As part of our 25th anniversary celebration, let’s look back through the history of our award-winning advanced photo editor and organizer, Exposure. It has evolved a great deal since its first release. We’ll show you how each release brought it closer to the amazing photo editor you know and love today.

2005: Exposure

We launched Exposure as an all-new plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that brought the look and feel of film to digital photography. It enabled photographers to recapture the look of analog film, which had previously been impossible to do in a digital workflow. The first release featured our first batch of film presets, grain, color toning, and even cross-processing.

2007: Exposure 2

A primary focus of Exposure 2 was adding new film emulations. Many photographers lent their expertise and shared samples of their favorite films so we could add them to the product.

  • More presets – now there are more than 200
  • Auto grain size
  • Expanded grain controls
  • Enhanced presets organization
  • Photoshop Smart Filter support
  • Improved Infrared simulations

2010: Exposure 3

Exposure 3 was all about tight integration with Adobe tools. In this version, we introduced support for Lightroom and added 64-bit support for compatibility with Photoshop CS5.

  • Even more presets! Exposure 3 shipped with over 500.
  • Lightroom support
  • 64-bit multithreaded processing
  • New vignette tool
  • Expanded dust and scratches

2012: Exposure 4

Speed and ease of use were the main goals of Exposure 4. In this version, the separate B&W and color filters were combined for the first time.

  • Preset hover preview
  • Texture effects
  • Color channel controls
  • Black and White color filter ability
  • Split toning

2013: Exposure 5

We introduced Exposure as a standalone app in version 5, allowing users to run it without Photoshop or Lightroom.

  • Visual preset browser
  • Hide/Reveal panels
  • New controls for overlays
  • New textures

2014: Exposure 6

We completely integrated Bokeh, our creative focus plug-in, into Exposure 6, along with major improvements to the user interface design.

  • Basic control panel
  • Full-sized previews
  • Syncing presets via cloud

2014: Exposure 7

We redesigned the user interface in Exposure 7 for lightning-fast file browsing, making photo management simple.

  • Crop and rotate
  • Full-featured file browser
  • Updated split toning presets
  • More texture overlays
  • New Color film presets
  • New B&W film presets

2015: Exposure X

We transformed Exposure into a complete photo editor with the release of version X. New photo organization tools, greatly expanded RAW camera support, and more editing options were the theme of this release.

  • White balance eyedropper
  • Tint and Temp sliders
  • Sharpening
  • Noise reduction
  • Brush tool
  • Configurable interface elements
  • Multiple monitor support

2016: Exposure X2

Our efforts for version X2 focused on further expanding Exposure’s photo organizing and editing capabilities.

  • Spot Heal tool
  • Histogram
  • History panel
  • Metadata search
  • File renaming and image resizing options on Export
  • Support for PSD format images
  • Lens distortion correction

2017: Exposure X2 Advanced Layers Update

The Exposure X2 Advanced Layers Update was a free update that added a full-featured layering system to Exposure.

  • User-definable quick export recipes
  • High DPI monitor support
  • New file naming and destination export options
  • Manual lens correction

2017: Exposure X3

Exposure X3 featured new photo organizing and editing tools that further enabled it to function as the central app in a photography workflow.

  • Virtual copies
  • Keywords
  • Collections
  • Side-by-side view
  • Linear and Gradient tools

2018: Exposure X3 Complete Workflow Update

The Exposure X3 Complete Workflow Update was a free update that incorporated user feedback and refined the tools that we added in X3.

  • Hue, saturation, and luminance controls per color
  • Expanded keywords and collections abilities
  • Temp controls in Kelvin
  • Printing

Conclusion

Thanks for taking this trip through Exposure’s timeline with us. We’re committed to continuing to make Exposure the fastest way to bring your vision to life. We appreciate your wonderful support over the years, and we hope you’ll join us for the rest of the journey!

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