Observed arrival · 2026-09-04
LightTable, a digital darkroom with an unusually long memory for film
An open-source macOS photo editor that simulates 23 film stocks through exposure, development, print, and scanning stages.
Field notes
LightTable keeps originals in place, stores edits separately, and imports a copy of a Lightroom Classic catalog rather than modifying the source. Its film model separates stock, format, development, print, and scan stages, including physical-grain scaling and editable yellow and magenta filtration. The page reports a 50.5 ms median for a warmed 1100 px render across 30 runs on Apple silicon, and says migration reports distinguish mapped settings from approximations or skipped controls.
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