AnyLUT Studio × macOS

Manage, search and cull your whole library.

AnyLUT Studio is a Mac app for managing a photo library. Find any photo with metadata search, cull with ratings, picks and rejects, and organize with folders, projects and smart albums. Photos can stay where they are. When you are ready to edit, the same non-destructive edit core as AnyLUT on iPhone and iPad is built in, with batch edits, a persistent export queue and a LUT browser. Every edit is written to a sidecar file, and the original is never overwritten.

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macOS 14+ · Apple silicon · 14-day free trial

Overview

A library, an editor and an export queue in one window.

Studio is built for a folder of RAW files. It indexes the folders you choose without moving them, keeps a catalog of what is there, and opens any photo in the shared editor. The editor writes a recipe to a sidecar file, so the free anylut command-line tool can read the same edit.

Bring in a folder

Copy photos into a folder you choose with a directory and file-name template, or index them where they already are. RAW and JPEG pairs are stacked, and duplicates are found by content, not by name.

Find and cull

Browse the grid, list or preview. Rate, pick and reject; filter by camera, lens, focal length, file type, rating, color label, project or smart album. Type search tokens for the same fields.

Edit, batch, export

Open the editor for one photo, copy settings to others, apply a LUT across a selection, then send a batch to the export queue. Jobs survive a crash, and a file that already exists is never replaced.

Features

What is in the app today.

Every item below is in the current build. Studio shares its editing engine with the iPhone and iPad app and the anylut tool.

Library: All Photos, Recent Imports, Adjusted, Picks, Rejects and Unrated; folders, projects and smart albums; camera, lens, focal length, file type, subject, rating and color-label filters.
Search: Deterministic metadata search with tokens: Sony A7CR, 40mm, ISO 3200, 2026-09, RAW, rating:5.
Editor: Light, Color, HSL, Tone Curve, Gradient Map, Presence, Defringe & Noise, LUT and Grain. Crop & Rotate with a crop box, turn, flip and straighten. Histogram, numeric input, undo and redo.
Masks: Linear and radial gradients and a brush. Find and mask the subject, main person, all people, face, skin, hair, clothes, a pet or the background with Vision on this Mac.
LUTs: Built-in and imported .cube LUTs, thumbnails from the current photo, favorites, folders, categories and cube-size filters, intensity, and batch application to a selection.
Batch: Copy and paste settings, or sync chosen adjustments across a selection. Every batch edit is one history step per photo.
Export: HEIC, JPEG or PNG; sRGB or Display P3; every pixel or a maximum long edge; camera metadata or none. A persistent queue with progress, cancel and retry. A file that exists is never replaced.
Compare: Side-by-side comparison of 2 to 4 photos, or one photo before and after, with linked zoom and pan.
Assistant: Ask for a change in words. It moves the real controls through the same recipe model, and you approve each proposal. Use Apple’s on-device model where macOS supports it, or Claude, ChatGPT or an OpenAI-compatible service with your own key.
Interface: An own top bar and sidebar, a command palette, keyboard shortcuts, and an English or Chinese interface. Light and dark follow the system.

Price

US$39.99 once. One year of updates.

One payment buys the app and every version released in the next year. Those versions keep working after the year ends. A renewal extends the update window when you want newer versions.

One-time purchase

US$39.99 once

Includes one year of updates from the date of purchase. Renewal pricing will be listed here.

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The download and checkout open when Studio ships.

One license covers two Macs.
Every version released in the update year keeps working.
14-day free trial of everything. After it, browsing, editing and your library stay free; only export needs a license.
Refunds: 14 days, full, no questions asked. Read the Refund Policy.
Orders are processed by Paddle.com, the Merchant of Record. Questions: support@anylut.com.

Requirements

What you need.

System: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.
Chip: Apple silicon. Studio is built for arm64.
Photos: RAW formats supported by the macOS RAW decoder, plus JPEG, HEIC, PNG and TIFF.
Files: Photos can stay in place or be copied into a folder you choose. Edits are sidecar files; the original is never overwritten.
Interface: English or Chinese. Light and dark follow the system.
License: One license for two Macs. Activation needs a connection; after that, the app works offline.

Try it

14 days of everything.

The first time you open Studio, the trial starts. No account and no card. For 14 days every feature is available. When the trial ends, the library, the editor, LUTs and your sidecar files keep working; only export asks for a license.

If you change your mind within 14 days of buying, ask for a full refund. The Refund Policy has the steps. No questions asked.