| Retroboy was build by mikljohansson. |
It's a camera-app for android that implements various filters that mimics different
old-school devices. I'm not sure yet what I'm gonna do with it, mainly because I'm
not sure what I'm gonna be able to do.
Some UI elements don't seem to be working right on my phone. I can't adjust the exposure
value correctly. Whenever I touch it, it jumps to "2" and I#m seldomly able to change
it afterwards. I thought I found a hidden setting, "focus marker", but now I realised
that you can scroll the settings menu. It's just not communicated. I'm gonna try to
change this. Some settings I don't really understand or don't notice much of a change
when adjusting them. If I don't understand, what they do afer reading the code or just
don't think they are that useful, I'm either gonna change them to have mmore of an effect
on the picture or just tidy up the menus. I'd also like to add some filters, I'm missing.
I thought I'd be done after an hour or two, but everything is much more complicated than
I expected. I'm still busy figuring out how everything works.
This is the first time I'm really doing something with Android Studio. I don't know nothing about anything. I used Java in school around 25 years ago but that's it. I'm planning to learn all this stuff for some years now, but I got no discippline at all. I was just not able to finish even a single tutorial, so now I decided to just dive in, explore a project that interests me and try tinker around with it amateurishly.
- 4-tone Bayer dithering as found on the Nintendo® Game Boy® Camera
- Amstrad CPC filter with 27 color palette
- PXL-2000 PixelVision filter emulating one of the first digital video cameras
- Commodore 64 filter with VIC-II 16-color palette
- Atkinson dithering filter used by the original Apple® Macintosh® OS
- Halftone dot filter as popularized by Roy Lichtenstein and the pop art movement
- Record animated GIF movies
- Scene mode setting to support for example low light exposure
- Zoom using the volume rocker
- Adjust the dynamic contrast to further enhance your photos
- Process images from your gallery by tapping the share button and selecting Retroboy
- Share your pictures through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, MMS, E-mail or any other methods your device supports
- Uses Android Studio for development