A new version 2.2.4 of Silver Black And White Photo Converter for Mac computers is released. This is a minor update with improvements and fixes.

Download on the Mac App Store.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1501659637
A new version 2.2.4 of Silver Black And White Photo Converter for Mac computers is released. This is a minor update with improvements and fixes.
Download on the Mac App Store.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1501659637
Version 1.0.11 is released. This is minor update to improve stability and speed.
Link to Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1561718350
Note: If you are using iOS or iPadOS 15.7 and see a crash of A Photo Tool there is a known issue with iOS 15.7. We and other developers see crash reports from users who have chosen to share that information with Apple and developers. (We don’t see any personal or private user data but only the technical crash reports.) The issue is under investication and Apple will propably release an update at some point of time in future.
Version 5.0 of Silver B&W Camera is released.
With this update the app is changed to a free download. App is now ad-supported so all users will have access to all features. If you have purchased payed version you will not see any ads on camera preview screen. Also is you have made paid in-app purchase you will not see any ads on camera preview.
Ads can be removed by going to settings and touching purchase link. You only need to make one payed purchase. All previously made payed purchases disable ads.
This update also improves stability and speed.
Download on the App Store
We continue to celebrate start of the New Year with updates of Silver B&W Converter for Mac and A Photo Tool for iPad and iPhone.
Download Silver B&W Photo Converter for Mac
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1501659637
or A Photo Tool for iPad and iPhone
Year begins with a new release of Silver B&W Camera. Version 3.1.1 is available for download.
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1517621339
This is a minor maintenance release.
In-app purchases now at reduced price. Silver B&W Camera Full Version and Silver B&W Photo Converter All Features are now USD 0.99 / EUR 0.99 or equivalent in local currency.
Download Silver B&W Camera for iPhone and iPad
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1517621339
or Silver B&W Photo Converter for Mac
Silver B&W Camera has manual focus option you can use when autofocus does not work the way you like. Touch button M and then select Focus. If your device has more lenses than the single wide angle lens you first need to select a supported lens. iOS devices allow manual focus when wide angle lens or tele lens is in use.
You may let the autofocus system first focus to subject you want and then touch the Auto switch do disable autofocus and freeze the focus distance. You can then frame the photo the way you like.
If the target is close by but so small that autofocus does not detect it you can use something bigger to help focus. Even your own hand if you manage to place it on the right distance.
And of course you can use the focus slider and use the camera preview to focus your subject.
Note that you can move the manual settings window by touching its top frame and moving your finger.
There is one important thing to remember about manual focus. You may want to focus to infinity when shooting distant objects or scenery. Be aware that the rightmost position of the focus slider may not be the infinity. Typically lens focus system extends beyond infinity. This guarantees that lens can focus to infinity but does not define physical position for the infinity. So when manually moving the focus slider to focus to infinity carefully check the preview window and don’t simply move the slider to the right end.
Silver B&W Camera supports RAW and ProRAW (since version 3.1) formats. RAW and ProRAW images are combined with JPEG or HEIC photos as a single image file.
By default a JPEG or HEIC version is shown and shared if send to others. The RAW and ProRAW versions remain in the background and needs specific actions to be accessed.
You can use Mac computer and Photos app to extract separate RAW or ProRAW and JPEG or HEIC files.
Or you can use iOS app like A Photo Tool to select whether you want to access the RAW format or normal photo format of the file.
We have a short video to show how everything is done. See it here on YouTube.
Silver B&W Camera has features to adjust exposure – that is lightness or darkness of the photo.
Simplest is the Exposure Bias setting. Touch M button to show the manual modes dialog. First item on the left is Exposure +/-. This setting works in combination with autoexposure. You just tell the automatic that you want the photo to be lighter or darker.
Example is a sunny day when everything is lit brightly but your main target is in the shadow. Add some positive exposure bias to make your main target more visible. Remember to watch out the overall exposure so that you don’t make the background too light.
You can close the manual settings dialog and the exposure bias setting remains in effect. Small letter B on the camera view reminds that bias setting is on.
Silver B&W Photo Converter version 2.1.3 is available to download on the App Store and is offered as an update to all current users. This is a fix to some issues we have detected. You will see improved performance on Apple Silicon Macs (the ones having M1 processor) and also improved file handling.
Mac apps downloaded from the Apple App Store technically run in so called Sand Box. To users it means that there is extra layer of security. To us developers it means extra work to try to figure out how things should be done to let everything run smoothly and so that the security does not hinder usability. There was sometimes trouble saving the edited photos but we think we got it right this time.
Link to Apple App Store https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1501659637