With New Photoshop and Literoom updateAdobe recently unveiled a new computational photography camera app project Indigo.
As Viewed by DPRIVAdobe quietly introduced project Indigo last week blog post Its dedicated research on the website. Project IndiGo is a new computational photography camera app that promises to take advantage of significant progress in computational photography made over the past decade to help mobile photographers capture better quality images.
In his article, Adobe’s Mark Levoy (Adobe Fellow) and Florian Cinz (senior scientists) explain how, despite the huge jump in smartphone image sensors and optical techniques, many staunch photographers can still not compete with lantin forms, because they cannot compete with a “smartphone with very big sensors and leans, which they cannot compete with a” Are photold.
Enter the project indigo. The new app aims to “address some of these intervals” that photographers experience with their smartphone cameras. Project Indigo, which is Apple app is still available at storeFull manual control provides, a more natural “SLR-like” look for photos, and the best image quality that can distribute current computational photography techniques, including JPEG and RAW photo formats. Levoy and Kenz said that their new app is also “some new photographic experiences are not available in other camera apps.”
Excess low-light mobile photography
Starting with computational photography aspects of project IndiGo, Adobe researchers use intelligent processing to significantly increase smartphone image quality. In examples below a low-light view, the first photo was captured as a single image on an iPhone under 1/10 lux lights. The second image project is a handheld shot captured by IndiGo. The app captured and merged 32 frames into quick succession, meaning that each frame can push the sensor less, resulting in low noise, while still receiving a suitable final exposure. This is effectively keeping the shutter open for a long time without keeping the camera stable for a long time. And yes, it also works with raw photo output.
Researchers wrote, “What is different about computational photography using IndiGo? First, we reduce more firmly than most cameras.” “Second, we capture more frames while creating each photo, align, and as an example above, add more frames up to 32 frames. This means that our photos have a low blow-out highlights and low noise in the shade. Taking a photo with our app can require a little more patience after pressing the shutter button, but you may need a little more patience after pressing a photo button, but you can have a better picture after a few more patience, but you have a better picture after a few seconds. Will be rewarded. ”
Project IndiGo promises a naturally for your photos
For the “look” of smartphone photos which are many photographers dislike – something like this Some apps have worked hard to overcome – Many mobile camera apps use computational photography to more. While pictures of high-dionamic range with clever tone mapping can expand the dynamic range that mobile shooters can capture, they can also result in deformed, unnatural looking images.
Adobe has already made a lot of progress in the realm of HDR pictures with more natural looking HDR. Impressive adaptive color profileWhich uses the subtle semantic-individual mask-based adjustment to expand the tonal range without the looks of the photo looks strange. Project IndiGo makes this work, but can achieve better results because, as a camera app, it can work with specific camera settings in real time.
“Our look is similar to Adobe’s adaptive color profile, which has made our camera app naturally compatible with Adobe Camera Raw and Literoom. It said, we know which camera, exposure time and ISO were used while capturing your photo, so our look can be more loyal to our look.”
While Adobe has provided many projects Indigo sample photos, which can be properly displayed on this article, many more seen in HDR. To see these pictures, see Adobe’s Project Indigo Literoom AlbumAdobe advises to look at this album on HDR-compatible display using Google Chrome, but it will work in some other browsers. Adobe notes that the album may not be displayed correctly in the safari.
Using a natural camera shake to capture sharper high-zoom photos
Many modern smartphones, such as the iPhone 15/16 Pro and Pro Max models, are several high quality rear cameras with various focal lengths (areas of visual). Cross different focal length options, however, the phones use digital crops, which means they only use the image sensor less and then, in some cases, digitally scales to grow images.
In the project Indigo, when the user takes a pinch to zoom, the app uses multi-frame super-resolution, which promises “restoring image quality lost by digital scaling”. It works similar to a pixel-shift mode on a dedicated camera, which benefits the natural hand movement to capture the same view from a series of slightly different approaches. The app then adds these separate frames to a large, faster that gives more details than the same photo. And unlike the AI-based super-resolution, the additional details are real-drawn from the world images.
Professional camera control
The third major objective of Project IndiGo is to introduce mobile photographers with professional controls they receive on their dedicated camera system. Project IndiGo includes “a originally from the ground for a computational camera” including focus, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation and control over white balance. However, since Project IndiGo depends greatly on the burst photography for some of its characteristics, it also includes fine control over the number of frames per burst.
It also includes a “tall exposure” button that changes the merger method of the app to capture photos with the same dreamy, smooth appearance as long exposure shot on a dedicated camera. For example, it is very good for taking pictures of moving water, and it can also be used for creative lighting effects and traditional single-frame night photography.
What is more technology and next?
Complete project indigo Article The image of the app provides a lot of depth technical information, including the processing pipeline, as it is related to photographic forms, demosesing and real -time image editing. This photo is an excellent read for technology enthusiasts.
Project IndiGo will be constantly updated and can serve as a test for adobe technologies in development for other apps.
“This is the beginning of a trip for Adobe – an integrated mobile camera and editing experience that takes advantage of the latest progress in computational photography and AI,” Adobe writes. “We hope that Indigo will appeal to casual mobile photographers who want a natural SLR-like look for their photos, in which seen on a large screen, advanced photographers who want manual control and want the highest possible image quality; And anyone enjoys playing with new or serious-conscious-articular experiences.”
Pricing and availability
Project IndiGo is now available for free at Apple App StoreThis series works on all Pro and Pro Max iPhones starting from 12 and on the iPhone series 14 and new to all non-pro models. Since it is a functioning, it does not require adobe account to use it. An Android version and in-app preset are in development. The team also says that it is working on an exposure and focus bracketing, as well as a solution for new multi-love mode.
Users are encouraged to download the project indigo and try it for themselves. Adobe wants them feedbackVery.
Image Credit: Project IndiGo is an experimental camera app developed by Adobe’s NextCam team. योगदानकर्ता जियावेन (केविन) चेन, झाउटोंग झांग, युटिंग यांग, रिचर्ड केस, शुमियन शिन, के वांग, एरिक की, एडम पाइकिएल्नी, इल्या चुगुनोव, सेसिलिया ज़ांग, ज़ीहो ज़िया, लुईस हुके, लार्स जेब, लिन, लिन, लिन, लिन, लिन, लिन, लिन, लिन, लिन, और मार्क Levoy. The pictures of this blog are by Mark Levoy, Florian Cinz, Sophia Cinz, Adam Pickelni and Lars Jebe.
