REC: VHS Camera - Retro Video

Vintage Photo & Tape Camcorder

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

iPhone

The only VHS camera app that processes footage the way VHS actually worked. Not a filter on top of your video. A full analog signal chain underneath it. The color bleed is real. The tracking noise is real. The tape warble in the audio is real. 80 profiles. All of it running in real time on your phone. 80 PROFILES. FIND YOUR LOOK. 80 profiles across eight collections — from subtle tape warmth to severe damage. Find one that fits or adjust over 70 parameters to build your own look. - Base: subtle tape warmth - Archive: aged, dusty, liminal spaces - Broadcast: TV and cable - Drift: tracking errors, timebase wobble - Chroma: color bleed, phase shifts - Damage: dropouts, tears, glitches - Signature: one-of-a-kind crafted looks - Random: roll the dice 70+ PARAMETERS. SHAPE THE SIGNAL. Go deeper than profiles. Shape the signal with over 70 parameters across the entire VHS pipeline. - Composite video simulation - Luma and chroma processing - Tracking and head switching noise - Tape wear and dropouts - Color bleeding and phase shift - Sharpness, noise, and grain - Ringing and edge artifacts Every profile is a starting point. Make it yours. SHOOT WITH FULL CONTROL. Full camera controls at your fingertips. Tap to focus, pinch to zoom, and see everything render in real-time as you shoot. - Lens - Stabilization - Focus - Exposure - ISO - Shutter speed - White balance THE DATE STAMP YOU REMEMBER. The classic VHS date and time overlay, the way you remember it. Five formats with custom dates for any era you want to recreate. - REC · PLAY · PAUSE indicators - Battery icon - Tape counter - Tape speed YOUR AUDIO DEGRADES TOO. Your audio should match your picture. Choose from four levels of tape wear that degrade your sound alongside your video - Clean - Mint - Worn - Damaged ONE TAP. FOUND FOOTAGE. One tap for the classic green tint with auto torch. Turns any dark scene into found footage. BRING YOUR OWN FOOTAGE. Already have footage? Bring in photos and videos from your library and run them through the same processing pipeline.

  • 4.6
    out of 5
    71 Ratings

This update adds new profiles and features, and fixes many problems. NEW • 9 new profiles, including the new Service collection. There are now 89 profiles. • All 10 Base profiles are free. Before, 3 were free. • You can try a locked profile in the viewfinder before you get Pro. • Camera Control: change the profile, exposure and lens. • You can hear audio styles in the editor preview. • Each gallery tile shows the profile name and the length of the video. • You can cancel an import or an export. If an export fails, REC tells you why. • REC does not stop your music when you open it. The music stops when you start a recording. • Haptic feedback works in the app. • VoiceOver and Voice Control work on all screens. RECORDING FIXES • Fixed crashes during a recording and when you stop a recording. • A call, Siri, high temperature or low storage now stops the recording and saves the video. Before, the video could be lost. • If REC closes while it saves a video, REC keeps the video. • Recording with Bluetooth headphones works. • Sound and picture stay in sync. • The front camera on iPhone 17 no longer shows a sideways or zoomed picture. • The picture no longer goes black when you turn the iPhone. • The volume buttons and Camera Control take one photo for each press. • Saved profiles keep all their settings. GALLERY FIXES • Fixed grey or empty tiles in the gallery. • A damaged library file no longer deletes your gallery. • Fixed zoom and replay problems in the viewer. EDITOR AND EXPORT FIXES • Fixed crashes with large 4K videos. • Fixed imports of videos with uncommon audio, for example surround sound and Spatial Audio. • Export at 24 or 12 fps now gives that frame rate. • Exported videos have the same colours and brightness as the editor preview, also from HDR videos. • REC now deletes temporary import files. Before, they used storage space. • Fixed black frames and wrong start positions in editor playback.

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Seller
KUDOS.TV OU
Size
29.9 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Languages
English and 7 more
  • English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
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