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A new member with some questions

Ok, so i have already searched the forum and tried the suggestions but it didn't work.
Anyone have Mp3 trimmer from the original Diamond working on the D2? i downloaded one but it only takes up about 1/4 of the screen and is too small to work with.
As a new owner and a n00bie to all these fantastic apps (I had the diamond for a year and never actually did anything to it except add skype),
What are the essential apps to download for the D2? things that really make a difference or are a lot of fun?
my last question...When i add a photo to a contact, on the contact page it comes out in low res....any idea how to make it high res?

Barff1984 said:
Anyone have Mp3 trimmer from the original Diamond working on the D2? i downloaded one but it only takes up about 1/4 of the screen and is too small to work with.
my last question...When i add a photo to a contact, on the contact page it comes out in low res....any idea how to make it high res?
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I have not used the MP3 Trimmer but it sounds like the resoultion is out, maybe have a lookie in the Touch HD forum as the HD is the same res as the D2
On the note of contacts, I have found that if I use a old photo stored on the storage card it has a reduced res, when I took a new photo of the contact with the camera going through the "change photo" menu it produced a better high res shot
Marty

On the note of contacts, I have found that if I use a old photo stored on the storage card it has a reduced res, when I took a new photo of the contact with the camera going through the "change photo" menu it produced a better high res shot
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I tried that but it's still in low res :S

Barff1984 said:
On the note of contacts, I have found that if I use a old photo stored on the storage card it has a reduced res, when I took a new photo of the contact with the camera going through the "change photo" menu it produced a better high res shot
Marty
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I tried that but it's still in low res :S[/QUOTE]
Oh, ermmm when you took the photo did u use the contacts setting or normal photo? i didnt use the contacts mode on the camera

[Q] How to share higher resolution pictures

Is there a way to share higher resolution pictures on apps such as Facebook or Twitter from the Camera program? When I take a picture and want to share it I click on the menu button -> Share and select Facebook or Twitter. Problem is the picture that's shared is TINY even though I'm taking a 5MP picture and you can't even make out anything. Is there a setting for this anywhere where I can adjust the resolution it's sent out at?

How are you trying to share the photo? Using AllShare?
All default options such as Google mail, Bluetooth, etc shares complete pic.

dkszone said:
How are you trying to share the photo? Using AllShare?
All default options such as Google mail, Bluetooth, etc shares complete pic.
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I'm sharing it directly from the Camera app. Ie I take the picture and when it shows the preview there is a Share button. I like the button and a list pops up of ways to share it which includes Facebook and Twitter. The problem I have is that what it uploads is a tiny resolution (320x240) picture that can barely be made out. Is there a way to change the resolution that is uploaded to these sites?

Bump...anyone know how to do this?

[Q] Can I take 1920x1080 pictures?

Hello ,
Is it possible to set resolution to 1920x1080 for the camera pictures? I want to see them on my LG display. I am using stock , unrooted. Thanks in advance.

no you cannot
1920x1080 are a 16:9 video resolution, not a picture resolution
Pictures are allways shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio
For pictures you can select 8mpixels (3264x2448) or 5mpixels (2560x1920) or 3mpixels (2048x1536) or 2mpixels (1600x1200) or less

Thank you , but I have a photo camera that can shot pics in 16:9 , so i thought that the aspect can be overwritten on this phone too. Some other opinions though?

Maybe if you're willing to install CM7, it may be possible to tweak some files a bit to get the desired effect

George , can you please be more specific?

jepcar said:
George , can you please be more specific?
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He means that if you install another rom on your phone you _might_ be able to set the camera resolution somewhere in it.
I would try to google for another camera app in your place. (Have you tried downloading any from the market, maybe some of them can crop images to the right size directly?)

I haven't found one yet. I have tried all camera apps from the market and none of them worked....Maybe someone can help me a little more , please ?

There are no camera apps for Android that can take pictures in that resolution.
Your photo camera that does it, cant really either - all it does is crop the picture afterwards in software, but the picture itself is taken natively in 4:3 aspect
There are no camera apps for Android that offer that option, so we cant really help you with that part.
If you want pictures in that resolution (or rather in 16:9 aspect) you will have to crop them yourself using a picture editor after they are taken. There are a number of photo editors for Android that will crop pictures on your phone, for instance "Photo Enhance" which will let you crop pictures in different fixed aspect ratios, including 16:9 widescreen. You need the paid version to save pictures in high resolution.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wheadon.photoenhancepro&feature=more_from_developer
Else try and look at some of the other editors - heres a list of some
http://www.web3mantra.com/2011/07/06/25-android-apps-for-photo-editing/
PS: You can offcource also crop and resize your pictures using a picture editor on your computer and then transfer them back to the phone again after cropping and resizing

I have a camera that takes picture in 1920x1080. It is a Samsung DV150F. They are 8 MB look good on my new TV monitor.
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jepcar said:
Hello ,
Is it possible to set resolution to 1920x1080 for the camera pictures? I want to see them on my LG display. I am using stock , unrooted. Thanks in advance.
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I have a camera that takes picture in 1920x1080. It is a Samsung DV150F. They are 8 MB look good on my new TV monitor. Full Screen

Doubt about the size of the pictures

Hello,
I had a Galaxy S2, but now i have the 4X HD. I have a question: My S2's pictures had about 2,5mb (size of the file), and my 4X HD's pictures has about 1,4mb. Why is that difference so big ? Dont they have the same 8Mpx camera?
I dont know if i am wrong, but S2 has a better camera ? Am I forgeting anything about the configuration ?
Thanks for the atention,
Arthur Garcia

Yes we all discussed this before. Size is not big as you noticed. we all knwo that our camera has some problems (focus , night pictures).
May be we`ll have a update on the camera wich might take better fotos.

AG22 said:
Hello,
I had a Galaxy S2, but now i have the 4X HD. I have a question: My S2's pictures had about 2,5mb (size of the file), and my 4X HD's pictures has about 1,4mb. Why is that difference so big ? Dont they have the same 8Mpx camera?
I dont know if i am wrong, but S2 has a better camera ? Am I forgeting anything about the configuration ?
Thanks for the atention,
Arthur Garcia
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Picture file size depends also on the kind of picture (light, colors, etc...), what ISO camera use, and maybe other settings.
If the settings are "automatic" they'll change deppending of the enviroment where the picture is made soo, also the size.
We have the compression too... maybe LG software have different compression than Shaisung.

Thank you all people, i understood. So i hope in the future, LG give us an good update xD
I cant root my phone, my firmware (Brazil 10C) has some bug, so i guess i cant mod for camera V5. Am I right ?

RuedasLocas said:
Picture file size depends also on the kind of picture (light, colors, etc...), what ISO camera use, and maybe other settings.
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not exactly, most important for file size is JPG quality compression (0-100 where 100 is 100% of quality but higher file size)...i don't know what is in stock camera, but it have strong compression and that give you worst quality but smaller file size, i.e. you can download ICS Camera or lgCamera from Google Play and change this settings to higher quality/less compression...

darryd said:
not exactly, most important for file size is JPG quality compression (0-100 where 100 is 100% of quality but higher file size)...i don't know what is in stock camera, but it have strong compression and that give you worst quality but smaller file size, i.e. you can download ICS Camera or lgCamera from Google Play and change this settings to higher quality/less compression...
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Soo, if not exactly, how you explain the same picture size selected (8MP) and different picture file size? Resolution is the same...
The stock compression should be none.
Of course that we can not have the quality of a 100% .jpg (or any other format) in a lower percent ... That happends not only with pictures, also sound or video files...
Some formats can have better quality with smaller file size but, thats another story!

RuedasLocas said:
Soo, if not exactly, how you explain the same picture size selected (8MP) and different picture file size? Resolution is the same...
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Of course, the difference will always be, because every picture is different. As you wrote, it also depends on the details of the file size, but it will be a small difference, but certainly not so that the first image is 1.5 MB and the next is 3 MB.

best manual camera for Google pixel 4 XL?

I just picked up a Google pixel 4 XL on an amazing deal! I'm just looking for suggestions from other pixel users specifically photographers on what the best manual camera app is that they've used in conjunction with g cam?
I've tested a few but everything I've shot with has resulted in grainy photos or horrible UI. If anyone can resent some suggestions I'm sure this would help out others as well.

Moment Pro Cam and Open Cam [emoji1474]
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For photos the gcam app is King from what I can tell, moment app is ok... If you want superior video control go for FilmicPro.

Demolition49 said:
For photos the gcam app is King from what I can tell, moment app is ok... If you want superior video control go for FilmicPro.
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Have you used the moment app recently? I heard it's very buggy that's what's causing me not to pay for it to test out.
Also I'm not trying to shoot video in any way shape or form I'm just looking strictly for photography. But thanks for the suggestion.

thepersona said:
Have you used the moment app recently? I heard it's very buggy that's what's causing me not to pay for it to test out.
Also I'm not trying to shoot video in any way shape or form I'm just looking strictly for photography. But thanks for the suggestion.
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The moment app is buggy, I emailed the devs and they say they are working on an update but couldn't give me a date, so it could be months before we see anything. I'd suggest shooting raw on gcam and playing with the photos in post. There may be something else out there I am unaware of

Isn’t gcam the app that comes pre-installed on the device though or is there some modded version you are referring to that I’m obviously not aware of?
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Demolition49 said:
The moment app is buggy, I emailed the devs and they say they are working on an update but couldn't give me a date, so it could be months before we see anything. I'd suggest shooting raw on gcam and playing with the photos in post. There may be something else out there I am unaware of
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I would use raw from the pixel Gcam however the resolution of all my images on raw is 600 x 800 rather than the original jpeg size of 2040 x 4040 etc. The raw is such a small size leaving me to not be able to use it if needed to print for portfolio etc
Is there a fix to increase the overall size of raw images to larger images or original sizes images like the jpeg counterpart?

thepersona said:
I would use raw from the pixel Gcam however the resolution of all my images on raw is 600 x 800 rather than the original jpeg size of 2040 x 4040 etc. The raw is such a small size leaving me to not be able to use it if needed to print for portfolio etc
Is there a fix to increase the overall size of raw images to larger images or original sizes images like the jpeg counterpart?
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I just took a picture in RAW and checked the Raw folder. The image I have is 4016 X 3008 at 13MB
Am I misunderstanding what you are trying to do?

dtroup64 said:
I just took a picture in RAW and checked the Raw folder. The image I have is 4016 X 3008 at 13MB
Am I misunderstanding what you are trying to do?
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I think I'm just slowly starting to figure out how the phone works. Because I looked at my raw folder the best images I took obviously didn't have raw shooting on so that sucked but
what I realized is that for some reason my phone doesn't take raw photos when in portrait mode (the raw plus JPEG option isn't even available). And that my files are previewed as originals in the photo app and then in the actual files app they're all small kilobytes size files. I did an 8 x zoom that turned out pretty well however that's like 930x688
As seen in the pic attached. I just took another pic and when looking at it it's full resolution and amazing quality yet when I look at it in the files app it's all grainy and
I Could have sworn when I did the 8 x zoom the final quality in the preview looked way better than how it turned out when I look through it now LOL.
Apologies for the rambling but those are two issues no. My phone not shooting raw all the time specifically when I use portrait mode. But also I can't seem to find my original raw files are not in the raw folder they're just thumbnails from what I can tell. No I'm not in the thumbnail folder LOL.

dtroup64 said:
I just took a picture in RAW and checked the Raw folder. The image I have is 4016 X 3008 at 13MB
Am I misunderstanding what you are trying to do?
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Here's my raw folder specifically look at the last 4 images. The aren't recent. And they're so small and pixelated no pun intended.
the photo that I attached in my earlier post above this isn't existent in that folder for some reason. The Spider-Man image below was taken like two minutes ago but for some reason there's only a JPEG of it I can't find a raw file and relating to my earlier post about my phone not always taking raw images.
Somebody can help me figure this stuff out it would save me a lot of headache and hassle

I can't even upload the dng raw file to compare. the Raw file is substantially more grainy than the actual jpeg for some reason
2000x1496 for the raw file
3024x4032 for the exact same image in jpeg.
And much better quality on the joeg. I don't understand if this is normal or not.

thepersona said:
I can't even upload the dng raw file to compare. the Raw file is substantially more grainy than the actual jpeg for some reason
2000x1496 for the raw file
3024x4032 for the exact same image in jpeg.
And much better quality on the joeg. I don't understand if this is normal or not.
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I just tried on my phone and the raw images are all 3024x4032 whether I take them in portrait or landscape orientation. If you are getting different resolutions, then something is up. Double check your setting and make sure you are taking full resolution phones and also that the aspect ratio is set to 4:3. The 16:9 aspect ratio will actually reduce the resolution because it crops the image to 16:9. I suspect this is what is going on with your settings.
As far as the actual image quality, have you ever dealt with RAW images before? I ask because RAW images are just that, raw. They will always need to be edited in a photo editing software to bring out the beauty in them. When you use the stock camera, the Jpeg files are automatically processed through the Google software (which is very good) to bring out the beauty in them. It's completely normal for the processed Jpeg image to look much better than the RAW image. RAW images will always look "flat" and grainier compared to a jpeg image because they haven't had any processing (noise reduction, white balance correction, contrast adjustments, etc etc etc) done to them yet.
Of course the RAW image is a non-destructive file format which is why serious photographers prefer it. What this means is that the edits you do on a RAW image are not permanently modifying the original RAW file. They are just changes that are "notated" or "amended" on to the original file. (That's not the correct terminology, but hopefully you understand my point). This means that you can edit those files and makes an infinite number of changes without effecting the original RAW image data.
A Jpeg file on the other hand is a destructive file format however. This means that when you edit a Jpeg file and save it, it permanently alters the jpeg file with that change. The data that it was changed from is lost forever. You can re-edit the file, but you are changing the actual file data every time you save the file and you can't magically bring back data that wasn't saved in a previous edit. In other words, there is no way to get back to the original file after it has been edited and saved.
Here is a different way to see it. Lets say you have a RAW file and a Jpeg file and you make three successive edits to those files......
With the RAW image this is what the data would look like: RAW -> RAW+edit 1 -> RAW + edit 1 + edit 2 - > RAW + edit 1 + edit 2 + edit 3. You can always undo the edits and get back to the original RAW data.
With a Jpeg image, this is what the data would look like: Jpeg -> Jpeg after edit 1 ->Jpeg after edit 2 -> jpeg after edit 3. There is no way to go back to any of the previous versions unless you save each edit as a unique file. (I should note that using Google Photos to edit your jpeg images seems to allow you to go back to the original file, so Google must be saving the edits as a unique file automatically. But if you use another program to edit your jpegs, you need to be aware of the destructive nature of the jpeg format).
Hopefully that helps - either you or someone else reading this thread.

sic0048 said:
I just tried on my phone and the raw images are all 3024x4032 whether I take them in portrait or landscape orientation. If you are getting different resolutions, then something is up. Double check your setting and make sure you are taking full resolution phones and also that the aspect ratio is set to 4:3. The 16:9 aspect ratio will actually reduce the resolution because it crops the image to 16:9. I suspect this is what is going on with your settings.
As far as the actual image quality, have you ever dealt with RAW images before? I ask because RAW images are just that, raw. They will always need to be edited in a photo editing software to bring out the beauty in them. Jpeg files are automatically run through the Google camera software (which is very good) to bring out the beauty in them. It's completely normal for the processed Jpeg image to look much better than the RAW image. RAW images will always look "flat" and grainier compared to a jpeg image because they haven't had any processing (noise reduction, white balance correction, contrast adjustments, etc etc etc) done to them yet.
Of course the RAW image is a non-destructive file format which is why serious photographers prefer it. What this means is that the edits you do on a RAW image are not permanently modifying the original RAW file. They are just changes that are "notated" or "amended" on to the original file. (That's not the correct terminology, but hopefully you understand my point). This means that you can edit those files and makes an infinite number of changes without effecting the original RAW image data.
A Jpeg file on the other hand is a destructive file format however. This means that when you edit a Jpeg file and save it, it permanently alters the jpeg file with that change. The data that it was changed from is lost forever. You can re-edit the file, but you are changing the actual file data every time you save the file and you can't magically bring back data that wasn't saved in a previous edit. In other words, there is no way to get back to the original file after it has been edited and saved.
Here is a different way to see it. Lets say you have a RAW file and a Jpeg file and you make three successive edits to those files......
With the RAW image this is what the data would look like: RAW -> RAW+edit 1 -> RAW + edit 1 + edit 2 - > RAW + edit 1 + edit 2 + edit 3. You can always undo the edits and get back to the original RAW data.
With a Jpeg image, this is what the data would look like: Jpeg -> Jpeg after edit 1 ->Jpeg after edit 2 -> jpeg after edit 3. There is no way to go back to any of the previous versions unless you save each edit as a unique file. (I should note that using Google Photos to edit your jpeg images seems to allow you to go back to the original file, so Google must be saving the edits as a unique file automatically. But if you use another program to edit your jpegs, you need to be aware of the destructive nature of the jpeg format).
Hopefully that helps - either you or someone else reading this thread.
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hey brother thanks for the amazing explanation I appreciate it. And yes I have dealt with raw files and I'm aware of how they work. I guess the visuals confused me or threw me off because it's been so long since I've done photography.
I feel a little embarrassed coming in here with an amateur worry we're concerned LOL but I am a conceptual photographer and when using my DSLR I have to go to the similar process and I just forgot that raw files are not meant to look like the finalized jpegs. It's been 3 years since I delved into photography I knew I got Rusty somewhere lol thankfully though I bought this pixel specifically so I can revisit and get back into photography using this device in conjunction with my DSLR.
I'm actually going to save your response only so I can look at it and never come back in here with a foolish post LOL. But also I'm going to look into my resolution because I hate having thick borders on my camera screen and maybe that's why I change the aspect ratio not knowing that it was going to actually crop the image substantially. More tests later today and confirm whether your hunch was true or just think it is. ?

sic0048 said:
I just tried on my phone and the raw images are all 3024x4032 whether I take them in portrait or landscape orientation. If you are getting different resolutions, then something is up. Double check your setting and make sure you are taking full resolution phones and also that the aspect ratio is set to 4:3. The 16:9 aspect ratio will actually reduce the resolution because it crops the image to 16:9. I suspect this is what is going on with your settings.
As far as the actual image quality, have you ever dealt with RAW images before? I ask because RAW images are just that, raw. They will always need to be edited in a photo editing software to bring out the beauty in them. When you use the stock camera, the Jpeg files are automatically processed through the Google software (which is very good) to bring out the beauty in them. It's completely normal for the processed Jpeg image to look much better than the RAW image. RAW images will always look "flat" and grainier compared to a jpeg image because they haven't had any processing (noise reduction, white balance correction, contrast adjustments, etc etc etc) done to them yet.
Hopefully that helps - either you or someone else reading this thread.
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Here are the details of a raw image. Why is the resolution so low? Any idea? This specific issue is annoying me because I can't seem to fix it. I'm just baffled at how low the image size is.

thepersona said:
Here are the details of a raw image. Why is the resolution so low? Any idea? This specific issue is annoying me because I can't seem to fix it. I'm just baffled at how low the image size is.
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So just to make sure we are on the same page......
When you open the camera app, click on the pull down carrot at the top of the screen. That should pull down the options menu. Scroll down to ratio and make sure it is set to "Full Image (4:3)".
Then click on the settings icon and scroll down until you see "Camera Photo Resolution" and make sure it is set to "Full Resolution"
Based on your previous posts, I don't think this is your issue, but are you accessing the RAW files via the camera settings menu where you select the RAW + JPEG image? That is probably the easiest way to make sure you are looking at the correct file and not a thumbnail, etc. There should be a "View RAW folder" link in the settings menu that you can click on to open the RAW files in Google Photos. The RAW images I have in that folder are in the 10-12MB size range and yours are only 1MB.
I'm hoping that one of these things is the culprit. If not, I'm at a loss to why your images are coming out small.

sic0048 said:
So just to make sure we are on the same page......
When you open the camera app, click on the pull down carrot at the top of the screen. That should pull down the options menu. Scroll down to ratio and make sure it is set to "Full Image (4:3)".
Then click on the settings icon and scroll down until you see "Camera Photo Resolution" and make sure it is set to "Full Resolution"
Based on your previous posts, I don't think this is your issue, but are you accessing the RAW files via the camera settings menu where you select the RAW + JPEG image? That is probably the easiest way to make sure you are looking at the correct file and not a thumbnail, etc. There should be a "View RAW folder" link in the settings menu that you can click on to open the RAW files in Google Photos. The RAW images I have in that folder are in the 10-12MB size range and yours are only 1MB.
I'm hoping that one of these things is the culprit. If not, I'm at a loss to why your images are coming out small.
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Brother I followed the directions and when I go to the camera app and look in the raw folder there, I can see the original raw images in high resolution. Why can I not access those original files in the file app or downloaded gallery?

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Brother I followed the directions and when I go to the camera app and look in the raw folder there, I can see the original raw images in high resolution. Why can I not access those original files in the file app or downloaded gallery?
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I ended up having a separate album in my Photos app that is entitled Raw. When I take photos with the Jpeg + RAW enabled, the photos appear in that album. Is it possible that you have such an album but haven't seen it yet?

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I ended up having a separate album in my Photos app that is entitled Raw. When I take photos with the Jpeg + RAW enabled, the photos appear in that album. Is it possible that you have such an album but haven't seen it yet?
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Yes I definetley have that album. When accessing it via the photos app it's fine I see full resolution raw images but in another gallery app or even the files app it's available but the images in them are substantially smaller files.
The trick I found to work for now was to use solid explorer and go in the app and find the files path. And make a shortcut on my home screen. For the files app specifically, I'd access the list in the left panel just click on images and then access RAW. Prior to that I was accessing the internal storage then manually going to camera then raw. When I did that I found the folder but it only contained the small resolution files. It's really weird.