Support

Barite — Black & White Camera

Write to sudilkovsky@gmail.com. It reaches the person who builds the app. If something is wrong with a photograph, say which iPhone and which lens, and attach the shot if you can.

Questions that come up

Where are my photos?

In your photo library, if you allowed Barite to add them there — and always in Barite's own gallery, which you can also open in the Files app under On My iPhone. Deleting a photo in Barite puts it in Recently Deleted first.

Can I get the colour version back?

Barite keeps every original beside the black-and-white render, so the negative is still there. Open a shot in the editor to re-develop it; the black-and-white render is the product, and it is the one that gets rewritten when you save.

Why is RAW slower than the built-in camera?

Because Barite develops the frame itself rather than handing you Apple's finished JPEG. A full-resolution render takes a couple of seconds. Shoot HEIC if you want the camera to keep up with you, RAW or ProRAW when the frame is worth the wait.

The photo looks different from the preview.

It should not — the preview runs through the same shaders as the capture, on purpose. If you see a real difference, that is a bug worth an email.

Why are there no colour filters, or colour anything?

That is the whole idea. Barite is not a filter over a colour photo; the black-and-white render is the photograph. The six classic filters (yellow, orange, red, green, blue) and the eight-band mixer act on the colour before it is discarded, which is what a filter in front of a lens has always done.

Does Barite send anything anywhere?

No. See the privacy policy.