.1 for Mac · build 16

Current release

Print colour and source illumination

  • Corrected cinema-print timing. The printer now preserves the relative sensitivity of the print layers and uses corrected density targets. This changes colour, especially saturated blues and yellows.
  • Stock-balanced lighting by default. RAW photos, processed photos and video use the selected film's native source light. RAW white balance remains part of decoding and no longer automatically selects the film-exposure light.
  • Source Illuminant controls. Choose Stock Native, a daylight or tungsten preset, or a custom temperature from 1000 to 25000 K. Warmth and Tint refine that choice. Settings are saved per edit and remain independent of the printing and viewing lamps.
  • Independent print viewing. Changing Viewing Illuminant no longer changes the print's developed dye densities. Reflection-paper setup uses a fixed exposure translation.
  • Digital contrast correction is optional. Channel Contrast Match now defaults to zero. Existing edits with an explicit nonzero setting retain it.

Existing RAW and print edits may render differently. Stock Native is a balanced emulation choice, not a reconstruction of the original scene light. Select an explicit source to simulate a lighting mismatch.

For Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. The installer includes the Mac app and plugins; restart Resolve or Final Cut Pro after updating.

Fotufilm 1.8 for Mac · build 15

Previous release

Fotufilm 1.8

Changes since Fotufilm 1.7.1, through main at eac63e2 on September 10, 2026.

  • A new Mac editing layout. The inspector follows Film, Expose, Develop, and Print. Grade sits in Expose, with separate Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights tabs. Selective and Crop are in the canvas toolbar, and Print includes Export. With Normal selected, Film and Develop explain that film simulation is off.
  • Saved selective edits. Color, Light, and Subject adjustments remain visible after closing Selective, save with the photo, support undo and redo, and appear in photo exports. Subject masks follow crop and rotation.
  • Native Mac Settings and clearer help. Settings opens in its own window with General, Output, and Film Model tabs. Changes apply immediately. Short help buttons after labels replace long descriptions in the editing panels, Settings, and Film Workshop.
  • Scanned-negative import. Open a negative, sample its clear film border, choose a film, and preview a positive before importing at full resolution. Four-corner cropping straightens the image and preserves the selection through rotation, mirroring, undo, and export. Conversion is approximate; measured scanner profiles are not included.
  • All 40 films, with updated tone curves. The complete catalogue is included without activation. All 40 source profiles are now available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and 33 use sampled characteristic curves that follow their digitized source points. The bundled catalogue and removal of Buy packs already shipped in 1.7.1 build 12.
  • Updated paper and cinema-print rendering. Six paper and print-film models now use data digitized from manufacturer publications. Corrections to dye mixing, printing balance, and projection light change colour and contrast. Cinema prints use a corrected mid-grey target, and Kodak Vision 2383 has separate red, green, and blue response curves.
  • Diffuser and condenser enlargers. Choose the enlarger head when printing a negative onto photographic paper. The condenser increases contrast most strongly in silver black-and-white negatives and also accounts for silver retained by bleach bypass.
  • Revised grain and edge controls. Reversal films have updated color-separation and grain calibration, with cleaner highlights and stronger deep-shadow texture. Film Workshop preserves custom reversal-grain settings. Fringe Amount and Fringe Radius control development-related colour fringes around edges on supported films; existing edits keep them off.
  • An experimental halation option. Layered Transport models light passing through a film stack. Legacy remains the default. Both models now use the same capture-light reference to preserve neutral balance. The new option uses illustrative constructions where measured stacks are unavailable, needs more memory, and is unavailable for donor-layer stocks.
  • Updated temperature and tint behaviour. These controls change the light exposing the film. RAW imports retain their capture-white information, and fixes keep output calibration and printing balance consistent with the selected film and medium.
  • Video improvements. Added Apple Log 2 / Apple Wide Gamut decoding. Fixed intermittent flat white frames during video export under memory pressure and improved recovery from render-preparation failures.
  • More consistent app and plugin controls. Control ranges, choices, and availability follow the same definitions. Resolve and Final Cut gain Fringe Amount, Fringe Radius, and Enlarger controls. Push follows the selected film's measured conditions, and Bleach Bypass offers Off, Half, and Full.
  • Browser improvements. The experimental browser editor now follows the Mac layout and supports camera RAW and scene-linear EXR imports. WebGPU pipeline reuse speeds up repeated renders, and tiled rendering supports images up to 120 megapixels. Fixes address tile boundaries, stage previews and stale cached runtimes.

Existing edits may look different because film curves, temperature/tint, print rendering, and reversal grain have changed. Restart Resolve or Final Cut Pro after updating the plugins.

For Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later.

Fotufilm 1.7.1 for Mac · build 12

Previous release

Film sidebar

The Buy packs button is hidden. Film Workshop and custom pack import remain available. The Mac app and both plugins include the full film catalogue.

For Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Update the app and both plugins together, then restart your editor.

Fotufilm 1.7.1 for Mac · build 11

Previous release

Print profiles and installation

  • Stock installation no longer requires a separate pack import.
  • The desktop products use Fotufilm’s calibrated paper and print-film models.
  • Output Medium shows the real material names, including Endura Premier, Vision 2383, and ETERNA-CP 3513DI.
  • Existing medium selections and the custom-film library are preserved.
  • Both plugin inspectors use the same control groups; the Mac app has a Plugins menu.
  • Lab Scan uses its existing reference profile.

For Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Update the app and both plugins together, then restart your editor.

Fotufilm 1.7 for Mac

Previous release

Film packs across the app and plugins

  • Load film packs from the Mac sidebar.
  • Imported packs are also available in the Resolve and Final Cut Pro plugins after restarting the editor.
  • Packs carry a version and minimum Mac app version for compatibility checks.
  • This release bundled Gold 200, Tri-X 400, and Provia 100F; the full catalogue was a separate download.

Requires Apple silicon and macOS 14 or newer. The signed and notarized installer includes the Mac app and plugins.

Fotufilm 1.6 for Mac

Not available for download

Free Mac app and Starter films

  • The Mac app and plugins now use Apache-2.0 and run without activation or a licence key.
  • The free Starter pack includes Gold 200, Tri-X 400, and Provia 100F. These profiles use CC BY-ND 4.0.
  • Add downloaded packs with File → Import Film Pack… and use them offline.
  • The installer includes plugins for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and Motion.
  • Build the engine, Mac app, and plugins from the Fotufilm engine repository.
  • Built with Halide 22 and precompiled Metal kernels. Matching AOT kernels are available from the engine releases.

Requires Apple silicon and macOS 14 or newer.

Download the Halide 22 AOT kernels

Development notes after 1.5

Development log · all platforms

Changes since the 1.5 release

  • Added a native Metal camera pipeline for faster real-time film rendering.
  • Improved HDR and log video handling with one scene-linear Rec. 2020 input path.
  • Corrected camera and film white balance so the selected illuminant affects every color stock.
  • Added film-and-output-medium preview tiles and visual lens-filter previews.
  • Added Kodak Professional Endura Premier paper as an output medium.
  • Improved spectral reconstruction, stock-specific sharpness, and halation calibration.
  • Expanded spectral exposure handling for extreme scene colors and added the required Double-X rendering variant.
  • Reworked grain behavior using measured density response and corrected negative-viewing grain.
  • Recalibrated CineStill 400D and F-64D.
  • Preserved color when compositing transparent EXR input.

1.5

Available

Fotufilm 1.5

  • Improved scanner simulation using real minilab scan profiles.
  • Refined telecine output using broadcast film standards.
  • Preserved full precision for HDR video and still-image processing.
  • Improved Vulkan performance, CPU fallback, and diagnostic tools.
  • Added render cancellation, high-quality settled previews, and detailed zoom tiles.
  • Added Motion template packaging, Final Cut Pro installation support, and secure update verification.

1.4

Not available for download

Fotufilm 1.4

  • Brought macOS features in line with mobile, including curves, histograms, and video controls.
  • Improved halation with more detailed reflection, dispersion, and film-layer modeling.
  • Added more accurate interlayer development behavior.
  • Added direct negative-density output for apps and plug-ins.
  • Reduced startup time and binary size with precompiled Metal libraries.

1.3

Not available for download

Fotufilm 1.3

  • Rebuilt halation using more physically accurate film-layer and optical modeling.
  • Added fourth-layer color film simulation and improved color neutrality.
  • Improved grain detail, layer correlation, and consistency between stills and video.
  • Added measured push/pull response curves.
  • Added minilab scanner and broadcast telecine profiles.
  • Improved HDR and gain-map input handling.
  • Added Final Cut Pro and Motion plug-in support.
  • Reduced application size through improved Metal kernel packaging.

1.2

Not available for download

Fotufilm 1.2

  • Unified the macOS and iPadOS interface architecture.
  • Added Film Workshop for creating, testing, and exporting custom film stocks.
  • Reduced GPU memory transfers and preview latency.
  • Combined processing stages for faster rendering.
  • Improved Vulkan compatibility on mobile GPUs.

1.1

Not available for download

Fotufilm 1.1

  • Improved wide-gamut color handling and spectral accuracy.
  • Added camera sensor profiles for daylight and tungsten lighting.
  • Added print paper, release print, and scanner simulations.
  • Introduced bleach bypass, push/pull processing, film aging, long-exposure compensation, and viewing-light controls.
  • Improved grain with more natural large-scale texture.
  • Increased rendering and image-decoding performance.

1.0

Not available for download

Fotufilm 1.0

Initial release.