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DigiMimic.

Camera Emulation, Film Recipes, and Tactile Settings Support.

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Getting Started

First Launch & Setup

DigiMimic has no account, sign-up, or onboarding tutorial to get through. The only setup step is granting permissions the first time you use a feature.

  • Camera & Microphone: Requested on first launch so the live viewfinder and video recording can start.
  • Photo Library: Requested the first time you save a capture, so photos and videos can be written to your iOS Photos library.
  • Location (optional): Only requested if you turn on geotagging in Settings.

Finding Your Way Around

DigiMimic runs in landscape orientation as a single always-on viewfinder styled like a physical camera body. Use the exposure dial to switch between Auto, P, A, S, and M modes, pick a film recipe or LUT from the LCD panel, and press the shutter to capture. Swipe into the Gallery to review, cull, and re-grade your shots, or open Settings from the camera body to adjust image quality, drive mode, video codec, and more.

Viewfinder & Interface Themes

Tactile Camera Bodies & LCD Panel

DigiMimic features a retro-styled digital camera interface that matches physical hardware controls. You can personalize the app's appearance using built-in camera body themes:

  • Matte Black: Clean, modern, professional matte camera styling.
  • Retro Silver: Classic look reminiscent of vintage rangefinder cameras.
  • Titanium Gray: Premium sandblasted metal texture.
  • Vintage Bronze: Distressed heritage brass styling.

HUD LCD Panel

The LCD panel on the viewfinder acts as your hardware readout, displaying active lens (Ultra Wide, Wide, Telephoto), grid overlays, levels, and battery status. It also displays environmental warnings (WARM, HOT, LOAD, PRESS) to let you manage system load in high-temperature environments.

Still Photography & Capture Formats

Drive Modes & Sensor Crops

Aspect Ratios

Tap the ratio indicator to switch crops: 3:2 (Standard), 4:3 (Compact), 5:4 (Portrait), 1:1 (Square), 16:9 (Widescreen), 2:1 & 21:9 (Cinema), and 65:24 (Vintage panoramic XPan crop).

Drive Modes

Supports Single, Burst Low & High, AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) at ±1EV, Focus Bracket (focal shifts for focus stacking), and self-timers (2s / 10s).

Format & Portrait Quality

Capture in space-saving HEIF, uncompressed RAW (DNG), or RAW + Processed. In Portrait Mode, choose between 12MP Fast for quick full-resolution captures or 24MP Detail, which captures your sensor's full-resolution source and intelligently downsamples it for extra sharpness with premium depth blur.

Digital Film Recipes & LUTs

Bundled Preset Collections & Adjustments

DigiMimic emulates both parametric adjustments and physical Look-Up Tables (LUTs) in a non-destructive pipeline.

Preset Collections

  • Standard Presets: Clean, Portra 400, Tri-X 400, Cinematic Teal & Orange, Velvia 50.
  • Leica Looks: German profiles: Classic, Greg Williams look, Eternal, Contemporary, Model A, Bleach, Sepia, Silver, Teal.
  • Fuji Film Simulations: Japanese profiles: Classic Chrome, Classic Neg, Provia, Astia, Reala Ace, Eterna Bleach Bypass, Acros.

Parametric Controls

Customize recipes with exposure (±5.0 EV), highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, Kelvin Temperature (2500K - 10000K), tint, vibrance, and saturation. Add character with custom **Film Grain density**, **Vignette shading**, and **Halation glows**.

Manual Focus & Racking Assistance

How do I configure Focus Peaking colors?
Switch to Manual Focus (MF) and tap the peaking indicator to cycle outline colors:
  • Red: High contrast, ideal for green/dark backgrounds.
  • Yellow: Excellent general-use visibility.
  • Blue: Best contrast for warm skin tones and orange lighting.
  • White: Subtle outline for daylight situations.
How do I perform A/B Focus Pulls (Racking)?
Set up your focus points to smoothly rack focus between two distances:
  1. Focus manually on your foreground subject, then press and hold Mark A to save it.
  2. Refocus manually on your background subject, then press and hold Mark B to save it.
  3. During recording, tap Mark A or Mark B to rack the focus point smoothly to that destination at a controlled rate.
What is the Focus Loupe and how do I use it?
The Focus Loupe is a floating magnification window offering a **3.0x zoomed view** of your focal point. It activates automatically when you rotate the manual focus dial, allowing you to verify pixel-level sharpness.

Professional Video Production (Shutter Angle & Codecs)

Cinematic Framing, Formats, and Codecs

Resolution and Frame Rates

Capture in **1080p Full HD** or **4K UHD** at cinematic/broadcast rates: **24p**, **30p**, and **60p**.

Professional Codecs

Choose **HEVC (H.265)** for maximum file space efficiency, **H.264** for legacy editing suites, or **ProRes (422, HQ, LT, or Proxy)** for ultimate color grade depth and zero CPU editing overhead.

Shutter Angle & The 180° Rule

Lock your shutter speed dynamically relative to your frame rate to guarantee organic motion blur (e.g., locking at 1/48s for 24fps). Choose from manual shutter angles: **45°**, **90°**, **144°**, **172.8°**, **216°**, or **360°** for creative action styling.

Stabilization & Audio Gain

Toggle stabilization (Standard, Cinematic, Auto, or Off). Use **Off** when mounting your phone to a physical camera gimbal. Adjust internal microphone input gain (0.0 to 1.0) with real-time level monitoring.

On-Device AI Scene Intelligence

CoreML-Powered Offline Analytics

DigiMimic runs localized machine learning models entirely offline on your device's Neural Engine.

Color Recipe Predictor

Scans the scene composition and ambient light to suggest matching LUT presets or digital simulations (e.g., recommending Leica Brass for sunset lights, or Fuji Astia for portrait skin tones).

Intelligent Culling Helper

Analyzes captured photos for micro-blurs, motion shakes, framing quality, and closed eyes to mark keepers and potential rejects automatically.

Gallery, Culling, & Workflow Management

Post-Capture Review & Lightrooms Integration

Multi-Up Compare layouts

Compare consecutive burst captures or similar shots side-by-side using **2-Up** or **4-Up** split layouts to confirm fine detail.

Quick Tagging & Retroactive Presets

Mark files as **Keepers** (Starred) or **Rejects** (Trash) to delete bad takes in batches. Apply or change film recipes and LUT filters on captured photos retroactively.

Sidecar Export (Lightroom-Ready)

Enable **Sidecar Export** in Workflow Settings to export a sidecar `.json` file containing all parametric camera details along with your images, making importing parameters into desktop suites seamless.

Compatibility

  • Platform: iPhone and iPad, running iOS 17.0 or later.
  • Orientation: DigiMimic is a landscape-only camera interface. Rotate your device to landscape to shoot.
  • Depth & Portrait Blur: Works with any supported camera. iPhones with a LiDAR sensor or multiple rear cameras get the most accurate hardware depth for portrait blur; other devices fall back to an on-device depth-estimation model.
  • Internet: Not required. DigiMimic works fully offline.
  • Account: Not required (no sign-up or login).

Purchases & Billing

DigiMimic is a one-time paid App Store download, and every feature on this page is unlocked immediately after purchase. There are no in-app purchases, subscriptions, ads, or free trial.

Reinstalling or Switching Devices

Because it's a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, Apple lets you redownload DigiMimic for free on any device signed into the same Apple ID: open the App Store's Purchased list and tap Install. There's no separate "Restore Purchases" control inside the app, since Apple already manages the unlock for you.

Billing, Refunds & Cancellation

All billing is handled directly by Apple. To review a receipt or request a refund, use Settings → [Your Name] → Media & Purchases on your device, or Apple's Report a Problem page. DigiMimic itself cannot process billing or refund requests.

Device Permissions & Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy & System Access

DigiMimic requests hardware permissions solely to execute local photography functions:

  • Camera: To display the live viewfinder stream and record images/videos.
  • Microphone: To record audio feeds alongside video files.
  • Photo Library: To save captured photos and videos into your iOS Photos app, and to let you view and manage your captures from within DigiMimic.
  • Location: To add GPS coordinates to EXIF metadata (can be disabled in Settings).

Offline Security Guarantee

All image processing, metadata calculation, and CoreML neural model operations are completed 100% locally on your phone. DigiMimic does not collect, monitor, or upload any personal files or telemetry, and includes no external analytics trackers or server SDKs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does my phone get warm or battery drain quickly?
Real-time 3D LUT blending, parametric adjustments, high-resolution video encoding (especially ProRes), and CoreML model inference require heavy GPU and Neural Engine processing. This consumes battery and can cause heat. The app monitors thermal state and will automatically reduce live preview resolution or disable live viewfinder blur if the device enters a HOT or TEMP safety level.
Can I record video directly to my Files app instead of Photos?
Yes. Go to Workflow Settings and change your storage destination from Photos Library to Files. This allows you to write large ProRes files directly into folders or external USB-C drives.
How do I export my film recipes?
Turn on Sidecar Export Enabled in Settings. When you share or export an image, the app creates a sidecar JSON file detailing all adjustment parameters.
What should I do if the viewfinder screen is black?
Ensure Camera permission is enabled. Navigate to your device settings, find Settings -> DigiMimic, and verify that the Camera toggle is turned on.
How can I prevent framerate drops during video recording?
High-stress settings like ProRes recording or heavy live grading filters can tax device thermals. If the screen displays a warning, let the phone cool down or switch your codec in settings to H.264 or HEVC instead of ProRes.
Why am I unable to save my video recording?
ProRes 422 codecs generate exceptionally large files. Verify that your device has sufficient local storage space (or space on your external USB-C drive) to compile the video.

Technical Support

Need help? Search the FAQs or open a support request email below.

DigiMimic v1.3 • Support refreshed July 2026