Helmut film scanner app for android description: Helmut is a photographic film scanner on your phone.
Usage scenarios new: capture frame using phone 39 s camera or use an image from gallery (e.
G.
Taken with your dslr).
Digitize your (old) negatives.
Share your (lomo) shots easily without format or film type restrictions.
Fast contact sheet tool.
Features instructions- place and press a negative uniformly on whatever you like (see section lighting the film below).
- Launch helmut and capture the frame or choose already captured image from gallery.
- Crop the frame.
- Tweak the scan with tools you 39 re used to work with while scanning: brightness contrast.
Levels (general and all 3 rgb).
Color balance.
Hue saturation lightness.
Unsharp mask.
- Flip rotate and share!
So far we 39 ve implemented 3 services to work directly from the app: dropbox facebook and eyeem.
You can always open the resulting scan in a native gallery and share elsewhere from there.
- See our set on flickr for visual inspiration: photos 88137108 n06 sets 72157633282298542.
(- Spread the word about the app share your successful scans!
)General guidelines make sure you light the film frame uniformly.
If part of it is lit more than the remaining area you 39 ll get a poor scan.
Don 39 t use flash or any color effects while capturing the frame with the camera.
Yeah right.
Common sense.
Just sayin 39..
Crop the frame accurately leave out the film perforations.
The colors will be more accurate then.
Everyone knows it 39 s a film anyway.
Be nice and report (see email below) if something doesn 39 t work instead of exploding here.
We know it 39 s not perfect.
You know that technically it 39 s very challenging.
This is an open source initiative so participate.
If you know a way to improve helmut please tell us.
We will implement all the valuable ideas.
If possible be sure to press the frame against the light source.
Poor man 39 s solution simple glass.
Anti newton ring typish is of cou
