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- Adobe has launched the Indigo Camera app in the Apple App Store.
- Two of the influential minds of the Google and Pixel camera apps also work with Indigo.
- The team says they are planning an Android version of the app, but there is no word about a release window.
Pixel Camera app (formerly Google Camera) is perhaps the most influential Smartphone camera -app ever made. It was largely due to the HDR+ treatment and Super RES ZOOM for improved hybrid zoom. Now two of the brain behind the Pixel Camera app have launched a spiritual successor of kind.
Adobe recently launched Indigo Camera -App On the iPhone’s App Store, and it seems to build on the basis of the Pixel Camera app. It is no coincidence that two of the creators, Marc Levoy and Florian Kainz, previously worked on the Google Camera and Pixel Camera apps.
The duo wrote a blog post that described Indigo as a computational photography camera -app that provides good image quality, a more natural look and full manual control.
Indigo picks up where the pixel camera released
Indigo follows Google’s original HDR+ approach by combining a series of deliberately undoubted images for each shot you take. However, the Adobe app is different by combining up to 32 images at the same time versus Google’s 15 images. The team says that these images are also “stronger” than most other solutions.
“This means that our images have fewer blown highlights and less noise in the shadows,” Levoy and Kainz explained. “Taking a photo with our app may require a little more patience after pressing the shutter button than you are used to, but after a few seconds you are rewarded with a better picture.”
Adobe also posted two photos (seen below) compared a single frame caught by iPhone to Indigo’s multi -frame image. The latter image shows surprisingly greatly reduced noise compared to the shot with a frame.
Adobe explains that this approach also means less denoizing (ie leveling) is necessary for images. In fact, the app leans against minimal leveling to preserve natural textures, although this means there is some noise in the image. This multi -driving method with reduced denoisation also applies to raw images.
Another Pixel Camera feature that has made the way to Indigo is Super res zoom. Google introduced this feature with the Pixel 3 Series, which combined multiple frames, your natural hand shake and super resolution to deliver improved hybrid zoom. Google also combined Super Res Zoom and Image Cropping from 1x and 5x cameras to deliver 2x and 10x shots of higher quality. And Indigo offers pretty much the same approach on iPhone Pro Max models, enabling improved 2X and 10x images. In fact, the zoom buttons of 2x and 10x small “SR” icons to denote super resolution zoom.
How else stands out by other camera apps?
Adobe said Indigo offers a more natural look by avoiding strong tone mapping, aggressive leveling and sharpening. We have also seen most brands use semantic segmentation (eg object/professional detection) to make major adjustments, but Adobe claims that Indigo only makes subtle adjustments.
The Indigo Camera app also offers a night mode, which combines up to 32 a second images into one image when a stand is detected. However, night mode still supports handheld photography, which you might expect. This behavior is in line with several other OEM camera apps, which can automatically detect a stand and offer longer exposures.
Other remarkable features include zero shutter delay, pro -controls (ISO, shutter speed, exposure, white balance) and a long exposure mode that supports raw output. Indigo actually allows users to specify the number of trapped frames to be combined into an image. The latter can be useful if you need to capture a quick movement topic.
Indigo app Availability: What about Android?
Adobe has released the Indigo in the App Store, and it looks like you need an iPhone with at least 6GB of RAM:
The app runs on all Pro and Pro Max iPhones starting from Series 12, and on all non-phrases starting from series 14.
The company also confirmed that an Android version of the app is in the pipeline, but it did not reveal more details. Other features on the road include alternative appearance, a high quality portrait mode, a video mode (with “cool calculation video” features) and a panoramic option.
Adobe said that it is also considering several bracket options (exposure, focus, etc.), with the camera app that combines these braked shots. The company says these options can be useful for astrophotography or a shot that is fully in focus.
In any case, I’m glad to see two of the thoughts behind the modern pixel camera experience working on such a robust camera app. So our fingers are crossed that the app will come to Android before rather than later.