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Wood Camera: we take vintage photos and add textures

Hynek Hampl
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As interest in smartphone photography grows, so does the popularity of photo editing apps. Some are very good at editing photos, others are, to put it mildly, appalling. Today we are going to take a look at a lesser known app called Wood Camera, which focuses mainly on vintage, i.e. the look of older photos.

Wood Camera looks very simple at first glance. After launch, the camera will open with basic functions such as flash settings and switching between the front and rear cameras. However, the application, similar to Instagram, offers so-called "live filters", so when you select a filter, you can immediately see the captured scene with the applied filter. Because of these filters, photo applications use a reduced resolution for the captured scene so that the image is not cropped. Wood Camera, however, has probably the lowest resolution of the scene compared to the others. You will only recognize it when photographing closer objects or text. Fortunately, this is only a preview, when taking a picture, the image is already saved in classic resolution.

Similar to Camera+, Wood Camera also has its own gallery of photos taken - Lightbox. The gallery is clear and you can display small or large previews of the photos taken. Photos from the Camera Roll can also be uploaded to the gallery using import. All photos can be shared from Lightbox in full resolution to Camera Roll, to email, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram and via Others also in all other applications supporting photo import. The application has only three basic settings. Turning GPS coordinates on and off for pictures, the ability to save photos after taking a photo outside of the application and directly to the Camera Roll, and turn on/off Capture mode. The last-mentioned mode allows you to take pictures directly after starting the application, or to go directly to the gallery.

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Enter the gallery
? Modifications are not destructive. So if you edit your photo and at some point in the future you decide to change some filter, crop and others, just set them back to their original values. I really appreciate this feature the most. There are a total of six editing sections in the app. The first is basic rotation, flipping and horizon adjustments. The second section is cropping, where you can crop the photo to your liking or to preset formats. Even if you have already used one of the 32 filters when taking photos, do not skip the next section with filters. Here, you can use the sliders to adjust the intensity of the filters, but mainly the brightness, contrast, sharpness, saturation and hues. The fourth section is also very nice, offering a total of 28 textures, which in my opinion will pocket most competing applications. Everyone can choose between them. When you've already edited most of it, you just need to finish the image. An acquaintance will do that Tilt-Shift effect, i.e. blurring and the second effect is Vignette, i.e. darkening the edges of the photo. The icing on the cake is just the last section with frames, of which there are 16 in total, and even if you can't edit them, sometimes one will come in handy.

Photo edited with Wood Camera

Wood Camera is not a revolution. It certainly won't replace Camera+, Snapseed and the like. However, it will serve very well as a great alternative to the better photo applications. I do mind the absence of autofocus + exposure locking and also the classic "back / forward", but on the other hand, non-destructive editing and some nice filters and especially textures balance it out. Wood Camera normally costs 1,79 euros, but now it's 0,89 euros, and if you enjoy taking pictures with your iPhone, definitely give it a try.

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