Focal (Beta)
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* THIS IS BETA: It has high chances of NOT WORKING PROPERLY
- Instead of rating 1-star because something doesn't work, just WAIT FOR AN UPDATE
- This is FREE! If it doesn't work on your device then REPORT THE BUG, then WAIT AND SEE -
- If you don't want to test it, don't install it. ***
If you want to support the development, buy the Donate app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.xplod.focal.donate
It features:
- A photo and video mode, supporting many features (burst mode, timer mode, scene mode, shutter speed on Sony devices, ...)
- A panorama mode, currently semi-broken
- A PicSphere mode, open-source replacement of Google's PhotoSphere, to do 360° sphere shots
- A review drawer, by sliding from the top of the screen (in portrait). It shows your latest pictures.
In photo mode, you also have access to a few tools, such as automatic picture enhancement (auto-awesome), or a rule of thirds overlay. On some devices, settings such as Color adjustment, HDR and a manual light measure point are also available. Double tapping the screen will put your in quick shot mode, where tapping the screen anywhere will take a picture.
In video mode, high-framerate video is also possible.
Need help? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45806383
Tips :
- You can slide a widget's left handle to the right to close it
- You can swipe twice to temporarily hide open widgets, and swipe back to recover them
- You can pin widgets on your main screen
- You can scroll the sidebar
Notes :
- This app targets mostly phones, but should mostly work on tablets.
- It is fully open source (GPL), and the sources can be downloaded at https://github.com/xplodwild/android_packages_apps_Focal
- It is a BETA, which means you might encounter bugs and crashes. I'm mostly working on newer devices (Galaxy S3 and +), so older devices might encounter more issues than recent ones.
- I do this in my free time, and this is a free software. Instead of rating 1 star because there is a bug, you should do a constructive comment, or raise the issue to me on twitter, @xplodwild. Or even better, fork the project and fix the problem :)
- Even if some parts of the app sucks for now, they'll improve over time.
Category : Photography
Reviews (25)
A great camera on my Moto G. Let's me use things like photosphere, which is only available on higher end devices. Also re-enables panoramic, which the new Google Camera removed. To say it's only in beta, I think this app is pretty much flawless. One major bug is my pictures being the wrong orientation sometimes.
No doubt it has some serious stability issues, but I love where you guys are going with this. It is a one of a kind camera app, with nothing quite like it on Google play. I am using cyanogenmod, like most people downloading this, and this is the only app to attempt to be better than the rest. I am in full support of this app, and if you guys fix the stability issues, I will rate this 5 stars.
After taking individual pics long pressing the shutter says Rendering started and then nothing happens. Crashes on start most of the time. "BUT" all other features are amazing. Hope the developers fix these bugs. Can't wait to lay hands on the stable build :)( Moto x runs on Lollipop)
Unreliable. Make camera hardware make popping sound, then have to restart phone 50% of times opening this. And don't allow deleting by swiping. I never like that feature anywhere. I checked the quality vs stock app and this is same or better sometimes.
Would love to use all the features of this (panorama and picsphere) but none of the files save properly on my HTC One Mini 2. They appear in the Android stock gallery as grey files with an exclamation mark, cannot be tapped on, cannot be emailed as an attachment, and don't show in the DCIM folder (or anywhere else obvious) when USB is connected.
Looking forward to seeing this beta progress. 2 crashes so far, stopped responding while trying to display the new user hint while trying to take a picsphere (bug report sent), and then an FC after reaching 33% of rendering a picsphere. I imagine when this app is in full swing it will be awesome. Keep up the good work.
Big improvement since last time I downloaded. Auto focus is to slow. Needs to be adjusted or you could end up missing your shot. In good lighting picture quality was very close so stock camera. That's saying a lot. Even better than ASOP camera. Didn't find tune settings expect auto settings to work/camera out of the box
Here are a few things that bother me about it though: auto rotate doesn't work. It always takes the picture in landscape. Sometimes the auto focus gets stuck. And I can't turn off the shutter sound. Its annoying, and I'd like a way to disable it without muting my phone. This camera has replaced the stock camera on my N4 however. Thanks for that!
First try with rooted note 3, used torch setting + a few others it crashed unexpectedly and then couldn't shut off torch. Aside from a 30 second trial and fail, I can already tell this app is top notch, and is well designed. Thanks devs
Android 4.3.1 on cm10.2 - camera works pretty good for photos. I tested most of the functions and they seem smooth and flawless. The app crashes when I switch to video mode. Can't wait for this to get out of beta, it will likely be my camera of choice once it's stable.
You should set up a mailing list because I really like this app, but the current lack of features such as swipe left for gallery access makes it a no-no for me. I'd like to be notified when this app gets the features I want! Good job so far.
Awesome camera, but switching to video mode and starting to record causes the image to freeze (though the timer does count up) and produces an unplayable file on my stock Nexus 5. Update: Video still doesn't work as of 1.0-4aeccf19
The pic sphere looks like a panoramic photo that has been twisted and placed underwater and takes an hour to process. Hard to see what you're shooting since there is just a blank landscape in the background. Menus hang and sometimes the shutter sounds lag. Sony Xperia Z.
If it was working it would have been a great app, this is how the stock software should have been. But unfortunately it does not work to my Nexus 5. If i press the shutter to take a photo it just drop downs the last photo in my album. I doubled tap in the screen in order to make it take photos with tapping the screen but this also does not work. I really hope the developer to improve this app and make it work in our devices.
Nexus 4 Love this app, im getting much better results with the camera than I had with the standard camera app which has focusing issues. But I have a problem which I cant see mentioned anywhere else where all my pics get a modified time of 1/1/1970, meaning they are always at the bottom of my photo lists. The created time and the filename is correct, but the modified time is always wrong. As a feature request, id like to be able to define the naming convention. Keep it up, fix the time issue and ill happily pay for it.
It has a feel that would seem at home in a stock rom, it is elegant, the animations are minimal bit fine and the camera quality is superb, as good an app as it can be with an exquisite ui. It was a bold but exceedingly excellent move to put this cm started app on the play store. I truly do not know why it is not a standard feature in their rom
I would give this app 2 stars if the devs didn't specify this was a beta program. On SGS5, it will not save images at all. And the interface is buggy, sometimes the left side options are no longer able to slide out. If it worked well, and I were to judge it based solely on simplicity and desired functionality, I would probably give it 4.5 stars. I think there is a lot of potential with this app. Keep up the good work, dev
Being beta, there are obvious bugs. I find that the app crashes every so often when flipping from landscape to portrait. The settings is lacking resolution settings. I do think that the camera focuses better than my stock camera app but that could just be my visuals playing tricks on me. But being free as well, I like how it does not bombard you with advertisements. I also like how you can have bursts as well and HDR shots. User interface could be better. When previewing the shots, the photos are completely blurry and blocky but when you see the pictures with a different app it is clear as day. So reviewing the pictures won't let you determine if you got a good focused shot or not. I also noticed if you tap the screen repeatedly it was enable a "tap to shoot" mode. I don't like that. Pleased remove because I want to focus on object but tapping the the screen.
Love the fact that it has photosphere, which makes it a more likely replacement app. The viewfinder on the Nexus 5 needs to be fixed. It displays 16:9 yet takes 4:3 images, the same issue that still plagues the stock app. The UI is wonderful however.
When I read it I was expecting a slew of bugs. But to my surprise I found only some minor bugs on 4.4.2 Nexus5 with the sliding the settings out on the left. Also first time I opened the app it wouldn't take a picture. But I just closed the app and opened it again fixed it permanently it seems. I was able to take slightly better pictures the Google camera app because of being able to adjust exposure and other settings. Please don't abandon this app! Keep fine tunning!
For a Beta app this app is amazing and has become my default photo app. The UI is buggy and cluttered, for sure, but no other (free) app provides as much control and power features as this. So if you are looking for a power photo app then go for it,but plz excuse the cluttered UI. Using it on my Xolo/Lava Q1010i.
I have the galaxy gear with null_23 on it and this camera works great on it. The picture doesn't appear stretched like it does on other camera apps. But the video doesn't record correctly and the photosphere doesn't work at all on this device. Regardless, I'm still using it as my camera app on my gear 👍. Keep up the good work guys! Can't wait for the next update.
This app can replace my Xperia Z3's stock camera app because of its great interface. Features that can outdo the Z3 and would be great additions to the app would be: 1. Metering modes (spot, center, or average), 2. HDR processing, 3. Shutter speed adjustment, and 4. The ability to open the gallery automatically when clicking on a picture review.
One of the best camera apps I've ever tested. It has all the functions that a good camera has. I found 2 small bugs and 1 more serious. The application is automatically pausing and closing when put in panoramic mode, and when you switch from the front camera to the rear camera, the picture freezes (only sometimes). The biggest bug is that the camera's alignment is outside the edges of the mobile screen. Awesome app! Keep updating
It's imposible to make this app working. I wrote dev but I got no answer. What he did was, before when the app froze or force closed I could send reports. After the last update, the app close and I can't even send reports. Since my last report passed like two months and all this time nothing was fixed. Uninstalling, stock so does the same things and even better. All I wanted was picsphere which isn't working.