Rian Johnson and Steve Yedlin launch film-style iPhone camera app

Rian Johnson and cinematographer Steve Yedlin have made Chromagraph Camera, a $13 iPhone app designed to give phone photos the film-like colour and texture used in Johnson’s films. It reflects Johnson’s effort to get more character from everyday phone photography without carrying dedicated cameras or spending time editing each image.

Johnson found that the iPhone’s standard processing looked too sharp and clinical, while editing RAW photos in other apps involved moving files and adjusting many controls. Chromagraph applies the pair’s established colour-grading approach, developed for Johnson’s films, and offers basic camera controls as well as processing for imported RAW images. The article notes that phone makers have added their own style tools, but says RAW capture still allows greater control over the final look.