The girl accused Samsung of unsolicited selfie retouching. App reviews: free photo editor for android. Which to choose? Effects on Samsung

Mobile photography is to some extent replacing full-fledged photography. Not everyone can or wants to carry a DSLR with them and then process a photo card at home in Photoshop or any other photo editor in order to show themselves on a social network.

Most users are content with shooting “click and shoot”, and then processing “on the fly” and uploading to various social networks. And if Instagram and VKontakte have filters for processing images before uploading, then in other hot places this is not always the case. Yes, and flaunt a new photo, bypassing social networks, mobile phone users have not yet forgotten how. And since panache is a thing, there must be a photo editor for Android that makes it possible to make an ordinary photo look good right on your phone, without using third-party services.

In this material we will look at free photo editors for phones with a green robot on board.

In order to bring the situation closer to combat, we did not study the vast Internet for the best of the best, but simply typed “photo editor” in the Play Store search, downloaded the first ones from the top and now we will tell you, hoo from hoo.

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To all editors, photo editor for Android. This application has some crazy amount of settings and effects. It is already more than “clicked, removed, edited and uploaded to Kontaktik.”

PicsArt gives users more options than other programs. 78 filter, many standard options like cropping an image, rotating it, increasing contrast, sharpness and brightness, adding captions and making a couple of callouts, removing red eyes.

Additional features include a drawing game in which you can show off your artistic abilities, create a collage and upload it all to various social networks.

U applications has its own social network where you will see what other users were able to do using PicsArt. The search can be carried out by tags and usernames.

Additional frames, filters and sundries can be purchased at your local store.

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Photo editor built on a freemium model. Basic functions are available completely free of charge, but all sorts of little things and stickers with advanced effects are so kind as to be paid for separately.

After loading Aviary, you will immediately see three large icons: “Camera”, “Edit this” and “Gallery”. By tapping on the first one, you will launch the camera application on your phone and you can take a photo, which will later be processed. The second icon is for directly enabling editing functions. The third is selecting an image from the gallery.

For free, you can choose to use one of 13 filters, increase or decrease brightness and contrast, remove red eyes from a photo, crop it, sharpen the element you need, draw something over the image, add an inscription, change the orientation of the photo. In general, everything that is on everyone’s Instagrams.

The application works quickly and without failures. If it were not for internal payments, it would be a definite must have. Oh yes, some of the settings are in English for some reason. Also some kind, but a minus.

Pho.to Lab

A large warehouse of frames, effects and all sorts of collages. Minimum settings, no sliders. You can take a photo, select an image from the gallery and process it. There are not so many frames, frames and effects, there is an incredible number of them, but at the same time, 95% of the entire variety is such tasteless bad taste that Khrushchev and Stalenka buildings look like masterpieces of style against this background.

In the Play Store you will find both a free version and a paid one. The second gives you access to more effects.

If you don't want to bother with sliders and effects and just want to insert a friend's face into a collage with a celebrity, then Pho.to Lab is exactly the photo editor for Android that you are looking for. The design of the application is not replete with beauty and style, unfortunately.

Line Camera

If you are wondering which photo editor for Android you should download, then Line Camera is a good option.

What's there? 25 filters, 127 frames and frames, the ability to apply a drawing over the image, erase something unnecessary with an eraser, add an inscription by choosing the font and color of the letters, adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation. Compared to PicsArt, of course, the editor is simple, but this application is for those who are not looking for a million possibilities, but want to slightly modify a photo to send to friends or on a social network.

You can take a photo using Line Camera instead of your phone's standard camera app. Among the advantages is the ability to set a timer, a level, so that no one screams when they see the photo “The horizon is littered, bro!” Line Camera allows you to set the flash mode and immediately apply a filter after shooting.

Photo Editor

Average editor. It has an average number of different filters, frames and frills, makes it possible to twist the sliders, play with color curves and halftones, add text, change the orientation of the image, crop the image, shrink it.

Photo Editor gives you the opportunity to remove noise from an image, correct colors, saturation and contrast, and remove red eyes.

In general, this application has a good chance of becoming the main one on your phone, but the interface is not very convenient. The elements are small, even on the huge Samsung Galaxy Note 2 they are difficult to get into. Photo Editor does not have its own photography application.

Definitely better than Pho.to.Lab, but inferior to Line Camera and others.

What's the result?

Free photo editors for devices with a green robot will satisfy the needs of most users. It has everything that those who for some reason refuse to use editors on social networks need: cropping, changing white balance, brightness levels, contrast and saturation.

In a couple of seconds you can remove red eyes, add a beautiful filter, frame, or change the focus of a photo, increase sharpness.

If you choose from what we downloaded, tested and what we wrote about, then the coolest, most sophisticated, perfect and at the same time the most complex photo editor for Android is PicsArt. An endless sea of ​​possibilities within.

For those who do not need such variety, and their needs are limited to applying a filter and cropping a photo they just took before sending it to Twitter or email to friends, we can recommend Line Camera or Aviary.

If you are looking for a storage program for frames, collages and filters, then you just need to install Pho.to.Lab. True, be patient, in order to find at least something worthwhile, you will have to clear out the Augean stables of bad taste.

Undoubtedly, there are other programs in the Play Store that will allow you to turn a dull photo into a more or less decent image in two or three strokes, but we independently tested these five, made a conclusion, and can recommend them for various situations. If you have your own thoughts on this matter, be sure to express them in the comments.

Probably the Samsung Galaxy S6 is the best smartphone on the market. Moreover, this also applies to its 16-megapixel main and 5-megapixel front cameras. Dual LED flash and optical image stabilization only add a few bonus points to the flagship's treasury. However, what stops us from using additional applications to improve the quality of our photos? The stock camera app from Samsung already has many filters and functions, but you can choose a few more additional programs for yourself. Here are 5 of the best.

Google Camera

There are 3 reasons why you should try the Google Camera app - blur effect, photo sphere and panorama mode. Photo Sphere lets you take 360-degree photos around you so you can later explore the photo as available in Street View from Google Maps. You can view images through the app and share them on Google+ or Google Maps. The panoramic shooting mode is similar to the stock one on the Galaxy S6, but you'll definitely like the Lens Blur mode. Blurring will make the background appear out of focus, allowing you to obscure some objects in the photo.

Instagram

For many users, Instagram has already become the default app for editing photos and adding filters. The application itself has a huge selection of filters, and they are constantly updated with new ones. In addition to filters, you can also change color, temperature, shadow, brightness, contrast, and more on the Galaxy S6. After taking photos from Instagram, you can send them to popular social networks. You can also specify the shooting location using Photo Map.

Snapseed

Snapseed is one of the best photo editing apps on Android devices, and the new update brings even more features. Once you know the basics, you can move on to more powerful tools. In the new version of the program, you can now undo recent actions and re-edit photos. Other features include the ability to copy settings from one image to another, there is also a Lens Blur function, transforming photos into perspective, and working with a brush in certain areas of the image.

Pixlr

Autodesk's photo editing app is probably one of the most powerful image editing apps on Android devices, making it a must-have on your Galaxy S6. There are a lot of simple functions that are found in other programs, but there are also specific ones - double exposure, color splash, there are options for adding artistic effects, text, borders and much more.

VSCO Cam

Samsung has stepped up its game to produce excellent mobile phones on the Android platform. Her phones can be found everywhere, in every corner of the world, and people will be happy to use them. Samsung phones are so popular that in 2014, the company managed to capture most of the market for smartphones built on the Androind ecosystem. Everything in Samsung devices is well done, except for a small, very tiny detail.

Previously, when phones were large and had buttons, each phone was required to come with a book with instructions, which documented in the most detailed way what functions the phone was equipped with, what they were needed for and how to use them. And now, in the box with a smartphone, bought for a significant wad of money, there are only two dead brochures, one pretends to be a guarantee, and the second is usually called “Quick Start” and contains frivolous instructions on where to insert the SIM card and how to insert the battery without breaking the phone case. However, this trend applies to all computer electronics. It is assumed that the users of all this technology are so advanced that they themselves will figure out what’s what. And if they don’t understand something, they will look at the online help. But the trouble is that Samsung forgot about its own online help and the user has to figure out all the software installed on the phone on their own. And sometimes this is not so easy to do, especially for not the most advanced consumer.

It is quite possible that the Koreans counted on the fact that in all other countries, people are just as good at computer technology as the Koreans themselves, who do nothing but study from morning until late at night for 40 years, or even more. But this is just a stereotype. In Korea, there are many people who are tech-savvy and who do not use the potential of their phones to their fullest. And there are plenty of Russians who are unable to distinguish Google Chrome from Yandex Browser.

Actually, with this article, I want to conduct a small educational program on one of the most popular applications on such a popular smartphone as the Samsung Galaxy S5. Next we will talk about the Camera application, with which you can take photos and shoot videos on your phone.

"Camera" is just an application. Yes, it is factory installed on the phone, but no one bothers you to use a third-party application for photo and video shooting. For example, you can completely freely download and install a good “Camera” application from the Google empire of goodness. But now, let’s focus on the application from the Korean giant, since the majority uses this application. It is possible that in the future, there will be other articles explaining how to use this or that gadget on the phone. Therefore, stay tuned for updates.

So, in order to bring the shooting application to life, you need to click on the corresponding icon. The application starts and we see its interface. Surprisingly, some 10-12 years ago, when digital cameras were just starting to appear, they took much longer to load than this application does (yes, in the time it took for the camera to turn on, now a modern phone already has time to reboot ). It happened that the story had already reached the Canadian border, but the camera had not yet fully loaded. The speed of launching the application and its readiness for shooting are very important facts, because it even depends on whether you can photograph what you wanted or whether you no longer have time. However, on the S5 and other flagships from Samsung, this problem does not arise. The camera starts up almost instantly and is ready to use right away. It usually takes longer to take the phone out of your pocket and go through the interface to the camera launch button.

Interface of the Camera application.

Camera interface

After the Camera is launched, the application interface becomes visible to the user. The background for it is what the device’s camera currently sees and, in fact, what will be filmed. In some cases, the interface becomes difficult to see, it all depends on the displayed background, but, in general, it is quite clear.

Let's quickly go over all its main elements. As the story progresses, you can and even need to click on interface elements on your phone in order to further master the skills of working with the camera on your phone. By the way, the application always launches in landscape mode, as if hinting to the person that they need to shoot in this position, so that later it won’t be excruciatingly painful when you upload a video shot in portrait mode to YouTube. But, at the same time, the tips can be flipped depending on the screen orientation. However, you should not forget that in most cases you need to shoot in this position - the phone is positioned horizontally.

So, on the very left side (1) we have a group of settings. In the very top corner, there is a camera change setting. It is with its help that you can switch from the front to the rear camera and back. At the very bottom of the group, there is a “gear” for all the main camera settings. Keep in mind that there are quite a lot of settings, some of them are not compatible with each other, in this case the incompatible settings are inactive and cannot be switched without disabling the other, incompatible setting. Such disabled settings differ in appearance from all others; they look like “extinguished”.

Between camera selection and general settings, there is space for the most commonly used settings. A total of three settings fit into this space. I got the “Selective Focus” mode, “Flash Mode”, as well as “HDR Mode” there. At the user's request, these three positions can be changed. To do this, just enter the general settings menu (by clicking on the gear) and drag the desired setting into the frequently used settings field. It is advisable to place the most frequently used settings here, so that they are always at hand, and there is no need to go to the menu for them.

In the middle of the screen, at the very top, an indication of the current shooting mode is displayed (2). At the moment, the main mode is enabled, which is called "Auto". In general, the automatic mode is perhaps the most convenient and frequently used. Firstly, because there is simply no other alternative (in the Camera you cannot select manual settings, or aperture or shutter speed priorities; we still have a phone in our hands, not a camera), and secondly, it works quite tolerably, whatever in the vast majority of cases, take a very good photo. The shooting modes themselves are selected with the corresponding “Mode” button (6). But we will talk about them separately.

In the very center of the screen there is a focus indicator (3) stylized as a “wedge” type indicator, which is used to display focus on some SLR cameras. This indicator can move around the screen in full accordance with the user's wishes, which is very, very convenient. The camera will focus on the place in the scene at which the user points his finger, or rather simply presses his finger on the screen. Archi's functionality is convenient and allows you to create very complex scenes where there are close-up, middle, and long-range plans, and you only need to focus on one of them, highlighting one or another object with focus. Try tapping on different areas of the screen and watch how the camera focuses on them.

This type of focusing allows you to avoid the classic focusing error when you shoot two people standing on the same line. Conventional cameras focus on the center of the composition and then focus on the background rather than the people. As a result, people appear blurry and backgrounds appear sharp. Of course, some cameras try to understand when a person is making a mistake and correct the focus, focusing on recognizing the face in the frame and focusing on it. But you shouldn't rely entirely on electronics. Try to focus on your own.

In the area located in the upper right corner (4), there is a set of indicators that inform the user about the current settings. So, for example, at the moment it is displayed that the lighting is insufficient and you should hold the camera tightly, trying to avoid “shaking”, followed by an indicator indicating that the shooting location mark will be written into the photo, and the automatic flash indicator closes the list. In general, different indicators may be displayed here, it all depends on the specific situation.

Under the set of indicators, there are two buttons (5), the top one starts video recording, and the bottom one allows you to take a photo. Displaying two buttons on the screen at once is a very convenient solution, as it allows you to either take a photo or start recording a video with a minimum of movements. By the way, if you start recording a video, you can pause it and then continue shooting. And, of course, you can simply stop recording. But, when using a pause, you can, without much effort, shoot a small film, with several angles or plans, without any subsequent gluing of individual files on the computer.

And finally, in the very bottom right corner (7), there is a button to go to the camera gallery, where you can view all the photos and videos taken with the camera. After taking another photo or video, its thumbnail image is displayed on this button. By the way, you can go to the gallery like a regular application if you install the appropriate shortcut on your phone’s desktop.

Settings

As mentioned above, in order to get to the settings menu, you need to press the corresponding “Settings” button in the application, made in the form of a small gear. Keep in mind that there are a lot of settings and they do not fit on one page and the necessary settings may be hidden from view. Try scrolling through the list of settings.

Now, let's look at all the settings that are in the application. In the above screenshot, not all settings are active. Their activity may depend on what other modes or settings are activated. Active settings are bright, while inactive settings are dim.

Image Size

Perhaps the simplest setting is responsible for the photo mode. Using this menu you can select the resolution and size of the photo. The following options are available:

• 5312x2988 (16:9) 16M
• 3984x2988 (4:3) 12M
• 2976x2976 (1:1) 9M
• 3264x2448 (4:3) 8M
• 3264x1836 (16:9) 6M

Where the numbers indicate the size of the future photo in pixels, and the aspect ratio of the photo is in brackets. So, for example, the 16:9 format corresponds to the aspect ratio adopted in the FullHD standard, and this means that such a picture will completely occupy the entire area of ​​​​a modern widescreen screen (and also the S5 phone, since it has FullHD resolution). The 4:3 aspect ratio is more suitable for outdated television receivers with a “square” screen, and the 1:1 ratio is just a square shot. The numbers with the prefix "M" indicate the number of megapixels involved. There is a general rule here that says that the larger the photo size, the more megapixels involved, the more space the photo will take up on the memory card, but the larger the format the photo can be printed. And the larger the size, the more you can enlarge what you took, bringing the desired object closer in the photograph.

As a rule, for most situations, the universal 5312x2988 option is quite sufficient.

Continuous shooting

If continuous shooting is activated, the camera will take a series of photos with a minimum pause between them. To start burst shooting, you need to activate this function and press and hold the photo button. The camera will take one photo after another. In this mode, recording of the resulting images can be forced to the internal memory of the phone, since a large data flow requires a storage device that is suitable for speed, and the memory card installed in the phone cannot always provide the required recording speed.

Photo stabilization

This setting is very effective when shooting in low light conditions. But, the setting may be disabled when other settings are activated. In my opinion, it is better to keep it constantly on so that, if necessary, you can take a picture without moving it. After all, you constantly forget that you need to turn on stabilization. There is no harm from this setting, since it is only activated in low light.

Face detection

When the function is enabled, the camera will automatically detect faces in the frame and give them priority in focusing and exposure metering. Found faces are circled with yellow circles. If several faces are detected at once, and if they are at different distances from the camera and illuminated differently, the machine will try to find a compromise, but as a rule, the closest face to the camera is selected. This feature is useful if you are filming a lot of people. If not, then you can turn it off so as not to confuse the focusing algorithms with accidentally detected faces.

ISO AUTO

The setting is responsible for the sensitivity of the matrix used for shooting. This value can be considered synonymous with film speed, although the values ​​between digital and film are slightly different. The following values ​​are available in the menu:

In the "Auto" setting mode, the camera independently automatically selects the optimal sensitivity of the matrix. In the case of sufficient lighting, the sensitivity decreases, but in the case of insufficient lighting, it increases.

In general, the lower the sensitivity, the less digital noise in the resulting photograph that appears there due to leakage currents of photosensitive elements and the general imperfection of the device. The higher the sensitivity, the correspondingly noisier the picture will be. But, the longer the shutter speed is used, and it increases as the sensitivity decreases, the more noise there will be in the photograph. Therefore, for each case you need to find the very compromise that will ensure the least noise in the photo. Or use the "Auto" mode. From experience, the camera in the S5 is smart enough to adjust the light sensitivity to the optimal level on its own.

Measurement Modes

In order for the camera to adjust the exposure accurately, it measures the light at several points in the frame. These types of measurements came to us from analog mirror technology, where several physical light sensors were used throughout the frame and, in order to give space for human creativity, they were combined into groups. It is precisely such groups that, like a certain atavism, migrated to the settings of a digital camera:

• Center-weighted
• Matrix
• Spot metering

In the case of center-weighted metering, exposure is measured with some averaging of the central area of ​​the frame. This option works great if the subject being photographed is located in the center of the frame. But, in difficult conditions, for example, in the case of harsh backlight, or large unevenness in lighting, it is better to switch to spot metering, which also measures the exposure in the center of the frame, but takes a noticeably smaller area for measurement and averaging.

Well, the most universal option is matrix exposure metering. It averages the exposure values ​​over the entire frame. However, you should not use it always. In unfavorable lighting conditions, when there are strong differences in illumination in the frame, you should either use metering in the center of the frame (one of them), or use the spot focusing function with your finger. In this case, in the frame it is enough to click on the object of interest to us, and the camera will immediately focus on it and measure the exposure at the focusing point.

Click to shoot

Without activating this function, touching a point in the frame causes the lens to focus on the selected object and measure exposure. The photograph itself must be taken by pressing the appropriate button. When the “Tap to Shoot” function is activated, after focusing by pressing your finger on the screen and measuring the exposure, the frame is taken. Thus, you can significantly speed up shooting by halving the number of button presses.

Selective focus

The ability to control the focus of a photograph after it has been taken is only available on the most modern devices. But in ordinary cameras you can only dream about this. After all, here all the magic happens with the help of software frame processing. In the camera on the S5, the process for selective focus shooting is as follows. When the function is turned on, during shooting, the camera takes not one frame, but several. The shots are taken quickly, but still, the camera must be held very level and motionless, otherwise the desired effect will not work. Then, after shooting, the difference between the frames is calculated and the depth of the scene is determined, or rather the position of each element in the photograph in relation to the camera.

As a result of a few seconds of work, you get a file that stores not only the resulting photo, but also the ability to change the focus, highlight the foreground and blur the rest, highlight the middle ground and blur the rest. Or make all plans, foreground, middle and background, equally sharp. In order for the function to work properly, it is necessary that the object or subject being photographed is no more than 50 cm from the camera and no less than 150 cm from the background.

After shooting, you can edit the focus. To do this, you just need to enter the gallery, select a photo taken with the selective focus function and enable focus editing. In the upper left corner of the photo there is a “Selective Focus” icon, you need to click on it. Next, you can select one of the focus options - near, far, or sharpness across the entire scene (panoramic). Interestingly, the photo can be copied to another phone or computer. And carry out the operation of editing the focus on them, of course, if you have the appropriate software. This is possible because the photo stores all the information about the depth of the scene and all the necessary frames, but the file size of the image itself is larger than that of just a photograph.

Samsung's app is not the only one that has similar functionality. For example, Google.Camera has exactly the same functionality, but works a little differently. In Google.Camera, after taking a basic photo, you need to rotate the camera without letting the subject out of your field of view. Thus, by changing the angle of objects, the application determines the depth of each point in the image. Taking such a shot successfully is more difficult than using Samsung's application, but as a result, you can select focus, firstly, smoothly, and secondly, you can focus on a specific point in the scene.

Video size

Here the name speaks for itself. The S5's camera can shoot video in multiple resolutions. Actually, this setting item is responsible for selecting the resolution. Available:

• UHD 3840x2160 (16:9)
• FullHD 1920x1080 (16:9)
• HD 1280x720 (16:9)
• VGA 640x480 (4:3)

Accordingly, in this menu, the main resolutions available to the user are selected, indicating the resolution standard (UHD, FullHD), as well as the picture format. As you can see, widescreen images are already a standard.

Recording Mode

For video mode, in addition to the video size, there is one more setting, and it lies in the “Recording mode” option. The following options are available:

• Regular;
• Restriction for MMS;
• Slow motion (1/2, 1/4, 1/8);
• Fast movement (x2, x4, x8);
• Smooth movement.

The normal recording mode does not stand out in anything unusual. Video is recorded at 30 frames per second. If you select the option for MMS (does anyone else use this?), the resulting video file size is limited, as well as its resolution, so that all this can be sent via MMS.

Slow motion allows you to shoot video with more frames than 30 frames per second. In 1/8 mode, the frequency is set to 120 frames per second, which is quite enough to film some kind of fast process. The resolution is limited to the HDReady standard, which is quite good. However, it should be taken into account that sound recording is not carried out in this mode.

Fast motion, on the contrary, takes fewer frames per second so that during playback they are displayed as fast forward frames. Again there is no sound.

And finally, "Smooth Movement". This term means recording in the FullHD standard, but with a resolution of 60 full frames per second. What is it for? It is necessary in order to remove the strobe effect from sudden movements of large objects in the frame. The captured video looks very presentable and is quite suitable for display on the latest generation TVs. However, this mode is not compatible with some other modes, such as image stabilization.

Video stabilization

Setting with a self-explanatory name. When it is turned on, the device automatically eliminates camera shake when shooting handheld. The functionality is useful and does not seem to lead to a deterioration in picture quality.

Focusing sound

When shooting video, it is possible to zoom the image. Moreover, if you shoot in UHD, the image quality practically does not deteriorate, but in other modes, the image quality suffers significantly when zooming. So, if this function is turned on, then when the subject is “approached”, the built-in microphones also focus on the approaching object. Background sounds are muffled, and distant sounds, on the contrary, are amplified. The functionality is useful when you are filming something from afar (for example, a speech by a politician), but you want to have not only a good picture, but clear sound.

Well, we finally got to one of the most interesting settings items. Effects are used to change the picture right when the frame is taken. Most effects give a live picture when viewing, and when shooting they act as they were displayed during viewing. The effects apply to both photos and videos.

In the filter settings menu, you can select one of the preset filters. But, you can download additional ones. To do this, it is necessary that, firstly, an account from Samsung (Samsung ID) is connected to the phone, and secondly, you need to scroll to the end of the list of effects and click on the “Download” button. Next, the user is automatically redirected to Samsung.Apps (Internet connection required), where all filters for the Samsung camera framework are filtered. By a strange coincidence, they all have the UCAM prefix.

Fisheye effect

Some filters are free, others require money. But even free ones are enough to show your individuality. Among the most interesting filters, I would include “Fisheye”.

Flash

The flash functionality in the S5 camera is implemented in a very interesting way. There are several modes - flash off, forced on and automatic flash. The first two are more or less clear, but the automatic flash is worth taking a closer look at. Depending on the lighting and scene, the device can use one of two “flash” strategies. The first strategy does not include any flash. And it takes a series of photographs very quickly. You need to hold the phone very tightly and not allow it to move. Then, inside the phone, all these images are merged into one, increasing the illumination throughout the frame without increasing the noise and blur from long exposures. The strategy is very interesting and allows you to take quite convincing photographs in low light. Of course, it is impossible to shoot a fast moving object without blur when using such a strategy.

But, if there is very little light and a multi-frame “flash” cannot be used, then the flash will turn on and illuminate the space in front of the phone. What guide number the built-in flash has is not known for certain; such information is not in the specifications for the phone, but it’s worth knowing that it can illuminate objects more or less tolerably at a distance of about 2 meters, no more.

Timer

The timer allows you to take a delayed photo. In the setup menu, options from 2 to 10 seconds are available. Of course, when using a timer, the phone must be installed on a tripod (but how?) or secured securely. The timer is usually used in two cases. Or to photograph yourself - set the camera, turn on the timer, run back, get into the composition and wait for the photo to be taken. Or, for shooting with long exposures, for example, at night. Here the timer is used to eliminate the effect of movement from pressing the shutter button on the camera.

Rich Tones (HDR)

High Dynamic Range photography became popular when digital photography became popular. After all, it is thanks to the electronic form of photography that it became possible to expand the dynamic range of the image and combine very dark and very light areas of the scene in one frame without loss of detail. In other words, HDR allows you to show details in the shadows in the frame, without knocking out the details in the highlights in the photograph into pure white.

However, you should not completely trust this mode and you should always monitor the result. Since the operation of creating a high dynamic range image is completely controlled by software, in automatic mode, fatal artifacts can sometimes occur. A striking example of this is scenes with a large abundance of small details along the border of two zones that differ in illumination, for example, the tops of trees against a bright sky. In this case, clearly visible light halos will form around thin branches in a darker sky. Unfortunately, it will be impossible to correct such a frame. To avoid damage to the image, after shooting the frame, you must check it for the result and if such defects are found, then it is better to retake the frame without HDR. In older Samsung Camera apps, such as those found on the Note 2 (an overall amazing phone in terms of camera, battery life, and screen), when you shoot in HDR mode, the camera takes two photos, one with the effect applied and one without. In the S5, the camera only takes one photo in HDR mode.

You can achieve the HDR effect without shooting in HDR. There are at least three techniques for this, and only two of them apply to the phone camera. The first technique, when shooting in 16-bit or more RAW format, allows you to subsequently level out the illumination by adjusting the tonality in the histogram or using other tools for point-by-point leveling of illumination in the frame. The leveling effect is achieved due to the fact that the camera sensor is able to capture a much larger dynamic range of illumination than a modern display can display. And by manipulating this reserve, it is possible to pull out details from the shadows and obtain details in overexposure, of course, within reasonable limits. But, this technique requires, firstly, support for the RAW format in the camera, which, of course, is not in the S5 (as well as in other phones), and secondly, specific software and the corresponding skills of the photographer for post-processing photos in RAW .

But the second and third techniques can very well be used with the S5. Both of them involve post-processing on a computer, or processing directly on the phone, but using third-party software (search Google.Play for applications using the keywords HDR, there are a lot of applications). The easiest way is to artificially lighten or darken some areas in a photo taken without HDR. The method is very simple, just take and take a photo, then turn the knob in the editor and that’s it. But it is as light as it works. Yes, you can lighten or darken, but the limits of this lightening or darkening are very modest, because in order to take details in an overexposed part of the frame or too dark, they must be there, which is usually not true.

Artificial HDR in Google.Picasa. When setting the “lighting equalization” to the middle of the slider, details appear in the shadows both on the cabinet and near the elevator, but the color pasteurization effect also appears there (i.e., an image defect). But the house did not appear in the upper window (and there is nowhere for it to appear there; there is simply no data for “pulling it out” in the photograph).

Another way, which works quite well (and this is how HDR most likely works in the Samsung app) is to take several photos with different exposures (one lighter, one darker), and then combine them into a single image. This operation can be done completely manually, using, for example, Adobe Photoshop with appropriate scripts, or using applications on the phone that will perform this operation automatically. The main problem that arises when creating HDR will be the possible change of objects in the frame between two images (the wind blew, a car drove further, etc.), as well as ambiguity (for example, light, low-contrast buildings and a dark sky) in the combination of illumination in different frames.

In my opinion, in most cases, the HDR function in the S5 works well. Of course, it doesn’t stretch the frame to its maximum, but it also doesn’t introduce too much distortion into the color rendition. In order to feel this effect and fully understand how it works and when it should be used and when not, practice is necessary. You need to try, look at the results, train. So, based on my experience, for this scene I would use not only the HDR effect, but also fill flash, which would highlight the most problematic areas in the frame (the near edge of the cabinet and the corner of the elevator door). But, unfortunately, when HDR mode is turned on, the Samsung camera does not allow you to force the flash on; the most you can do is turn it on automatic mode or turn it off completely.

Geotagging

When this feature is enabled, when taking photos, the camera will add a location tag to each photo. Then, in the appropriate software, the same Google.Picasa or Yandex.Photos, you can view them linked to a map. The functionality is useful, especially when traveling, and “GPS” positioning does not consume too much energy, since only the shooting location is determined and this happens very quickly.

The functionality is very convenient for various types of travel, when upon arrival home, there is no need to remember where this or that photo was taken. But linking a photo to a card also has a downside. In some cases, your privacy may suffer. For example, if you post a geotagged photo publicly, your location data can be used against you. Therefore, before you publish any photos, you need to be clear about who can access them and how this information can be used against you.

In complex scenes, when there are non-uniformly lit areas in the frame, with a large difference in lighting, or when we are trying to shoot against a bright light source, problems may arise due to the inability to determine exposure in automatic mode. Or rather, it is determined, but not at all what is required for the picture.

In order to somehow influence the exposure, in the absence of manual settings, an exposure compensation item has been added to the Camera settings. When you call it, an interface appears on the screen that allows you to either reduce the exposure, darkening the “photo,” or, conversely, increase it and brighten the “photo.” The user can either increase or decrease the exposure up to two stops in each direction.

Moreover, this mode, in fact, is the only one that allows you to at least somehow consciously interfere with the exposure mode (another alternative allows you to only indirectly influence the exposure).

Net

The mode is incomprehensible to many, but often used by professionals. When the mode is turned on, two horizontal and two vertical lines are displayed on the screen, dividing the frame into 9 parts.

The grid lines are located on the screen for a reason, but taking into account the so-called. rules of the "Golden Section". It is believed that in order for the photo to look most advantageous, it is necessary to place the main object of the composition at the points of intersection of the lines. There are four of them in total. And when shooting landscapes, you need to try to position the horizon line, not in the middle of the frame, but in accordance with the bottom or top line. All this relates to the psychology of human perception.

Assign a volume key

Since the S5 body is not that big, there aren’t that many buttons on it, and it’s completely inconvenient to hold in the same way as it’s convenient to hold a real camera, then in order to somehow make the user’s life easier when taking photographs, this setting. When you turn it on, you can shoot not only by pressing the shooting button on the screen, but also by pressing the volume up key. Sometimes it's convenient. Moreover, you can choose what will happen when you press this button, taking a photo or shooting a video. And as always, there is subtlety here.

In some video recording modes, you can also take photos at the same time. It is not always possible to press the desired button on the screen (you may miss), in this case you can use the volume up button. If the setting is disabled, then the volume buttons are responsible for the zoom (“zoom”) of the camera and zoom in or out the image.

This setting works in conjunction with Samsung's proprietary S-Voice application. The application is responsible for the voice interface between a person and a phone. With its help, you can answer and make calls using only voice commands, get answers to simple questions, and launch applications. S-Voice is Samsung's answer to Siri on the iPhone and Google.Now on Android phones and the Google.Chrome browser. Unfortunately, S-Voice noticeably loses to both of them, and is usually disabled permanently by literate users, so as not to overload the device with unnecessary running applications.

Help

Upon activation of this setting, a scant help system for the Camera is displayed on the screen, most of which is downloaded from the Internet.

UPD: There is a suspicion that in the firmware intended for Russia, the help is not downloaded from the Internet, but is immediately available on the phone.

Reset

When this item is activated, all settings made by the user in the Camera are returned to their original state. It makes sense if someone dug into your phone so much that you are simply not able to change all the settings to their desired state and it is easier to configure the Camera again.

Modes

In addition to the settings, the camera has another important menu, “Modes” (6), this is where you can let your creative imagination take off, let it unfold, and at the same time surprise your friends with the unusual abilities of your camera.

Like effects, modes, you can download additional modes through the Samsung Apps store. But there are noticeably fewer modes than effects, perhaps due to the fact that creating a mode is more difficult than creating an effect.

Auto mode

Perhaps the main operating mode of the camera, most pictures are taken in this mode and the camera independently selects the best settings for shooting. No additional settings or anything else.

"Snapshot, etc." mode

This mode is one of the most complex shooting modes, since it combines several functions at once. In general, the name "Snapshot and so on." is deciphered quite decently, and in the Russian interface it should completely sound like “Snapshot and additional features”. In this mode, the device takes a series of photographs very quickly and, after shooting, prompts the user to choose what to do with this series. The following options are available:

Best photo. In this case, the camera automatically selects the best shot and marks it with a special icon. But the user is free to choose the best of the pictures himself. This can be done either immediately after shooting or later, in a special Gallery mode called “Studio” (more on this mode below).

Best face. If during shooting, the camera detects that it has been posed, then it makes the “Best Face” mode available. This mode makes sense when several people are filmed at once and not in motion, but while posing. The ideal option would probably be a group photo of a school class or something similar in terms of how crowded it is. Subsequently, when processing the photo, you can select the most successful faces from the captured series and the camera will assemble them into a single image. It's helpful when someone doesn't smile, closes their eyes, or generally makes a face.

The quality of processing very much depends on how tightly the photographer holds the camera and how well the models pose in the frame. In some cases, artifacts are noticeable around the replaced heads. Therefore, take another, regular photo, without leaving the cash register, in case of failure, you will at least have something to show.

Photo of movement. In this mode, it is possible to multiply an object that moves in the frame. There can be several objects. Objects can be added to or removed from the frame. Full scope for creative sports or event photography. The rules are still the same - good lighting, avoid blur or camera shake when shooting.

In the photo, two boys are running towards each other. And thanks to this mode, one boy was completely erased from the frame, and the second was added as many as three pieces. And this is far from the limit. Experiment and it is quite possible that using this mode you will be able to take very interesting photographs.

Eraser or motion corrector. Two tools combined in one. They are used both on their own and in conjunction with other submodes, such as “Panorama Shot” and “Motion Photo”. The eraser tool, also known as the motion corrector, allows you to remove an object that is moving in it from the frame. It is necessary in order to shoot some kind of landscape without extraneous creatures and creatures flickering in the frame. Ideally, of course, it would be possible to clear the square in front of Notre Dame Cathedral of tourists, but this would require too many photographs. Therefore, this sub-mode is more likely to be available for less intense scenes, but simpler scenes, where there are two or three people in the frame and they walk in such a way that the background does not overlap throughout the entire shooting.

This effect can be implemented quite easily using standard Adobe Photoshop tools. It is necessary to take several pictures (in theory, their number depends on how quickly the objects move in the frame and how much they cover the background of interest to us). Then, through built-in scripts, the photos are loaded into one image, aligned and one of the stacking modes is applied (I suggest you find a detailed description of the technique on the Internet yourself, there are many stacking modes and they are intended for different purposes).

Panoramic shot. Not to be confused with creating a panorama. Quite an interesting sub-mode that allows you to blur the background and leave a moving object in the frame more or less clear. It’s somewhat reminiscent of “wiring” in regular photography, but it’s just easier to do. Electronics does everything for a person.

However, due to the fact that everything is done electronically, you must, firstly, try to hold the camera tightly, avoiding too much smearing. Secondly, after shooting, it is possible to edit the photo, change the direction of the software blurring the background, select specific parts of the image that need to be left clear (this can even be a landscape), or, conversely, remove it from the frame altogether.

By the way, in the photo above, you can see some artifacts introduced by image processing algorithms. Firstly, the outline of the body on the left boy is not very well done; the left shoe is half worn off. The right boy, again, has the outline of one of his legs not done quite correctly. There are also areas of the floor that should be blurred, but they remain clear. Unfortunately, it’s not entirely convenient to fine-tune this effect on a phone; a phone with a stylus and a large screen, for example, a device from the Samsung Galaxy Note series, would be suitable. Well, or processing on a computer, but, unfortunately, I don’t know what program the settings can be used in.

By the way, this mode is definitely worth trying when moving from a car or when smoothly moving the camera after a moving object. Give it a try.

These were all submodes of the complex and complex “Snapshot and Other” mode, and then we will look at other, separate modes, some of which were downloaded from the Samsung.Apps website.

Panorama

Panorama mode is specifically designed for taking very long photos. The mode supports the creation of both vertical and horizontal panoramas. To create, you need to select a starting point and move the phone, trying not to deviate too much from the horizontal or vertical in the desired direction, gradually moving the phone (usually the phone turns with the person) describing a circle. You can stop panorama shooting at the desired location.

The phone independently takes photos for the panorama, and independently stitches them together. In general, the performance of the gluing algorithms can be assessed as good; the camera copes with complex areas without any special comments. But only vertical and horizontal panoramas are supported, and there are many more of them in other photography applications.

Creating a good panorama requires experience. It is not enough to just move the camera back and forth, you need to hold it firmly, not tilt it in any direction, and use your body to turn the camera in a circle. You should not choose scenes in which there are many near and far objects at the same time. In the photo above, the shooting conditions are not the most favorable. There are an abundance of small details in the foreground, and part of the panorama was shot against the sun, but overall it was put together well.

Dual camera

The mode works both for video and photography. And allows you to capture an image in one photo/video frame from both the front and rear cameras. This mode is useful if you want to either tell something while recording a video, or tightly stick yourself into a photograph.

The insert takes the form of a postage stamp with seals; it can move across the screen and change in size. But you cannot replace it with another type in this mode. Only the brand. This mode can also be called two-sided shooting.

Animated snapshot

Please note that such a journey file turns out to be quite large, and it seems that it can only be played on the phone itself or a compatible device. It is unlikely that such photo instructions will be sent by mail due to the large size.

Circular shot

A circular shot is just one type of panorama. But, unlike a regular vertical or horizontal panorama, this creates a full spherical panorama of what is happening around the camera. You need to take a lot of pictures, or rather, move the camera around, but it doesn’t require much effort, since the camera takes pictures on its own when you aim at the desired point.

The result of the "Circular shot" mode

Overall, the result is more than satisfactory. There are only two problems with the picture above. The first is an electrical wire that was simply torn into several pieces, and the second is the double roof of the house on the left side of the photo. And so, neither the leaves and tree branches, nor the sky were damaged, and the sun did not make a terrible overexposure. Of course, viewing a flat photograph is not very appropriate, but if you use special software (or watch it on your phone), then viewing such a spherical photograph is a pleasure. By the way, please note that the legs of the operator who shot the panorama were not included in the frame; this is also a merit of the “Circular shot” mode. And if you practice a little, I’m sure that you can take much better pictures and without any mistakes.

The only thing is that the resulting photo takes up more than ten megabytes and it is not possible to simply send it by mail or post it on a website.

UPD: By the way, it was discovered that in 360-degree viewing mode on the phone, you can not move the picture across the screen with your hand, but move the phone in space, and the picture will display the “reality” photo. It’s convenient if you return to the same place and look at what has changed.

UPD2: It was also discovered that the panorama viewing mode displays the Google+ photo album more or less normally. An example of the photo above can be seen at this link. However, it seems that it still reduces the picture quality. Because they look much better on the phone.

Retouch

Retouching makes it possible to remove skin defects “on the fly” that can spoil some photographs. The program automatically determines those areas that, in its opinion, should be smoothed and performs smoothing, working like Photoshop. You can adjust the effect both before and after the photo in “Studio”.

Despite all attempts at automation, retouching does not always go smoothly. Some areas are too smooth, while others are missed. Therefore, it is better to take several pictures, including a picture without any effects, so that in case of failure, at least something will remain.

Sound and photo

The mode is quite easy to use. When taking a photo, the user has the option to add a small sound fragment. It is usually necessary in order to somehow comment on your photos. Useful when traveling, so that you don’t forget what kind of miracle is in the frame, what it was all about.

Studio Gallery Mode

In addition to the many shooting modes, Samsung smartphone users are in for another surprise. Quite unexpectedly, a special “Studio” mode was discovered in the standard Gallery on the S5. It’s not easy to find; it’s hidden in the settings of the gallery itself. And in order to get to the Studio, you need to call the Gallery application and click on the settings button. And it’s there, already choose the Studio.

The studio is designed for post-processing of photos and videos taken on a phone. And it is positioned as a tool for advanced users who are not satisfied with the functionality of the regular Gallery. Here the advanced ones have the following elements to choose from:

• Photo studio;
• With him. etc.;
• Video clip studio;

This is not a weak set, which most S5 users do not know about, since they have never gone that far in the settings. Let's go over the elements of the studio and get to know their functionality in more detail.

Photo studio

This mode is intended for basic photo editing and is standard for most mobile photo editors. It integrates five groups of different photo manipulation tools.

The Adjustments group contains tools such as rotating a photo, cropping a photo, and resizing a photo.

The "Tone" group already has great capabilities for adjusting the tonality of a photograph. Changes can be applied to the whole photo at once, or to a selected element. You can change brightness, contrast, saturation, saturation separately for the primary colors red, green and blue, you can also adjust the temperature of white balance and shades.

In the "Effects" group, simple visual effects are available, with which you can decorate a photo as you wish. There are also ordinary filters, such as sepia or shades of gray, but there are also more interesting ones, such as stripes of light or stardust (a successful imitation of beautiful bokeh). By the way, these effects are not at all the same effects that are loaded into the “Effects” setting in the Camera itself.

Tools for editing portraits are collected in the "Portrait" group. Of course, there is such a banality as red-eye removal. But there is also something interesting, for example, selective highlighting of the face, convenient when the lighting is difficult and the face turns out to be in the shadows. “Correct Defects” allows you to “clean up” less-than-ideal skin on your face, and “Defocus” will make the background around your face blurry. Please note that these functions only work with faces recognized in photographs.

And, here, the most serious tools are concentrated in the “Decorate” group. Here you can attach a sticker to a photo, add a signature, attach a frame, draw something on the photo, or create a small collage with another photo.

In general, in a photo studio, you can work on photography to your heart's content. Not Photoshop, of course, but quite enough for everyday improvement.

As the name suggests, Collage Studio allows you to create collages from multiple photos. Many have probably seen how iPhone users periodically post on Facebook not several photos, but one consisting of several. Usually the photographs are also connected in an unusual way. It turns out that it saves photos and is generally beautiful. But you can do just as well on the S5.

Just select a few photos and then adjust the settings as desired. You can change the proportions of photos, choose one of several layouts, adjust the thickness and degree of rounding of borders, and also select the appropriate background. And your own collage is ready!

Of course, I am not a big fan of creating collages from photographs, but in my unprofessional opinion, the result is quite decent. And, if you don’t get carried away with publishing a huge number of collages, then the stock of templates built into the program will last for a long time. And then, lo and behold, they will add the ability to use custom templates and backgrounds.

With him. etc.

This setting allows you to edit photos taken in the “Snapshot and additional features” mode. Let me remind you that in this mode the camera takes several pictures very quickly, which are then combined into one. And thanks to multiple shots of the same scene, you can apply different effects to them. But, these effects can be applied not only immediately after photographing, but also at any time after.

Photos "Snapshot, etc." you can edit both from the regular gallery by clicking on a special icon on the photo, and through the Studio. There is, however, a little relief here; the system immediately filters only those photos that can be edited. The editing itself is exactly the same as that available from other places in the Camera.

Video clip studio

The functionality is clearly not rich. But thanks for that.

And finally, it would seem the most powerful weapon available on the phone as standard. But, alas, the editing tools are just an ordinary primitive video editor that only allows you to trim the beginning and end of a video clip shot by the phone itself.

There are not even effects, let alone non-linear video editing tools. But sometimes such tools come in handy.

Summing up

The developers of the S5 phone have made a very good photo and video camera that can take excellent photographs and record good video. But, with the help of additional digital processing, you can raise the quality of the photo to heights unattainable in rural areas. Unfortunately, information about what powerful tool the user has is hidden from him. The phone does not come with detailed instructions for the phone or its individual components. And even the instructions downloaded from the official website are not so clear and understandable that they do not allow the consumer to use their phone 100%.

But, in skillful hands, coupled with a bright and trained head, the Samsung Galaxy S5 camera is capable of creating much more than just the automatic mode can provide. And with this, skillful hands and minds are helped by the Camera and Studio application, which not only works when shooting and processing photographs, but also allows you to achieve effects that are either completely inaccessible when shooting with a regular camera, or accessible through very, very difficult actions.

I, in my separate digital camera, equipped with excellent optics, a high-quality photo matrix and convenient controls, always lack additional digital processing. The ones that are on my phone. And the quality of the resulting photographs, under normal conditions, is almost indistinguishable, whether on a camera or on a phone. And the more advanced phones become, the smaller and smaller this difference will be. Nowadays, I only shoot with a camera when I need guaranteed excellent shooting results, and most photographs are taken with a smartphone.

So, let's hope that progress will not stand still and gradually, the photo in the phone will play less and less than the photo in the camera. Of course, the developers of the Samsung Camera application still have room to strive and grow. Fortunately, the platform is open and even third-party developers can develop their own modules for the Samsung Camera.

Galaxy S9 Camera- Although the quality of the camera on the smartphone is increasingly improving and improving, however, it still requires experience and the ability to photograph users to get beautiful photos taken from smartphones. The app below will help you take better photos with your smartphone, whether you're a photography “dreamer.”

• The photography app for Samsung Galaxy can be said to be quite diverse on the current device. It's easy to see how someone uses photography apps to create amazing images. So, what is the right photo app for Samsung Galaxy S9? This is the camera for Galaxy S9
• To get a beautiful picture depends on many factors, such as the overall scene, surrounding brightness, direction of light, kind of subjects to be photographed... but the most important thing is still the sutures and ability of the photographer.
• If you frequently use your smartphone camera to take photos, you don't need to take too many photos and need a high-quality camera phone. You need help from the Camera for Galaxy S9 app. to make the picture more beautiful.

Peculiarities

• Available for Galaxy S, Galaxy J, Galaxy A, ....
• 80+ exquisite filters
• Self-care beauty camera to help you look your best
• HD camera, support full screen, 16:9 and 4:3
• ​​Funny masking stickers
• Shooting with volume button, easy to use
• Pinch to zoom in/out camera
• Click to focus the camera.
• Image size option for rear camera and front camera. ♪ Adjustment of exposure compensation.
• Option to enable/disable automatic flash.
• Floating shutter button.
• Disables the shutter function.
• Video volume scaling when recording.
• Stickers stickers, funny.
• Professional mode. (ISO, scene mode, white balance, filters, exposure compensation)
• Camera to support Galaxy S9 HDR
• Front camera fill flash
• Adjusting video resolution
• Save location, support save to SD card
• Location GPS tag support
• Support photo printing, print photos with date and time
• Scroll the screen up and down to switch front and rear cameras
• Moving the shutter left and right to adjust camera focus
• S Camera supports full screen mode with 18.5:9 resolution
• Support burst when long press camera shutter
• You can set your favorite photo in the camera album
• VRAM grid support Camera grid option
• SLR camera
• Camera timer option

This app uses photographic principles used by professional photographers to provide the most intelligent advice to help users get the best shot possible.

When you want to take a photo using the Galaxy S9 camera, you place the smartphone's camera towards the side of the scene and shoot objects by holding the smartphone for a few seconds. Currently, the Camera for Galaxy S9 app automatically analyzes the overall scene, identifying people's faces in the frame, ambient light, the reflection of the sun... once complete. Analytical processing, a small camera icon will appear on the application interface.

Photos taken with the Galaxy S9 Camera app are stored directly in the smartphone's default album, so users can easily view or share captured photos at any time.

Camera for Galaxy S9 is a smart photography app and is very useful in helping users take beautiful photos.

You can use the app to replace the default photography app available on your smartphone.

Do you often take pictures with your smartphone camera? Are you passionate about selfies and like to apply various effects to your photos? This guide will, first of all, be of interest to Android users who, for a number of reasons, are dissatisfied with the Android system camera. By installing camera apps from Google Play (the best ones are here), you will definitely kill several birds with one stone:

• you can significantly improve the camera on your phone or smartphone
• add dozens of colorful eye-catching photo effects, nice filters
• add a number of functions useful when shooting with your phone and when controlling the camera manually
• improve camera control by adding new gestures (by the way, owners of monopods will be interested in specialized selfie cameras like Selfishop Camera)
• if the camera does not work on Android - you can fix this common error on your smartphone and tablet

Review participants

How to improve the camera on your phone or smartphone?

Since most Android phones and smartphones have a camera installed, it’s a sin not to use it: actively take selfies, take pictures to record information, photograph friends, family, etc. But often the power of the standard Android camera is not enough to fully appreciate all the possibilities: there are no effects, filters, or flexible settings. Of course, you cannot improve the physical characteristics of the camera on an Android smartphone: to radically change the situation, it is better to find a phone/smartphone/tablet with good camera technical characteristics.

However, you can make the camera on your smartphone noticeably better - using software. The user needs to download and install free applications that replace the regular Android camera with something more interesting. It is these applications that will be discussed in this review. We will first look at the top cameras for Android, according to Google Play statistics, as well as user favorites that have earned more than 4 stars in reviews.

Camera Zoom FX - a spectacular camera for your smartphone

ZOOM FX is a paid camera, which, however, is worth the attention of Android users along with free applications. With fast performance and exclusive customization options, Camera ZOOM FX reaches an audience of 400,000 users.

This smartphone camera app is one of the feature rich ones. ZOOM FX includes photography functions and an image editor for the Android platform. All this is under a simple and intuitive interface. Judge for yourself: using the small panel of the ZOOM FX Camera, you can quickly switch the shooting mode, activate the stabilizer, timer, enable sound activation of the shutter, HDR.

Camera Zoom FX Settings

While most of the program's functions can be considered basic, there are plenty of free extension packs for decoration and customization. Particularly interesting is the ability to vignette photos and add captions.

The advantages of the Camera Zoom FX program, thanks to which it has won a number of high ratings in the media, include:

• excellent camera performance on Android;
• 90 > overlay effects, decoration and photo processing;
• hardware control of zoom, flash, front camera of a smartphone;
• you can bind controls to the device buttons, adjusting the zoom, for example, with the volume control;
• automatic adjustment of white balance and lighting level;
• shooting by sound, timer, motion, at time intervals;
• image stabilization when shooting;
• creating collages;
• posting photos on social networks with one click of a button;
• many effects and filters, including the capabilities of the Photoshop graphic editor.

ZOOM FX works in editor mode - you can easily make your photos truly unique. The price of the program is low, about 5 dollars, and the possibilities are very encouraging.

Summary. In general, Camera Zoom FX is the best camera for Android with photography capabilities and quick processing of the resulting images. The only thing that scares me about Zoom FX is some limitations of the free version. If you have a fairly modern smartphone, then you will have to pay a modest $4 for the ability to work with 0.8 megapixel + photos. If you are not ready to pay $4, look at other similar applications that I have already written about - Camera360 or.

Camera FV 5 is a camera app for serious photographers

Camera FV 5 is designed for serious photographers in the sense that you can get the most out of your Android camera by manually controlling your shooting settings. At the same time, fans of “vanilla photos” and Instagram filters will not be interested in the FV 5 Camera due to the lack of such add-ons (for such purposes we recommend installing ).

The process of shooting with the FV 5 Camera

Camera controls are located on the main panel of the fv 5 application. These are white balance, focus mode, metering mode, ISO and exposure compensation. Camera FV 5's additional tools include an interval timer and exposure bracketing.

Another interesting feature of the Camera application is the setting of camera parameters, simulating the settings of a regular camera. The user of Camera FV 5 pro can set the aperture, sensitivity and exposure time in order to prevent blurry photos when shooting with a phone (which often happens even among experienced amateur photographers).

The FV 5 Camera app supports gestures, especially zooming in when taking photos. Not to mention that shooting modes are quickly switched in a few simple touches, and, accordingly, it is easier for the user to switch settings of the FV 5 - for example, change the focus mode, white balance, turn on the grid, focus, change the viewfinder, etc.

Summary. The Camera FV 5 program for Android is noticeably superior to the standard tablet camera, generously sharing all the options with the user and giving freedom of customization. The main advantage of FV 5 is the program's extreme flexibility when shooting.

Photo and video camera B612 (Selfie from the heart)

Camera B612 will give new pleasant sensations to lovers of selfie photos on the phone: it’s not for nothing that it’s called a “selfie from the heart.” With the help of the B612, taking photos of yourself will not only be fast. In this mobile application you can literally take perfect photos with your smartphone or tablet camera:

• The B612 camera supports not only the front, but also the rear camera on Android, switching is done with one swipe of a finger across the screen. This option will be useful if one of the cameras on Android does not work.
• Shooting short selfie videos in the b612 is done by simply pressing a button;
• adding surprise to selfies: a choice of effects is available in random mode;
• apply special effects for the Android camera without much effort: the b612 application has vignettes, frames, and blurring the edges is possible using a filter;
• shift, tilt, and light defocus modes of the b612 camera to add softness and vibrancy to photographs taken on the phone;
• interval shooting, preliminary pause to select the best angle.

V612 camera interface: shooting video and photos

The v612 camera is free, but adds its logo to the resulting photos. This nuisance is not very annoying when shooting and processing photographs, since the set has more than a dozen options, among which there is one that will not spoil the feeling of the photo and will suit the style and location.

Summary. B612 is a good camera for Android, attracting attention with its simple, casual settings and excellent capabilities for taking selfies.

Camera MX is just a good camera for Android

Application Camera MX included in the top cameras for Android. More than 9 million people around the world have already installed it on their phones. The Camera MX program is distributed in more than 100 countries, is constantly being improved and allows you to post your photos and videos in online storage and share them with friends. Even working in editor mode is supported if the tablet or other gadget does not have a physical device for receiving images.

MX Camera interface on a mobile smartphone

The functionality of the MX Camera program includes:

• a rich set of effects, including shifting, tilting, texture mapping and artistic filters;
• Using the functionality of Camera MX, you can process photos or videos after they have been saved to the smartphone’s memory;
• pre-configuration of effects or a set of them is provided, they are applied automatically when shooting;
• posting to the Instagram application and placement in network storages;
• automatic settings designed to create almost perfect pictures in a certain genre or mode - for example, “selfie”, “sunset”, “landscape”.

The MX Camera interface is simple and intuitive. The developers managed not only to implement many possibilities for various image processing, but also to simplify camera control as much as possible. In Camera MX, everything is done literally with one finger - selecting scenery, effects, a shooting template, switching the flash mode and other useful functions. The program is in beta testing, free and available for download to your smartphone.

Snap Camera - the best HDR camera on Android with effects

Snap Camera is one of the few HDR cameras that, moreover, is constantly updated and acquires interesting shooting functions.

Briefly about what HDR is. This feature makes it possible to take photos in dark and illuminated spaces. Two photos are taken, after which they are mixed, and as a result you get a full-fledged HDR photo. The final result (an image in HDR format) can be edited in the built-in Snap Camera editor.

The design of the Snap Camera HDR could not be simpler: all control is carried out thanks to two buttons and a wheel that allows you to quickly change photography modes. Naturally, gestures are supported: zoom, photo preview, photo adjustment. The volume buttons can be used to focus or zoom.

Other camera features:

Summary. Thus, if you are primarily interested in a good camera with effects on Android, then the Snap Camera app is the best choice among other mobile cameras. You can download the application via Google Play or 4pda.

Candy Camera – camera for selfies and Instagram photos

Just looking at the icon of this application, you can guess that girls will like it. Why? Candy Camera delights with a whole scattering of vanilla effects that change the image in real time, making the color scheme warmer.

Appearance and settings of the Candy camera for Android

Not surprisingly, Candy Camera greets its user with a front camera mode and shows a panel with filters. Most photographic filters are nothing more than changing the color scheme so that the photos look vanilla (like on Instagram). Some will like it, others will be put off by the relatively small number of Candy Camera settings that you can use to regulate the shooting process on your phone or smartphone. On the other hand, if your Android doesn’t have a very good camera, this can be compensated for by filters and effects - and, as already mentioned, there are more than enough of them in the Candy Camera app.

Thus, we recommend downloading Candy Camera if you need a selfie app with nice filters. As the developers write, “your skin will look amazing” (even if you are a pimply teenager or a brutal and battered type).

Selfishop Camera - selfie app for Android

If you have a selfie stick, a tablet with a good camera and you just need a camera for your phone with support for monopods, Selfishop Camera is an excellent solution for the Android OS. The application is optimal for taking selfie photos on wired and wireless (bluetooth) monopods.

Selfishop Camera is a great app for taking selfies

There are no decorations (effects, presets) in the Selfishhop mobile application - everything is strict. On the other hand, most selfie apps have a different focus, the main emphasis is shifted towards control: you can significantly improve and expand the capabilities of the Android camera by using the potential of monopods to their fullest. You can configure certain actions on the selfie remote buttons (taking a picture, zooming in, changing the device’s camera), etc.

In addition to its selfie focus, the Selfishop application is valuable for its flexible shooting settings, including: autofocus, rotation photo, white balance lock, exposure, burst shooting, customizing the actions of the selfie buttons.

Finally, two interesting selfie shooting modes should be noted: incognito (without attracting the attention of others) and normal shooting mode, in which Selfishop Camera is convenient to shoot without a monopod.

Thanks to all this, Selfishop Camera is considered one of the best selfie cameras for Android. We recommend this program to all happy owners of selfie sticks and tablets with a good camera.

VSCO Cam

Shell VSCO Cam– not the most convenient Android camera on our list. Despite the minimal user interface, finding the right menu takes some time. But this is one of the best cameras for Android - thanks to the number of settings it offers and the quality of adjustments and other camera settings when shooting.

The VSCO Cam app combines the camera itself with editing tools. Sharing features provides an experience similar to Instagram, only more powerful. The option to “decorate a photo in one click” is present here; you can also adjust the temperature, hue, contrast, and sharpness of the image.

The application provides free integration into a unique social environment where many photographers are already registered. You can follow profiles, view images, enjoy the best selections, and post your own collections. Benefits of VSCO Cam include:

• many professional-level effects;
• precise adjustment of work with photography;
• careful use of tools, allowing you to make minimal changes to the picture;
• the ability to compare the original and the result;
• proprietary set of effects;
• convenient library, with navigation, the ability to operate vsco cam filters;
• creating your own albums and collections;
• connection with the VSCO community, access to the work of thousands of people; the ability to post images on other social networks.

The VSCO Cam camera will be the best choice for those who prefer to take meaningful, high-quality and interesting photos. Clear, precise and neat operation of the tools, professional level of filters, high quality image processing - all this will help make your photo perfect on Android.

A Better Camera

Better Camera– in fact, exactly what is included in the name of the application: an excellent photo camera for Android as an alternative to the standard built-in “Camera” application. Better Camera brings a number of interesting features, including the Bestshot function - taking a series of photos and then selecting the best photo - the clearest, sharpest and highest quality overall. It's a simple idea but works very well.

A Better Camera app interface on Android

A Better Camera also includes immediate post-processing, something missing from the camera apps in Sony and Samsung. You can record real-time HDR videos. Unfortunately, many of the app's best features are only available through an In-App Purchase. This means that most of the application's functions will be available only in trial mode.

However, if you take a lot of photos and have a small investment, A Better Camera certainly lives up to its name as a decent Android camera.

Camera 360 Ultimate

Camera360 is a very popular application on Google Play, which can serve as a replacement for a standard camera when shooting for Android. Camera 360 Ultimate is installed on devices of more than 400 million users.

The 360 ​​Camera app offers a complete set of android camera app tools. When taking a photo, a lens filter is applied, and these filters can be applied before the photo is taken. That is, you do not have to wait for the result to appear when applying a filter - it is available in preview mode. In addition, the Camera 360 application offers a solid set of options and presets that are useful in various shooting modes, including selfies. Even if not all functions are uniquely useful, it is interesting to “play around” with them.

Camera360 app installed on Android

Camera360 is easy to use, presents the most important shooting settings on one screen, and you can adjust multiple settings at once. Actually, this is something that other cameras clearly lack.

What other features does Camera 360 offer to Android OS users:

Additional features of the Manual Camera mobile application:

• Adding geo-tagging
• Photo timer
• Guides for composition control
• Sound control
• Adjusting screen brightness

Also, the Manual Camera on Android will allow you to save pictures in uncompressed RAW format, which gives new prospects for further post-processing of the image.

If you are serious about taking photos with your phone or smartphone camera, the Manual Camera mobile app will be an excellent camera for Android OS. Please note that the phone camera only works stably starting from Android 5.0 Lollipop.

ICS Camera

Mobile app Camera ICS– an expanded version of the official Android camera, which is included in Ice Cream Sandwich. This camera will appeal to owners of both smartphones and tablets, since the interface here adapts to the size of the screen, as well as to the needs of the user.

The application has 3 operating modes:

1. Camera
2. Panorama
3. Video recording

It should be noted that Camera ICS is a free application and free of advertising. You can download the apk distribution from the link below.

Google Camera

Application Google Camera offers a simple and intuitive interface with several manual settings (no ISO, white balance or filters, for example). Google's camera also has photosphere and panorama modes. Google Camera for Android has something called Lens Blur, a filter that creates a depth effect. First, you take a photo, then slowly lift the device - the application creates a blurred background for the subject in focus, highlighting it in the frame.

The results of the photosphere range from interesting to very impressive. In fact, with the camera of an inexpensive tablet you get a 360-degree panoramic interactive photo that can be freely rotated.

Google's Android camera has some problems on various devices. However, we recommend installing the Google Camera on your mobile device - if this works, then everything will be OK and you can safely take interesting photographs with excellent quality.

Paper Camera - a “cartoon” camera for Android

If you've never heard of a “paper camera,” here's your chance to download the app Paper Camera from our website. This camera gives you the opportunity to see hand-drawn effects live. For example. you can place your subject on a piece of cardboard or a pencil line. While Paper Camera can be resource-intensive, the results are well worth the expense. Additionally, this camera takes both photos and videos.

Paper Camera - paper camera for android Paper Camera app settings

Answers on questions

1. I click “take photo”, and the phone not only does not save the photo, but also goes to the main menu. Samsung Galaxy A3 phone. Please help, I’m nowhere without a camera on Android.

2. The camera on the phone has disappeared. It's not in the app. Is it possible to restore the camera? When I turn on the application, it only shows the front camera in the settings (there is no “switch to main” option). I tried to reboot - it was the same again. And the camera shows an inverted image.

Answer. It is likely that this is a software conflict. The simplest solution to the problem is to download an alternative camera for Android on Google Play: Google Camera, Manual Camera, Candy Camera and others. There are many options, choose according to your taste and color. Many applications outperform the standard camera. What's the best way to improve the camera on your phone?

The second way to fix the camera (if a standard one is really necessary) is to change the Android firmware.

When I turn on the camera on my phone (Android OS), the system tells me that the “Camera” application is not available. What to do?

Answer. There are several options for correcting the error: radical and softer. The problem may be related to the firmware of your phone - it may be problematic. In this case, it is best to reflash your mobile device if you know how to do it.

A milder option for fixing the Android camera (if the Camera application does not launch) is to install one of the alternative cameras from the list. In addition to the bug fix, you get an app with more interesting settings, effects, and photo modes.

Such a problem. From the phone, or rather from the memory card, the photo application for the camera on Android, from the Camera section, disappeared. The size of the remaining memory on the flash drive has not changed, but the photo is not visible, the phone itself does not take photos either, the sound of the camera is heard, etc., but it is not in the gallery. If you disconnect the flash drive, everything goes to the internal memory.

Answer. In the settings of any software camera, you can specify the location for saving photos. If this method does not work, instead of the standard one, try downloading the camera for Android from the list.

Check if there are problems with saving data to the memory card in other applications. If they are observed, format the SD card.