Documentation

Matisse

Every control in the app, what it does, and when to reach for it. If you are new, start with getting started. If you already know your way around an editor, masks is where Matisse gets interesting.

Start here

Getting startedWhat Matisse needs, what it costs, and how to open your first photo.
Your photo libraryHow Matisse reads your photos, and what photo access is actually used for.
The editorThe canvas, the tool rails, zooming, panning, undo and the filmstrip.

Adjusting

LightExposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks, plus Auto and HDR.
ColourWhite balance, temperature, tint, vibrance and saturation.
Curves, HSL and gradingThe tone curve, per-band HSL, colour grading wheels and the black-and-white mixer.
EffectsTexture, clarity, dehaze, vignette and film grain.
DetailSharpening and the two kinds of noise reduction.
Optics and lens blurLens corrections, chromatic aberration, and synthetic depth-of-field.

Shaping the frame

Crop and geometryCropping, straightening, aspect ratios, Upright and manual perspective.

Local edits

MasksAll twelve mask kinds, and when to reach for each one.
RetouchingRemove, heal and clone, and how they differ.

Finishing

PresetsBrowsing looks by mood, and saving your own edits as reusable presets.
ExportingFormats, quality, saving back to Photos, and stripping location data.

Reference

Your photos and your dataWhat stays on the device, what permissions do, and what Matisse never collects.
TroubleshootingThe problems people actually hit, and how to get past them.