Gah, I Need a Real Camera

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 01/20/2016 at 13:19 • Filed to: None

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These pictures actually looked decent on my phone screen, but on my laptop screen they look... hazy?

Then there’s this one that looks darker than the night.

*Angrily grumbles because I don’t have an editing software to attempt to fix them either*

Justin Hughes > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/20/2016 at 13:22

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There are some good free ones out there. I’ve used Paint.net before. It does everything that MS Paint should but doesn’t, and isn’t nearly as complicated as Photoshop.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/20/2016 at 13:24

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njp1589 > Justin Hughes 01/20/2016 at 13:41

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+1 for Paint.net, It’s not quite as robust as PS, but for an plebe like me it works just fine.

If only they made a lightroom clone too...

Textured Soy Protein > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/20/2016 at 13:46

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Make sure the lens on your phone’s camera is clean. Also there are tons of photo editing apps for phones. I use Snapseed.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Textured Soy Protein 01/20/2016 at 13:50

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I actually do have Snapseed on my phone (Thank you random Buzzfeed list of “Apps you need”) Something about my laptop screen make any edits I do look terribad.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/20/2016 at 13:50

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Is there a cheap point and shoot that has slightly better than cell phone quality? My nexus 5 rear camera has completely stopped working

Textured Soy Protein > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/20/2016 at 15:01

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Play around with Snapseed more, you can get good results. Just a quick messing with your last photo, which is the worst lighting of the bunch:

Now this doesn’t exactly look very natural, but at least it doesn’t look all shadowy.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Justin Hughes 01/20/2016 at 16:17

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Wipe the snow off your car before taking pictures of it :P

Looking at those pics on my phone they all look fine. The “dark” one is definitely underexposed but far from salvageable. As for photo editing paint.net or the GIMP would be my free softwares of choice. Neither of them have the dearth of features or quality of algorithms that Lightroom or Photoshop has got, but they’ll do for touching up your cell phone photos. There is also a free version of Photoshop for Android. And Googles Snapseed editor which I rather like.

Stephen the Canuck > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua 01/21/2016 at 05:27

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Almost any point and shoot camera will have better quality than a cell phone. Look for something used around $50. That should work well. Canon or Nikon or Fuji or Sony. Doesn't really matter what model.