Rian Johnson's iPhone camera app reaches top of App Store charts

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 12:25 · Archive

Filmmaker Rian Johnson's Chromagraph Camera app has reached number one on the US App Store's paid photo and video charts.

Filmmaker Rian Johnson's Chromagraph Camera app has reached number one in the photo and video category on the US App Store's paid charts, following viral attention on social media. Johnson developed the app with his longtime cinematographer Steve Yedlin, who has shot his films including Knives Out and The Last Jedi, and programmer Eric Cameron.

The app shoots raw image data and processes it using colour science techniques Yedlin developed for film production. It applies treatments for colour, contrast, grain and halation, a soft glow around bright areas. Users can adjust these effects after taking a photo, and the original raw files remain intact so edits can be changed later. Finished photographs can be exported as JPEG or HEIC files.

Chromagraph Camera costs $12.99 as a one-time purchase and requires iOS 17 or later. It currently supports still photography only, with no video support yet. Johnson's announcement on social media accumulated six million views within a day, and users have been sharing their photographs from the app.

How it is being reported

• The Hollywood Color Nerd Who Shot ‘Knives Out’ Explains His Viral iPhone Camera AppThe Chromagraph Camera app costs $13 dollars and processes iPhone photos with the same color math Rian Johnson’s cinematographer, Steve Yedlin, uses for film.Wired · 1 Nov, 12:00
• Rian Johnson's iPhone Camera App Goes ViralFilmmaker Rian Johnson, best known for writing and directing "Knives Out," "Glass Onion," and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," has seen his new iPhone photography app Chromagraph Camera climb to the top of the paid App Store charts after attracting attention on social media this week. Johnson developed the app with his longtime cinematographer Steve Yedlin and programmer Eric Cameron, bringing image processing techniques from their films to iPhone still photography. Chromagraph currently ranks No. 1 in Photo & Video on the U.S. App Store . Johnson's announcement on X accumulated six million views…MacRumors · 30 Oct, 12:23

In this story: Rian Johnson · Steve Yedlin · Eric Cameron · Apple

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