This Week's Equipment Updates: Adobe Aims to Enhance iPhone Image Quality, while TCL Introduces Flexible Attachment for Atmos
📱 Google's Pixel camera aces, now Adobe steps in with Project Indigo
The genius minds behind the groundbreaking computational photography that put Google's Pixel phone camera on the map are back with an ingenious new camera app, Project Indigo. Marc Levoy and Florian Kainz stepped away from Google years ago, now bringing you an iPhone-exclusive app to enhance your mobile photography game.
Find it on the App Store for the iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14, and the latest models. It's complimentary, without even requiring an Adobe account. This trailblazing app employs computational photography techniques like the Pixel, catching a burst of photos and merging them for improved dynamic range and low noise.
Say goodbye to grainy and poorly exposed shots, as the Project Indigo camera app strives for that SLR-like quality, closer to a professional camera's optics. It's achieved by underexposing the image and merging up to 32 frames (way more than most phones), resulting in a slight delay after snapping the photo. To sweeten the deal, the app offers manual controls, including shutter speed, ISO, and shooting in RAW and JPEG formats.
Experimenting with Adobe's ecosystem could be your next best move for a seamless content workflow. Although the app is still a work-in-progress, the Indigo team is aiming to add features, such as Portrait mode, an Android version, and video recording.
Bouncing back: Wyze's VerifiedView
👨💻 Wyze Tightens Security With VerifiedView
In early 2024, we halted our tests and recommendations for Wyze cameras due to a series of concerning security incidents. Fortunately, Wyze has been working diligently to strengthen its security systems to regain the trust of its users. Its latest effort is VerifiedView, a feature aimed at bolstering device security through user identification verification.
Previously a major issue was the misconfigured cameras that led to 13,000 feeds being exposed to unintended viewers. VerifiedView aims to eliminate this risk, as any content accessed will only be displayed when Wyze verifies the user ID matches the account attempting to access it.
Simply put, VerifiedView prevents anyone from gaining access to videos captured by other users' cameras, making it virtually impossible to relive that other unfortunate incident. This added protection should ensure secure, private access to your Wyze device's footage in the future.
- Google's former powerhouse team behind the Pixel phone camera's computational photography has returned with Project Indigo, an exclusive app for iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14, and latest models, available on the App Store without requiring an Adobe account.
- The Project Indigo camera app, like the Pixel, uses computational photography techniques to enhance mobile photography by catching a burst of photos, merging them for improved dynamic range and low noise, avoiding grainy and poorly exposed shots.
- The app offers manual controls such as shutter speed, ISO, and shooting in RAW and JPEG formats, aiming for that SLR-like quality, closer to a professional camera's optics.
- Wyze, following security concerns, has introduced VerifiedView, a feature designed to bolster device security through user identification verification.
- VerifiedView aims to eliminate the risk of misconfigured cameras exposing feeds to unintended viewers, ensuring secure, private access to Wyze device footage, and preventing unwanted access by others.
