Hi,
Does anyone find it weird that the camera app has this huge black space at the top of the viewfinder display? It didnt used to be like that on my pixel 3xl nor on the videos in reviews on YT. Does anyone else have it?
see attached screenshot.
this is because of the aspect ratio 4:3
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This??
No you see your first picture at 4:3 has a smaller black bar than mine
nuclearfissure said:
No you see your first picture at 4:3 has a smaller black bar than mine
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Ok nvm, i got it. it has to do with the dpi set. somehow the app resizes with the system DPI.
nuclearfissure said:
No you see your first picture at 4:3 has a smaller black bar than mine
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But your bottom bar is smaller, due to your DPI change.
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What is Google thinking releasing a camera app with only 4:3 instead of widescreen?
No touch to focus... why!? This is like a standard an most phones now. The camera supports it, why not use it?
Because photos look wrong in 16:9?
I hated it when I had the Desire ROM on the phone, and all they end up doing is cropping of the a bit from the top/bottom which you could do yourself in any good photo editing software.
What about touch to focus?
And just because you like 4:3 doesn't mean everyone does or should.
Just because you don't like 4:3 doesn't mean everyone doesn't or shouldn't.
bcpk said:
Just because you don't like 4:3 doesn't mean everyone doesn't or shouldn't.
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They could have added both, and let you choose.
x986123 said:
They could have added both, and let you choose.
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It would've just been a cropped 4:3 image anyways, I don't really see the point. It has to be either a cropped 4:3 image or a cropped 16:9 image, you make the choice...
Here you have a 4:3 image from the sensor, you can crop it any way you like.
Both as options would have been tits.
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This may just be me being dumb, but I feel as if the display on the Moto X isnt very sharp. I know its a 1080p display, but it doesnt look super sharp. I can see some of the outer pixels of some of my apps, yes if I am trying to look for said pixels, but It doesnt look crisp regardless. Also, a question about the wallpapers, I have many high resolution wallpapers I would love to use, but when I set them as a wallpaper, they look terrible. I understand the phone dimensions are not the same as the picture and that cropping and zooming in is needed, but it just looks more worse than what it should be (after going into the gallery and actually blowing up the picture myself. How do you guys feel about the Moto X's screen? Love it? Hate it? Suggestions for my wallpaper problems?
How are you setting the wallpaper?
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How are you setting the wallpaper?
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Photos>Photo>Set As...>More>Nova Wallpaper.
Also, how do i set it so the wallpaper isnt blown up, and it just has some of the black bars above and below the picture?
uncalex said:
Photos>Photo>Set As...>More>Nova Wallpaper.
Also, how do i set it so the wallpaper isnt blown up, and it just has some of the black bars above and below the picture?
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I just set my background in a similar fashion and the picture looks great. It had to crop the picture as well (since the picture was 16:9) and it still looked good. I just went through a few of my apps and looked very closely to see if there was any visible and I see a kind of grainy film over the whole screen that doesn't move with scrolling. Its hard to describe, it almost looks like a picture taken at too high of an ISO. Never noticed it until I was looking.
It appears that in the new One UI camera app, 1080 is the highest resolution available for video recording now. Can anyone confirm this?
furrycurry said:
It appears that in the new One UI camera app, 1080 is the highest resolution available for video recording now. Can anyone confirm this?
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Yes it's true I can't record in 4K resolution at all.
You have to tap on the video resolution selection in the settings to bring down a dropdown menu that lists the resolutions including 4K.
FYL21 said:
You have to tap on the video resolution selection in the settings to bring down a dropdown menu that lists the resolutions including 4K.
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Can you share screenshots on how and where ??..all i can find was 1440p at 1:1 is highest.
I have the same issue on my Note 9, no UHD/4K option.
It's simple... Go to Rear Video size and tap under resolution.
Screenshot attached.
You are right. I feel stupid. I was clicking the dot in front of the aspect ratio and haven't realized I can tap on the resolution.
Aweful UI!
MaTiCeK- said:
You are right. I feel stupid. I was clicking the dot in front of the aspect ratio and haven't realized I can tap on the resolution.
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I was thnking the exact same thing. I design UI's for a living, and I can tell you now, if users aren't using your software the way you expected them to, it's not the users fault, it's the software which isn't clear enough!
MaTiCeK- said:
You are right. I feel stupid. I was clicking the dot in front of the aspect ratio and haven't realized I can tap on the resolution.
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Mate dont worry about that...
I also went a few days thinking me Note was faulty some how...
'Till i saw that printscreen... (wtf... i thought)
Thanks to FYL21 and willhemmens for waking up my brain...
What is needed to modify existing images to be able to fit correctly as wallpaper? I have an hand full of images that I want to use as a wallpaper, but they are to "Zoomed in" to fit correctly. I am unable to zoom out to make it fit to screen better. I am only able to zoom in more.
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What is needed to modify existing images to be able to fit correctly as wallpaper? I have an hand full of images that I want to use as a wallpaper, but they are to "Zoomed in" to fit correctly. I am unable to zoom out to make it fit to screen better. I am only able to zoom in more.
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It's because photos, whether in portrait or landscape, don't fill the 19:9 screen ratio without cropping. Easiest thing to do is take a screenshot of the photo in Google Photos while in portrait and use that. But then you have huge black bars on the top and bottom. It would look like the attached.
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EeZeEpEe said:
It's because photos, whether in portrait or landscape, don't fill the 19:9 screen ratio without cropping. Easiest thing to do is take a screenshot of the photo in Google Photos while in portrait and use that. But then you have huge black bars on the top and bottom. It would look like the attached.
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Would there is a way in PhotoShop, Paint, or any other photo editor to make an adjustment of these images?
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Would there is a way in PhotoShop, Paint, or any other photo editor to make an adjustment of these images?
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Sure but that's a lot of time and effort. You can just take the same photo and zoom in a little for less black bars but again you'll be cropping the left and right sides. Vertical photos do have far less cropping but they do have it nonetheless.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Sure but that's a lot of time and effort. You can just take the same photo and zoom in a little for less black bars but again you'll be cropping the left and right sides. Vertical photos do have far less cropping but they do have it nonetheless.
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What is the proper setting to adjust these images in a photo editor?
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What is the proper setting to adjust these images in a photo editor?
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Set the canvas to a ratio of 19:9 and then import the picture you want. Again, that's a lot of work compared to just taking a screenshot. I doubt you'll get much better results. Remember that pictures loaded here are very compressed.
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Hi, I've just got my p4xl and when taking photos I keep getting this issue were some pictures looked washed out possibly even greyish. I'm taking these pictures in fluorescent lights (like most work places). Pictures below show the difference.
I'm guessing, with these to pics, it's because of the screen being on in the 2nd pic and it changed the white balance.
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EeZeEpEe said:
I'm guessing, with these to pics, it's because of the screen being on in the 2nd pic and it changed the white balance.
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The screen is on in both pictures and I never had this problem on my old pixel 2.
Rotten Ross said:
The screen is on in both pictures and I never had this problem on my old pixel 2.
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Yeah but one has it facing forward and the other is off angle. I'm guessing you don't have your Pixel 2 XL still to compare?
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EeZeEpEe said:
Yeah but one has it facing forward and the other is off angle. I'm guessing you don't have your Pixel 2 XL still to compare?
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No but I took thousands of pictures like these on my Pixel 2 previously and the white balance never did this. Also I've lost the ability to add portrait blur in Google photos
Rotten Ross said:
No but I took thousands of pictures like these on my Pixel 2 previously and the white balance never did this. Also I've lost the ability to add portrait blur in Google photos
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Well I still think it's a white balancing issue. I had the Pixel 2 XL as well.
Adding portrait blur in Google Photos isn't the camera app. Are you trying to add it to people or things because it only works on people. If you don't get the little pop-up for "Blur-background", try going to edit the photo and if you go to the sliders, you might see the "blur" option.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Well I still think it's a white balancing issue. I had the Pixel 2 XL as well.
Adding portrait blur in Google Photos isn't the camera app. Are you trying to add it to people or things because it only works on people. If you don't get the little pop-up for "Blur-background", try going to edit the photo and if you go to the sliders, you might see the "blur" option.
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It's definitely a white balance issue but how do I fix this? The same camera app on the P2 doesn't have this problem.
I know the blur has nothing to do with the camera app, just noticed I couldn't do on my new P4XL when I could on my P2. I know it was part of the feature drop just expected it to be on my new phone too
Rotten Ross said:
It's definitely a white balance issue but how do I fix this? The same camera app on the P2 doesn't have this problem.
I know the blur has nothing to do with the camera app, just noticed I couldn't do on my new P4XL when I could on my P2. I know it was part of the feature drop just expected it to be on my new phone too
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Try using the "auto" adjust in Google Photos. Helps a lot with white balance issues.
Portrait blur is in your new phone. Did you try what I suggested?
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EeZeEpEe said:
Try using the "auto" adjust in Google Photos. Helps a lot with white balance issues.
Portrait blur is in your new phone. Did you try what I suggested?
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Yeah, no blur slider but the toast option doesn't show up to make the picture a portrait pic, which is strange as I have the latest version of Google photos.
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Yeah, no blur slider but the toast option doesn't show up to make the picture a portrait pic, which is strange as I have the latest version of Google photos.
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And just for clarification, you're trying with people right? Again, the toast option doesn't necessarily always appear. I've had it not appear and I still get the slider.
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EeZeEpEe said:
And just for clarification, you're trying with people right? Again, the toast option doesn't necessarily always appear. I've had it not appear and I still get the slider.
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Yes with people. No slider no toast. Hopefully it will reappear for me soon. Also hope I can find a solution for the bad white balance as I take lots of pictures for work.
Rotten Ross said:
Yes with people. No slider no toast. Hopefully it will reappear for me soon. Also hope I can find a solution for the bad white balance as I take lots of pictures for work.
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Just an example of how well auto does to fix white balance. Just saying.
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It does I'm prove it but no where near how it should be. I do appreciate the advice.
Just as another perspective, your initial images certainly don't appear washed out or 'grey'. I think the issue you're picking up on, as EeZeEpEe suggested, is white balanced based. Perhaps you're not aware, one of the differences between the 2xl and 4xl, is that the machine-learning-based white balance algorithm is supposed to produce more natural-looking images under harsh lighting conditions, but as it turns out, some edge cases can end up looking worse instead.
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Just as another perspective, your initial images certainly don't appear washed out or 'grey'. I think the issue you're picking up on, as EeZeEpEe suggested, is white balanced based. Perhaps you're not aware, one of the differences between the 2xl and 4xl, is that the machine-learning-based white balance algorithm is supposed to produce more natural-looking images under harsh lighting conditions, but as it turns out, some edge cases can end up looking worse instead.
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Ah I think you're talking about the really bad white balance issue it used to have?
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/11/10/pixel-4-white-balance-bad-images/
I never had it even before the fix but that looked pretty terrible.
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Went for a run around sunset and took my post run selfie and the first picture the colour is unedited and the colours are off. The second one I had to edit to make the colours looked natural. I don't understand why it does this. Overall I'm happy with quality of the camera but it is a little annoying.
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Sorry first post didn't load the picture
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I think you uploaded the edited picture a second time. The unedited showed up sideways but I can see the color difference even so.
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EeZeEpEe said:
I think you uploaded the edited picture a second time. The unedited showed up sideways but I can see the color difference even so.
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The unedited one is more like the tone etc that I got with my P2. Although I took a picture today and the colours are fine just wish it would be consistent