Film Negative & Slide Scanner · iPhone
Your darkroom, in your pocket. Photograph film negatives and slides — Brightroom develops them instantly.
Process
No scanning hardware needed. Just your iPhone, a light source, and Brightroom.
Place film on a lightbox, iPad screen, or hold to a bright window.
Tap Scan to open the camera, or Convert to choose from your library — then Brightroom converts automatically.
Choose Color Neg, B&W Neg, or Slide/Pos — each uses its own color science pipeline.
10 adjustment controls update the image as you drag. Crop and straighten as needed.
Add a voice or typed caption, choose rotation if needed, then save to Photos. Brightroom immediately prompts for the next negative.
Features
Each color channel stretched independently — removes orange film base cast and sets accurate black and white points on every conversion.
Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Black Point, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, Sharpen, Vignette — every slider updates the image instantly as you drag.
Rule-of-thirds overlay. Crop persists when switching film types and is applied before adjustments so sliders affect only the framed content.
Save as-is, or rotate left/right 90° at save time — corrects sideways negatives without re-editing.
Dictate or type an IPTC caption before saving. Embedded permanently in the JPEG — readable in Lightroom, Photos, and any IPTC-aware app.
After saving, Brightroom immediately asks if you want to scan the next negative — no back-navigation or extra taps between frames.
Supported Film
Full orange-mask removal, per-channel white balance, and a color-tuned tone curve for vivid, accurate positives.
Desaturates before inversion for clean mono. Classic film contrast curve with deep shadows and open highlights.
Gentle levels correction without white balance interference — slides already have correct color.
Pricing
Common Questions
Brightroom supports all three major film types: C-41 color negatives (standard color film), black and white negatives, and E-6 slides/positives. Each mode has custom processing — color negatives get full orange-mask removal and per-channel white balance, B&W gets clean desaturation before inversion, and slides receive gentle levels correction without color interference.
Yes, you'll need a light source (like a tablet screen, LED light pad, or window light) and a way to hold your negatives flat. Many photographers use negative carriers, film holders, or DIY setups. Brightroom handles the software side — inversion, color correction, and adjustments — you just need even backlighting.
Brightroom removes the orange mask from C-41 color negatives using per-channel white balance and a custom tone curve tuned for film characteristics. This produces vivid, accurate positives that preserve the color science of your original film stock. All processing happens in real-time as you adjust sliders.
No. Brightroom is $0.99 as a one-time purchase — pay once, own it forever. There are no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, and no data collection. All three film modes, the full adjustment suite, and every feature are included.
Yes. Before saving each scan, you can dictate a voice caption or type one manually. Brightroom embeds this as IPTC metadata directly into the JPEG file, making it readable in Lightroom, Apple Photos, and any IPTC-aware app. Perfect for documenting film rolls, dates, locations, or camera settings.
Brightroom includes 10 live adjustment controls: Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Black Point, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, Sharpen, and Vignette. Every slider updates your scan in real-time as you drag. You can also crop with rule-of-thirds overlay, rotate at save time, and compare before/after with a single tap.
Brightroom requires iOS 16 or later, which means it works on iPhone 8 and newer. Any model with a decent camera can produce excellent film scans — the app's real-time processing and adjustment controls help you get the best results from your device's camera.