Download Exposure X7 Bundle for macOS

A photographer opens a folder of raw files from a Sony A7 IV, needs to push a few shots into Photoshop for retouching, and wants the final crops enlarged for a gallery wall. Exposure X7 Bundle handles the whole chain — from culling to plug-in handoff to a high-fidelity blow-up.

File formats and where it fits

• Opens HEIC photos from current iPhone models — version 7.3.0 brings them straight into the library.
• Functions as a plug-in for Lightroom and Photoshop so you can stay in your main workflow.
• Blow Up, the resizing tool, works in CMYK, RGB, Lab, Grayscale, and Duotone colour modes.
• Supports 16-bit and 32-bit images and can save the resized version as a separate file.

The sound of the tools

Editing feels tactile rather than clinical. Presets sit in named categories, and you can build your own. The Randomize tool shuffles results until a look clicks — useful when you know the mood but not the slider positions. Customisable interface controls let you quieten the panels you never touch. Retina support keeps everything sharp on high-density screens, and Blow Up can enlarge an image up to 3600 percent without the janky artefacts you would expect from a basic resize.

A single-image workflow, start to finish

Drop a raw file into the library. Cull distractions with a quick star rating, then open the edit panel. Apply a custom preset you saved from a beach shoot — warm shadows, muted greens — and tweak the exposure a half-stop. Push the image to Photoshop as a layered file for a quick retouch, then round-trip it back. Before export, open Blow Up from the file menu. Set the output to 300 percent, choose Lab mode to preserve colour fidelity, and save the enlargement as a fresh TIFF. The whole chain keeps edits non-destructive.

Switch to ProPhoto RGB for lab prints

• Switch the default colour space under Preferences to ProPhoto RGB if your lab expects a wide-gamut master.
• Turn on Save previews with presets — it makes the presets panel scroll faster when you browse by eye.
• Map the Sliders panel to a secondary display so the image fills your main screen without obstruction.
• Set Blow Up’s default grain method to Film Grain instead of None; it stops large enlargements from looking sterile.
• Enable HEIC import under the Library settings if your iPhone shots land in the same folder as your raw work.

• Expanded camera support across the board.
• You can now open HEIC photos from current iPhone models.
• Refreshed translations for Chinese, German, French, and Japanese.
• Fixed corrupt rendering of Sony A7 IV lossless compressed raw files.

• macOS 10.13 or later
• Apple Silicon and Intel Macs