Apple Shares Two Tutorial Videos Covering Portrait Lighting on iPhone 8 Plus

[sdf]

Like, why the hell zoom in FFS?????????????

To reach the point where both cameras can view the full frame.
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Why is this such a selling feature on a device? After the first wave of everyone posting the same exact looking picture on social media, no one will ever use this again.

Because many iPhone purchases are driven by the camera and its features. If you're not one of them, great.

 

[soanis]

Courageous? That makes zero sense.

you ← → the sarcastic response

Nothing to do with courage just the physical absence of the second camera.

but, but, google pixel 2...

 

[kazmac]

Always welcome. Reminds self to eventually rewatch the how to photography videos for the 7+.

 

[robertosh]

In fairness, it's in beta and will continue to improve. I think it's an interesting mode to edit the lighting for the photo and its background. I see it as adding creativity in the least.

This is really a shame, paying 1k for a phone which includes "beta features".

 

[shanson27]

It’s a feature only for atractiv people

 

[ksnell]

I am underwhelmed by Portrait Lighting on my 8+, but I have found that contour light seems to improve a lot of photos. If you have a huge amount of light, the feature works pretty well. In low light, it is completely useless and looks awful.

My biggest issue - and maybe I have a bad camera - is that everyone looks like they have a sunburn in the photos I take on the iPhone 8. I really should look into this more, as the skintones are out of control red compared to every other camera I have used and is so bad I delete a lot of them and spend time editing others.

Maybe you only take photos of drunk people?

 

[ACST]

you ← → the sarcastic response




but, but, google pixel 2...

Can do that with 1 camera, which the iPhone can't and I doubt that's purely a software thing.

 

[Jakexb]

It’s a feature only for atractiv people

That's most things in life, really

 

[mrgraff]

For everyone not understanding the "courageous" comments:

 

[citysnaps]

you ← → the sarcastic response

And that makes zero sense as well. Do you know what the words "courageous" and "sarcastic" mean?

 

[pat500000]

This is really a shame, paying 1k for a phone which includes "beta features".

And you don’t have to buy it.

 

[spiddyman007]

Apple today shared two new tutorial videos on its YouTube channel, walking users through the steps required to use the new Portrait Lighting feature on the iPhone 8 Plus.

The first video focuses on how to shoot using Portrait Lighting, while the second video covers how to add Portrait Lighting effects when editing a photo.

Like Apple's other tutorial videos, the two Portrait Lighting videos are short and to the point, walking users through a series of simple steps to access the features.

Portrait Lighting is a new feature that's available on the iPhone 8 Plus and the upcoming iPhone X.

Portrait Lighting is designed to let you add studio quality lighting effects to your images, with Apple using two cameras to create a depth map of an image along with machine learning techniques to decide how to adjust the lighting in a scene.

The feature works in real-time, but it can also be added to images after a photo has been taken.

Portrait Lighting effects include Natural Light, Studio Light (lights up your face), Contour Light (adds dramatic shadows), Stage Light (spotlights your face against a dark background), and Stage Light Mono (Stage Light, but in black and white).

Article Link: Apple Shares Two Tutorial Videos Covering Portrait Lighting on iPhone 8 Plus

480 P?

 

[fourthtunz]

In fairness, it's in beta and will continue to improve. I think it's an interesting mode to edit the lighting for the photo and its background. I see it as adding creativity in the least.

Its seems most of the people that don't like it, don't own an iPhone that can use it.
I've taken a zillion pictures of friends and family with it and everyone loves it and wants the pics sent to them!
Its a very cool effect, regardless of the naysayers.
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Apple is so courageous by leaving the iPhone 8 without this feature.

This never gets old...wait..

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

what's the big deal with having a woman wearing a hijab? I just see oppression when I see that.

 

[mcdj]

Cool! I've been looking for a way to give the women I photograph a nice 5 o'clock shadow.

 

[fatalogic]

That was no help at all. I have tried multiple shots with stage light mono and I've only got it to work as expected once. I know it's beta but I'm getting no feedback on what I need to do to get it to work better.

 

[Sefstah]

Nothing to do with courage just the physical absence of the second camera.

No, you are wrong. It takes courage when Apple leaves a physical piece of hardware from its devices.
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Courageous? That makes zero sense.

You must be new here if that one went over your head!

 

[AZREOSpecialist]

What an unbelievably stupid feature.

Apple wants you all to think that adding Photoshop filters to its photos app is something new and revolutionary? Look at what it does. It doesn't change the lighting direction, it simply plays with the ratio of light to dark in the image. Nothing more. Some engineer at Apple must be laughing his ass off over all the people thinking this is something new.

Have any of you used Photoshop or Lightroom? My god!

 

[citysnaps]

No, you are wrong. It takes courage when Apple leaves a physical piece of hardware from its devices.
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You must be new here if that one went over your head!

Hardly went over my head. It's just a juvenile comment.

 

[Williesleg]

Yeah, Apple really loves faces and fingerprints.

Keep uploading your stuff to their massive datacenters that apparently aren't used for product development or design anymore.

 

[ke-iron]

Why is this such a selling feature on a device? After the first wave of everyone posting the same exact looking picture on social media, no one will ever use this again.

You’re not making any sense.

 

[SeattleMoose]

My trusty 4S doesn't do any of the new fancy stuff. And as such, still quite happy

 

[Sefstah]

Hardly went over my head. It's just a juvenile comment.

Yes, juveniles are also allowed to make comments.

 

[BlargKing]

Great. I can't wait for another batch of iPhone users to take 3 photos and flood the photography job market with cellphone photos.

 

[recoil80]

Why is this such a selling feature on a device? After the first wave of everyone posting the same exact looking picture on social media, no one will ever use this again.

I think the original portrait mode is great and if you shoot outdoors you can get pretty good pictures.

Portrait lighting can be funny, but you're right if everyone keep posting the same effect on social media it will become annoying and people will stop using it. Is like apply the same filters on every picture you take, they become boring after a few times.
I think the best use of portrait mode, besides emulating the bokeh, is allowing the background to be replaced, or having a transparent background so you don't have to retouch the picture in order to isolate the subject from the background, iPhone can save you that step.
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I don't like the protrait mode. You have to be at certain distance till it says okay.

Yeah sometimes it is a pain to get it right