I agree. Much of the time it doesn't quite work... but its' *non-destructive* so you can just remove it. You can't fix a focussing error with an SLR's f/1.4 image once it's taken.
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Hands-On With the New Depth Control Feature in iPhone XS and XS Max
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I agree. Much of the time it doesn't quite work... but its' *non-destructive* so you can just remove it. You can't fix a focussing error with an SLR's f/1.4 image once it's taken.
I mean, you could have utilised the full potential of the filter by capturing something outside with a nice background.
It’s fine with sharp edges, but terrible with feathery/ill-defined edges. Kitty’s a great example of a subject where a DSLR is essential.
I guess professional pet photographers can breathe a sigh of relief.
Until next year, perhaps?
I guess professional pet photographers can breathe a sigh of relief.
Until next year, perhaps?
Terrible images. Looks like someone hurriedly painted around the cat in an image editor and slapped on a blur.
I think The Verge did a review of this feature last week and they also included a shot taken by a basic DSLR to compare what the software in the iPhone does compared to a real camera's bokeh (the out of focus area in the background when shooting with a wide open lens). It was so not close, I can't imagine anyone using this feature on a phone for serious photography. I do think though, in a few years the engineers will have a feature that really works. But that is not the current reality, it's really just a gimmick. Gotta start somewhere though!
This isn't fixing a focussing error either. It's just a built in slider for the kind of blur you could achieve with any basic image editor after the fact, which is also non-destructive.
The live view post processing of the shallow depth of field definitely isn’t accurate enough, to me and maybe a few of you, to warrant not being able to bring this to other devices, at the very least the dual camera 7+,8+, and X but rather hopefully the 7 and 8 too. The algorithm seems to do a very rough application to give you an idea of the outcome until the photo is taken then background processing really does the work and it applies it to the photo. This is my first run so far with it, I’m using an XS, but that’s what I’m gathering right now
Edit: what I meant by the comment about why it should be on other devices, to clarify I am referring to those devices should be able to do the post processing without a hitch since it seems to be a background run process. It may take a second longer for a 7 series to do it but I think it could pull it off no issue.
Edit: what I meant by the comment about why it should be on other devices, to clarify I am referring to those devices should be able to do the post processing without a hitch since it seems to be a background run process. It may take a second longer for a 7 series to do it but I think it could pull it off no issue.
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Has anyone seen the Youtube videos by Unbox Therapy where he shows how Apple have this weird filter on the Iphone XS Max that beautifies the skin on people and how there's no way to turn it off? So very lame.
The love and companionship that I would receive from having a cat in the family would make it worth it. The cherry on top would be being able to rub on the kitty's paw pillows.
There is something weird going on with this year’s iPhone cameras and i think it’s all software based. Sometimes the images look really flat, sometimes people’s faces look too smooth. There is something wrong going on and I really believe that software shouldn’t be as involved in creating images as they are. I know that google has had great success with their algorithms and Samsung delivers great, though not true images through software, I just don’t think Apple should go there especially when they are not very good at it. I am so far not happy with this year’s iPhone camera. Too artificial for my tastes. If I want it to look like instagram filtered photos as Samsung does, then I would have gotten a Galaxy Note 9.
RE: "Right now, editing the depth of a photo is limited to images that have already been captured, but starting in iOS 12.1, it will work in real time too. "
OMG, are you saying they don't already have that ???
There's at least one third-party app out there, possibly more, that's had Live Preview Depth Control for 6+ months !
More concrete evidence that AAPL does in-deed have a Complete & Total Stranglehold on App Discovery !
It's truly surprising that AAPL has been able to hold onto it's iOS App Store "monopoly" for as long as it has !
BTW, Portrait Mode is simply based-upon the capture & processing of "Depth Data Maps" in addition to the normal RGB camera processing steps ... the resolution & capture rate of such "maps" is currently fairly limited with internal hardware.
OMG, are you saying they don't already have that ???
There's at least one third-party app out there, possibly more, that's had Live Preview Depth Control for 6+ months !
More concrete evidence that AAPL does in-deed have a Complete & Total Stranglehold on App Discovery !
It's truly surprising that AAPL has been able to hold onto it's iOS App Store "monopoly" for as long as it has !
BTW, Portrait Mode is simply based-upon the capture & processing of "Depth Data Maps" in addition to the normal RGB camera processing steps ... the resolution & capture rate of such "maps" is currently fairly limited with internal hardware.
This makes a little more sense then, I missed that. See my post above about how the live view has awful interpretation of depth. This could still be something I think at the very least the 8, 8+, and X could easily adopt so it still raises the question why they hold out like that.
What are you supposed to do with pictures of your cat? Show them to people? Look at them yourself? You can just look at the actual cat. It looks even more like a cat in real life than it does in pictures.
I mean you could say the same thing about pictures of kids that you said about pictures of the cat
cat pictures are the only true benchmark of internet photography
If you're talking about the photo in this article, it's a sloppy comparison. Their iPhone photo isn't even in focus. I recommend looking at other sites for a better depiction of what the feature can do and what its limitations are.
Sometimes unprocessed is best. More honest.
The more I look at the cat, the more it reminds me of this well-meaning abomination:
Yeah that's been the case for the last several years now with iPhone upgrades. Mostly software based things that can be done with apps or through jailbreak.