Lavacra
Edit in a new light.
The pro photo editor for Mac and iPad.
Get the highlights.
Relight a photo after you take it.
Masks that find the subject for you.
One street. Five looks. One click each.
Start on Mac. Finish on iPad.
Export a whole shoot in seconds.
Most photos are almost there. Lavacra finds the rest. It reads the light in every frame, then hands you the controls to shape it.
Editing
Shape the light.
Four tools do most of the work. Scroll to see each one.
Light
Colour
Masks
Looks
01
Light.
Relight with one slider. Shadows fall where they should.
02
Colour.
Three wheels and a curve. Match a whole shoot in a click.
03
Masks.
Sky, subject, skin. Picked out for you in under a second.
04
Looks.
Save any edit as a Look. Use it on the next thousand photos.
Pro tools. Zero clutter.
Before and after. One tap.
Drag across the photo.
Before
After
Opens RAW from almost any camera.
Canon
Nikon
Sony
Fujifilm
Leica
Hasselblad
Panasonic
OM System
Pentax
Ricoh
Sigma
DJI
Canon
Nikon
Sony
Fujifilm
Leica
Hasselblad
Panasonic
OM System
Pentax
Ricoh
Sigma
DJI
900+
camera models, plus DNG, HEIF and PSD
Works offline. Stays private.
No account needed. Nothing uploads unless you sync.
Layers, when you want them.
Batch a thousand photos.
Copy an edit once. Lavacra does the rest.
Performance
Fast. Seriously fast.
Up to
4×
faster RAW previews¹
Brushes at
120 fps
even on 100 MP files
Opens in
0.3 s
from click to editing
Mac and iPad
One library. Every screen.
Edits sync the moment you make them. No exports, no cables.
RAW
DNG
HEIF
JPEG XL
PSD
TIFF
PNG
WebP
And so much more.
Relight
Depth-aware shadows
Curves
Colour wheels
HSL
Sky masks
Subject masks
Brush masks
Looks
Film grain
Batch edit
Layers
RAW from 900+ cameras
Before and after
Offline
Export presets
Relight saved a wedding I thought I had lost to a grey sky.
Maya Lindqvist
Wedding photographer
I cut my editing time in half. The masks are frighteningly good.
Daniel Okafor
Portrait photographer
It feels like it was built by someone who shoots.
Lena Brandt
Travel photographer
The colour wheels finally make sense to me. My city work has a look now.
Tom Reyes
Street photographer
I edit on the iPad in the field and finish at my desk. No exports.
Ines Martel
Wildlife photographer
Batch edit plus Looks is how I deliver 600 photos by Monday.
Sam Whitaker
Events photographer
Which Lavacra is right for you?
Every plan opens the same app. Upgrade any time.
Free
Everything you need to start.
$0
forever
Light, Colour and Crop
Exports up to 2K
Three Looks
14 days free
Pro
Every tool, every device.
$7.99
per month
Masks, Layers and Relight
Full-resolution RAW export
Unlimited Looks
Mac and iPad sync
Batch edit
Best value
Lifetime
Pay once. Keep it.
$149
one time
Everything in Pro
Every Lavacra 4 update
Unlimited Looks
Mac and iPad sync
Priority support
Questions? Answered.
Is there a free trial?
Which cameras does Lavacra support?
Do my photos leave my device?
Can I use one licence on Mac and iPad?
What happens if I cancel Pro?
Can I move from Lightroom?
See every photo in a new light.
Free to download. Pro is free for 14 days.
Requires macOS 14 or later, or iPadOS 17 or later.
