Changelog

Redesigned Toolbar & Smoother Experience

The recorder toolbar gets a significant update with a more practical layout that keeps all your essential controls visible and accessible. Combined with refined animations and better performance, recording your shots now feels faster and more responsive.

Always-Visible Toolbar Controls

For iOS 18 users, the recorder toolbar now displays all your essential controls at once, bringing it in line with the layout iOS 26 users have been enjoying since the previous update. Frame number, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, and flash are always visible, no more scrolling to find what you need. A dedicated button gives you quick access to additional settings when needed, keeping the interface clean while ensuring everything is within reach.

Whether you're on iOS 18 or iOS 26, you'll notice improved animations and better performance throughout the toolbar. The result is a more practical, easier-to-use interface that gets out of your way when you're focused on shooting.

Refined Animations and Performance

The animations when adjusting settings are now smoother and more responsive. Transitions between controls feel snappier, and the overall experience is noticeably faster. These improvements make recording frames feel more fluid, whether you're quickly documenting settings or taking your time to dial in precise values.

UX Improvements for Better Productivity

Streamlined macOS experience with enhanced keyboard shortcuts, intelligent sidebar memory, and refined interface polish for a more efficient and productive metadata workflow.

Enhanced Keyboard Navigation

The ESC key now joins the existing keyboard shortcuts to make your workflow even more fluid. Press ESC to quickly deselect a frame and return to the film overview in the inspector, seamlessly switching between frame and film details without interrupting your focus. Combined with arrow key navigation, Return to attach images, and Delete to remove them, you now have complete keyboard control over your metadata workflow.

Smarter Sidebar & Refined Interface

The sidebar now intelligently remembers which sections you prefer expanded or collapsed—whether it's cameras, lenses, filters, film stocks, GPS coordinates, map, or image preview. Your workspace stays organized exactly the way you like it, saving time and reducing friction in your daily workflow.

The toolbar has been refined for macOS Tahoe with improved spacing that highlights the Export button, making it easier to locate at a glance. The enhanced visual hierarchy creates a cleaner, more professional appearance while maintaining the same familiar functionality. Plus, the app icon has been updated to match the iOS version for a unified experience across all your devices.

Refined Interface with Apple’s New Liquid Glass Design

Frames embraces Apple's modern design language with a comprehensive interface redesign featuring the new liquid glass design aesthetic. From a completely reimagined recorder toolbar to refined lists and controls throughout the app, every interaction now feels more fluid, polished, and purposeful.

A Modern, Fluid Interface

This update brings Apple's liquid glass design language to Frames, transforming the app's visual identity with subtle animations, refined spacing, and a more contemporary aesthetic. Toolbars and lists throughout the app now feature the characteristic smooth, flowing feel of modern iOS design, creating a more cohesive and polished experience that feels right at home on your device.

Redesigned Recorder Toolbar

The heart of this update is the completely reimagined recorder toolbar. What was once functional is now both beautiful and remarkably more convenient. Essential controls like frame number, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, and flash now feature larger, more touchable buttons that are easier to read at a glance.

When you tap a setting, the toolbar elegantly morphs into a scroll picker with fluid animations that feel natural and refined. The interaction remains familiar but now with a modern polish that makes documenting your shots feel effortless and enjoyable. Additional settings remain easily accessible through the more button, keeping the interface clean while ensuring all tools are within reach.

• Redesigned Controls: Larger, more legible buttons for frame number, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, and flash settings.
• Fluid Morphing Animation: Smooth, subtle transitions as the toolbar transforms into scroll pickers for precise value selection.
• Enhanced Readability: Improved typography and spacing make values easier to read while shooting in the field.

Library Search

Finding specific rolls is now faster and more intuitive with the new search field in the Library. Available right from the first screen of the app, you can quickly locate any roll by name, making it effortless to navigate large collections or find that specific roll you're looking for.

Redesigned Inspector & Improved Metadata Management

Version 1.9 brings a completely redesigned inspector sidebar with refined tabbed navigation, enhanced metadata display, and a dedicated Photo tab for clearer image pairing workflow, alongside critical fixes for Lightroom TIFF compatibility.

Modernized Inspector with Dedicated Photo Tab

The inspector sidebar has been completely redesigned with a more polished, modern interface that's easier to scan and navigate. The four-tab structure now clearly separates concerns: Info for frame metadata, Location for geographic data, Notes for annotations, and the new Photo tab dedicated exclusively to image pairing.

Previously, photo pairing lived within the Info tab, which could cause confusion. Now each tab has a singular, well-defined purpose, making the workflow more intuitive while keeping all tools readily accessible.

• Tabbed Navigation: Info, Location, Notes, and Photo tabs provide clear separation of metadata categories for faster navigation.
• Dedicated Photo Tab: Image pairing now has its own space, displaying detailed technical information like dimensions, file format, size, and digitization timestamps.
• Collapsible Sections: Customize your workspace by collapsing sections you don't actively need, reducing visual clutter while maintaining quick access.

Expanded Metadata Display

The redesigned inspector surfaces more technical metadata than ever before. Photographers can now view Sensitivity Type, camera and lens serial numbers, image digitization timestamps, and additional EXIF fields that were previously hidden. This deeper visibility helps with cataloging, verifying paired images, and maintaining comprehensive records of your analog photography workflow from capture through digitization.

Hebrew, Arabic, Romanian & Ukrainian Language Support

Frames continues its mission to serve analog photographers worldwide with this significant localization update, bringing native support for Hebrew, Arabic, Romanian, and Ukrainian speakers, alongside refined translations and interface improvements throughout the entire app.

Four New Languages with Right-to-Left Support

Frames now supports Hebrew, Arabic, Romanian, and Ukrainian, each carefully localized to respect cultural nuances and photography terminology. Hebrew and Arabic include full right-to-left interface adaptation. Navigation flows, button placement, and text alignment all mirror appropriately while preserving technical terms like film stock codes and aperture values in their standard international format.

• Hebrew (עברית) & Arabic (العربية): Complete RTL interface with native terminology for film stocks, camera settings, and EXIF metadata.
• Romanian (Română) & Ukrainian (Українська): Full translations supporting photographers documenting their work in their native language.

Translation Refinements Across All Languages

Beyond new languages, we've refined existing translations throughout the app based on feedback from photographers. Film stock names remain in their original language (Kodak Portra, Ilford HP5), while interface elements adapt to your chosen language. Language preferences sync across devices, and all existing data automatically displays in your selected language without re-entry or migration.