Acacia

Acacia Free App

Rated 3.81/5 (224) —  Free Android application by Ephemerald Creative Arts

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About Acacia

A Camera Assistant's tool for film-makers working in both film and DV, and still photographers.

FEATURES:
Acacia provides a graphical Depth Of Field (DOF) calculator, equipment management, shot logging and a basic slate or clapper board. It now also contains a Director's Viewfinder (useful to the camera operator and location scout). The DVF includes a compass and level overlay.

PERMISSIONS:
Acacia now requires permission to use your device's camera. The camera is used for the Director's Viewfinder. It currently does not actually take pictures, but will in a future release.

FREE & PAID VERSIONS:
This is the full-functional free version. If you find it useful, consider buying me a beer.

Acacia is intended to be primarily of use to indie film crew - director, cinematographer, DOP, camera operator, and camera assistants (1st AC, 2nd AC). Its interactive DOF calculator may also be of interest to still photographers.

It is free to use, asks for minimal special permissions, and will never display annoying ads.

Acacia is continually evolving and is developed as I have time.

Please leave feedback with comments or suggestions. Bug reports are well-appreciated.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Acacia version 0.8.5, on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.ephemerald.cameraassistant, download Acacia.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Handle failure-to-open-camera more gracefully.
Version update Acacia was updated to version 0.8.5,
More downloads  Acacia reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Acacia was updated to version 0.8.5, "James"
Version update Acacia was updated to version 0.8.4, "Donna"

What are users saying about Acacia

C70%
by C####:

Forced close

D70%
by D####:

Awesome features but... App Bug: Default New Lens (name) { can't save edited name }

D70%
by D####:

Keeps crashing on Find Armed Take. Couldn't reset counter without starting all the way from scratch. The DOF was amazing and felt good using

U70%
by U####:

Thank you!

R70%
by R####:

Great for documenting shots! Lots of settings and info fields. I want to see how well this works on a tablet, it will be easier to see at distance.

M70%
by M####:

Great app, very useful. Makes perfect sense if you understand photographic principals. !"! Recent update and lens focal length is broken.

K70%
by K####:

Excellent app with lots of useful tools. Do you think a film counter could be included? Time to frames to feet in 16mm and 35mm?

R70%
by R####:

Excellent work. Esp the visual DOF.. 1 small problem in "Lucy" v 0.5.4 - I have to manually type in the focal length. Cheers.

Z70%
by Z####:

It's confusing and I wish the developer can fix the slate :/ tomorrow I have a roll and I can't use it :(

Z70%
by Z####:

Great app for indie film. Keep up the good work. Thanks!

T70%
by T####:

Slate was promise. The developer is unresponsive. I do not reccommend!

I70%
by I####:

Good start

V70%
by V####:

Its confusing

R70%
by R####:

very impressed with where this app is headed. i like that i can save lenses. should think about adding chip sizes by name. ie: mysterium x, etc.

R70%
by R####:

I love this app! Saves a huge amount of time and guessing when selecting lenses! 5 stars if you can make it more intuitive to use

F70%
by F####:

Ruind my video camera on my cliq

R70%
by R####:

Someone please explain to me how to use?

R70%
by R####:

I'm not a camera pro, but it seems this might be a great app... if there were any instructions. Uninstall

H70%
by H####:

Been using it for years and it is my go to for computing DoF on the go.

F70%
by F####:

Has everything that you would need and does its job very well.

N70%
by N####:

Guys can u help me using this how can I create video here plsss... help me...I need you helps

U70%
by U####:

awesome app to have but it gets a little messy sometime other than that the best app of it's kind :)

E70%
by E####:

very useful and can really help production. would be nice if the slate could be exported as a .pdf or .xls file for camera report.

Y70%
by Y####:

Forced close

T70%
by T####:

On this phone though - htc1s - the slate does not match the photos above at all and does not work - reading comments below - I am not sure it ever did... I hope that the dev keeps up with this one... I may have to buy him a beer just on principle. EDIT - I take the above back and add a star... After playing a bit - I found the slate. I had put in my camera (a t2i) as a digital still... If I change it to video - Viola. One handy Slate.

K70%
by K####:

This app is stunning, by far the best one of its kind. My only critisism would be to have a way to re-order/delete the shots after creating them as this can get a little messy.

T70%
by T####:

Film makers dream. If you make films, YOU NEED THIS!!!

T70%
by T####:

and boy! was it worth it! You rock! Enjoy your beer!

G70%
by G####:

I have a few cameras and can put them all into this app to mix and match lenses at will. Great time saver!

I70%
by I####:

I was looking for a DVF and this app meets my requirement, actually exceeds it!!! i can select the sensor size and the focal length of the lens... hope its accurate! wish there was some way getting rid of the compass overlay.....will use it for a while and then consider paying for it. Thanks!

T70%
by T####:

Great tool for film makers. Full trial version and I will happily upgrade to paid as it is worth every penny. Thank you for this app

F70%
by F####:

This app is good, just what I was looking for lol I have not opened it yet but hey-ho I will soon ♡xx

T70%
by T####:

Everything is awesome. I could really use a way to export out all of the project information, namely shot and take info, for editing. I would give this thing a solid 5!

P70%
by P####:

Possibly the most usefull camera app for android for small budget film makers

T70%
by T####:

Nice work, thanks

X70%
by X####:

Works great!

H70%
by H####:

If you know how the a lense works you will find this app very useful. It calculates focus distance, focal length and depth of field. The view finder is helpful but I'm having trouble with extra wide shots as it can't get wider than 35mm.

B70%
by B####:

This is exactly what I was looking for. I had used another slating app on an iPad, but it was not as good. This will automatically advance the take number! Keep up the good work! Us Indy folk love you!

T70%
by T####:

Its to complicated I dont even understand how to use it

R70%
by R####:

A work in progress...


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