More from RNI Film. The original photo was taken around noon local time in mixed shade. Lots of contrast all around. On the left the Agfa Optima 200 Warm filtration has been applied as in the prior post. On the right is a filter from the Vintage collection, Technicolor 2.

The reds in particular are treated significantly differently between the two filters. Shadows are a bit more open with the Agfa filter, and as is obvious in the name, there’s a pleasant warm shift. The Technicolor is a more neutral, contrastier, and cooler filter. In order to get to this final image I first post processed in Snapseed to adjust the perspective and make the columns and arches “properly” vertical. The output from that operation was then processed in RNI.

I wish I could string my iOS tools together automatically to accomplish this, or have a way to call RNI if needed from Snapseed, passing the output from Snapseed to RNI. I can call NIK Software tools, the ancestor of Snapseed, from Lightroom on my PC. I’d like similar capability on my iPhone please Apple.

I installed RNI Films from the App store, based on the recommendation from “iOS Apps for the Serious Mobile Photographer” on ThePhoblographer. RNI provides the ability to apply filmic looks to digital photos. It has in-app purchases for what are called negative packs to create additional film looks. I took one of my photos used in the last post and applied RNI’s Afga Optima 200 Warm to the image. I actually like how it looks, especially the treatment of the red flowers.

Unfortunately one issue I already have with RNI is my inability to select 16:9 trimming. I suppose I’ll run it through Photos first to trim it.

RNI’s not the first app to apply film filters to an image. The article recommends VSCO, which I’ve had for some time and also has a boat-load of film(-like) filters, having first purchased it years ago for my Samsung Galaxy S4 on Android. VSCO is difficult to move photos into and out of, so much so that it now sits pretty much idle on both my iPhone and iPad. RNI has no such difficulties and allows me to work directly with my camera roll, much like every other post processing app I have (Snapseed, Stackables, Photos, and Google Photos).