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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] CMas97:
No. It doesn't matter if you took the photo in portrait mode, gcam portrait does not fire if it doesn't detect a face. On the pixel 2 it can be used for objects because hardware provides depth data. What you got is natural optical bokeh. It happens with any camera when you go that close to an object. Try taking a step back, the blur will be gone. You can also see that only 1 pic is saved; when portrait mode works, 2 pics are created, 1 with the blur and one without. Samsung has selective focus, but that too wont work when you're too far from the subject.

So no, portrait mode in this apk doesn't work on objects, at least right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tronchi:
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gabriellovesmusic:
So in other words, there won't be any benefit going from the current 'default' settings to 'super high'? Hmm.. okay. Thanks a lot man, for the reply.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] edwardsiow:
Great to hear that. Can you solve the memory leak/high usage of the app? It is painful to need to restart the phone every time used.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Celebi123:
S7 edge Google Camera with working portrait mode V4

I use S7 EDGE. application is not running ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] AboodaBasher:
every things work , thank for the great job.

but any one notice that

when you tring to zoom the pic after taking it contain much noise

quality of image is not like the orignall app

any one know why!??

although iam have choosed the highest quality
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] AboodaBasher:
every things work , thank for the great job.

but any one notice that

when you tring to zoom the pic after taking it contain much noise

quality of image is not like the orignall app

any one know why!??

although iam have choosed the highest quality

this is my sitting
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] miniuser123:
With default hdr quality setting I didn't have to reboot for 10 days now. If a shot hangs I force kill the app from settings and all memory is freed up. Medium setting is a different story...

I had a look at the cause of high memory usage of course... The camera itself uses an incredible 650 mb ram in every camera2 api app... And unfortunately the 270 mb pool preallocated especially for the camera is not utilized at all in this case as it is only for camera1 api apps. It is lying empty. Ask Samsung why.

And 650 mb is too much anyway for 12 mpx, they were probably lazy to optimize it.

Then comes GCam. It uses about 360 mb ram for imagereader buffers on default setting. On medium it is more than 500 mb. We are not helped by the fact that samsung only supports 16 bit raws instead of 12 bit ones. Then shot processing needs another 250-300 mb ram and roughly 100 mb is needed for everything else. You can sum it.

Currently only imagereader memory usage can be restricted. Other improvements would need kernel changes or camera2 api hacking i think.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
That's not an issue, in a way.

If your see camera comparison on youtube, pixel 2 takes a lot more details compared to samsung but with a lot of noise.

So it's the way it is.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Celebi123:
the application freezes and out

S7 Edge telephone . İ m taking a photo . the application freezes and out
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] djgade:
Very cool explaining, thank you.

Would be interesting if this modded apk will be capable of detecting objects in the future. I bet this is only a software thing.

Looking forward to the further development of this apk

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Celebi123:
S7 edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] AlexOptimal:
In terms of optimization, how close can we come to the default app on the pixel?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] rajarshi10:
If we can achieve the smoothness of the app and the default setting to be HDR+ to not change to automatic HDR everytime, then we have a perfect app. Other than that, minimister has given us a gem of an app already.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] CFSlayer:
Hey guys I need some help here. I installed gcam V4 on my girlfirends's Snapdragon S7 Falt, and whenever I take a picture with portrait mode enabled using the front camera, the resulting picture is sort of cropped. Like the person is in the middle of the frame vefore taking the picture, and after taking it the person is now on the lower left corner. Has anyone had this issue?

EDIT: I use the same version on my Exynos S7Edge and I dont have this issue. What could it be?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] cayrol92:
Which are the new settings to get it to work?

Pixel XL or Pixel 2 XL?

I am still on V4 and it is pretty stable. I have an issue with strange circular noise on my photos. Using Note8 exynos. Can you fix it in V5?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Celebi123:
S7edge android 7.0 or 8.0 ?

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S7edge android 7.0 surum is not it compatible ???

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S7 edge Exynos user here (SM-G935F). I've tried the v4 with the recommended settings posted here and it could be opened and it focuses very quickly but when I take a picture it restarts and the picture doesn't appear anywhere. ????:(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fuyoo:
The reason it works on Pixel 2 is because they utilise PDAF technology for the rear camera to generate a depth map which you can then apply portrait mode on.

I believe all the GCAM mods thus far use machine learning instead, which is why it only works for anything resembling a face. Close your eyes and take a portrait photo and it probably won't work.

The S7 technically does have PDAF, but I'm not sure if any of the mods is able to access this subroutine yet. Or it may not be a priority as most cameras do not have this.

tldr; It's not only a software thing, but the S7 does have the hardware to support portrait on inanimate objects.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tcpcd:
+1

however it has lens blur for object. but it is not good as portrait mode.

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portrait mode is working even on closed eyes ;)

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i thought it is rainbow effect. someone also face same problem, but dont know here or 3T thread
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] djgade:
What is lens blur and how can I activate it?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tcpcd:
disable portrait mode and restart app

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to [MENTION=4798833]miniuser123[/MENTION]

is that any way to make photo processed 3 times to increase background blur?

in practical way first capture photo then its have minimal blur then re processed that photo to increase more blur...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] djgade:
I don't have blur when disabeling portrait mode. Can you explain what to do so?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tcpcd:
setting > portrait on all mode disable > restart app

then see there is lens blur option instead portrait mode

checked on v4
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] djgade:
Oh I see, now I got it. Thank U mate

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] miniuser123:
I am not sure to be honest. There seems to be a problem with our lens, which is not corrected in software. When taking heavily underexposed (almost black) images those noise circles start to appear in every camera app, especially on raw images. Why is this important? HDR+ works like this: if the scene contains a very bright spot, like sun, GCam will decrease exposure drastically so that bright spots don't burn out, then it increases the brightness of dark parts in software to compensate. Now the problem is that the dark parts contain those rainbow noise circles which will be emphasized by increasing brightness.

I could mitigate the effect, but dynamic range is decreased as a result.

p.s. Have a look at these reports.

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2362960

https://forums.androidcentral.com/s...-s8-plus-camera-has-weird-circular-noise.html
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] thavishalovesme:
This rainbow halo effect was there in the first gen pixel devices also as I remember...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] redmanftw:
guys it works at s7? can inform me anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masdacheri:
camera more close to face to get more blur..but if u want more blur again u can edit on samsung gallery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tcpcd:
Right now i m using snapseed to make more blurry backgrounds..

But result is not good as potrait mode shot.

Ohh its #500th reply ??

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Try more configs from settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] raj.ayush78:
No compromise on dynamic range please. The circles are present in ver few shots that too unnoticable to any normal person.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gabriellovesmusic:
So you mean it's not possible to fix the circular rainbow without sacrificing dynamic range?

Does the camera sensor used in the phone matter? As there are two different camera sensors used on the S8 in different region(Samsung sensor and Sony IMX333). Or could Exynos be the culprit(as Snapdragon devices doesn't seem to have this issue)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Vscoiskindacool:
No rainbow issue on my girlfriend's A5 2017...was surprised to see that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] UXELLR:
[MENTION=4798833]miniuser123[/MENTION]

What about the shutter speed finding as a possible cause of the rainbow artifact?

My findings with S8 exynos using Gcam Port ,MGC_5.1.016_7.0+C2API_v.1.3c_AllinOne, is that there is slightly less rainbow effect than your version, but still present. Cant see it has lower dynamic range. This version also has a working touch focus, but ofcourse no portrait mode,but thats a different matter.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Has_anDroid:
Hİ GUYS v5 version update please
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Vscoiskindacool:
It will come when it's ready. This is a free contribution, please be patient with the developer.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Has_anDroid:
thanks thanks man
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] jujusito:
The circles appear also in Samsung camera, specially on long exposure night shoots
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] suddushetty:
he [MENTION=4798833]miniuser123[/MENTION]

thanks for your gcam port for samsung s7 exinos:good: really works great on my phone. just wanted to know is it possible to add Pixel 2s AR sticker in this port ???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] raj.ayush78:
yes, i have them installed. just install the acore app and then there is n app for stickers. google it you will find
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] suddushetty:
Thanks buddy but i think it only works with rooted device
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] raj.ayush78:
No root needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ditrix99:
Can u give the link for ar core?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] raj.ayush78:
https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-android-sdk/releases/download/sdk-preview2/arcore-preview2.apk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] thavishalovesme:
I can install the AR core but the not the stickers apk.. can you provide a link for that too? Cause am sure you need to root to run it on nougat...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] suddushetty:
Thanks for apk do i need any additional file to run coz my Gcam started force closing after installing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tcpcd:
which model are you on?

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you need root

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/x-post-mi-a1-ar-stickers-magisk-module-t3720700

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Patience ;)

anyway v4 is very stable, maybe OP add some more feature from BSG mod.... :D

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see that >> https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/5/16973286/google-pixel-visual-core-pixel-2-app

is that possible in mod?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] suddushetty:
im using Samsung Galaxy S7 Exinos
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kmjas:
Snapdragon s7 & s7 edge

First off, thank you for the great contribution! I have both a7 n the edge with snapdragon, both are not working. Is there any way that i can make it help or someone like you can help out? Truly appreciate it :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] djgade:
I installed the apk too, but how do I activate the stickers? I don't see them?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kmjas:
Not working for me

I have snapdragon s7 n s7 edge, both not working? Wht settings do u have on it? Thank
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] raj.ayush78:
I am on s8 exynos oreo beta non rooted. It works for me. I dont remmember the second link though I have the apk file dont know how to share here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] thavishalovesme:
Ah yes thats why.. it works on oreo.. I thought you had S7 .. anyways we will be able to make it work once oreo come up... others have to root to make it work on nougat..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] MrDanMak:
I doubt it would be possible as this is chip specific to the Pixel 2/2XL.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] alexerez:
only works with people? I am testing with objects and do not perform the portrait effect :( .. thanks for the mod!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Red Lava 60:
Yes only on people currently.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] NikSoN.89:
I'm using the settings given on first page.

Model: Pixel XL Marlin+Taimen

Config camera HDR+: Nexus 6 hdr+ Auto

HDR+ parameters: Default

Fix black level front camera: 0.00

Portrait Mode on all models: enabled

I have tried all versions but V1 seems to be most stable for snapdragon.There is also a trick for taking pictures on center.Before taking the pic on portrait mode just open gallery from the camera than go back to portrait mode.It will be ok.Try this
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] 0355:
If it is "portrait" mode, then why should it work on objects? No point to me
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Vscoiskindacool:
Because portrait mode is a marketing term for a shallow depth-of-field simulation mode, and it works on objects on every other implementation out there.

We're working with a port here, though, and there are hardware and software limitations that make it clear that object detection is near impossible to implement.

For those cases, use a second Gcam app with "Lens Blur" mode enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gabriellovesmusic:
I agree. Especially in the case of S7/S8/Note8. Those phone all have very nice shallow depth of field with subjects in close range, e.g food, flowers etc which are usually meant to be taken in close range for the most part anyway. Portrait mode makes more sense with humans as subject. But that's just my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kmjas:
Appreciate it

Let me see where i can get v1 hahah n have a try coz v2 to v4 i cant even have any vision on portrait mode
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] richierich:
Just chiming in on the whole hardware aspect, I was under the impression that the pixel 2 gained it's depth information from utilising the dual pixel system where it measures differences between two pixels when taking a photo. I was also under the impression that the S8's camera also utilises dual pixel technology, albeit for different reasons, so is hardware really that much of an obstacle?

*Disclaimer: I am in no way a developer nor engineer, just a dude trying to make sense of it all ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kmjas:
Thank you for your contribution

My snapdragon s7 n s7 edge couldnt be able to use v2 to v4, the camera would turn on but its not compatible with portrait mode (all blacked out when i turn on) and someone told me he could have his snapdragon s7 working with v1 but i couldn't find any link. Can you please provide again? Truly appreciate it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tcpcd:
i think v1 is not available.

you should change model and config in gcam setting.

mostly when i install gcam fresh apk i got everywhere black screen, but after some tweaks in setting everything work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pogi.paul0119:
[MENTION=4798833]miniuser123[/MENTION] you mentioned that you are now working on an update of this great port of yours, please remove slomo if not fixable in the menu and replace it with lensblur so with two options there we don't need to go to the settings whenever there is a need to use those.. thanks ..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mrchaien:
In my dream yesterday, i have dreamed that you ported successfully v5 lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masdacheri:
i thing software complementary for hardware..when we need 2 camera but we just have 1 camera software can do make 2 camera work in 1 camera..but if we dont have camera so software for what..google do this technology software long time ago with lens blur on google camera with any camera phone
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] edan1979:
this is more suitable to exynos version.

snapdragon go here.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/themes/google-camera-hdr-t3687312
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] arczangel:
Hi Guys, how to make portrait mode more blurrier? How to adjust the blurriness? Thank you in advance and cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masdacheri:
use lens blur for adjust the blur
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] nvrmndryo:
This app is mostly for people who want portrait mode, and it's working awesome in that aspect. I tried clicking few pics with samsung stock app and this one, and this one came better. I have uploaded comparison pics too few weeks ago. But I find front camera sharpness too much on gcam.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gabriellovesmusic:
It has better dynamic range, better exposure and I'm not sure but image processing is better too, it's able to preserve details where stock camera would've blown out or smudged details of led sign and tiny texts, at least those were my findings. I've attached shots taken with stock camera of the S8 and Gcam
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gabriellovesmusic:
And also take a look at this photos from S8 stock camera vs Google Camera. Look at the text on the flag the astronaut is holding at the left side of the photo. *EDIT* I think XDA compresses photos, it looked very pixelated to tell the difference here. my bad. But the uncompressed photo does show the tiny text in this photo a lot clearer.

And yes, on top of all that, there is portrait mode front and back camera that works phenomenally too.

[IMG="Gcam"]https://imgur.com/gallery/LPfgr[/IMG]

[IMG="S8 stock camera"]https://imgur.com/gallery/elYHL[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] thavishalovesme:
Better detail, better quality, portrait mode both on front and rear cam. No water colourish faded look on people like stock camera... post processing of the picture.. what can you ask more? Btw, zoom in to the picture to see the difference...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masdacheri:
see background sky more detail
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
It is nice app but honestly the only benefit which Google made great is portrait mode. Rest like HDR is not so much better if any (over stock camera without Post Processing).

Hopefully this port comes much better in the future, because now is almost unusable due to FC ^^
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] miniuser123:
You will be able to tune that in the next release.

[MENTION=3837257]detection[/MENTION]: On S7 exynos samsung"s image processing does an awful job on faces. Gcam is much better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pain_Deluxe:
No HDR on AOSP roms ? Dont find the button
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masdacheri:
more fast when put on games launcher set to high performance..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] feve14:
Hi, I'm so thankful to you made it.

now i'm using S7 flat exynos

I wanna use this app for my default camera app.

But, you know S7 has lense distortion has revised by samsung.

Can you also apply distorsion correction to this app?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] gabriellovesmusic:
And yes, on top of the all the HDR benefits, there is portrait mode front and back camera that works phenomenally too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Onepunchbro:
Google Camera app is not known for its video capabilities, but rather the HDR+ and portrait mode with rear/front camera

If want to record video, stock samsung camera app is miles better than google cam app

But for stills photo, google camera app with HDR+ will be able to produce a very high quality photos, better exposure, dynamic range, sharpness, colors compared to stock camera app.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] TheLaptopClick:
I think it's kind of crazy how much scepticism there is about this app. I personally am blown away by just how much better it makes the pictures look. Some of the things the app does within every single picture is make the colours are much more appealing and gets rid of the crazy amount of oversharpening the stock camera has. Within certain scenarios the app improves the dynamic range and blown out highlights, amongst other things. Sure, it's not the best in every single scenario, but it's better quite a lot of the time. I have to give a round of applause to the developer for porting this over, because it does really breathe new life into the camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RauL85:
Hi guys..the photos I take appear to be cropped or zoomed in as compared to what you see on screen before taking the pic. Is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] nvrmndryo:
read previous posts, it's been discussed more than once. Use search option.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] johnybr99:
What about 4k videos ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masdacheri:
i think i know why get fc or leaks memory issue...wrong about choice model can get issue