Chroma Beta 2 Development

Beta 2 is where Chroma starts to feel like the application we set out to build. The foundation from Beta 1 is holding, and the work now is refinement: cleaner color, a stronger RAW pipeline, and an interface that stays out of the way.

Beta 1 remains the current public build while this work lands. What you see here comes from internal Beta 2 development builds, not mockups. This is the application we work in every day, and it is the direction the whole site reflects.

What is changing

• Improved RAW rendering, with cleaner demosaicing and more faithful highlight behavior
• Smart Grade refinements for more accurate, more consistent starting points
• Better color science across the pipeline, including the new Color Anti-Clipper
• Stability improvements throughout the editing session
• Workflow optimizations that remove steps between opening a file and exporting it
• Batch editing progress, building toward graded sets rather than graded singles
• UI polish: quieter panels, tighter spacing, more predictable controls
• Performance improvements in preview rendering and export

Where it stands

The honest status: in active development, and moving well. Some of this list is already running in internal builds. Some of it is still being torn apart and rebuilt until it behaves the way a grading tool should. That is what a beta period is for.

Beta 2 will move into wider testing when it earns it. If you want to be part of that phase, beta inquiries are open through the contact page.