Linux support! đ§Â FilmLab now is available for Linux (see the new downloads page). For now, FilmLab is available as an AppImage for x64 systems. Weâre planning go expand to arm64, and possibly other distributable formats, in the future.
Windows on Arm support. FilmLab Desktop for Windows now includes arm64 binaries, for optimum performance on Snapdragon X chips, Copilot+ PCs, and other Arm-based laptops and desktops.
New settings window (FilmLab â Settings on Mac, File â Settings on Windows and Linux). This replaces the Account window and also includes the app update and graphics renderer information that used to be in the About window.
The Graphics tab of the new Settings window now allows you to see all available graphics renderers that FilmLab supports on your system, and switch between them. This allows users who are having trouble with their graphics card to try a different card or different graphics rendering layer.
Auto update can now be turned off in Settings.
Adds support for raw DNG files with Jpeg-XL encoding (such as files produced by the iPhone 16 Pro).
Bug fixes
Fixed bug where denoising/sharpening wasnât being properly applied.
Fixed crash when loading large images. Note that currently the live view doesnât show full resolution on large images when zooming in to pixel peep. This will be fixed in an upcoming release.
Fixed a crash in cases when an image file was missing or didnât load properly.
Finally fixed an issue on Windows where FilmLab wouldnât shut down properly when the âInstall and Restartâ button was pressed to install an update, which would then block the install from completing. (Unfortunately this issue is still present in the 3.0.0 stable release, so when upgrading from FilmLab 3.0.0 you may need to use Task Manager to end the previous FilmLab process.)
Added more film stock profiles (including Kodak Portra 800, Kodak Pro Image 100, Fuji Pro 400H, and more)
Added more light source profiles to support the Skier Sunray copy box, CineStill CS-LITE, and VALOI easy35
Restored ability to choose a photo of your backlight to use for falloff compensation
Bug fixes
Fixed crashing bugs
Updated graphics backend to improve compatibility with older video cards and lay the groundwork for new features
System requirements and compatibility
As of this build, FilmLab is officially supported on Windows 10 and 11 or MacOS 10.14 âMojaveâ and newer. Depending on your system, you may find that FilmLab works for you on Windows 8.1, but this is not officially supported and you will likely run into problems.
Note that this release drops support for macOS 10.1 High Sierra.
Known issues
Support for very large images is still in progress and not included in this release.
Depending on your graphics card, you may find that batch operations run slower in this build. This is a known issue and we have a fix planned.
Fixed a bug where FilmLab would crash on startup on Macs running MacOS 12 (Montery) and older. If you ran into this bug on a previous beta release, it may prevent auto-update from working. If so, youâll need to download the latest beta directly from our website.
Fixed a crash when batch processing files
Fixed an issue with visual artifacts showing up in output files when using the âStandardâ camera profile
FilmLab 3 is a big leap forward in color science and speed. For full details on FilmLab 3 and whatâs included in the first beta release, see the announcement.
