Retouch Feature Guide

How to open

Open Retouch (alpha) from the sidebar, or open it from a photo’s detail view in Gallery.

Retouch screen

Retouch edits a photo and exports the result as a separate file; it does not overwrite the source. Adjustments are not saved automatically, so use Export for any result you want to keep.

Screen layout

Center: preview with zoom, fit-to-window, and 90-degree left/right rotation.
Bottom: a filmstrip with Recent and Favorites sources. Recent photos load more when you reach the end.
Right: adjustment panel with Standard, Advanced, and Crop tabs.
Title bar: Undo, Redo, Reset, and Export.

Compare Photos

Select two or more photos from the filmstrip to enter comparison (up to four). With one photo selected, click Compare in the title bar to include its adjacent photo.

In comparison, toggle Before/After for each photo. When comparing two photos, switch between side-by-side and top/bottom layouts. Use Apply target to choose all comparison photos or only the focused photo. Click Back to leave comparison; if you made edits, choose whether to keep or discard them.

Standard tab

Auto exposure

Click Apply Auto Exposure to analyze the preview and adjust exposure compensation, black level, Lightness, highlight compression, and contrast. Set the clip percentage first if needed. The current implementation is low-accuracy and may clip highlights.

Manual adjustments

Exposure Compensation: EV-based brightness correction
Black Level / Lightness: dark tones and overall brightness
Highlight Compression: reduce bright-area clipping
Brightness / Contrast / Saturation
Color Temperature: cool-to-warm adjustment (displayed as -100 to +100)
Highlights / Shadows

Each row supports a slider and a numeric field. Use the reset icon on a row to restore that parameter’s default.

Tone curve

Choose the RGB, R, G, or B channel, click the curve to add a control point, drag points to move them, and right-click to remove a point.

Advanced tab

The Advanced tab provides accordion sections for:

HSL adjustments: hue, saturation, and luminance for red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple, and magenta
Sharpness
Noise reduction: luminance and color
Vignette: strength, size, and feather
Color grading: shadows, midtones, and highlights
Monochrome: enable it and adjust RGB weights

Film Look

Open Film Look in Advanced to choose a look and amount, then adjust grain strength, density, and size. Use Import .cube to add a 3D LUT. The current screenshot may not show these controls.

Crop and rotation

In the Crop tab, choose Specify crop area.
Drag the crop area on the preview to move or resize it.
If needed, choose Free / Original / 1:1 / 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 9:16 / 4:5.
Use Clear crop to remove the range.

The range is committed as you drag; there is no separate Apply button. The selected range is included in the export. Rotate with the 90-degree buttons below the preview; rotation is part of the edit history.

Export

Click Export in the title bar and choose a format and preset:

Format: JPEG or PNG
Original: export at the original resolution
For X: a local image-export size preset that fits within 1920×1080 px
For VRChat website: set the maximum long side (640–8192 px)

Confirm the destination and filename to save a separate file. The output folder opens after a successful export. The dialog cannot be closed while export is running.

EXIF Studio (camera info frames)

Open EXIF Studio (beta) from the sidebar to create a camera-information frame below a photo. Use the Recent/Favorites filmstrip and live preview. The available controls include:

Save EXIF presets, and apply, delete, or reorder presets you saved
Layout (Default: split / Simple: single column), text alignment, font, and color theme
Border width, bottom-bar height, and font size
Camera type, aperture, focal length, world name, and photographer visibility
Watermark visibility, position, text, size, and opacity

EXIF Studio also has JPEG/PNG export and the same export presets.

Choose Auto, Landscape, Square, or Portrait from the template controls. Auto adjusts the layout to the photo’s aspect ratio. Templates set the layout, text alignment, border width, and bottom-bar height while keeping other settings, such as camera information and watermark, as currently configured. Adjust the remaining controls as needed and save your configuration as an EXIF preset.

Notes

Retouch adjustments are not auto-saved; export anything you want to keep.
The original photo file is not modified.

Gallery Guide - Photo selection and detail sidebar
Settings Guide - Application-wide settings