Halide 3.0 will focus on three new features, here’s what’s coming

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Lux, the makers of pro camera apps Halide and Kino, have today outlined their plans for the next big update for Halide. Here are three new features in the works for Halide 3.0.

Coming to Halide in the next major update

Ben Sandofsky writes at Lux’s blog about three big features being planned for Halide 3.0, which is expected to arrive in 2025.

The three additions are:

Color grades with a single tap
HDR with a Halide twist
App redesign

You can read full details about each of these changes in the blog post.

Lux’s 2025 plans sound great, and they follow a really big year for the company in 2024.

Launching Process Zero in Halide led to a wave of new customers and mainstream attention. Kino debuted as a successful new pro video app. And it even ended up winning Apple’s iPhone App of the Year earlier this month.

New Lux Discord offers early feature access, weekly photography challenges

Users interested in getting a sneak peek at Halide 3.0’s forthcoming updates can gain access via a just-launched Lux Discord.

Just like in the past, when we were getting ready to launch major updates, we are opening up “Early Access” to Halide subscribers. It’s really helpful at bringing features across the finish line, but we’d like to try gathering feedback even earlier.

We’ve noticed a lot of indie game devs do this through community Discords, and so we’re stealing that idea (hey, we’re indies, too!). We’re launching an official Halide+Kino Discord!

The Discord is available here, and will feature a 2025 challenge too with weekly photography challenge prompts.

What features do you hope to see added to Halide 3.0? Let us know in the comments.