There are photographers who have been doing their favorite thing for many years. At the same time, they are not photographing at all with the camera. Their main tool is a smartphone. Despite the fact that you can already get a beautiful shot, it is possible to make each frame much more surprising with the help of various applications. Most of them cannot be called unique.
Perhaps this is due to the fact that the developers are working, not really trying. They simply copy functions, changing the interface. And there are many such programs on the market. They do not affect the idea of photography. A completely different matter is VSCO. What is this This is actually an unusual, very high-quality product, which claims to be a complete replacement for a professional camera.
I must say that there are only versions for mobile devices. There is no VSCO program for the computer.
Development company
VSCO employees come from a variety of well-known companies, including MTV, Sony, Apple. The operating systems that support their products are Android, iOS. In addition to the camera application, they are still working on a photo processing tool and a Lightroom plugin.
So, VSCO application - what is it? The program is not just a photo editor or shooting application. It can be called "Instagram" "not for everyone." There are really beautiful filters here, there is the possibility of fine tuning, a weekly digest of the best pictures and other attributes of a serious application.
The interface is divided into several tabs. About each of them further.
Camera Tab
Here you can create pictures using the built-in tools of the VSCO program. How to use it? Not at all difficult. The top panel contains shooting settings, including grid or frame, flash, shooting modes, advanced mode, canceling white balance, as well as choosing the theme of the application (light or dark).
After all the settings are configured, you can proceed to shooting. Everything is as usual here - you need to point the phone at the subject, focus, select a point and press the shutter button. If you work in the “free press” mode, you can adjust the exposure and focus. All hope here rests on the correctly set default white balance .
With the release of the eighth version of iOS, an advanced shooting mode in VSCO appeared. What is this mode? In it, in addition to standard parameters, you can independently adjust the shutter speed and ISO. To select, click on the icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
Library Tab
This is a library, it contains all the photos that the user worked on in the application. They are displayed in the form of squares of different sizes. In the upper panel, it is possible to adjust the number of displayed frames. You can also choose which of them to show: only edited, all marked, not yet edited, synchronized via cloud storage. The last feature appeared recently in the VSCO application. What is it? Users can now start processing the image on one device, and continue on another. The main thing is to log into the same account.
An important feature of the library is the management of snapshots. You can simply click on the ones you need and they will be uploaded to the Grid, synchronized between devices, sent to a social network or deleted.
Photo editing
Installing VSCO and starting is easy. But how to edit pictures? To do this, in the middle of the bottom panel there is a button, by clicking on which the most interesting will open - a mode for editing. First, the user sees a list of filters. To use one of them, tapa is enough. To adjust the intensity you need to tap again. By default, there are a dozen filters, but you can purchase additional ones.
The developers claim that they invented each filter from scratch, and did not copy it from other applications. As a result, VSCO contains the best collection of filters. It is impossible not to notice this, because the pictures after editing become very atmospheric.
In addition to filters, the application also has a standard photo setting - contrast, brightness, sharpness, etc. Pictures can be aligned and cropped.
It should be noted that editing saves the original photo in the program cache, you can return to the original version at any time. Such a chip is available only to professional photo editors. And with the fourth version, a complete change history is supported. You can roll back the photo to the desired step at any time.
All of the above photo editing options provide extensive space for experimentation and creativity. You can try to imagine what a variety of results can be if each filter has 12 gradations of intensity, plus the application has good editing capabilities.
Store Tab
This is a store that contains additional editing options and filters. They can be bought for money. All filters are divided into sets. For example, black and white or portrait. At the same time, the user does not acquire the kit at all blindly, since there is a detailed description and examples of photographs. This makes me happy. Each set costs from 2 to 3 dollars, but you can buy all sets at once for $ 7, which will save a lot.
Discover Tab
If you need inspiration or just want to admire the beautiful pictures that were taken using the application, this tab is what you need. Here, the creators introduce users to interesting works and post digests of the best personnel every week. The section itself is divided into four parts. The first selected the best work of photographers. The second contains photo stories. In the third, you can follow the pictures of your favorite photographers. The fourth is a search.
Profile Tab
The topmost tab is the user profile. Here the best pictures are published, photo stories are created and the frames you like are collected in a collection.
Settings Tab
These are settings that are no different from other programs. Everything is standard: information, data display, licenses, links to social networks. You can immediately restore all purchases, if necessary.
Summary
The application has greatly changed during its existence. It remains a leader for mobile photographers. Now it is not just a photo editor, but also a complete tool for professionals. It must be recalled that there is no VSCO version for the computer. Yes, some sites, when requested by the search engine, offer to download and install the application on a PC. But you do not need to do this, as this is software that will harm the computer. To verify this, just go to the official website of the program - vsco.co.
The only option is when some kind of emulator is used. For example, on a PC, you can install the Bluestacks program, and use it to start VSCO. Android emulators have long existed, but for iOS such programs have not yet been invented.