New Android app Saulala

[Stevenson Gawen]

I don't know how many keen phone camera users we have here... and in my case I usually prefer to post process on the PC anyway.
But this new-ish app definitely caught my interest.
It's basically a DNG developer for Android... and in some ways the first alternative to Lr Mobile for this use case.

Saulala - Apps on Google Play

RAW Photo editor / developer that uses AgX to produce high-quality pictures

play.google.com

It apparently uses the AGx technology originally developed (I think) for motion picture grading. Basically it's a certain method of highlight handling that aims to give a more natural and 'filmic' look. Regardless of the pros/cons of this specifically it does do a nice job.

One just shoots with the normal phone camera app in whatever the mode that saves DNGs is called ('Pro' plus a menu option on my Nokia) then after shooting open the app and import the file.

It is limited in some ways but definitely decent, maybe with an emphasis on a sort-of-film-emulation look but enough options to cater for quite a few styles.

Anyway... it's free! Just thought I'd share it here.

 

[Beth Carter]

i use my phone to document stuff from time to time, but i don't do any serious photography on it. still, this is nice to have just in case.

 

[Gord Tomlin]

I had a play with Saulala a few months ago. I found that it was easy to do edits that looked quite good on the phone. If I transferred the images to my computer, I wasn't so happy with the way they looked on the larger screen. But that's not unique to Saulala...I think phone pics generally don't survive the trip to the large screen so well.