Plate 01Selections
One click.
Every hair.
Lumen finds the subject, the sky or the background the moment you ask.
Edges stay soft and natural, right down to stray hair and fur.
Lumen
A Black Zero Labs appComing soon
Every pixel, in your control.
Layers, masks and selections that let you build any image, one piece at a time.
Cut out a subject, blend a scene, heal a scratch or bring an old photo back to life.
Histogram of what you see
- Exposure
- +0.68EV
- Highlights
- −19
- Shadows
- +26
- Warmth
- +12
- Average tone
- IV
Drag the line, or use the arrow keys, to compare.
On the light table
Four things
Lumen does beautifully.
One click.
Plate 03Generative fill
Fill the gap.
Widen the frame.
Brush over something to remove it, or describe what should be there instead.
Extend a tight photo into a wide scene that matches its light.
Plate 02Layers and compositing
Build an image
layer by layer.
Stack photos, textures, type and light, each with its own mask and blend.
Every adjustment stays editable, so nothing is ever baked in.
Plate 04Restoration
Old photos,
new life.
Lift out scratches, dust and fading, and recover faces lost to blur.
Bring color back to black-and-white memories, softly and believably.
What's inside
A full photo studio, layer by layer.
Layers and groups
Photos, type, shapes and fills stacked in any order you like.
Masks
Paint, shape or select exactly where every layer shows.
One-click selections
Subject, sky and background picked out for you.
Retouching
Heal, clone and remove anything that doesn't belong.
Generative fill
Remove, replace or add, and extend any edge.
Adjustment layers
Curves, levels and color you can change at any time.
Blend modes
Light, shadow and texture that melt into the scene.
Restore and colorize
Old, faded or black-and-white photos made new.
Type and layer styles
Crisp text with shadows, strokes and glows.
Transform and warp
Scale, bend and fit anything into place.
Export for every use
The right size and quality for screens and print.
Your partner edits too
Ask for a cut-out, a cleanup or a new background.
Questions
Lumen, answered.
Anything else? We'd love to hear from you. Get in touch
Lumen is for building images: layers, masks, cut-outs and composites. Darkroom develops and grades whole shoots, and Flash gives anyone a great result in a tap. All three share one project, so a photo can move between them.
No. Adjustments, masks and effects stay editable as layers, and the original photo is never changed.
Yes. It removes scratches, dust and fading, recovers soft faces and can add natural color to black-and-white photos. You choose how far to take each fix.
Your AI can cut out subjects, clean up a photo, build a composite from a description, and explain any tool. You approve every change, and you can undo any of it.
Lumen is coming later, together with Darkroom, Flash, Penwork, Graphite and Wireframe. Join the waitlist to hear the moment it opens.
Made for
The images Lumen builds.
The pictures people build in Lumen, and who builds them.
- Thumbnails and posters Designs that stop the scroll.
- Paper-collage stories Torn paper, layered depth, documentary punch.
- Brand identity One mark, one palette, everywhere you show up.
- Documentaries Archive photos, maps and timelines that move.
- Marketing and brands Campaigns that stay on brand in every format.
- Media and YouTube Channels, shows and stories, published everywhere.
Works with
Works with the rest of your project.
A Lumen image lives in the same project as your films and designs, so a cut-out you make once stays live everywhere it's placed.
Darkroom
Develop the photo in Darkroom, then open it as a layer that keeps every setting.
Flowmotion
Cut-outs become layers in a paper-collage scene, ready to move in depth.
Wireframe
Composites drop into thumbnails and posts, and update when you change them.
Scout
Archive photos arrive ready to restore, cut out and credit.
Early access
Build your next image
in Lumen.
Join the waitlist and get early access to Lumen and the whole of Black Zero Labs.
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