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Black and white editing app for Android

Started Dec 22, 2020 | Discussions
Todd G. Contributing Member • Posts: 970
Black and white editing app for Android

Any good recommendations for an Android app to convert photos to black and white or further refine a black and white photo?

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Todd G. wrote:

Any good recommendations for an Android app to convert photos to black and white or further refine a black and white photo?

I've been increasingly shooting B&W directly by setting a "manual" type app (currently Hedgecam2) to monochrome and using a multi-shot HDR mode for JPEG output, while also rendering a companion color DNG file, if wanted. I've personally found the dedicated B&W shooters like BlackCam Pro give less control, though they have a lot of live filter presets.

For editing, you might know that free Snapseed has some B&W presets along with a lot of general editing functionality. I also bought Dramatic Black & White as the closest thing I've found to the Nik Silver Efex or monchrome LUTs I like to use on PC. I got some good results using Dramatic on color GCam JPEGs (HDR+)

(I've tried the trial Hypocam, and the old Lenka, but can't get with them, would certainly be interested in other suggestions here.)

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Snapseed.

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TSGames Regular Member • Posts: 261
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You might als try my app Photo Mate. You can simply reduce saturation and using the HSL controls to mix your BW based on the color tones.

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Fred Colon Regular Member • Posts: 103
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If you're hooked into the Adobe Lightroom ecosystem then LR Mobile is very good for post processing.  B&W Profiles to start with but also similar controls to the desktop version which includes Curves amongst many others.

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