Gel Swatch Library 4+

Essential Cinematography iPhone app

Thank you for the latest Gel Swatch iPhone app update.

The ability to use my iPhones camera or a calibrated photo to preview thousands of gel colors plus compare gels side by side over the image?

This update is a game changer for my location scouts, tech meetings and those quick “What gel looks good here?” moments.

I can’t wait to use it out in the field and on-set. It’s top of the stack now in my iPhones Cinematography Apps folder.

One suggestion on improving the app.

If the apps photo preview feature gave us the ability to selectively erase or paint on an area of the color gel overlay (for still photos only, not the live camera) this would really help in coming up with complex color combos. The ability to show Production Designers, Set Painters and Props people where a gel color wash will play on a live set would be incredible for an iPhone app.

Tiffen used to have 2 iPhone apps that allowed masking to a certain degree with their camera filters overlaid on top of still photos. They sold it off I believe and it’s now called “DFT” aka Digital Film Tools in the iPhone App Store. It still functions the same and I use it all the time.

I don’t know how complex app coding is but just a thought on taking the app to the next level.

Have a great New Year!

Kurt

Kurt Rauf
Director/Cinematographer

Fantastic App

Great tool if you take the time to set your screens brightness and color temperature this app renders color really well. Also has nice features to make your life easier.

Almost Perfect

Great app! I would love to be able to cross compare ANY 2 gels, not just what is comparable to the first selected gel.
Also once you add a gel to a project, you should be able to click on those gels and see the waveform and transmission %. Not just attached notes.
Fix those two things and you’ve got a 5 star app!

Developer Response ,

Thanks, we appreciate your comments. You can cross compare any 2 gels in the library. Just select the first color and then tap the compare icon at the bottom left and that will allow you to find any other gel in the more than 1600 colors. We will take a look at your request for projects and see if it can be done soon. BTW, the twelfth birthday for our app is coming up and we would love to get another star for our rambunctious 12 year old.