House of Mars has released version 2.2.1 of Pearla, their professional camera app for iPhone, adding more advanced color options and giving mobile filmmakers greater control over tone mapping. Here’s a quick look at what the app does and what the latest update adds. There are a handful of solid phone camera apps out there, including options like the Mavis Camera App for iPhone, which offers a plethora of features, direct streaming, and frame.io C2C, or the Blackmagic Camera app, which allows for remote collaboration through the Blackmagic cloud. What sets Pearla apart is its direct sensor access and color-managed workflow – features that offer more control than some other iPhone camera apps. Pearla Pro Filmic color spaces. Image credit: House of Mars What is Pearla? Pearla Pro Filmic includes features like real-time cinematic grain, true film emulation, Log photography, and open-gate video recording. Yet, it’s a camera app that takes a different approach – it delivers a cleaner, less processed image for those who want to color grade or fine-tune in post. The app was originally built for photographers looking for a neutral, user-controlled color workflow, and it has since evolved into a serious tool for filmmakers. It remains the only iPhone app to integrate a full color-managed pipeline, open-gate video, and manual dynamic tone mapping – even in Rec. 709. (Until now, disabling dynamic tone mapping on iPhones required using Apple Log.) What’s new in version 2.2.1 10-bit video support Tone mapping control New color spaces: Canon C-Log3,...
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