[APP][4.0+] Open Camera and A Better Camera, open source camera apps

Almalence · Oct 15, 2013

Almalence, Inc., the maker of a number of camera apps for Android, including HDR Camera+, has just released Open Camera, an open source camera app with an extendable commercial version (A Better Camera).

Our intention is to make A Better Camera a top-ranked app and allow third-party developers add their plugins (free or paid), getting instant exposure to millions of users.

We welcome all of you to test that fresh application, provide your comments and, of course, join the project as developers!

Availability:

Open Camera is available at Github: Get from GitHub
Available on Google Play: A Better Camera, the version with Almalence’s proprietary plugins (free with some features in trial mode): Get from Play

The idea:

Provide as much shooting modes, features and options as possible, potentially replacing all other camera apps
Plug-in system, allowing developers to easily implement new modes without having to develop the whole camera functionality from scratch
Make it possible to use the code in commercial applications and in conjunction with code and libraries under different licenses (Open Camera is under MPL 1.1)
Allow third party developers to add their paid plugins to the commercial version distributed by Almalence

The Synergy:

Almalence works on making A Better Camera the top app on Google Play
The developers can add their plugins to A Better Camera, getting instant exposure to millions of the users of ABC, instead of publishing a new app which goes to the bottom of apps list.

Features available at the moment in A Better Camera:

HDR (functionality is the same as in HDR Camera+ app)
Panorama
Unwanted objects removal: remove objects from the photo with a tap
Night mode: capture sharp and noise-free photos in any illumination
Group portrait: make everyone smile, fuse faces from series of photos into one
Video recording
Pre-shot: capture what happened before you tap the button
Sequence shot: capture the evolution of the dynamic scene
Burst shooting and exposure bracketing
Self-timer

+ full access to all Camera controls, settings and functions

The processing libraries used for HDR, Panorama, Night mode, Group portrait stitching, objects removal and sequence shot are available under developer license (can be used for development, but not for distribution)

All interested developers and users are welcome to discussion!

lost_ · Oct 23, 2013

Great camera! Thanks for sharing it. I've made this the default camera app on my S4. I've compared the basic camera control features to many others including stock AOSP, FV-5, Lenovo Super Camera (ignoring gimmicky features such fancy effects, filters, stickers, i heart u from apps like Camera Zoom FX, Cymera, etc). This camera app comes out on top.

Wishes:
- Faster load. It's good now, but can be better.
- Manual ISO settings (on Galaxy S4, it doesn't show though other camera apps can show it)
- Live/actual shutter speed and aperture (I know aperture is fixed, but for the thinking photographer, it helps to see the numbers)
- Exposure Bracketing setting: +-1, +- 0.5, etc
- Timer setting: 1 sec (for movement reduction after tapping the screen), 3 sec, 10 sec, etc
- Timer setting: disable/enable flash warning
- Flash compensation (useful for fill-in, not that the onboard flash can do much)
- Swipe to gallery (a bonus, not a must)
- Faster load. Did I say faster load?

(I think all those wishes are still sticking to basic features)

But even without the wish list, this camera app rocks. Hopefully it would make the XDA front page one of these days (already tipped them).

meo · Oct 23, 2013

yes a great camera APP! Now one of my camera app on HTC ONE.

I use Camera360, Lenovo Super Camera, Focal, Camera FV-5, HDR+ ....

my Wish:

please make a widget, so that you can start the camera applikation with settings !!!

-> example: on click on HDR Widget or one click on Normal Widget ...
i dont know why i need always to go in the camera app, make my settings and then i can make my photo.
it would be nice to save the settings to a widget

Almalence · Oct 23, 2013

Thank you for the feedback

meo said:
please make a widget, so that you can start the camera applikation with settings !!!

This feature is in the nearest plans

meo · Oct 24, 2013

tasker support

wishlist:

when you done it a solution with settings - you have new possibilities:
I use utter - a personal voice assistent ( a very good one) this software has support for tasker ( automatic solution) :

so it would be a nice solution to have tasker support

i say: "make a normal photo" -> the phone make a normal photo
i say: "make hdr photo" -> it makes a hdr photo ...
i say: "make video" -> it makes a video

it was the first solution like this
...

MIKEYSAKZ · Oct 24, 2013

Better camera

Sent from my SCH-I535 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Eshkin-Kat · Oct 24, 2013

apk please?

Almalence · Nov 4, 2013

Eshkin-Kat said:
apk please?

APK attached (recent version)

New in this version:
- Exposure lock, White balance lock, Focus lock added
- HDR fixes (gray lines/images problem on some devices - big thanks to Krzy Pal)
- video mode improved
- launch speed-up
- support of different devices
- object removal/groupshot/sequence improvements
- stability fixes

Mebborne · Nov 17, 2013

This app has an awful lot of promise. Nicely done! One problem I am having is after selecting video mode, it doesn't want to let me return back to single shot mode.
Of lesser importance, I also wish there were a way to switch to video faster and think the main app icon could be improved. Look forward to future development. Thanks!

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

Almalence · Nov 19, 2013

Mebborne said:
One problem I am having is after selecting video mode, it doesn't want to let me return back to single shot mode.

Thanks, we know about this bug. It should be fixed in the next version.

Almalence · Nov 30, 2013

For those who need APK, the recent version attached.

Changes since previous version:
version 3.11
- stability fixes
- ISO control
- Brazilian localization - thanks Marcio Andrade for your help!!!
- save configuration parameters feature
- self timer for modes
- help for complex modes
- Panorama improved
- time lapse
- video improved, video controlling speed increased
- fast startup!
- exif tags for result images
- support of different devices
- object removal/groupshot/sequence improvements
- panorama corrections
- color conversion corrected

yaozkii · Nov 30, 2013

thank you for this app. great work

Almalence · Nov 30, 2013

For those who are thinking of purchasing A Better Camera premium features, now is a right time to do that.

For one week starting Black Friday we offer all premium features at the price of one. Separately each feature is available for 30% of the normal price: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam

EP2008 · Nov 30, 2013

Almalence said:
For those who are thinking of purchasing A Better Camera premium features, now is a right time to do that.

For one week starting Black Friday we offer all premium features at the price of one. Separately each feature is available for 30% of the normal price: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam

I did yesterday. Thank you for the sale.

Could you add an option to edit a series of photos after they are taken to apply hdr,object removal or sequence shot manually (rather than apply those live). That would mean that I could take a burst shot of 10 photos and then decide later on if I want to create a sequence shot or apply object removal.

I hope that makes sense.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

Almalence · Dec 12, 2013

EP2008 said:
I did yesterday. Thank you for the sale.

Could you add an option to edit a series of photos after they are taken to apply hdr,object removal or sequence shot manually (rather than apply those live). That would mean that I could take a burst shot of 10 photos and then decide later on if I want to create a sequence shot or apply object removal.

I hope that makes sense.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

Yes, this feature planned for implementation. So it will be available soon.

Almalence · Dec 13, 2013

New version 3.14 available.

Changes since previous versions:
version 3.14
- stability fixes
- memory leak fixeв
- issues with multi tasks corrected
- ISO control support for different devices
- Night mode processing improved
- Panorama mode fixes
- Nexus 5 support
- auto exposure lock, white balance lock, focus lock

SMARTHACKER67 · Dec 13, 2013

wow

its very good with lots of feature:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

FAT_C · Dec 22, 2013

its a better camera:good:

but i think there is a bug: the custom save folder is able to save picture taken, but can not open album app to view pictures by clicking the thumbnail

edit: i am using xperia Z1 4.2

Almalence · Dec 22, 2013

FAT_C, thanks, that's a bug. We'll fix it soon.

Almalence · Dec 24, 2013

Fixed. Will be available in new release.

FAT_C said:
its a better camera:good:

but i think there is a bug: the custom save folder is able to save picture taken, but can not open album app to view pictures by clicking the thumbnail

edit: i am using xperia Z1 4.2

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