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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] headcreepz:
Can't remember where I found it but lmc running fine on my s23u.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Posted V8. Shadow compensation back up to an intermediate value between v6 and v7 to compensate for the somewhat dark images that v7 produced. Hopefully third time is the charm. Have been unable to reproduce the artifacts noted by some.

Photosphere works in a kludgy way. My AGC config has a separate config file and instructions for use in the post on p

84. Javasabr's LMC also supports Photosphere with a different procedure, you have to search his post history to find it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Top Shot must not be on, then it should work.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
much better 👍
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
i could never get any version of gcam or sgcam to work without crashing, although i have not tried the old 8.3
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
@tmzbeme

The 8.7.250_v4.0 with the gg_agc_v7.agc or with the gg_agc_v8.agc runs wonderfully for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
8.7.250_v4.0 crashes for me, not only with topshot but a number of other features.

The config is developed on AGC8.4.300_V9.5fix_scan3d.apk

BigKaka: AGC8.4.300_V9.5Fix

Download AGC8.4.300_V9.5Fix by BigKaka.

www.celsoazevedo.com

For whatever reason AGC8.4.300_V9.6 also crashes for me. Will look into disabling topshot but I remember that there were other things that AGC8.7 was not happy about
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Hm, top shot on it crashes immediately, top shot of it works.

But importing AGC file it crashes.

Without XML it's working, but not perfect.

9.5fix crashes also, 9.5 no fix works perfect with GG_AGC_V8, for me till now the best gcam. Excellent.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] falcofbs:
Hi GroovyGeek, where to download your v8 please?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
My apologies

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88446277
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Hmm, not seeing it on a quick and dirty test, see below. Bottom with Luma off, top with Luma -2. Will need to run more tests tomorrow. My wife wants to go to the mall so I will have a lot of time on my hands 😂

This is Luma in .ain settings, right, not Luma A, Luma B.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Can't see any difference 🤔
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Does anyone have a working gcam / xml where focus tracking works? It seems maybe Samsung somehow broke the feature in gcam with possibly the April update. Now, focus tracking's circle will track where you tap but it won't actually focus there.

A good way to test this is have a close object in the corner of the frame. Without focus tracking, gcam will focus in the center of the frame, further away. Then taping the close object in the corner switches focus to that object. Now enable focus tracking and do the same test. The circle will track the close object in the corner but focus will not go to that object. Gcam will keep focus on what's in the middle of the frame instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
don't know what to tell you. I'm not using a tool, I'm using my eyes. You have to look at the images at full size. If you can't see the difference I can't help you.

here are another three samples ....the difference is pretty clear to me ...default first, correction second

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
ps don't do it from quick settings, it messes up the zoom lenses, go to lens settings and do each lens individually ....

...main wide and front -2.

...3x and 10x zoom 2.0
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
I have tried to apply a difference mask in Photoshop for perfectly overlapping fabric parts in the center. Hard to find such, as the picture is a bit rotated, but you can find some. The center of the image is aligned, and the brighter pixel is the bigger the difference.

If there are any differences, there are not visible to me, and Photoshop is basically saying:

Cannot compare the full picture though, because the rotating rester image cause softening.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Not sure I understand this. Quick Settings is individual to each lens and is EXACTLY the same menu as going through settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I work with BSG in parallel as well and I have several issues:

1. In low light the auto is working very bad, I should use night mode

2. Strange format of AWB and I cannot apply Samsung AWB for config

3. Cannot change noise model for sensors

Have you resolved it in your config? Maybe I don't understand something :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] haani86:
Hi all, is there a config file for S23?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] magikyr:
Is there a difference between the ruler and the Scan3d cam?

i only ask because i already have the ruler installed and uinsicher if i want to block scan3d ...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] magikyr:
photosphere is not working in 8.7 is the confic compatible to 8.6 ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I am a total noob for gcam, so take these answers with caution

What do you mean by "auto"? Auto exposure? Only seeing that for the 10x lens, and that is mitigated with HDR++. Seeing similar behavior in LMC

I don't find AWB particularly useful on any gcam port I have tried. Alas neither LMC or BSG allow manual tuning of the color temperature. Under each module you can select "AWB Correction" and upload a "Google AWB" file. I have no clue what the appropriate format is or how to translate a Samsung AWB to a Google AWB. The only information I could quickly find is here (look under What's "Google AWB", "Pixel 3 AWB", etc ?) https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/troubleshooting/

Under "additional settings" there are "strength factors" for the noise models. That is another thing that I don't pay attention to since the result with the defaults is good enough for me.

The most important thing to me is color fidelity. I don't have any plans to go in depth into fine tuning.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Hmm, seems that my fix for the selfie issue broke photosphere. Need to look into this. The v1 xml works with both 8.6 and 8.7
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
No, you can use both
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's just modifications for default noise model which produces worse result than when you have special noise model.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I will show examples later.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
But it's hard to fix manually for different conditions it's why I use already prepared AWB profiles for Samsung in LMC, but it's not compatible with BSG
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] hurray:
Hello! I am very new to the gcam and struggle to get the difference what "LMC" and "BSG" exactly means and where are they differ from each other.

Can someone please enlighten me?

Till now I installed the "LMC" Version and indeed the pictures are looking better for me than the stock cam.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] 235anders15:
It's just the brandings of the Gcam mods from different developers LMC is from Hasli where as the dev BSG makes the MGC versions of Gcam
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
And configs are not compatible between these mods
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] hurray:
Ahhh okay, thank you very much both of you! It's that simple... 😁
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Stock vs gcam, x3 and x10:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Yes, GCAM is a bit of a mess. Not only do different developers make mutually incompatible versions, but every developer produces sub-versions that behave differently on the same hardware (and some do not work at all). And to top it off, all of this is usually poorly documented. But we can't complain much since we are not paying a dime for their work (unless you are supporting the devs directly).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Here are two images from my afternoon stroll through the neighborhood today. Both were captured on the S23U with the 10x lens, handheld. The dng's were processed with Photoshop for artistic effect, but it is amazing what a top of the line cell phone can do at 10x optical zoom these days
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] kevinmtz:
very nice, have you posted the v28 xml?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Still is in progress :) but v25 is already posted and very good :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I will have to look at these on a computer screen but you have shown keen eye for detail so I am not doubting your results.

Did a quick test on the trunk of a palm tree just now, all 4 lenses, 0.6x and 1x at - 2, 3x and 10x at +2 as you suggest. Kept the FoV similar between all to stay away from digitization artifacts. Results are below. Your correction is always on top, default v8 on bottom. If anything the default seems to have have a touch more detail.on the. 0.6x, 1x, and 3x. The 10x.is a wash.

Will also look at. These. On a large screen when I get home.

0.6x

1x

3x

10x
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
well, like i said i don't understand agc settings ...you can't even see what they are set on when you open them ...i presume default ....but anyway, noone seems to be able to see the difference so probably not worth bothering with, but if you want to try ...setting from quick settings changes all the lenses at once ...have to open more ..lens ...each lens ...image processing ...config 1 ...main ...luma noise
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
I think we should stop doing that, if you have to crop into the photo so much to see a tiny difference, that's overdoing it.

Looking at the normal size photos on a 27" iMac, I can't see any difference.

It makes more sense to refine shadows, colors or noise, I think your work on Gcam has been excellent so far, thank you very much
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Looking these from laptop screen and i can see differences in 1x and 10x pictures.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
from what i can see here

0.6 and 3x are sharper in default

1 and 10x are sharper with the corrections

i added back the luma for the zoom lenses because reducing added a lot more noise but maybe dafault is better
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I believe that this is incorrect. Quick Settings changes each lens individually. You can try it - change a setting for one lens from default, switch lenses, verify that same setting for new lens is still default.

Will take a look on a computer screen tonight. If you can see it then it is likely there and even if subtle there is no reason not to incorporate it in the next version, whenever I may get around to doing it based on feedback or my own observations
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
thank goodness i'm not the only one lol
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
10x (with correction)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
you may be right ...i think both methods are two different ways of getting the same settings
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Spent the morning at the farm with the kids. Tested lenses to see how animal fur / details came out.

0.6x

1x

3x

10x
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Forgot to upload my last config:

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88407193
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
Thanks for your work!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
How do I open LMC directly from when the phone is locked?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Thank you for your great work!

I always look forward to check your latest configs :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Fur usually comes out great. I am starting to get a sense that where gcam sometimes goes astray is with isolated details
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
You cannot, this works only for stock. The closest you can get it to define it as your side key double press, after you unlock the phone gcam will be there waiting for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
Settings - lock screen - lock screen (left image) - pick lmc as one of the two corner options.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Does it work when the phone is locked?

I set this on my vanilla S23 and it needs phone to get unlocked before opening LMC.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Is not possible..
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
No it does not. Unfortunately only the stock cam can be launched when the phone isoclrd.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I agree that for most uses this pixel peeping makes no difference. It starts to make a difference if you need to crop an image tightly or zoom in heavily. With the menagerie of lenses the S23U offers there is not much reason to zoom or crop heavily. It is also one of the reasons I limit the zoom on each lens of my config to 4x. That diexes me to switch lenses to the one that is best suited not too far away from it's 1x setting. Wish gcam would do that automatically but alas not.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
@tmzbeme

Is your config downloadable? Where can we find it? I was searching this thread and gcam ports hub and couldn't find it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Why do you edit posts to this?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
no, i'm not doing them anymore and the old ones are outdated, use one of the supported ones which will work with new app versions

because you can't delete them
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Then you should report them to moderators (y)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
@JavaSabr is it possible to release a third config option? One that has a little more sharpness applied. Thanks! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's already presented in my last test release in my TG group, when the release well be stable, I will post it here
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JohnTheFarm3r:
You can report your own reply and write the reason as "delete this please". Mods will deal with it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Wow, can't wait for your great work :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vdb1987:
What is your telegram group if i may ask 😁
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Look into my post here :) :

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/page-71#post-88407193
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
@JavaSabr

Can this effect be fixed? This purple conturs are looking bad :/
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
which version?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
Every version. I think it's Hardware related (pixel binning).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
I would say that this is rather chromatic abberation of the lens. If gcam allows to define correction for that it can be fixed, but higher values can also cause destaturation on the edges of normalnie objects from time to time.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vdb1987:
Ok thx 😁
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Oliie23:
I can't get that to work. I don't even see the ability to activate 3d camera on the right side (or maybe I understand it wrong?).

When I click "modes" and then Photo Sphere there's just a black screen. Where do I go from there?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Uploaded my new stable config v5 for R17

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88407193
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] lilila:
No Focus tracking toggle in R17?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Focus tracking has been broken for a while now. The circle tracks where you tap but it doesn't actually focus there. Focus remains in the middle of the viewfinder. Best guess is that Samsung somehow broke the feature with their April update
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Ridwan Siam:
Do you know what version of GCam is being used here? The sample output looks really good.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650786919331266560
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Ridwan Siam:
Sample:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650819625511432193
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MilgeS:
I'm sure I seen a mention of LMC somewhere in comments on those pics, maybe worth you reading through if you haven't already.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
AGC GCam is that one in the homescreen but that another weird icon is also GCam. Similar to AGC but different.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
It is clearly some version of AGC. It says so on the watermark and the image of the screen is from AGC. Not sure which config
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] MilgeS:
Maybe someone suggested LMC in a comment, I didn't look back, just replied from memory, sorry for the error.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CruiserCZ:
Any verified link for downloading R17?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Added to my post:

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88407193
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
For me is working fine

You can find option to enable it in the settings, and also the option to show the toggle in the viewfinder
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Are you sure it is actually focusing on that point that it's tracking? If so, which gcam and xml are you using I'll check. Because it's broken on all XML I've checked from Java's to others, gcam 8.4 and 8.8
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Thanks JavaSabr, will try V17 v5. What are the main benefits of this new, versus 16 v7/8 ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
See example below which is using Java's xml. But I've reproduced it on any gcam so far. Even tried creating an XML from scratch and still have the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
I've never had issues with this camera and always wondered how people battle installing this. Now with v17 I can't get it working. It keeps crashing...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Icetea:
Using v17 with config v5 - no trouble here.

🫶
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Same, did some quick tests, result is good. Need to test some more next weekend
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Menergy:
It works for me with v6 on the LMC R17. It kept crashing, I always disable Location services or choose "only this time", apparently it needs this On when starting for first time, however after some attempts I've got it working. Just hold on the app's icon until you see "Take a selfie", tap on that, it will open and walk you through its needed permissions and you should be fine. In my case it didn't present the "import xml" window straight away, even after double tapping bottom right, however you can do it from Options or another prompt that's available in the middle of the screen.

Also, if you like me had the LMC R16, do uninstall it first and just keep the LMC8.4 folder in the root directory of your phone while deleting its contents before starting the newer app (the LMC R17 won't need these as you already uninstalled it).

---

And just wanted to share my so far most detailed impressions from using the default Samsung and Gcam cameras since I kind of never tested these deeply until maybe a week ago. I am very surprised how actually good the default Samsung camera set-up is, especially for video recording. In low light the default camera in video mode also works great, however in moments it is a hit-and-miss story. For example in certain scenarios it will introduce a horrible amount of noise, like almost the frames themselves are interlaced on waves so the image is not stable while in others it will be perfectly acceptable. I don't know why this is the case so I believe it is something on the software side in auto mode, I didn't have the time to go to Pro settings since you just need to start shooting in a certain moment - otherwise you lose it. Sound under all occasions has been great and I find it one of the best ever available on a smartphone.

Someone here before said that LMC was not great for videos, however my experience with it is on the positive side. It makes image much brighter (on photos too) compared to the stock camera and the sound looks a bit more muffled (just a bit), however I still find it pretty good. Zoom options on the LMC also work great.

LMC may be better in low light compared to the stock, but it still depends. It brightens up areas where the stock camera blackouts but again has its own ups and downs; also in some cases it introduces noise and more distant objects are less distinguishable (very blurry) than stock. And you can easily say it is low-res compared to the >12MPx options on the stock camera. So again both can work well enough and can hit and miss without much control. But saying so, Samsung S23 Ultra at least in my case, still has one of the best smartphone cameras today overall - video and zoom especially that are consistent, work without glitches, and reliable. Zoom is probably the best feature I love its camera for, it simply works, is consistent and pleasurable to the eyes in the end (big computer screen/TV).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] N77NS:
it doesn't work for me. the application crashes immediately after installation ... not one of these two links for my s23ultra works
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
Check your Google Play System Update. Maybe it's outdated or needs a phone restart
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] N77NS:
after installation, the application closes in less than 2 seconds. it was impossible to do anything
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Menergy:
Have you uninstalled the previous app (R16) before that, and cleared the LMC8.4 folder completely?

I've also had repeated app crash problems but it worked in the end. Press tap - Take a Selfie or Video, it should present you with permissions to allow, careful with Location (on for the time) and it should start, may take a few tries though.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
It is normal for every of the GCAMs here, as the default config is being loaded, not the one for the current device. So you have to either quickly switch mode, or with a long press open it in a different mode than a photo (selfie or video).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] N77NS:
I'm not going to mess with that...it's stupid if I have to work by force...this is torture
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] N77NS:
this is tortured nonsense... until they make something that works normally after installation, I won't even try it again
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
It's not nonsense. A friend of mine had the same problem and this fixed it for him.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
No one is forcing you to do it. We are just saying that it is worth it. It takes once like 20 seconds. Once. And then you have better image quality than in stock. If that is too hard work for you it is fine, you can just continue with Samsung apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Benoe:
Long press on an app icon is a standard behaviour in android not a force. You can reach subfunctions faster (video instead of photo in a camera app). In this case you need to start video or selfie subfunction. Then you can load the xml normally.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Shady88:
Hi. I installed gcam and loaded v1 config, but it's not really clear to me what is the difference between sharp and soft config. Also, what is the most stable config advised for s23 ultra scan3d 8.4 r16 gcam? I guess there's better config than v1
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88407193

sharp is sharp and soft is soft, sort of like soft focus, the medium is a good balance

something like this
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Shady88:
I see no difference there, except the colors it makes. 1st one seems more natural and detailed. Second one is too lighted up and eyebrows seems painted. So what's supposedly the best for me between the two? And what config do you advise?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
The best one is the one that you prefer, not the community. As you have noticed, the first one is more detailed and that will be when using the config. Sharp means that more sharpening in the post-processing is applied, the other is to keep a more natural look, closer to what we have from DSLRs. So it is up to you to decide which one you like more. Just download both, apply first, take a shot, then switch the config, take a similar shot, and compare. Then stick with the one that gives a result that is more pleasing to your eyes. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Which one is sharp and which one soft? lol

Anyone to share a camparison soft/medium/sharp from Java config?