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Apple Planning to Fix 'BeautyGate' Skin-Smoothing Camera Effect in iOS 12.1 Update
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Sheesh, so much drama over noise reduction parameters.
I agree. It feels/looks old and outdated right now. I can't really complain about the pictures (I've noticed the smoothing but it's not an intensity that bothers me) but the UI is just really ugly. They really need to add more options and settings to the app.
People like to process their photos who are into Photography. They don't want it skin filtered out of the gate.
If it was an option in settings it would be fine.
I don't like the resolution but at least it sticks to 2x graphics so will look super straight out the box. The Xs plus runs 3x graphics and also looks great, though I have to say the deep blacks put lcd tech to shame.
People who are "into photography" will use a better camera. If they want to use an iPhone, they will use a better app (like Halide). If they want to "process their photos" they will not turn on Smart HDR. If they want to "process their photos" they will shoot in raw (again, using an app like Halide).
The skin isn't filtered. It's processed using HDR techniques which, in certain lighting conditions and depending on which frame has the "best" exposure, can wash out details. Which is what always can happen using HDR techniques.
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Talk about conspiracy nut-jobery. This wasn’t a decision made by anyone and is certainly not a “standard” (whatever that means). It is a byproduct of the smart HDR process that had the effect of smoothing surfaces (including people’s faces). Not enough people noticed it or didn’t raise enough alarm before release and once apple decided it was an issue they began to work on a solution (which takes time).
Talk about conspiracy nut-jobery. This wasn’t a decision made by anyone and is certainly not a “standard” (whatever that means). It is a byproduct of the smart HDR process that had the effect of smoothing surfaces (including people’s faces). Not enough people noticed it or didn’t raise enough alarm before release and once apple decided it was an issue they began to work on a solution (which takes time).
That's what I thought too but then I remembered that a slew of Xr reviews were just released this week so those might have helped push Apple in the right direction too.
So it wasn't even a filter. I would think picking the sharpest frame as the base frame would be the logical thing to do but that's without any testing or research which I'm sure Apple did.
Except it's the selfie camera which mostly vain people use to control photos of themselves to look their best. Vain people also like vaseline on the lens so while this was not Apple's intent, it kind of worked out for everyone except for people that want to look older in selfies. I don't know many of those people.
Because this post is not an iPhone XR review or list of features.
The roundup can be found at this link: https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-xr/
It clearly states there is no 3D touch.
Scandal?? SCANDAL?! It’s an unintentional smoothing effect on a selfie camera! As an entire society, can we please move away from calling crap like this a scandal? It’s histrionics at their worst, and an insult to actual scandals. And while we’re at it, I wouldn’t mind also seeing fewer “-gate” suffixes. I’m starting to suffer from a bloody gate-gate scandal.
"Gate" is certainly getting overused. Nice to see that they are being responsive, and fixing this. But given the millions of youthful people that seem to think they need skin-smoothing beauty filters anyway, I don't think it was really an issue. As an earlier poster joked, I think some people will want to stick with the older iOS.
