MORNING EDITION / 05

The Daily Five.

4 October 2026 · NO

01
Photo & video
Halide gives iPhone 18 Pro photographers real aperture control
Halide Mark III 3.2 enables continuous f-stop selection across the iPhone 18 Pro’s f/1.48–f/4 variable-aperture range, rather than four fixed settings. It also adds Aperture Priority and a fully manual mode for aperture, shutter speed and ISO.
Why it matters: For deliberate stills work, this makes the phone more useful when depth of field and exposure need to be chosen rather than delegated to the default camera interface.
iPhone 18 Pro Aperture Control Goes Fully Manual in Halide 3.2 ↗
02
Photo & video
Disguise brings a smaller footprint to the same production pipeline
Disguise has introduced X2 and X3 software configurations with two and three 4K outputs. They can run on customer-selected hardware, including Windows laptops, while retaining the Designer workflow when a production scales to larger Disguise server systems.
Why it matters: Smaller live, immersive and virtual-production jobs can begin with a lighter setup without forcing teams to rebuild show files when the work moves to a larger venue.
Disguise Brings the Software Behind the World's Biggest Stages to Every Production With the Expanded X Series ↗Disguise X Series FAQs ↗
03
Software
Camera RawX makes Quick Look a more credible RAW review tool
Camera RawX 2.7.0 adds HDR highlight roll-off in Quick Look rather than clipping highlights, and shows Quick Edit RAW adjustments there as well. The release also improves compressed Fujifilm RAW decoding and revises support for several OM System and Hasselblad cameras.
Why it matters: For Mac photographers who cull in Finder, more faithful previews can improve selections before images reach a full RAW editor. It is a niche update, but one aimed squarely at a real bottleneck.
Anogeissus product blog: Camera RawX 2.7.0 ↗
04
AI
PixelDojo’s AI cut suggestions stay reviewable and reversible
Film Studio’s new Editor’s Cut proposes trims, speed changes and shot removals, with before-and-after durations and editorial notes. Nothing is changed until the user applies the edit, and the result can be undone.
Why it matters: The useful distinction is not automated cutting but accountable cutting: the proposed decisions remain visible and optional. That is a more workable pattern for AI-assisted editing, though it remains a niche web-tool update.
PixelDojo changelog ↗
05
AI
PixelDojo puts storyboards and production control inside Sensei chat
PixelDojo has updated Sensei so its storyboard, live progress, production controls and completed film live in the chat interface. It also adds reference-image handling for recurring props and preserves productions through service restarts.
Why it matters: Keeping planning and rendered storyboard work together could reduce handoffs in an AI-film workflow. The caveat is that Sensei remains a young proprietary platform, not an established editing system.
What's New ↗

Halide gives iPhone 18 Pro photographers real aperture control

Disguise brings a smaller footprint to the same production pipeline

Camera RawX makes Quick Look a more credible RAW review tool

PixelDojo’s AI cut suggestions stay reviewable and reversible

PixelDojo puts storyboards and production control inside Sensei chat