Find the photographs
Browse.
Review photographs from your folders. Rate, flag and filter the selection, with virtual copies for exploring different edits.
DAK Lab / Photography software
Photo editing.
On your terms.
Your photographs. Your workflow.
Develop RAW files, retouch skin, reduce noise and shape light with subject selections, edge aware brushes and local adjustments. Native macOS photo editing with creative control in your hands.
In active development for Apple Silicon Macs.
The workflow
From selection to the final image.
Shape the image
Refine.
Start with Auto Develop, then shape light, colour, detail and retouching. Copy selected corrections between photographs and revisit saved editing history.
Prepare the finished files
Deliver.
Queue JPEG or 8-bit and 16-bit TIFF exports, with colour profiles, resizing, custom naming and watermarks.
The editing toolkit
The whole image.
The finer details.
Culling & selection
Review technical suggestions and compare similar frames. Rate, flag and filter photographs, keeping the final selection in your hands.
RAW development & tone
Start with Auto Develop, then refine exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks with editable controls.
Skin retouching
Face and body selection, smoothing, skin colour and texture controls. Refine shine and under eyes, with detail preservation and local dodge and burn.
Noise reduction & detail
On-device neural noise reduction for supported RAW files, with Auto Denoise levels, sharpening and microcontrast controls.
Subject selection & brushes
Select subjects, backgrounds, faces, bodies, eyes or lips. Refine the coverage with edge aware brushes, adjustable brush size, paint and erase.
Radial & graduated filters
Shape light with elliptical masks and graduated transitions. Move and resize radial selections, adjust feathering and refine coverage with a brush.
Masks & local adjustments
Adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation and blur within individual masks. Save adjustment presets to reuse your settings.
Range & combined masks
Target a luminance range or sample a colour. Add, subtract or intersect masks, invert the selection and refine it by hand.
Heal & repair
Paint over local distractions with the healing brush and adjust the source area. Review blemish suggestions and choose the repairs to apply.
Colour & creative profiles
Control white balance, temperature, tint, vibrance and individual HSL colours. Explore creative profiles with adjustable strength.
Crop, straighten & optics
Crop and straighten by hand, or use Smart Crop as a subject aware starting point. Apply manual vignetting and colour fringe corrections.
Virtual copies & shared corrections
Explore alternative edits without duplicating the original. Copy selected light, colour, detail and other global corrections across a set.
Original photographs stay untouched. Masks, edits and history are saved separately, keeping the work open to revision.
DAK Lab enquiries
A place in your workflow?
Get in touch about DAK Lab, future availability or the needs of your photography workflow.
Enquire about DAK LabDAK Lab is in development. Public release details and pricing will be announced when available.