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Some photo questions
- Thread starter Rgarner
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What camera app are you using?
I use "A Better Camera" as my go to camera app. Tons of options and settings. The stock camera apps IMO are worthless
Different image formats. png (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless bitmap compression format, intended as a higher-quality replacement for gif. It's suitable for things like icons and cartoons with low information density, but will produce a larger file when you have a lot of detail in it. jpeg is a lossy compression algorithm, so produces a smaller file but with some loss of information (how much depends on the chosen degree of compression).
So for a screenshot, which tends to have a relatively low information content (large areas of solid colour are common, and these can be compressed effectively with no loss) png is fine. Use it for a photo with a lot of fine detail in it and it will produce a much larger file size than a jpeg, and for most purposes the jpeg is good enough.
So for a screenshot, which tends to have a relatively low information content (large areas of solid colour are common, and these can be compressed effectively with no loss) png is fine. Use it for a photo with a lot of fine detail in it and it will produce a much larger file size than a jpeg, and for most purposes the jpeg is good enough.
I use A Better Camera Unlocked, which is the paid version; it's well worth its price, in my opinion. I must have tried its free version, as is my habit, and decided the paid version was a good buy.
Yep. I also use the paid version. No regrets
GameTheory
Android Expert
I'd like to add in laymans terms that where a png truly shines is at preserving transparency and also gradients that fade to transparent which a jpeg cannot do.
Favorite format for me is svg, but that's another topic.
Favorite format for me is svg, but that's another topic.
@GameTheory, nothing beats a vector file!
Why is it that the paid app still have adds? I must have tried it, before, because it's in my play store library.
Currently, though, I'm using Camera FV-5.
You're sure it's the paid version showing ads? Mine most definitely does not.
I don't do ads--not on TV (that's what DVRs are for), not surfing the web on my computers (thank you AdBlock Plus!), and never, ever in an Android app.
If you go to the paid version in Play, does it say 'install' or what? What options does it give you?
You're sure it's the paid version showing ads? Mine most definitely does not.
Just looking at it in the store.
GameTheory
Android Expert
Yes, a svg/vector is considered amongst the best formats, but not suited for all use cases. What it offers above the rest is the ability to be stretched from a very small image to billboard size without losing visual integrity (ie. doesn't blur or distort when stretched). You can however save to other image formats from an svg.
Unlike some other formats, a vector is just a text file with code you can manipulate on the fly without an image editor.
Here is the code for a recent svg/vector I created. You can copy this code and save it with the ".svg" extension at the end then open it with your image viewer to see the image.
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0) -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
width="52px" height="102px" viewBox="3 0 52 102" enable-background="new 3 0 52 102" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<rect x="13.472" y="91.98" fill="#F2F2F2" width="31.056" height="9.02"/>
<path fill="#F2F2F2" d="M4,8c0,10.54,3.707,19.93,9.472,26.01V88.98h31.056V34.01C50.294,27.93,54,18.54,54,8H4z M34.56,49.52
c0,2.96-2.485,5.37-5.56,5.37c-1.532,0-2.93-0.6-3.934-1.569c-1.004-0.98-1.625-2.32-1.625-3.8v-5.99c0-2.96,2.484-5.37,5.559-5.37
c1.532,0,2.93,0.6,3.934,1.58c1.004,0.97,1.626,2.31,1.626,3.79V49.52z"/>
<rect x="4.001" y="1" fill="#F2F2F2" width="49.998" height="4"/>
</g>
</svg>As an app developer I use these in some areas of android for efficiency. The launcher icon for example usually requires 4-5 png images to accommodate multiple screen sizes. With a single svg I can accommodate all screen sizes since it can be stretched.
No, it should say 'install' or 'installed' if you've paid for it.
i guess what Rgarner is saying is that under the price for the app that it says "contains ads" which would suck if you paid for it and still get ads
Sorry, I'm at my doctor's office and for some bizarre reason, people keep pestering me!
So I missed that. No, the paid version does not have ads. If it did, I'd have uninstalled and gotten a refund for it.I'm thinking that the reason I didn't go with it was the inability to save to the MSD card.
Sorry, I can't help you there.
MSD - Micro SD card. Different name but referencing the same beast.
However, I rechecked and it will save to a folder on thethe . Can't remember, now, why I stopped, though I still like The FV-5 app.
Oy vey, Rabbi!