![simple-cam-5.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516024881/nunvvwbjvslte9vddqiq.jpg)

#### Details
Simple Camera is a camera app usable for both photo taking and video recording. You can switch between front and rear camera easily, modify the save path, and limit the resolution. The flash can be turned on and off and used as a flashlight. This camera app also have gesture feature like pinch to zoom in.

#### Benefits / Improvements
Why **Simple Camera** need a new icon? Icons are one of the most fundamental part of an app. A small icon must contain informations of the app itself. The current icon of Simple Camera is literally plain simple. There is no uniqueness to make it stand out among many camera apps in the market.

![comparison.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516024920/qlpol7ji9k7cztcz0wve.jpg)

I don't want to get rid the meaning of simple, it's has to incorporate in to the new icon. I made the camera icon as simple as possible without adding up to much unnecessery elements. to make it unique, I put a scenery as a reflection in the camera lens.

Below are some mockups and implementations of the new icon.

![simple-cam.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516024966/dxry7m7gpmynk7konzf6.jpg)

![Untitled-1.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516024977/chdzgyluzfylbjyj3czc.jpg)

![simple-cam-3.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516024996/mb5dahgr1ptgk5d55lyr.jpg)

![simple-cam-4.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516025016/o5figl7l0m6bn7ym2tub.jpg)

#### Tools
The new icon was made with Adobe Illustrator, while the mockups in the presentation was made with Adobe Photoshop.

![BWArtboard 2-100.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1516024845/cupzeddiaejby7yvnsyz.jpg)

#### Original files
Download editable final files: [**Google Drive.**](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ci_2Egv2u7pjesliYU0Mpye_3KUlNLZf)
Simple Camera: [**Google Play Store.**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.camera)
Source Code: [**Github.**](https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Camera)
Background image was taken from [**Unsplash.**](https://unsplash.com/photos/W2Dta_Yiwfw)
Mockups Source: [**1,**](https://graphicburger.com/branding-identity-mockup-vol-14/) [**2**](https://www.mockupcloud.com/free/art-craft-stationery-branding-mockup)
    

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