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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What editing apps are you guys using?
Are there any that work great with the SPen?
I need one that lets you edit the blur from live vision photos. It seems to work great for me most of the time but once in a while it doesn't pic up the lines just right and the blur needs to be added near the subject of the photo.
Good question
Bob
Snapseed, Infinite Painter (Infinite Studio), SketchBook (Autodesk) IMHO
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Snapseed, Infinite Painter (Infinite Studio), SketchBook (Autodesk) IMHO
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Do any of those let you edit the blur in a live vision photo?
I want the photo editing app that was on the note 7
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I do a lot of image editing....I have teen age girls so you can imagine.
It takes a bit of effort but the results are the best I've found.
Photo Management| gallery : fstop
Healing and object removal : touch retouch
After shot blur: afterfocus
These programs provide the best performance and ease of use. Yes, you have to do two steps in two different programs, but I find they do a really good job and it's not that difficult.
I've tried to attach a before and after I applied a blur and healing on my daughter's acne.
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Do any of those let you edit the blur in a live vision photo?
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What do you mean by "edit the blur"? You can still change the blur intensity after the shot was taken. Or do you mean editing the edges to clean up artifacts or to make the subject less cardboard-cutout-y?
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What do you mean by "edit the blur"? You can still change the blur intensity after the shot was taken. Or do you mean editing the edges to clean up artifacts or to make the subject less cardboard-cutout-y?
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I need to be able to clean up the edges. In some pictures there is a small Gap between the edge of the subject of the photo and where the blur begins. I'd like to be able to edit it to add the blur to those spots.
HI EVERYONE!
is there any way or some application that lets you use the 2 rear cameras at the same time to take just one photo and thereby increase the image resolution? Mixing pixels or by interpolation, I do not know.
Somebody knows?
Thank you all!
gpfmello said:
HI EVERYONE!
is there any way or some application that lets you use the 2 rear cameras at the same time to take just one photo and thereby increase the image resolution? Mixing pixels or by interpolation, I do not know.
Somebody knows?
Thank you all!
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Well the camera does somewhat support this as it does use both cameras when you use the live focus option. Not exactly what you're looking for but if you're good at editing photos you can get it done.
When using Live Focus, it'll take a pic with both lenses and you'll be able to export a copy of the "wide" angled pic and one of the zoomed one. Only drawback is that the zoomed pic is already zoomed so you'll end up needing to zoom in the wide pic to match it.
Again, not exactly what you're asking for but only thing I can think of. I believe this is the only option as one lense is zoomed in permanently.
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Rydah805 said:
Well the camera does somewhat support this as it does use both cameras when you use the live focus option. Not exactly what you're looking for but if you're good at editing photos you can get it done.
When using Live Focus, it'll take a pic with both lenses and you'll be able to export a copy of the "wide" angled pic and one of the zoomed one. Only drawback is that the zoomed pic is already zoomed so you'll end up needing to zoom in the wide pic to match it.
Again, not exactly what you're asking for but only thing I can think of. I believe this is the only option as one lense is zoomed in permanently.
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I think you're right ... thank you very much for your answer
gpfmello said:
I think you're right ... thank you very much for your answer
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No problem bro. [emoji1417]
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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
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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.
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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.
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.
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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