Android app for passport photo w background removal
Android app for passport photo w background removal
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xyz123

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1,131 posts

159 months

Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Hi, whole family needs new passport and being in London the photo studio s charge £12 to £15 each for photos (don't have kiosk nearby). Any suggestions for an android app that can take photos and importantly allows for background color change? I'm the past I remember partying for couple of apps but when I changed phone they couldn't be transferred over so wanted to get suggestions please.

Thanks

Mr-B

5,054 posts

224 months

Friday 4th August 2023
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Does it have to be an app? Plenty of free online web resources to do it. Anyone in the family with a recent Samsung galaxy(?) as they have a built in photo editor that will remove backgrounds.

Doofus

34,430 posts

203 months

Friday 4th August 2023
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Just stand in front of a plain wall and take a selfie. That's what the passport website tells you to do, and it works fine.

Griffith4ever

6,954 posts

65 months

Friday 4th August 2023
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Yep - online you upload photos and it tells you if they are ok (and then you get an email rejecting the photo if, like me, you stood in front of a textured wall - resubmitting was immediate and approved the next day.)

Stand in front of a PLAIN wall, chin up, no shadows (so behind, not under a light) and that works fine for them. If you digitally edit the background (with an app) they are likely to reject your photo - they are very specific about not editing the photo in any way.

-crookedtail-

1,593 posts

220 months

Friday 4th August 2023
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I did this for my passport renewal photo albeit on iOS as I found it basically impossible to take a picture without any shadow or it being too dark

The online portal accepted it fine and my passport was approved shortly afterwards.

the-norseman

15,850 posts

201 months

Saturday 5th August 2023
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Done 3 of them recently, find a plain light coloured wall, stand in front of it and make sure there is no shadow. upload it.

eliot

11,995 posts

284 months

Saturday 5th August 2023
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my son sat in a photo booth and then took a selfie with his phone - perfect picture with perfect lighting.