For most people reading this article, the smartphone camera acts purely as a backup. Something that's convenient to use, given the right conditions, when our primary cameras aren't on our person. Most stock camera apps are pretty basic, although manual controls have been making their way into some brands over the last few years.
The use of artificial intelligence is getting more mainstream day by day, with many camera manufacturers and software makers incorporating the technology to improve image making. An example is Sony's a1 II, where the company utilized an AI chip to help improve autofocus performance.
In a recent terms of use update, VSCO is now requiring folks who upload images to be more transparent about whether or not generative AI is being used. The platform, which has seen quite a bit of growth in the past year, has made this move with language that it claims provides protection to the community and photographers.
Let's be honest, photographers are really annoyed at Instagram. They've been considering places like TikTok and more but those are spaces for content creators. But what about photographers? Thankfully, there are still communities that think that photographers are valuable.
Despite being the world's biggest photo-sharing app, Instagram is pushing full-steam ahead with its plan to focus on Reels and "recommended" content. So where do photographers go now? [Read More]
The big news today is that VSCO is making a return. Not that they were gone, but we haven’t heard very much information about them for a while now. When they first launched, VSCO seemed like a community that would try to take on Instagram in the same way that EyeEm did.
Paypal has reportedly offered to buy the digital pinboard site Pinterest for $45 billion, which could bring more tie-ins to financial technology and e-commerce. According to a report by Reuters, the value has been offered, but is not final.
GoPro isn’t the only company whose balance sheet has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. VSCO—the startup behind the photo sharing app and community of the same name—announced that it was forced to let go of nearly one third of its entire workforce as the market environment changed “overnight.” After learning that news of […]
Looking for a new preset to tinker with on VSCO? Now would be a good time to sign up as a member as the app just dropped their latest Film X preset. Say hello to the FT6, a recreation of Fujifilm’s discontinued Fujichrome T64 tungsten film.
VSCO has partnered with Snap Inc. to release its first ever Snapchat lens. Dubbed ‘Analog,’ the sponsored lens is free to use and “designed to celebrate the imperfections, mistakes, and happy accidents found when shooting with film.
With life going on faster than I would have preferred, I often find myself turning to my iPhone SE and VSCO on mobile in the hopes of squeezing in a bit of photography practice in between commutes, ideation meetings, video shoots, and actual writing for work.
iPhone’s camera software grows more and more advanced with each updated edition, with many photographers choosing to use their phone as their primary means of shooting. While the built-in camera may be incredibly effective in getting you the shot you want, oftentimes the use of a third-party app can further enhance your photo experience, giving you more control over your final product.
VSCO has just introduced Recipes to its popular mobile photo editing app, enabling users to create and share presets that allow for quick applications of certain looks and styles to photos. The company said it found that many users were trying to use Pinterest to share sets of different settings and filters that could achieve a […]
Lomography Color Negative 400 is one of those alternative color films that unfortunately isn't spoken about enough. But in the right situations, there as times when I personally feel like it outdoes Kodak Portra 400 or at least proves to be a worthy alternative to both Kodak Portra 400 and Fujifilm Pro 400H.
VSCO just announced Mobile Presets 02, a new pack of presets that brings VSCO’s popular mobile filter looks to desktop photo editors. MP02 follows in the footsteps of MP01, which was only launched back in June.
RNI Films told us that this day was coming a while ago, and finally we've got the news: RNI All Films 4 Lite is finally here for Capture One. The preset package was previously only available for Photoshop and Lightroom but we've finally got it for Capture One--which more and more photographers have been picking up due to frustration with how Lightroom's processing algorithms and sloth-like speed have been letting them down.
VSCO, the company behind the very popular lightroom film presets and the popular image sharing app, has quietly shuttered their NY office and laid off the employees staffing it. The move comes as the company looks to centralize and expand operations at its Oakland California Headquarters.
There is no doubt that VSCO is one of the most popular photo editing suites available for mobile devices, and in order to stay on top, being up to date with the latest features and capabilities is imperative.
This guide is intended for you if you currently own a smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc) and want to learn how to take better photos. Looking into the future, I see 99.9% of photographers using an iPhone or a smartphone for their image-making needs.
Pop! is an analog photo and video editor that includes multiple film emulations, filters, and photo editing tools and is aimed at iPhone photographers who don't want to feel forced to pay for subscription services. [Read More]
We exist in a constantly churning sea of content: there were 1. 4 trillion photos taken in 2021 and an estimated 1. 6 trillion shutter buttons will be pressed this year.
VSCO has added a simple object removal tool to its iPhone and Android app. The tool works similarly to content aware tools in Photoshop or Samsung’s Object Eraser. VSCO argues, as has Samsung in the past, that visual clutter can overwhelm a photo and distract from features photographers may want to highlight. “For a beach […]
There are rumblings of a major deal brewing in the world of photo-sharing social media platforms. The photo-sharing social media service Pinterest is reportedly in talks to acquire the photo-sharing app VSCO.
Last month, VSCO achieved a years-old dream of releasing a preset/filter that was based on Kodak’s iconic “Kodachrome” film stock. But creating the KC25 preset was anything but easy.
VSCO has just announced a new studio space in Oakland, California, that’s free-to-use for non-commercial photo shoots. This west coast Open Studio comes two years after VSCO opened up a giant one in New York City.
VSCO has joined forces with Oakley, maker of sport sunglasses, to create filter presets for their popular editing app that let you view the world through a pair of the sought-after eyewear. The presets will replicate life through Oakley’s Prizm lenses.
VSCO has updated its app to include the ability to create different types of collages, an enhancement that goes beyond the typical single image editing that most know the app for. [Read More]
VSCO has announced a new set of blue and pink-hued "infrared" filters for its mobile app, specifically for VSCO members. The new filters allow photographers to mimic the look of infrared photography in two additional color spectrums. [Read More]
VSCO has announced a set of more than 100 new film-inspired photo and video effects for iOS devices. Built from film scans, the company says they will give photos a nostalgic look and feel and bring the magic of analog to smartphones.
Photo and video editing brand VSCO has acquired action camera maker Rylo. The pairing, which might seem strange at first blush, promises to bring Rylo’s innovative mobile video editing tools to the VSCO platform starting “next year.
VSCO has just announced that it’s releasing its popular mobile app photo filters on desktop. The filters are packaged in a pack called VSCO Mobile Presets 01 (MP1). “Many members of the VSCO community have been asking for new desktop presets,” VSCO writes.
CSSCO is a new free and open source project that offers VSCO-style retro photo filters made and used entirely with CSS. This means that web designers can now upload an ordinary photo and then have it display with a non-destructive filter when viewed on a webpage, simply by adding the CSSCO css classes to the […]