Matte Viewer vs Depth Map estimation - Magma Usage & Stats
Matte Viewer lets you quickly preview the mattes in photos taken with your iPhone, including the depth map and semantic maps.
You can export them and use them in 3rd party software such as Photoshop, Touch Designer, in custom shaders, and so on.
To have the most matte data available in your photos, use the Portrait mode in iPhone's Camera.
- Elegant and information dense interface that quickly lets you preview all the different mattes.
- Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, open through drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, etc.
- Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you don't have to give access to your whole photo library.
- Extremely small app size: only a few hundred kilobytes.
Matte Viewer is part of PhotoTools by Héliographe: check out our website at https://heliographe.studio for more fantastic photography apps.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Photo & Video
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MAGMA is a professional tool for extracting depth maps as images and working directly with depth data on your iPhone or iPad. It uses advanced on-device AI models to generate accurate depth maps and clean mattes from photos and videos.
Visualize, edit, and combine the original image with its depth map, adjust the visual interpretation using color filters and gradients, and export results ready for creative and technical workflows. All processing runs locally for maximum privacy and speed. Ideal for developers, creators, filmmakers, and visual artists.
By using this app, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Photo & Video
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Matte Viewer VS. 
Depth Map estimation - MagmaJanuary 28, 2026