Positives & Negatives
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Two free Mac apps for photographers.

Made with the care of a darkroom: quiet, precise tools that stay out of the way of your pictures.

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Positives

A complete photo editor with a modern, intuitive design inspired by analogue photography.

Download Positives Free · 56 MB

Film

Grain35
Halation20

What it does

Film looksKodak Portra, Gold, Ektar, Fuji, CineStill, Ilford, Tri-X and many more
LightReal film grain, halation and glow
AdjustmentsLight, colour, curves, grading, mixer, black & white filters
MasksBrush, gradients, automatic sky, subject and people
LayersDouble exposures with up to three photos
PresetsSave a look or a whole edit, apply it in one click
FilesRAW from all major cameras, JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF
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Negatives

Turns your film negatives into photos. Photograph or scan them, open the roll, done.

Download Negatives Free · 2 MB

Tone

Exposure+0.30
Contrast0

What it does

Whole rollsDrag in a folder: every frame converted, the roll balanced as a lab prints it
Any filmColour and black & white; the orange mask removed, greys stay grey
Any scannerCamera RAW files from every major brand, or JPEG, TIFF, PNG, HEIC scans
AutomaticFinds the picture, its colours and the right brightness by itself
CorrectionsCrop, straighten, neutral picker, exposure, temperature, contrast
ExportJPEG or 16-bit TIFF, ready to edit in Positives

For Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or newer) and macOS 14 Sonoma or newer. No account, no subscription, works offline.

Support

Both apps are free and will stay free. If they are useful to you, you can buy me a coffee.

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How to install

01

Download the app. It goes to your Downloads folder.

02

Open the downloaded file. A small window appears.

03

Drag the app onto the Applications folder.

04

Open Applications and double-click the app.

The first time you open it

The apps are free and made by one person, so they are not registered with Apple. Your Mac asks you to confirm once:

  1. Double-click the app. A message says Apple could not check it. Click Done.
  2. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and scroll down.
  3. Click Open Anyway next to the app's name, and enter your Mac password.
  4. Click Open. From now on it opens like any other app.

On macOS 14 Sonoma you can also right-click the app → Open → Open.