Photo Mate R3 - very rubbish editor.

First when I installed this app I thought finally an advanced image editor for android phone or tablet so don't need to use PC when traveling, however after brief use I trashed the app.

Here is why:

1. Stacking files with most options creates images with artifacts, only scheme worked for me is remove moving objects.

2. After stacking or panorama from RAW files it does not let you export 16 bit tiff, exports only 8 bit tiff which is not much better than exporting JPEG. Thus future editing with Photoshop/Lightroom android versions is impossible. Only can edit merged RAW's in 16bit mode using R3 itself, however its impossible.

3. Masks are useless. If I set exposure to lowest value for entire image, I can clearly see sky show up from pure white overexposed area. However when i use gradient filter and set exposure only for filtered area it only makes sky darker shade of white.

4. Internal editing e.g. exposure adjustment is sluggish compared to Lightroom android.

Guess list could get bigger if I decided to use this app, but away it goes.

Hi and thanks for your feedback, I'm the developer of this app.

Most of the points are valid. Adobe has a huge library of color profiles and nails the look after converting raw pretty good. It's not too easy to replicate that, especially since it often even varies on a per camera basis. Not to mention they're probably having a huge team behind it.

The interface was designed back in the day with tablets in mind, but they are less and less common in the android space. Also, I didn't overhauled it since android 9 or so since the app is now only a free time project.

Best regards

Torsten