FilmBox by Photomyne

Name: FilmBox by Photomyne
Rating: 4.37405 (5510 reviews)

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FilmBox by Photomyne

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User Reviews for FilmBox by Photomyne

LOVE THIS APP!

I found a large box with a couple hundred old negatives. OLD negatives going back to the 1920’s. I tried holding them up to a light to look at them but it wasn’t good enough. I searched for an answer, not wanting to have to take them all somewhere to be developed.I found this app and I was so excited. I bought a device about 10”x12” that lights up. I call it a tracing board. I used my phone to take pictures of the negatives that were lit up by the tracing board. Like magic the negatives became positives in the pictures I took.I found old pics of my mom, dad, other family and friends that are absolutely priceless!! I had so much fun! I highly recommend this app!

Bailey23456, Oct 04, 2021

BojiAlan

OK gang I’ve used it for about two months. Paid the fee to get a monthly usage – – the consistent pop ups reminding me for $.99 a month I can no longer have pop-ups – – the somewhat clunky ability to save your photos – – purchase the overhead arm, hanging photo, shoot device for 1499 on sale – – waste of money– – probably had 200 photos to do. I’ve now given up after about 20 to 25 and taking it to a professional studio to have done – – been a newspaper photographer for 40 years. biggest problem continue to get random shadows no matter how I take photos. I’ve got four $3000 light tables soft back lighting all the drills and my phone 13 pro just won’t pull it off so just a heads up I guess it was worth 25 bucks. I’ll bill my client such as life.

BojiAlan, Jan 21, 2023

Unbelievably awesome!!

I have an old box of negatives, most from 1950’s through 1980’s. I want to have them scanned but most has to have a special scanner due to negative size. I checked a few places for pricing to scan them, very expensive to get them done so I stored them about 16 years ago. I found this app on the App Store and gave it a try.... I am in awe of how well the app works. I would recommend this app to anyone that has old negatives they want to turn into pictures. I don’t think five stars is enough to rate this app, hats off to you!!! ❤️

Bonnie 🌹, Feb 12, 2021

Amazing

This app is amazing. I had found some film when I was cleaning and wanted to look at them but I did not know where to go. Than I heard about this app on social. I was pretty iffy about it but I just wanted to try it out. It actually work it transform the films in to pictures like it says! Only thing I am not a fan of the payment to keep the photos off the app which honestly okays. Those pictures are worth it. If I had a chance to do an add for it I wouldn’t pass it 😂😂😂!But honestly in my opinion I am truly happy about this app.

Crazycam0123, Jan 18, 2022

Works well but not worth a subscription

The app is pretty straight forward to use and it does a good job auto cropping the picture. It is hard to find a good backlight source where you don’t pic up other objects with glare. My biggest complaint is that you have to be on subscription to use it. I will never buy an app on subscription unless it is per year. This app has no reason to be on a monthly subscription, other than to take money from people that forget to unsubscribe. There is no update content or development that happens beyond regular updates for iOS system updates. I would gladly pay a set price for this. $5-10$ is fair, in my opinion. Reach out to me developers if you want to make a one time sale. It would improve your rating. 👍🏻

elky70, Apr 01, 2020

FilmBox app

I love this app. I just started using it today. Easy to figure everything out and I love the color fix to change from black and white. I’ve shared some very old photos that would be lost forever. I had thought about getting someone to make pictures from the negatives but found it very expensive. I would recommend this to anyone who has a lot of old negatives that they would like to breathe new life into.Upon using the app, my phone said I didn’t have room to use any of my apps. I deleted a lot of apps. Today I found the problem. FilmBox filled my photo app with many, many, many duplicate pictures. I hope they can fix this. I may have to delete their app if they don’t.

How now brown cow?, Jun 22, 2020

Honestly terrible.

This app is quite awful to say the least. The so called “auto cropping” feature only seemed to work once out of my several dozen tries. The colours are supremely off compared to scans I have done with the exact same negatives using even amateur equipment, which for me is the biggest issue. Also the scans from the app seem as though they are altered to be more grainy and have more noise in the images than there should be, almost like those vintage Super 8 emulator apps. Even just taking a photo and reversing the negative in photoshop myself is significantly better and only takes marginally more time and effort. Would not recommend unless you don’t have any other options to scan negatives.edit: After receiving a response from the developer with their typical “negative has to be two inches from computer screen and the camera needs to see the side holes” response that every review gets, I have a bit more to say. It isn’t a problem with the distance from the backlight or the framing of the negative. I read the instructions before trying to scan my negatives and when I had poor results I read the reviews. Holding the negative the supposed proper distance, or closer or further, has little to no effect on the grainy results and even less on the washed out and dull colours. Upon further consideration, would give zero stars to the app if I could, and negative stars to the copied and pasted response nearly every review gets from the developer.

Hugh Cares (I do), Mar 30, 2020

Not good.

I looked at the feedback the developer gave others to make sure I was using the app properly, but it still did not work well. I figured it wouldn't work well, it seemed too good too be true. Scanning is very tedious at home, so I thought it was worth a shot. Considering this is a monthly paid subscription it definitely doesn't work well. My worst amateur flat bed scans are 1000x better than these photos. I would give this app a better review if it was free or one time fee of a dollar. It wouldn't produce useable results, but it could be used for a simple preview if a back light is not available. I could also see a free option be useful for someone who quickly wants to show their older family members some kind of image of their old negatives, but I'd never post or show any of the images I got from the app. The advertisement video is very misleading.

michaelv6789, Apr 06, 2020

difficult to find all premium options

why do you only advertise the $30 price?? I came here to write a bad review because there were no other payment options, and had to find out about the monthly option from the reviews? Just bad marketing, honestly. Features are fantastic especially for how easy they are to use (only with premium). I recommend the $6/mo to start unless you’ll be using the app consistently for 2 years. Bummer they don’t have an in between. I wish the auto crop feature was a little better considering I don’t have a single negative film that has holes. I’m scanning photos from 1933, not the ‘90s. I’m considering drawing strips of fake holes to place next to the photos so I’m not spending a full minute to hand crop each photo after scanning.

Sebastodore, Mar 09, 2021

Best app I tried

I tried 4 negative scanning apps and this was by far the best! It easily crops and recognizes photos. Easy to export. Quick turn over between scans.A few tips. Follow their directions. Hold the negative at least 2 inches away from the white screen otherwise it will look pixelated. Hold the phone as close to the negative as you can. Use the voice control feature. Practice. Try a few different angles and a few different distances until you get the best look. Once I had my chosen method I was able to scan 5 rolls of film in an hour or less.(I had a tiny bit of trouble finding a good solid white background but eventually I opened a blank note and turned my brightness all the way up.)I hooked clothes pins over my laptop screen with a flexible wire to hold the negative still and away from the screen. Then I was able to easily steady my iPhone near the negative to get a good shot. Another option would be to steady your phone with a tripod or kick-stand. My scans were not as good as the originals were, but these were pictures that were lost to me. It was wonderful to see them again.

Wendy Doe, Mar 28, 2020

Description

Brought to you by the developer that built the smartest photo scanner app, Photomyne is proud to now offer an AI-powered negative film scanner app that will blow you away. See how those hidden negative memories are instantly revealed, scanned and saved! IT’S AUTOMATIC - JUST ADD CAMERA FILM NEGATIVES: 1.

Open a backlight source on your computer (or use the link provided in the app) 2. Hold the film strip vertically in front of the light 3. Long-press the capture button or simply say “Go” (if voice control is enabled) 4. See negatives magically scanned and images revealed The app’s scanning algorithm automatically inverts colors and enhances the image so you get the best possible scans of your old film negatives. CELEBRATE YOUR NEWLY SCANNED FILM NEGATIVES: * Save the new digital photos to your phone * Create a beautiful photo slideshow * Share your photos and collages with the people you love OPTIONAL IN-APP UPGRADE: The first few photos are free. For unlimited use, consider purchasing an optional paid plan (in-app purchase). Here are the premium features you get with a paid plan: * Unlimited scanning * Unlimited photo saving and sharing * Photo backup and access on other devices and online. The app offers an optional paid plan via monthly/yearly auto-renewing subscriptions**, as well as a One-Time plan which is paid for by a single upfront payment (valid for 2 years). These offer unlimited access to the premium mentioned above. **Payment will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew itself unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the App Store. If offered, if you choose to use our free trial, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Got any questions? We’d love to connect: [email protected] Privacy Policy: https://photomyne.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://photomyne.com/terms-of-use