Kuo—2019 iPhone: upgraded Face ID; 2020 iPhone: time-of-flight 3D modeling rear camera
The revered Apple analyst has turned his attention to Apple’s camera, Face ID and photography improvements slated for iPhone models coming in 2019 and 2020.
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Apple highlights Portrait mode photos featuring Depth Control taken with iPhone XS
Apple on Wednesday shared a bunch of user-submitted Portrait mode photographs with Depth Control that were taken with an iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max.
Why iPhone XR captures way better low-light portraits than iPhone XS
Portrait photography on iPhone XR yields surprisingly good results in some low light situations where it’s unusable on the costlier iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max devices.
New Facebook feature lets you see Portrait shots in 3D like you’re looking through a window
Taking advantage of dual-lens smartphone cameras that capture the distance between the subject in the foreground and the background, Facebook’s new 3D photos feature brings your Portrait scenes to life with 3D-like parallax movement.
DxOMark on iPhone XS camera: “very reliable overall” & “consistently delivering good results”
The iPhone XS camera is one of the best mobile cameras DxOMark has ever tested. In many areas, it offers noticeable improvements over last year’s iPhone X and delivers “flagship imaging power”. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
Filmmaker “shocked” at how good iPhone XS video capture is vs. a $10K cinema camera
Filmmaker Ed Gregory pitted his iPhone XS versus a $10,000 Canon C200 cinema camera and was shocked that the footage recorded with the phone actually looked awesome. Can you spot the difference between the iPhone XS camera and Canon’s cinema-grade camera?
How to use FaceTime camera effects like Animoji and stickers during video calls
FaceTime camera effects including Animoji and Memoji can make video calling much more fun and personal. Make this a reality by following these steps.
A quick look at real-time Depth Control in iOS 12.1
In iOS 12.1, Apple is adding real-time Depth Control to the Camera app on the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR. Here’s how it works.
What is Depth Control in your iPhone camera?
iPhone Depth Control lets you adjust the depth of field after you shoot, which makes it easy to apply a variably blurred background. Here’s how it works.
Early adopters share their iPhone XS images using the hashtag #shotoniPhone
Early iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max users are showing off photos taken with their new devices. Now, Apple’s promoting many of these images.
iPhone XS users complain about selfie camera ‘beauty mode’
Some early iPhone XS adopters are accusing Apple of implementing a so-called “beauty mode” filter to the camera’s algorithms to smooth a subject’s skin.
In iOS 12, iMessage images are auto-saved to Photos. Here’s what you need to know.
iOS 12 saves you from having to manually search all your iMessage threads like an animal just to find that picture you took who knows when. Now when you take an image with the Messages app, it’s saved to Photos as soon as you attach it to a thread.