A blast from the past!
Capture your photos with a unique 1-bit camera: only pure black and pure white pixels, no grayscale!
BitCam's interface is delightfully old school, featuring chunky buttons and mechanical sounds the likes of which haven't graced your screen in over 40 years.
In Camera mode, three different pixel resolutions let you experiment, and an 8-color mode brings you a little closer to the current day while preserving the distinct aesthetic.
Or jump over to the editor to dither any photo from your library and experiment with resolutely modern colors & gradients.
Clean, high resolution PNG output means you can print those files, use them in digital collages, or other art projects.
You can also now run BitCam natively on your iPad, and your Mac!
And on Mac, you can install a system extension to use BitCam in any app that uses the camera: Zoom, FaceTime, Google Meet, WebEx, Photo Booth, etc.
The camera mode is entirely free and unlimited. The editor mode offers a 3 day trial, after which it requires a one-time in-app purchase for full access, on all of your account's devices.
Superb little camera app that brings back the feeling of photos on a classic 16-bit Mac. Even the interface and sounds are fun and bring you back in time.For the people asking to be able to import photos, it actually includes a plugin for the Photos app so you can apply the dithering effects to your existing photos. Or just snap a picture directly within BitCam then save it to your camera roll using an effect.The app is very functional even without the color in-app purchase so give it a try! The $2.79 color option is well worth it in my opinion, I bought it to support the Iconfactory.
As a camera, it’s great!
Some guy from some place
This the exact effect I want to achieve, and it has a cool simple / retro interface, but I wanted to use the effect on images in my camera roll and was disappointed to see there is no import function. Maybe they’re trying to stay authentic to the simplicity of retro technology, but it’s frustrating that there are no other apps that achieve the same affect with imported images.
Developer Response
If you go into Photos and Edit the image, BitCam should be available in the ... menu. You can apply the effect and then save the updated image in your camera roll.
Plz add record or import
sammytimgaming
Or inverted
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O(slmn)
It would make my day/life if there were a video-recording function of this app.
Developer Response
Video recording is something we'd like to do eventually if we can swing it. Thanks for taking the time to leave your review and for using BitCam, we hope you enjoy it!
BitCam 2.1 adds a BitCam system extension for macOS, enabling you to use BitCam in any app that lets you pick the video camera (Zoom, FaceTime, etc).
2.1.1 fixes a crash that could happen on macOS when virtual cameras are installed on the system.
Version 2.1.1
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