Mini-guide to customise the modification of Google Camera
Good day to all. I’ve been sitting for several months in the discussion of Google Camera modders and there are certain conclusions that even if there is a single opinion, not everyone knows which parameters are best to put, what they influence and with what Are They. So the let apos Start right Away. the For Smooth Camera Operation, PURE for ANDROID VERSION, the NOT miui / IS Other Recommended the shell.
== == = 1. Camera Version.== == = No, the I’m Not Joking, Seriously , if you need camera functionality, acceleration, deceleration, panoramas, night shots, regular updates, then look at the version of the 6th revision camera, that is, 6.0.2.30. **
If only the quality of the photo is important to you and, basically, photos are made during the day - pay attention to the camera version 5.1 or 5.2. Why selected the latter? Because in them the most natural color reproduction in the afternoon. Strict Speaking, we approach smooth the following settings. All of them will be applied ONLY to the sixth version . The author uses a mod from InnocentParrot (RU). General settings Purely my subjective recommendation, for each setting there is a description, you can customize It for yourself. You can also turn off Google Lens Tips, set up Gestures, turn on the Grid, sound and geotags in GK.
We go to the ADVANCED SETTINGS.
We include the following settings (according to the comments of the settings you can see what they are doing, so there is even more at your discretion): • Contaminated lens - notifies you to wipe the lens if it is dirty. • HDR + control - activates the manual control of HDR +. Exit the settings in the camera mode and the HDR + icon will appear on top, click on it and turn on “advanced HDR +”. • Hide motion icon - the icon of the corresponding function will Not BE Shown (the About IT below). • Efficient compression algorithm -. Saves Space the without Losing at Quality Well, the I Don `t know, A controversial Issue, Operating since at The Loss of Information During compression IS not to BE avoided , although but A the Simple the User Would Not be able to notice anything.
• Google Photos - allows you to work with additional photo functionality (read below).
Turn off: • The movement function is something like a gif. Strongly loads the RAM, it can freeze on devices 3/32. If enabled, it works only in Google Photos. • Focus Tracking - tracking the focus on an object. With the I have not seen the point in setting up, since it only works in photo mode, and if my hands do not move in the wind MIUI shell, the minimum device is 4/64. , then I do not see the point in tracking the Focus.
Google Photos If you have a Google Camera, then take care of installing Google Photos.
Google Photos allows you to sync photos and videos to the cloud, send files to the recycle bin, which you can restore up to two months (then delete yourself) and make collages of your photos right in the gallery.
Only through Google Photos, you can view all the panoramas you have made (photosphere, horizontal panorama, fisheye, etc.), the movement function also works only through Google photo.
Google Photos Also android.permission you to Work with Photo the Details, Focus and Blur with A Photo in Portrait the MODE. Framing, Filters by Itself IS, HOWEVER, IT IS Worth Noting that there are NO Brushes, Frames, Stickers and OTHER pribluda For at The “Makeup” photo.
Separately, I note that in this application, you can stabilize the video, if required.
The rest is all up to you.
3.1. Auto White Balance (AWB).
The best option is Pixel 2. Pixel 2 conveys the correct colors, not blues, like Pixel 2XL and not yellow, like Pixel 3a XL.
3.2. Custom libraries.
This setting is responsible for the color saturation, contrast, detail, shadows and the overall picture.
I will note to describe the existing libraries that everyone will choose for himself:
• Parrot RE - GCam by InnocentParrot testers library. Ported library from the authors of the mod. The library has good detail, contrast and color accuracy. Not as bright as Saves. Minus - the noise.
• Saves - community library. Good detail, shadows, saturation and contrast. The only thing worth noting is that Saves is slightly bright and makes the photo a bit more sharp. It is solved by lowering the exposure by -0.2 or -0.4. Colors Are transmitted fairly accurately, otherwise play around with Saturation values.
• Eszdman - the best library for photos during the day. Good detail, colors, the picture is transmitted very accurately. Minus - the shadows. Too dark shadows, as in the default library. It is solved by changing the value of the Light sections By 1.4 and the Dark areas by 1.9 for the main camera and the Light areas by 1.1 and the Dark areas by 2.0 for the front camera in the Saturation setting.
• Savitar is the best library in the opinion of the author of the article. Good detail, clearly visible details in the shadows, in contrast to the previous competitor. The colors are a little less saturated compared to Eszdman. It is solved by changing the Saturation values (below).
• FI is the best library if you need saturation and contrast of colors. • Kuro Flat Line - the best library in detail, but the picture comes out dim, without contrast and saturation, poorly visible dark areas. That is. Suitable for RAW- Handlers and laytrumschikov, although you can see the options above, so as not to pervert over the photo.
The recommended library is configured as follows: • Select Savitar ZA V3 in the Binary Libraries item. Go down below and in the Saturation point set the values:
On the main camera: Highlights - 1.5 Dark areas - 1.8
On the front camera: Highlights: 1.2 Dark patches: 2.0
Exit the settings. Library configuration is ready. UPD: If clarifications or remarks were found during your tests, write to HP (at the end of the article), the author is not all-powerful to please everyone.
Recommended setting:
JPEG quality - Set to 100%. Quality HDR + - set the value to 13. It no longer makes sense. Judging by the quality standards (Medium, High, Very high, Ultra), then: Average - 3. High - 6. Very high - 9. Ultra - 13. If you have a MIUI firmware and device 3/32 - put 6 or 9. Depending on how many gates you are doing, depending on the load. If you make one shutter every 5-6 seconds , then you can put 13 (in some modes - 12). With frequent shutters will freeze, fly out or worse - deleted photos. Optimization does not take out.
With InnocentParrot, we are sitting on a pure android (device 3/32), the number of frames is 13, there were no friezes. Pure android is more optimized for the Google Camera than the shell, but this is so, a retreat, We will not deviate more.
Auto White Balance - set Pixel 2 (default). Already wrote about this above.
There is no need to touch the auto exposure exposure compensation and exposure compensation .
Of course, if you are satisfied with a particular library, but something does not suit you in it (it happens that on different devices somewhere brighter, somewhere richer), then you can play with these settings:
• Auto Exposure - ISO shutter speed, photo exposure time. The ISO itself can be chewed with simple words: the larger the value, the more light passes through the lens, and the photo is noisier. If you do not understand how and with what It is eaten, then it is better not to touch.
• Exposure - light parameter. The higher it is, the brighter the picture will be.
• Saturation is an appropriate parameter that will appear in light and dark areas. That is, if the photo goes darkish, then you should pay attention to increase the exposure or increasing the saturation parameter in dark areas.
The greater the value, the more noise in the photo will be suppressed. In practice, the difference is barely noticeable, the setting can not touch.
Settings Camera 2API - at your discretion, but I recommend leaving as is.
AWBGains (Improves sharpness, adds noise) - at your discretion, but it is better to disable.
Function P3 Display (DCI-P3) - allows you to cover the camera more color spectra, however, this function does not work on state employees, only on the flagships. On state employees, the algorithm will work out, only there will be a At your discretion, if you see changes for the better, then let it be turned on, and you can turn it off. As practice shows, sRGB and P3 almost do not differ much in the eye, so the loss is Insignificant.
Main Frame - Pixel 3A XL Frontal -. Pixel 3A XL, IF you do not like at The Color Transfer / Brightness, the then you CAN Also Nexus 6P the If you have have the any Problems with At The Run the display of at Photo Or The ITS Final result, then try changing the value of the problem camera to the Nexus 6P. Config - Pixel 3A XL, and you can experiment with other configs.
Settings AE Exposure Compensation, Exposure Compensation, Noise Control, I didn’t touch 2API and AWBGains cameras.
Night shooting can leave as is. HDR + frames - 13. You can set up hints and other settings for yourself.
The Skin Enhancement feature in the Google Camera Port WORKS.
Count AWB - you can not touch.
Quick settings - on the main settings screen, items of frequently changing settings will be pushed.
** Experimental settings: **
Correct at The Shade ON at The Front Camera -. Helps in Identifying Colorful Spots ON at The Front the Maximum allowed Memory IS at The value AT Which RAM by Will BE allocated for Camera Operation. UHD 4K in “Acceleration” the MODE - does not Fix Forced Focus -. Helps with Constantly Jumping The autofocus Artifacts “Nest” -… Noise Artifacts “Gnosotochki” appear ON The Photo in The form of traces of The Phase The autofocus Grid the For Example, Against A Yellow Wall or Blue Sky The in General, you need To look at how everyone takes smart and, if necessary, increase the suppression, but do not get carried away, because the overall quality of the photo is deteriorating.
The rest of the settings on the similarity of the viewfinder format and RAW format should not be touched.
** Video **
There is nothing special to say, everyone will choose quality and FPS for himself. I can only note that it is best to set the automatic bitrate in order to avoid embarrassment.
UPD: If you have MIUI or other shell and device 3/32, then turn off the stub, remove at 30 fps. Otherwise, with crope and zoom, there will be friezes / departures, especially at 60 fps. Again, google camera for Shells is …
In the Google Photos application, you can stabilize the video if required.
Also, the recommendation is to shoot a VIDEO with a stock camera. The stock camera writes video pretty well, and stabilization works great. As a result, the Google camera is taking a photo, and the video is in stock.
I hope this mini-guide engineer you ? All settings that I did not mention were considered insignificant for their mention. Be sure to go to the settings and change some parameter, otherwise there will be a gray shutter in 5-15 seconds. To Do 1 time and all! (this refers directly to the mod camera from Bulkin043). • Be sure to read the instructions for installing mods cameras. Frequently, it is necessary to reset the settings of the installed camera, by the way as when Deleting " too settings" CAMERA mod, do not confuse with the native camera, since they have the same name" - “At the bottom, click” clear “” - "Clear All ". In addition, in the same place in the camera, Click on the “memory”, And also clear it. Now you can use.
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