Best Film Emulation Apps for Android 2026
Film emulation has become one of the most interesting areas of mobile photography. As smartphone cameras become cleaner, sharper, and increasingly dependent on computational processing, many photographers are deliberately looking for something less perfect: grain, muted colour, halation, uneven exposure and the subtle unpredictability associated with analogue photography. Android photographers have traditionally had fewer choices than iPhone users when it comes to sophisticated photographic apps, but that gap has narrowed considerably. There is now a surprisingly varied selection of Android apps capable of producing convincing film-inspired photographs, from applications built around particular film stocks to virtual cameras that deliberately limit how much control the photographer has. There is an important…
How I Did It!™ How To Animate Images on iPhone and Android with a Fun App called Werble
We are delighted to announce that our highly accomplished Columnist and Award Winning Mobile Photographer and Artist Rad Drew has created a video tutorial about how to animate images on iPhone and Android with a fun app called, Werble. Both the video and the app are free. Check it out below:
How I Did It!™ Create Infrared Images with your iPhone!
We are delighted to announce that our highly accomplished Columnist and Award Winning Mobile Photographer and Artist Rad Drew is hosting a webinar for his ‘How I Did It!’ Series on Thursday, August 5, 2021. From 6.00 – 7.30 pm EST. This webinar focuses on How I Did It!™; Create Infrared Images with Your iPhone! In this webinar you will learn: the accessories you will need to capture infrared images 3 mobile cameras/apps and methods for creating an infrared images in RAW format 4 different tools for processing RAW infrared files 3 iPhone and 1 desktop processing method for achieving great infrared results Processing instruction including editing sequences and masking…
How I Did It!™ The Magic of SnapSeed; Editing Photos for Android & iPhone!
We are delighted to announce that our highly accomplished Columnist and Award Winning Mobile Photographer and Artist Rad Drew is hosting a webinar for his ‘How I Did It!’ Series on Friday July 16, 2021 and Saturday July 17, 2021. This webinar focuses on The Magic of SnapSeed; Editing Photos for Android and iPhone! In this webinar, Drew will review some of the standard processing and stylizing tools, but he will also delve into the following in greater depth: Using SnapSeed’s Develop Mode to process RAW files. Drew has come to appreciate this tool for its simplicity, ease of use, and results. Drew has used it to process infrared images that he has made with…
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Wacom Intuos now compatible with Android Devices
This week, Wacom introduced Android compatibility to its popular line of creative pen tablets. Users of a Wacom Intuos pen tablet can now create whenever and wherever their inspiration hits. The latest generation of Wacom Intuos (CTL4100 and CTL 6100 models) is now compatible with select Android smartphones and tablets using Android OS (6.0 or later). See the full list of compatible Android devices below, while Wacom is working on expanding the compatibility to many more Android devices.
OnePlus 7 Series OxygenOS features heading to OnePlus 5/5T/6/6T
OnePlus is built around giving users the best possible experience, and the OnePlus 7 Pro is the perfect example – with a stunning 90Hz 6.67inch QHD+ fluid AMOLED display. It’s packed full of new features which are designed around real user needs. And OnePlus has a strong history of introducing new features to older devices. And that’s on top of promising that all devices will receive two years of Android updates, and a further third year of security updates. We’re happy to confirm that the OnePlus 5/5T/6/6T will all receive the following features: FNATIC mode. For peak gaming performance, tuning your device by blocking notifications and optimising the CPU for the best…
Adobe Lightroom Updates: Become a Better Photographer, Collaborate and Edit
Today, Adobe has announced extensive updates to the Lightroom ecosystem, including new features that help you become a better photographer, collaborate and take your editing to the next level. This release introduces a new Home view in Lightroom for iOS and Android (coming soon to Mac and Windows) that contains your most recent images; interactive tutorials that are viewable directly within Lightroom; and inspirational photos with behind-the-scenes access to how each image was edited. Photography educators including Matt Kloskowski, Katrin Eismann, Kristina Sherk and Nicole Young have contributed tutorials and photos for today’s release, and more content will be added regularly. Additional new features introduced in this release include: You…
‘How I Did It’™ with Rad Drew – Lightroom CC for your Smart iPhone
Hi, everyone! I’m back with another How I Did It!™ video tutorial, this one on using Lightroom CC for capturing and processing RAW files. Capturing and processing RAW files has long been the standard among traditional photographers due to the increased quality that can be attained from RAW files. Now, the power of RAW shooting and processing and the resulting quality is available on mobile devices. In the video, I share tips about shooting RAW and processing RAW files in Lightroom CC on the iPhone. (Lightroom CC also runs on Android phones.) Thanks for watching and thank you for your support of past videos. If you have particular topics you’d…
‘How I Did It’™ with Rad Drew ‘Sculpting Light with Dramatic Black and White”
Hello, to TheAppWhisperer Community! Thank you for allowing me to share another How I Did It!™ video, this one on the favorite app, Dramatic Black and White. Dramatic Black and White, by Jixi Pix Software, runs on both iPhone and Android, and transforms color images into Black and White with tools that manage the tone, softness, brightness, and contrast of the image. It’s great for architecture as well as portraits and landscapes, and provides creatives with a great deal of control in determining the final look of the image. (For information on other apps for creating Black and White images, see my blog post, Creating Black and White Images with…
Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review: Best Samsung Camera To Date
Introduction The Samsung Galaxy S9+ or plus reviewed here is the larger of the two Galaxy S series smartphone models but it also distinguishes itself by being the more-photo-oriented of the two by inclusion of dual rear camera modules. The smaller, more pocket-friendly of the two, the S9 with its 5.8-in screen only has one rear wide-angle camera and so misses out on the telephoto camera and the background blurring options. In that regard, the S9+ sits alongside the company’s slightly larger still Note 9 with its 6.4-inch screen which features an almost identical rear dual camera set-up. As a result of the high-end dual camera feature, both the S9+…
