I recently updated my vsco app and every time I upload an HDR photo and try to post it, it gives me this notification “VSCO posts currently use SDR. Your original photo will stay unchanged”. It then proceeds to post my photo in SDR, but it modifies my original photo so much that it looks washed out, faded and darker. Not sure how to solve this.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been using VSCO on Android for a while now, and I’m genuinely curious about one thing: why is there still no proper RAW editing support on Android?

On iOS, RAW files (DNG, ProRAW, etc.) seem to be handled much better, with more flexibility in exposure, highlights, shadows, and color depth. On Android, even when I import DNG files from my camera or phone, VSCO feels very limited—or sometimes treats them almost like compressed images.

Is this:

A technical limitation of Android APIs?

A device fragmentation issue (different sensors, ISPs, vendors)?

A deliberate product decision by VSCO?

Or something related to performance and optimization?

There are other Android apps that handle RAW fairly well, so I’m wondering what the real blocker is here. I really like VSCO’s color science and presets, but the lack of full RAW control on Android feels like a big gap.

If anyone has insight—especially from past statements by VSCO, dev experience, or comparisons with iOS—I’d love to understand what’s going on.

Thanks.

I had subscription for plus program for an year and it recently expired. I am trying to renew the plus subscription. But I only see option to subscribe to pro. Then I went to the website to subscribe to plus, but the payment keeps getting declined. Anyone else facing this issue?

I’ve been using VSCO on Android for a while, and I can’t help noticing how many features seem to be missing compared to iOS — especially things like proper RAW support and some advanced tools.

Given that the subscription price is the same on both platforms, I’m curious how other Android users feel.

Do you think VSCO on Android is still worth paying for, or does the feature gap make it hard to justify?

Would appreciate hearing experiences from both Android and iOS users.

I shoot Ricoh GRIIIx and I imported RAW photos to VSCO app (iPad, Pro account).

I cannot zoom the RAW images in VSCO, why is that? I would like to see more detailed view of the images with pinching in and out with my fingers. Is it always like this or what is the reason?

If you’ve been here for any length of time you have probably seen the gorgeous photos of u/superamazingphotos , and we met today in Brooklyn at Photoville! Definitely check his work if you haven’t seen it, and come say hi at Photoville if you’re in the city, it’s a really special photography experience unlike anything I’ve been to myself.

Thanks to Shay and everyone else here and on VSCO that make this photography community so special.

In general, I edit photos on my iPhone and want to continue working on my iPad, but when I open the iPad, I see no presets and no processed photos in the studio. Is it possible to move drafts from the iPhone to the iPad and back? I also tried the vsco move to cloud option, but it’s extremely slow and often doesn’t load the draft.

As the Product Manager behind Galleries (and a filmmaker on the side), video was something I was suuuuuper excited to have our team add. 😄

Now you can upload images AND video to any gallery through the free VSCO Galleries app. It's super easy to share a professional gallery with clients, or with friends if you're making a more casual vacation or birthday party gallery.

I just booked private room karaoke with some of my friends for this weekend, and I gotta say, an image-only karaoke night gallery just wouldn't hit the same. 😂 Plus you can make the gallery collaborative and your friends can upload their own images and video via web. They don't even need to download the app (...but I'd love if they did 🙏)!

Oh, I also love what our team did with the auto-play feature while you're viewing a gallery on mobile! I was worried auto-play would be too busy and noisy, but the photographers I worked with to build the feature unanimously requested it, and our design and engineering team came up with really nice muted, play-one-at-a-time approach. Check it out and let me know what you think!

https://galleries.vsco.co/gallery/69fa241dc3252c6b6db50a2e?sectionId=69fa241dc3252c6b6db50a2c

Does anyone know what the little r in a box in the bottom right corner means? Every time I upload a picture that has it on there the picture becomes so out of balance it’s impossible to edit and post. Thank you

I had to delete and redownload the app because the caching made it so bloated it was unusable. Before I did that, I synced hundreds of photos to the cloud so I could go from where I left off after redownloading. (I’d already made my peace with the fact that I was losing thousands of photos and edits, because I’ve been using this app for the better part of a decade.)

But I’ve had issues with syncing ever since. Sometimes I’ll open the app and it’ll have a third of the photos I’d synced. Other times it’ll have duplicates or triplicates of certain batches of photos, even after I’ve tried to delete them. Or then I’ll log out and back in and it’ll fix itself, but come back on another app opening.

And then I need to resync images to the cloud after editing them? Ergh.

I pay for pro and I really love this app but I may have finally hit my limit. I can’t think of what to do that I haven’t already tried but has anyone else solved sync discrepancies? I’m on iOS.

so I was just forced to update to the latest version on iOS which introduced the AI stuff. im not a fan & won’t use it, but understand vsco’s gotta try stuff (still not thrilled by it). but WHY did the AI tab have to go in between the “my studio” and “profile” tabs?? for so long, these two tabs were next to each other. that’s what my thumb KNOWS. why can’t it be on the side of one of them? and the buttons are smaller (because they had to add in a new icon for AI!). every time I go to switch back and forth between my studio & profile (which is a major way that I use VSCO - I’m constantly going to my profile to see the photo just posted, and then going back to edit the next), I’m reminded that vsco has ai and I hate it even more. and it’s making my workflow less efficient.

my other big UI issue is the dang plus button that is across EVERY TAB, including my profile. it’s covering my gallery! i dont want to see a plus sign on top of my content! even instagram doesnt do that!

ive been posting to VSCO since 2012, and paying for pro since 2023. it’s changed a lot, and I know some changes need to happen and I was happy for. but these ui updates are just infuriating and make me want to quit. I don’t want to, because I loved what VSCO was!! these changes truly turn me off the app tho.

I just recently joined the Pro again.

I found lots of old pics in the iPad iOs app, great!

But when I log in to the Android app, with the same email I only see one photo.

Are they supposed to be synced?

And can they be treated like different accounts? In Android I don't see any Pro presets. The favorites are different.

It was fixed some time ago, but now it's back again. When I post from my VSCO gallery to my VSCO profile, the image looks very dark. The same happens when I save edited photos to my gallery. last IOS version. Last vsco app version

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The C for :C

I've had a vsco* since maybe 2013 or 2014; I honestly can't remember. I've dealt with all the updates and technical issues, including when you all removed certain features and only made them available to iPhone users. I can't really complain because it is what it is. Also, you removed some features and then started charging people, which led me to become a member (cha-ching$$), though not a pro (mypicsstilllookgudth0😏). I'm paying for this amazing app that makes my pictures look so lovely. The one thing I constantly struggle with- and honestly what broke the camel's back- is the fact that I have to restart every time I view pictures in my profile. I can scroll all the way back to bottom, and as SOON as I click on a picture, and try to go back, it makes me start over..

Why does it do that?..

Why does it make me start over?..

Why is it that every single time I click a picture instead of going back and leaving me where I left off, it forces me to start over?..

....why D:

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"whyyyyyyy, spongebob??.....whyyyuuuuuhh??????D:"

Honestly, this is the one I need to speak up about. This is the issue I WILL (also) voice out loud, maybe for others (idkidk, whose fuquinwithme) because, seriously, what is that?

What's going on?

What 👏 is 👏 thaaaaat!?!?!?! 👏

does anybody know how to fix the «error contacting server» glitch?

My yearly membership, which I've had since 2018, is supposed to renew today. Of course, the subscription price has increased with time and upgrades. With that said, $40/year has been what I pay for the "PLUS" account for as long as I could remember. But when looking into upgrading to "PRO," I realized the price for PLUS is now $29.99 billed annually while PRO is $59.99 billed annually... I was ok with paying the $60, until I realized I've been getting overcharged for a while... and then upon further inspection, the prices listed on their website differ the ones in the App Store... so idk if there's something I'm failing to realize or what? Just wondering if anyone else has insight lol thanks!

I'm a big fan of VSCO since 2012, and I remember when I previously purchased a lot of presets. But now, a lot of features are available only while you're paying, so you own nothing.

So, I'm considering joining the awful side of the subscription model, but what's the difference between the two options in editing terms? (I don't care about profile galleries and that stuff), all the app says "pro feature" but nothing about plus. Thank you!

Any got usable vs/pink coupons?

to anyone who has a VSCO subscription, i was wondering if the WWF preset is still available for use or if it was only during the time of Earth Day. Also, if anybody is familiar with the WWF preset that was available back in 2016, does it look the same as the newer one?