SPECTRAL

Professional color grading.
Directly in your browser.

Built for hobby photographers who want full creative control without being tied to expensive cloud subscriptions. Edit locally, apply film LUTs, and tweak your base directly in the browser. Try Spectral for free, or choose Pro: pay once and the app is yours forever.

JPG, PNG & RAW (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF, ORF, RW2)

Curves & HSL
Color Wheels
Color Grading
RAW Support
Local Adjustments
LUT Export
Spectral photo editor interface showing color grading controls

See the difference

Original ungraded photograph
Before
Color graded photograph with cinematic film look
After

I kept paying for software that did far more than I needed. All I wanted was to crop, straighten, and color grade my photos. So I built exactly that.

Why photographers choose Spectral

100% private

All processing happens on your device. Your photos never leave your browser.

Zero install

Open a URL, start editing. Install as PWA for full offline use.

Export your look

Export grades as .cube LUTs or share recipes as portable JSON.

What to expect from a hobby project

An Indie Project, Not Big Tech

Spectral is designed and built by one person. There is no call center for support or shareholders, just a lot of love for the app and direct, honest responses to your feedback.

Browser RAW Magic (and its limits)

Your files stay private while heavy RAWs are decoded locally in your browser. This demands power from your device. For commercial batch work, Lightroom remains the standard. Spectral is for a more crafted, single-image workflow.

Continuously Refined

Every tool in Spectral gets better with each release. Sharpening, noise reduction, color grading: existing features are revisited and improved based on real-world use. Version 1.0 is just the starting point.