Slate Support

Slate is a cinema camera and grading app for iPhone, made by Alex Goeke of Alexander Creative in San Antonio, Texas. No account, no tracking, and your footage stays on your phone.

Get help

Email creative@alexandergoeke.com. To get an answer fast, include your iPhone model, your iOS version, what you were shooting (format, frame rate, codec, colour), what you did, and what happened. A screenshot helps.

Requirements

iPhone with iOS 27 or later. Some features depend on the phone: Apple Log 2, ProRes and 4K at 120 fps need an iPhone that records them, and the iris control needs a lens with an adjustable aperture.

Common questions

Where are my clips? In Slate's folder, which you can open in the Files app (On My iPhone › Slate). You can also save any clip to Photos from the gallery.

Why does Apple Log look flat? That's Log: it keeps the most highlight and shadow detail for grading. Turn on a monitoring LUT to see a graded picture while you shoot, or grade the clip in Develop afterwards.

What are BASE 1 and BASE 2? The ISOs where the sensor is cleanest. BASE 1 is the lowest ISO. BASE 2 is a second clean point higher up, for low light.

Why can't I go past 1/27 s at 24 fps? On the iPhone's main lens, longer exposures quietly cut off the brightest highlights in Log. Slate stops just short of that, so your zebras tell the truth.

Does grading change my original clip? No. Grades are saved beside the clip and only applied when you export.

Can I use my grade in my editor? Yes. Export a LUT from Develop and put it on the original Log clip in DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro. Grain, halation, the lens tuner, sharpening and noise reduction can't go into a LUT, so use an export with the grade baked in if you need those.

My phone gets hot. Long takes in ProRes at high frame rates work the phone hard. Taking the case off and keeping the phone out of direct sun helps.

Privacy

See the Slate privacy policy.

Apple, iPhone, ProRes, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Kodak, Fujifilm and ARRI are trademarks of their owners. Slate's looks are its own emulations, described as "in the style of" the films and cameras that inspired them; Slate isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of these companies.