Question

Can I apply effects on a running camera surface and save with these effects onto the SD card?

I want to apply effects like negative, black & white, etc.

Answer 1

Set the parameters to whatever you want like this…

            mCamera = Camera.open();
            Camera.Parameters cp = mCamera.getParameters();

            cp.setJpegQuality(100);
            cp.setColorEffect(Parameters.SCENE_MODE_PORTRAIT);
            cp.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_ON);
            cp.setColorEffect(Parameters.EFFECT_MONO);
            setPictureSize(cp);

            mCamera.setParameters(cp);

Then take your picture and the effects will be in the data byte array that’s in the callback. Just save the image to the SDcard as is.