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Photo editor for Apple platforms

Shape the photo.Keep it yours.

From overall tone to local light, use filters, masks, and layers to turn an idea into a finished image.

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Let the image speak first

Every frame asks for its own expression.

Portraits, architecture, travel, and everyday moments each need a different balance of light, color, and attention. Awaking leaves that choice with you.

Portrait beside concrete architecture in angled sunlight
People and lightKeep natural skin and room for the scene to breathe.
Geometric photograph of red architecture under a blue sky
Structure and colorLet shape, shadow, and color each hold their place.
Blue-hour rainy street with a distant pedestrian holding an umbrella
Night and reflectionKeep the image quiet between blue air and warm light.

Style direction

One photo.
More than one expression.

Feel where the image wants to go first, then decide how light, color, and local detail should work together. Every direction begins with the same frame.

Cool interpretation of the same portrait
Cool
Warm interpretation of the same portrait
WarmStyle direction concept
Monochrome interpretation of the same portrait
Monochrome

From direction to detail

Style can change.
The detail stays yours.

The overall mood gives the image direction. Local control places the change exactly where eyes, light, material, and space need it.

Portrait in concrete window light used to show local detail control
Close crop of the portrait's window light and concrete texture
  1. 01 · FILTER

    Set the overall character

    Use color and light to establish the first impression.

  2. 02 · MASK

    Place change locally

    Control the details that need attention without disturbing the rest.

  3. 03 · LAYERS

    Return and keep refining

    Keep each choice clear, and let the work move forward.

One device-led creative path

From the workspace
to control in your hands.

Build the overall direction on Mac, place change locally on iPad, and keep refining on iPhone. Filters, masks, and color stay focused on the same image.

  1. A Mac workspace showing the portrait and its overall photo direction
    01 · MAC

    Set the overall direction

    Start with filters, light, and color.

  2. An iPad showing local mask control for the portrait
    02 · IPAD

    Place change locally

    Use masks to focus attention where it belongs.

  3. An iPhone showing continued color control for the portrait
    03 · IPHONE

    Keep refining in hand

    Return to color and detail whenever the work needs more.

Awaking Mac workspace visual for setting an overall photo direction

Mac

Start from the overall direction.

Compare light, color, and texture in a wide workspace before deciding where the photo should go.

From start to finish

A creative path you can keep shaping.

  1. 01

    Import

    Choose a photo from your device and begin locally.

  2. 02

    Set the look

    Use filters, color, composition, lighting, and effects to find direction.

  3. 03

    Shape locally

    Use masks and brushes to place attention where it belongs.

  4. 04

    Organize and save

    Review layers, keep refining, then save the finished image locally.

On device

Your photos and edits stay on your device.

Awaking requires no account, does not automatically upload photos, masks, edits, or exports, and includes no ads, tracking, or third-party analytics.

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Free & Pro

Finish a photo first. Decide if you need more later.

Start free

Import, make essential edits, undo and redo, and save a watermark-free standard JPEG without an account.

Awaking Pro

Unlock selected advanced filters, mask templates, effects, and high-quality export. Apple shows current products and prices.

CompatibilityiPhone and iPad: iOS / iPadOS 16 or later. Mac: Apple silicon with macOS 13 or later.

Awaking

Let your next photo
begin with your judgment.

Available on the App Store

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