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Halide Does Deep Dive Into iPhone SE's Software-Based Portrait Mode
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Software solutions are almost always more cost effective, especially considering apple’s scale.
Hoping that no one minds a photo of me here, but I did a test photo when playing with my dog yesterday.
I'm not sure how the portrait mode works, but I was quite impressed that both myself and my dog are in focus.
Yes it does but imperfect, according to the original article.
Great snap - though it still struggles with glasses extending outside the edge of the face. It's not a problem with the SE specifically, even the dual/triple lens iPhones still get that wrong more often than not.
Yes, I noticed that. I'd be annoyed if printing that at A3 or bigger, but as a snapshot I'm happy with it.
Next time I'll try with my sunglasses on which, being fully black, might not get cropped.
I'm impressed, but I can't lie. I paid a LOT more money for my 8 Plus and yet look what it can't do when it has the SE hardware to do it if only Apple enabled the software to do the same magic. That's kind of a real bummer. If it was clearly only a matter of hardware, I'd understand, but this article states that it's not, so that makes it a Tim Cook Bean Counter decision. 
But it doesn't have the SE hardware. It's missing the important part. The A13 Bionic chip.
I'd rather have night sight than fake looking bokeh. Instead of gimping features altogether like night sight, Apple should use an IAP system with one credit included with phone purchase to enable night sight and option to purchase additional feature(s) like fake bokeh.
Agree. I think the lady's adorable.
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Oh I hadn't noticed that. Weird. Lol.
So I bit and purchased Halide for my new iPhone SE. The portrait mode for objects is not working at all. It claims it took a portrait photo and it is labeled as such in Apple's Photos app, but Edit does not produce the Portrait icon and adjustment option Halide shows in their video of how to use the feature.
I've contacted support at Halide with screenshots, but have not received a reply. I don't think it's user error, so buyer beware at this point for new iPhone SE owners.
I've contacted support at Halide with screenshots, but have not received a reply. I don't think it's user error, so buyer beware at this point for new iPhone SE owners.
it could, but it would take a second or two longer to process. The pixel 2 could do single camera bokeh simulation AND nightsight, and the iPhone 8’s CPU runs circles around that phone.
Apple is just protecting their high end flagship models.
oh well. At least we can buy NeuralCam for nightmode photos on older phones
Apple uses a different sensor to power their night mode, it’s available on the XR but not the 8.
But yeah, as a general rule you can be sure you’re not going to get all the high end features of the flagship iPhone, or even the mid-tier in the entry level model. Which features are reserved for the mid- or highest tier are a function of engineering and marketing considerations, not just cost.
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night mode has nothing to do with the actual camera sensor. It’s all software
Google’s might be all software, but not Apple’s. To get the quality they wanted for night mode, Apple upgraded the sensor to have larger pixels and 100% Focus Pixels.
The father of night sight, Marc Levoy, publicly released his lecture for free so you don't have to second guess and learn how the software works. Focus pixels is for autofocus and not for night sight and the quality hasn't caught up with Marc Levoy's original work.
http://graphics.stanford.edu/talks/seeinthedark-public-15sep16.key.pdf
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Maybe it’s Apple that’s misinformed?
A new Wide sensor with 100 percent Focus Pixels enables Night mode, delivering huge improvements to photos captured in indoor and outdoor low-light environments, resulting in brighter images with natural colors and reduced noise.
Apple introduces dual camera iPhone 11
Apple today announced iPhone 11, delivering innovations that make the world’s most popular smartphone even more powerful and intuitive.
www.apple.com
All iPhone 11 models feature a new Wide sensor with 100 percent Focus Pixels that enables Night mode, delivering low-light photos captured in indoor and outdoor environments never before possible on iPhone.
Share your best iPhone Night mode photos
Apple is starting the new year by celebrating more captivating ways to shoot on iPhone with an all new Night mode photo challenge.
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No. I am not getting the Portrait Adjustment to come up in Photos>Edit, despite what this video shows.
Attached are examples, where I put the focus on the bowl. You can see that Halide's depth map is there, and it shows it was taken as a portrait in Photos, but when you go to Edit, the Portrait Mode adjustment is simply not there. This is with the iPhone SE update that Halide did, Version 1.17.0. Frustrating! I have written to them but not received a response.
I'm actually having success and better results with the app Focos.
