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Rian Johnson and Steve Yedlin launch stylized iPhone camera app
Director Rian Johnson and cinematographer Steve Yedlin launched Chromagraph Camera, an iPhone app built around their preferred look for photos.
Yedlin has worked with Johnson on films including Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The app processes raw image data with a custom method, rather than adding a filter to the iPhone’s usual processed photo.
You take a picture before seeing its finished look, then can adjust its color, exposure and texture.
The app costs about $13 and takes still photos only; it is available for iPhone.
Johnson first asked Yedlin and developer Eric Cameron to make it for his own use, before they released it to everyone.
The app quickly became a top paid download in Apple’s App Store, as phone photography processing draws growing attention.
Yedlin says the app offers a particular style, not the full control of a professional camera, and no next update is specified.
Rian Johnson and cinematographer Steve Yedlin launched Chromagraph Camera, an iPhone app that applies their custom image processing to photos.
The app starts with RAW image data and processes each still photo after it is taken, rather than applying a filter over the iPhone’s usual processing.
Johnson first asked Yedlin and color science developer Eric Cameron to make the app for his personal use, then they decided to release it publicly.
The app offers tools to adjust color, exposure, grain and texture, and stores full-quality RAW files.
It is available for a one-time price reported as $12.99 by 9to5Mac and $13 by WIRED, and does not support video.
- Who
- Director Rian Johnson, cinematographer Steve Yedlin and developer Eric Cameron.
- What
- They launched Chromagraph Camera, an iPhone app that applies custom image processing to still photos.
- When
- It was introduced in the week of October 30, 2026; WIRED reported it was newly released on November 1.
- Where
- On the iPhone, through Apple’s App Store.
- Why
- Johnson initially wanted a streamlined camera app for personal use, with custom processing and editing tools.
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Yedlin, Johnson and Cameron experimented with the app, according to WIRED.
Johnson promoted Chromagraph Camera on social media, after which it quickly became the top paid download in the iOS store, WIRED reported.
9to5Mac reported that Johnson had introduced the app.
WIRED published an account of the newly released app and its processing approach.
- App name
- Chromagraph Camera
- Platform
- iPhone
- Price
- $12.99, according to 9to5Mac; $13, according to WIRED
- Creators
- Rian Johnson, Steve Yedlin and Eric Cameron
- Image format and output
- Starts from RAW image data and shoots still photos; no video support yet
- Availability
- Apple App Store
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It's just this curated app that takes the pictures the way we like
This idea that you can actually have the control that a professional camera would have is not really true anyhow
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So I recently badgered my cinematographer @steveyedlin into making my ideal iPhone still camera app. It shoots RAW, bypasses the iPhone's look processing and instead uses the same image processing we use on our movies.