MSLight
Develop every photo. Keep every original.
MSLight is a photo library and raw developer in one app. Cull, rate, edit and export your shoots with non-destructive adjustments, and keep everything on your own machine.
Non-destructive edits
Light, Color, Effects and Tone Curve render through a wide-gamut 32-bit float pipeline. Your originals are never touched.
Masks that follow you
Brush, linear and radial gradients, luminance and color range, sky, subject and background. Combine them with add, subtract and intersect.
Library and raw in one
Open DNG, CR2, CR3, ARW, NEF, RAF, RW2, PEF and ORF raws. Rate, flag, label, search and sort in the same window.
The Edit view
Edit view with a large loupe, histogram, Light and Effects sliders on the right, tool strip down the edge, and a filmstrip with rating and flag controls below.
Masking
The Masking panel with Subject, Sky, Background, Brush, Linear, Radial, Luminance and Color tools, a radial mask drawn over the sun, and per-mask sliders.
Presets and Color Mixer
The Presets column grouped into B&W, Color, Film, Landscape, Portrait and Style, beside the Color panel with white balance and the Color Mixer open.
Photo Grid library
Justified Photo Grid with star ratings and flags, a sidebar of Albums nested in folders, By Date and Recently Deleted, and the Edit panel docked right.
Everything in MSLight
Edit
- Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks
- Edge-aware local tone mapping without grey halos
- Texture, Clarity and Dehaze
- Vignette with highlight priority, plus film Grain
- Parametric Tone Curve plus RGB and per-channel point curves
- Auto, one-key black and white, and undo for everything
Color
- White balance by temperature and tint, with eyedropper
- Vibrance that protects skin tones
- 8-band Color Mixer for hue, saturation and luminance
- Three-way Color Grading wheels
- 8-band B&W Mix for skies and foliage
- Calibration and Point Color controls
Masking
- Brush with size, feather, flow and density
- Linear and radial gradients with draggable pins
- Luminance range and color range selection
- Sky, subject and background selection
- Add, subtract and intersect any components
- 15 local adjustments per mask, plus Amount
Presets
- 18 presets including Golden Hour and Faded Matte
- Amount slider from 0 to 200 percent
- Save your own presets from any settings group
- Copy, paste or sync edits across a selection
- Profiles, versions and full edit history
Library
- Albums nested in folders, Picks and Recently Deleted
- Star ratings, pick and reject flags, color labels
- Field search such as rating, flag, iso and camera
- Compare and Survey views for fast culling
- Smart albums, stacks and virtual copies
- Photo Grid and Square Grid stay smooth at scale
Raw & Export
- Raw files from DNG, Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm and more
- Opens JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, JPEG XL and PSD
- Export JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, AVIF, DNG or original
- HDR merge and panorama stitching
- Batch export with naming templates and watermarks
- Reads and writes XMP sidecars
