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Albedo: A Reflectance App on Windows Pc

Developed By: Thomas Leeuw

License: Free

Rating: 3,7/5 - 6 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.4
Size	2.1 MB
Release Date	April 01, 16
Category	Tools Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (7)]
Description from Developer: Albedo is an app designed to measure the albedo (or reflectance) of a surface. Albedo is simply defined as the ratio of light reflected from a surface to the light incident upon th... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Albedo: A Reflectance App and install on Windows PC. Albedo: A Reflectance App is free Tools app, developed by Thomas Leeuw. Latest version of Albedo: A Reflectance App is 1.4, was released on 2016-04-01 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Albedo: A Reflectance App is 3,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 6 users, 2 users had rated it 5*, 4 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Albedo: A Reflectance App on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Albedo: A Reflectance App on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Albedo: A Reflectance App on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Albedo: A Reflectance App using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Albedo: A Reflectance App" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Albedo: A Reflectance App on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Albedo: A Reflectance App" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.4.

Download Albedo: A Reflectance App 1.4 on Windows PC – 2.1 MB

Albedo is an app designed to measure the albedo (or reflectance) of a surface. Albedo is simply defined as the ratio of light reflected from a surface to the light incident upon the surface. The albedo of a surface can be easily interpreted as the percent of incident light reflected by the surface (e.g. Albedo of fresh snow ~ 90%; Albedo of asphalt ~ 10%). The Albedo app is able to measure both the broadband albedo (across the entire visible spectrum) and the spectral albedo in the red, green, and blue color channels of camera.

IMPORTANT: Albedo requires the use of an 18% photographers gray card as a reference. Gray cards are widely available at photography shops and online. Visit the supporting website for more information on gray cards.

Albedo has an easy to use interface that guides users through the collection of two images: a gray card image and an image of any surface. After the images are collected they can be analyzed immediately. In the analysis of the images, the Albedo app calculates the albedo of the surface in the RGB color channels of the camera. The data is instantly saved and can be accessed again via the Albedo app or downloaded onto a computer from Albedo's data folder.

How it works:

Albedo uses the camera as simple light sensor (photometer). Relative light intensity can be measured by normalizing the camera pixel values by the exposure. Therefore, the three color channels of the camera (RGB: Red, Green, Blue) provide a measure of light intensity in three regions of the visible spectrum.

The light intensity reflected from the surface is measured when the user captures an image of the surface. This is normalized by the ambient illumination using the gray card image. The final product is a nearly illumination independent measure of the surface albedo. Surface albedo is an important parameter used by environmental scientist to understand how different surfaces and substances interact with light. Albedo is commonly used in climatology, astronomy, and geoengineering.

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Required to be able to access the camera device.