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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Crops from garden,

Java less saturated, a little brown and clouds are a little bit overexposed. 1 stock 2 java
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
What happened to the blue color of the sky on the top of the g am picture. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
Stock, v52 sharp with exposure, v55 sharp with exposure
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Crop 0,6 1 stock 2 Java , it was same time - in the middle are no clouds original
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
In such contrast scene better to use HDR++ (just disable HDRNet)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's bad result for s23u, looks like physical issue with lense (I saw it from some other people)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
With HDR net seems to be better without Expo button. Here Java much better than stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
Why are you trying to break my heart? Haha. I'm going for vacation two weeks...

How can I proove or test this issue? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dummen:
What kind of expo button? Could You show it sir?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
While it's great to have a 3rd party app that takes better pictures, it's painful to see the stock app taking Inferior pics using the same lenses.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Noveyro:
For me the best version is still v53. I have tried v54 test and v55.

When HDR+net is enabled the results seem really good but don't know if it is any better than previous versions. However, highlights are blown out in most of the cases.

When i disable HDR+net it handles highlights (not as much as stock but enough) but it applies greenish-yellowish graining to whole picture. It is the same case in v54 test and v55. When i go back to v53 there is no such problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
colors config between v53 and v55 is fully the same, v51 and v52 have different settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Checked your landscape photos from my laptop and I have no idea why these are so blurred... but indoor photos are good.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's a simple fast mode to make good photos for most cases, but if you have a strong contrast scene or very low light, better to use HDR++
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
I've gone outside to take a walk and I've made a new samples:

First stock, then LMC sharp. Also, the two couples with a third picture, are with exposure compensation off.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Noveyro:
It can be useful for most cases, i agree with you. Especially when you give your phone someone to take a picture of you and your friends it can be quite useful since shutter speed is much faster. My problem about this version is that, when i use HDR enhanced the results are worse than v53. Did you change any settings related to that? I have uploaded some images to demonstrate the issue. V53 was handling the shadows better in my opinion. Please compare v53 and v55(hdrnet off, hdr enchaned on) yourself in any hdr required case
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
new s23 series camera update, looks like no improvement to actual image quality mentioned:

1. Added a function to the gallery so that you can delete photos that are

being processed immediately after shooting from the camera.

2. For faster photo shooting, the AF concept has been changed so that

when the user presses the shoot button, the focus can be taken

immediately even if the focus is not completely aligned.

However, if you want to shoot after the focus is completed as before,

please change the settings in the latest Camera Assistant.

* Camera Assistant > Prioritize focus over speed On

3. Camera Video Mode › After Super Steady On, we have improved

sharpness/flicker and added instructions when shooting in Ultrawide in

low light indoors.

* "I need more light to shoot Supersteady."

4. Fixed the issue of intermittent green streaks on the left side when

shooting in Rear Photo mode.

5. Improved image stabilization when shooting with FHD60 after setting

Auto FPS Off in rearvideo.

6. Improved line-shaped banding noise in the mid-to-low light sky when

shooting high pixels in low and medium light.

Optimized overall sharpness when shooting high pixels and improved

intermittent blur through OlS stabilization.

7. Fixed malfunction when shooting after Night Off in low light after

selecting the shooting speed › High resolution › speed first in Camera

Assitant.

× Camera Assistant > Shooting speed > High resolution › speed Priority

and then Camera › Night Off or Scene Optimizer Off

8. Fixed the issue of face recognition intermittently after the end of a 3rd

party video call.

9. Improved stability for camera operation from multiple other routes.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
it's very bad from LMC... stock is blurred always, so it's hard to say... could you check v53?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
Of course, but here it's night right now so I think would be better tomorrow, however, 55, 52 and stock:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
Who wana test best version of LMC.

@JavaSabr try this one and moded if you have better one. @CarlosLopezES Try the detail and the colors in all senario. Old version but gold. Best lmc i think
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Hm, v52 is very good... maybe it's problem of my v55 :(
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
52 was still with merge 3 I think?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jassu:
Its good but frontcamera picture the colours are terrible
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
Ok dear.

I will modify the front camera. I know about the problem. In my v2 i will correct the color. My work now is in the main cam. Now main is fine, i will play with others. Thank uou for the feedback
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jassu:
Maybe little bit more sharpness also for Front woud be nice
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CarlosLopezES:
New day, new samples.

Stock, v52, v55

Same 55 but with no sharp:

10X samples:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Just created account to the forum to discuss about settings, wonderful work guys.

I installed Sabr v53 for S23 Sharp, doing some tests. Thank you for huge work!

Sometimes I consider sharpness a bit too low. What are the best settings in "sharpness" menu setting to increase sharpness a bit?

Karrouma: will try yours to see, thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
How much is dehazed expo value in your config?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Hello, I was very discharged with the original 23U camera, but now that I have the LMC, I'm almost happy, thank you for that. Is it possible with the LMC to look at the finished photo? When I try it, the screen will only be black, in other GCAM versions it works.

Thanks very much
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I'm working on resolving the too-smooth issue from v55 and too-bright night shots... stock/v53/v56
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vandal4e:
first time i'm happy to see less blurriness on LMC compared to stock on the 10x shot, v56, hope that's not just focus hit / miss compared to v53, looking forward to it
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
LMC much better works with google photo, but you can find it in settings which gallery you want to use
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Have uploaded v56:

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88178597
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Icetea:
btw:

i can't view photo in gcam app after taking it.

is there a fix available?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
LMC Tweaks - use Google photo

You need a standard foto app
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Here is a comparison between the S23U V50Sharp and the S23U V56Sharp.

As you can see, the V56 is sharper, but more rushes, if you don't enlarge the photos too far, you don't see it.

Everyone has to decide what is better.

Thank you for the great work.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Could anyone answer how much is dehazed_expo in javas configs.. You can find that setting in lib patcher->Light and Shadows.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ajarosz:
0.6875 but im on v52.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vandal4e:
it's typical noise reduction behavior, edges are sharp and detailed on v50, too much noise, V56 also has about half the noise but edge definition is lost completely due to denoise
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Sharp is always trade-off, I always use soft version of my config, for me it's the best balance between sharping and not existing sharp artifacts.

Btw, V50 and v56 uses different stacking method, V56 is faster and has less artifacts on moving objects, but V50 is more clean.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Btw, when someone compare photos between different configs, please note about used mode, HDR+/HDRNet/HDR++ :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Karrouma, dunno why, with a different Gcam app than the one with Sabre config or replacing Sabre config in same app, when I import your xml, image displayed is frozen and taken picture doesn't wok :(.

Tried new installation again, same issue.

Is there any lib missing? Because I have on my phone all files shared by Sabre (zip), and I just downloaded your xml and I import it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
@JavaSabr

I make sure that the parameters are the same for both, it was with both, see screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Stock auto, gcam HDRNet/HDR++/Night
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
Did you Tried a fresh install for lmc r15
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] karrouma:
Yes

V56 has more noise
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Yeah. That is something i think it is. Little too low in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
it's for x1, x3 uses 0.750
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Is there a help file explaining all the settings? Have no idea whatbtgis HDRNet atuff is and all the settings
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Google Camera Port: FAQ and Troubleshooting

Fixes for common issues with the Google Camera Port.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Java v56, 10x, hdr enhanced 27 frames
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xwonic:
S23u Stock vs v56sharp

Look at the crack on the wall bellow the fan

It almost disapears on lmc
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xwonic:
V56 soft is much better
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] mtm1401:
Potentially stupid question and apologies if it's been answered already, but is there any way to stop quick measure overwriting lmc when doing updates from the galaxy store?

Done it twice now by accident 🤦
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Voila, house repaired 😉
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dummen:
Install the aweme version, not the scan 3d.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dilshantanki:
Hi,

I am new to this thread. Just installed gcam and using v56. Photos are coming very dark. And manual brightness or focus sliders are not working. Is this normal with this build?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Just enable it
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Have uploaded v57

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88178597
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] grangermoch:
Thanks! The 10x button is gone with v57. Is this expected?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
The archive includes configs for regular s23 and ultra, you have applied for regular s23
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] grangermoch:
Doh! Rookie mistake 😊 thanks for pointing that out.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] hallo dare:
Love this! Thank you. Is there any way of getting Google lens to work as part of the camera? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I had initially posted that the sharp version does not appear to be sharper but that was probably motion blur. It is marginally sharper if you pixel peep 😂
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vandal4e:
it's like comparing 200$ vs 1200$ phone
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Not as far as I know. If you find one please share. There is the "Gcam book" in one of the LMC menus and another file floating around the web but both are at best rudimentary.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
There are kludgy ways to enable it on LMC and BSG. They are buried in this thread but if you search they should come up.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Hey @JavaSabr !

I noticed some problem with HDR+E noise reduction in v57.

Here is a sample v52 vs v57 (but also v56 was working fine as well).

At the same time the hdrnet improved a lot and now works very well
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dummen:
New camera update is out guys, I just received it today and I think its better. Shutter lag is almost gone, better low light/indoor shots even for zoom lens. The only problem for me is in challenging highlight situation, for example sunlight through window and dimmly lit room, it can get noisy in that case.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
After Samsung Update.

I think before it was more worse .

Stock vs. LMC 57 sharp hd+net 3 x 10 x 1 x crop.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xsoft7:
Just made a quick installation with my s23U - software version with March 1 security patch (pre 'big camera update'):

So with the latest Gcam and s23U_sharp_v57.

left is default samsung X1, right is the GCAM X1:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Dont want to get your app, advertisement, can be deleted
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
So the bottom is HDRE, right?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Is the HDR++ with multiple frames stack
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
So then it's expected, because in this case HDR++ achive the same bright level using much lower ISO than HDRNet, so the noise reduction level is much less
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Ok...but now HDR++ is bad in quality.

Can you guide me about which setting I can edit to restore similar processing to v52?

I like the hdrnet option, but I want to be able to use the hdr++ when necessary (now is not usable)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Have no idea, I had this shadows issue on HDR++ during all my versions
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Maybe he changed his pics, here its opposite, hdnet has more noise like expected.

But the difference 52 - 57 is strange.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vandal4e:
that's too much noise to have on such premium device, avoid shooting in this mode indoors
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Starting from v54 I stopped using shasta (it's gcam method to improve shadows) because I had issues with shasta + HDRNet, in v58 I resolved it and enabled shasta back.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Its crops from image, original you dont see it
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
I can't find v58
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Icetea:
JavaSabr wrote that this fact would apply in v58 and not that v58 is available now.😉
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Have uploaded v58

https://xdaforums.com/t/working-gcam-for-s23-ultra.4550019/post-88178597
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] xsoft7:
not sure which app you mean or the advertisement.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Extreme pics in dark 10 x java 58 net , hdr++ and original samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Here are some pictures taken this weekend to test Gcam.

S23 with Sabre v53, sharp version. Normally most/all pictures taken in HDR+ (maybe ++ for one of it, don't remember) + HDR frame to 20 or 27, expo button off.

Comments in general: maybe sometimes lack of sharpen. Picture 4 noise is too high. Picture 6, grass seems too green.

Maybe missing some expo/light sometimes, but yes I know, there is the expo button for this :D
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
When last was the actual camera app updated?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Which of those BSG files do i install?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Read the first page of this topic there are complete instructions
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Try scan3d ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Sorry for all the questions. Why is LMC still v8.4?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
Keeps crashing
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JazonX:
Which file should I use for the S23 Ultra ?

The Latest one - v58 is crashing after config import.

The Last file that says S23u is v47 and that seems to be working fine. But don't wanna miss if any new improvements are added.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
V58 should work
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Yes, it works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] andrgr:
Does this xml file also work for normal S23 or not? What i know, with this GCAM top or motion photo will work, so it would be very nice, if this can be used on normal S23 also. Please let me know and thank you for your time.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
What is the version number? I am seeing 13.0.1.17
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Nice, the reddish cast on images gone. The sharp version still looks mushy to me in the fine details areas but I understand that this is a matter of taste and if I want something different I am free to tweak to my heart's content.

Below is a comparison at a rather extreme zoom between (bottom) LMC v58 sharp , HRD+, 15 shots vs (top) my as of yet unpublished optimized AGC 8.4 with same conditions. I had borrowed some of the sharpening settings from javasabr, ignored others, and tweaked up yet others slightly. At least on AGC the setting of the Google Lens Logic makes a tremendous amount of difference where all the rear lenses except 0.6x perform notably better set to rear telephoto than anything else.

Overall javasabr performs better under a wider variety of conditions but I prefer a higher level of detail, which is why I keep plugging away (very slowly) at my AGC config.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Curious to see comparison between Sabr 58 sharp VS AGC that you tweaked with 1x daylight shots, to see differences in "normal conditions".

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Icetea:
you can't destroy your system with it, so please feel free to try out by yourself. If it doesn't work, delete it.If yes, use it.😉
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Is there a possibility to get a little bit more Saturation to LMC ?

Most realistic is the palmtree from sgcam, stock is oversaturated, but Lmc is too less.

Also people in the sun are very pale from skin.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
If you go in settings, photo processing, choose your lens, main settings. At the bottom there are 3 saturation settings that you can play with. I used to raise saturation 3 by one step to 0.625. Haven't bothered recently though... But anyway, it's rather easy to tweak it
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Under good light at 1x zoom almost all gcams look very similar (to me). It is the corner cases that make the difference - low light, low contrast, high contrast, high detail, mixed light - where subtle but important differences can show up. There are several reasons that I have not abandoned my own config in favor of LMC

1) Color rendition - there was a too much red for my liking.

2) Skin tones, particularly under artificial light.

3) AWB under mixed light. That is a difficult task for any AWB algorithm and any setting is likely to get screwed up occasionally. When you enable HDRnet+ in AGC it also enabled the manual WB slider which gives you some control under such conditions

4) Detail level. Javasabr's aesthetic is for a softer rendition which is a perfectly valid choice for many. The sharp versions provided very subtle improvement as I posted earlier which may or may not be sufficient for one's taste

5) Shadow handling. I find the deep shadows of LMC slightly bunched up for my taste.

6) Small things like leveling guides that I can't get LMC to display

7) Top shot capability

If you mostly take pics of friends and family during the daytime for social share none of these things matter. And Javasabr has done a great job of providing excellent overall results under most conditions, far better than what my own config does.

However I mostly use the camera as a complement of my own photography hobby. Most of the time I shoot with a full frame DSLR which provides capabilities that far exceed anything the S23U can do, and I often shoot into the sun, under high contrast situations where the shadows require lots of manipulation. I need a config that will produce capable DNGs under such a conditions for those times when I don't have a camera with me.

My needs are fairly specific, my knowledge of the behavior of the vast majority of gcam parameters is incomplete, and many of these parameters interact with one a other. Javasabr often changes his choices fairly significantly between revs, which is why I have chosen not to augment his effort with my my own tweaks but to, rather slowly, build up an imperfect config that is more suited to my specific needs.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Thanks, nice groovy. Will test yours once released, interested in it.

BTW in the meantime, would like to increase a bit sharpness in Sabre version. In main settings, I can find sharpness A & B but values are "default, from lib".

Any idea of which value to define to increase sharpness?

Thanks. Later I'll compare Sabre, Sabre tweaked a bit by myself (LMC), and yours (AGC), + SGCAM Matteo Lib to see.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] pykko:
I installed the apk as instructed, made some pictures and then closed it.

After a while I wanted to test it again, but it totally vanished from my phone drawer, installed app list or home screen (I am using S23 Ultra).

I wanted to install it again, but the installer says: "do you want to update the existing app?", and then nothing happens.

How to get rid of it as I can't find it anywhere, but aparently is still installed?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
I dont have any idea, sorry. But i look for a possibility to make Javas version a little brighter, not with expose Button, because with the button there is a sort of white dust over the picture. Where can i change the parameters ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Light and shadow-> dehazed_expo. But that in default or as of libpatcher and see differents.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Try Sharpness/Sharp Gain, Sharpness/Sharp Gain Micro and Sharpness/Sharp Gain Macro
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Suggest increasing edge sharpness in the lens settings. Javasabr has it at a surprisingly low number 0.25. You can try something like 0.75.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Those

I would look in the Light and Shadows menu. Increase white levels, overall HDR brightness, Shadow Compensation and other parameters to taste. Keep in mind that these parameyers behave somewhat dependent on light conditions do you need to test under a whide variety of conditions. That is what makes config development a somewhat tedious process. I am sure that Google and Samsung engineers have setups where the camera is tethered and controlled by scripts over a wide range of parameters space, checked against things like Xrite color checker and adjusted accordingly.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
I would suggest aweme to avoid conflicts with LMC and ACG. Those BSG configs I posted a while ago work fine with aweme. Disclosure - the configs do nothing more than declare the correct logical IDs for the lenses. I left everything else at near default
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Could you show me where?

Thanks very much
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] muellerdeluxe:
Hi woffu22,

I previously used SGCAM with my Mi 11 because I really liked the picture style.

The results you show with the S23 Ultra are promising...

Are you using this version: SGCAM_8.7.2450.XX.44_STABLE_V4FIX ?

And which config (XML) and GCAM Lib are you using ? Would be nice if you can share them :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Yes, this one without the fix and skyyking 8 7.xml,

all working but 10 x too dark (in the dark :-)) Java is better but too dark or with +1,4 brighter but than too less Saturation and the shadows are too bright.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Weird, on my S23 I installed SGCAM apk, SGCAM_8.4.400.42.XXX_STABLE_V43_AWEME_PACKAGE.apk

and unzip SGCAM folder on my phone on root, zip downloaded from Dpreview, and xml import crashes app :(

LMC is working perfectly well, with JavaSabr instructions
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Isn't the XML from DPreview for the S23U? And you have the S23?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
No, I'm importing JavaSabr S23 xml.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Java is for Java?