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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Do you import my XML to SGCam mod?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Yes. I try to import your xml to the one described in Dpreview forum: they link the Matteo Lib zip (SGCAM, unzipped to root folder) and the SGCAM apk installed.

Tried yours, and the one in the zip: none working, is it normal

LMC working fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
My XML works with only exactly R15 LMC, even R14 can not work... SGCAM and other are fully incompatible
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Ouhhh OK my bad, didn't know xml and Lib were linked. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Some Gcam shots:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Look great, how would you edit it?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Sorry, this is a google translation, are the photos edited with a program after they were taken?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
No, I posted it as is... :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
More photos from Gcam:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
Great quality, with the V58 Soft or Sharp?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's candidate for v59, but v58 soft is very similar
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Trying to make good use of a freezing rain day.. 3x LMC with some obvious lightroom post edits... Just for fun
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
You have to go into selfie mode, select the new config.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Timtaylor22:
What setting do I have to change that the lights become darker? I think in Photo Processing/Main Camera/Light and Shadow/........?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
If it's with Java's xml, for high dynamic range disable hdrnet and shoot with hdr enhanced. The way hdrnet works it will always blow highlights in such scenes.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
What does this button do?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Hdrnet takes pictures before you hit the shutter, ensuring you have 0 shutter lag. It then merges all the frames to give you an output. The "issue" is that all those frames have the same exposure, leading to less dynamic range in high contrast scenes.

When you disable it and use hdr enhanced, you have shutter lag bc you hit the shutter and then it starts taking pictures to merge them. The advantage is that those pictures are exposure bracketed so you will get better details, especially with highlights.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] zSyntex:
Looks like bad behavior in HDR algorithm.

Switch between the default to HDR standard
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] FlexiPack:
@JavaSabr - I am unable to install either of the packages you linked in your main post. Trying to install either LMC8.4_R15_ruler.apk or scan3d.apk only gives the option to 'update' even though I don't have any other gcams installed. If I try to update I get: 'app not installed as it conflicts with an existing package'.

I can't think what to try. I removed 'Secure Folder' as I had tried to move one of the gcams there. I looked in android/data/ but there's no package left over.

any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
Picture taken on the go, S23.

I found scene interesting: street, sunset colors, cars, church.

Actually I like the result.

LMC + Java 53 sharpen, hdr+, expo not enabled, + few tweaks from myself.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] m3ath:
Is there a way to shoot in 200mp with gcam?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
No
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
That's because you have the actual Samsung apps ruler and scan3d. Need to uninstall one of them. Or use the aweme package from here

Hasli: LMC8.4_R15

Download LMC8.4_R15 by Hasli.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] przemem9401:
Cześć, z góry sory za być może głupie pytania, ale nie mogę korzystać z aplikacji.

Zainstalowałem, wchodzę na wideo i klikam pomiedzy migawki a galeria i wyskakuje "configs not found"

czy mi pomóc co dalej? Krok po kroku bo jestem totalnym laik

dzięki!

S23 Ultra

Mod translation:

Hi, sorry in advance for possibly stupid questions, but I can't use the app.

Installed, I go to the video and click between the snapshots and the gallery and pops up "configs not found"

can you help me what next? Step by step because I'm a total layman

Thanks!

S23 Ultra
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] FlexiPack:
What do you mean by the actual Samsung apps fuler and scan3d? are there official Samsung apps with the same package names?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
Yes, that's how gcam mods work. They use some genuine package name I think to be able to get access to some unique camera controls that wouldn't usually be available to 3rd party. Something like that.

In the case of ruler I think it's Samsung quick measure app
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
Keep plugging away ! I'm now only using AGC (and stock for comparison). I also like detail too. Have you tried upscale function in AGC ? It really increases detail a lot I'll post some comparisons soon, but 95% of the time I'm blown away by the details in AGC upscaled images. It blows stock 200mp out of the water most of the time.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
Yes (well 180mp) - use AGC and upscale, the level of detail is usually amazing as I've just said. It shouldn't work but it does.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
Well upscaling image it's not same thing than take native 200mp or 50mp image on stock camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JazonX:
After shooting a few Portraits, the App closes suddenly on S23 Ultra.

Anyway to pull logs and help you identify the error ?

Version v58.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Is it with enhanced button on or of ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Look in your apps if there is another old gcam ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
Some snaps
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] bodomfan:
What gcam mod
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
What does this button do?

My pic did not upload. Are we talking about the same button?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
The button that says hdrnet on it (should be lower left of your viewfinder :

Once disabled, make sure hdr enhanced is selected in the settings. Should be by default.

What I've explained is the difference between that hdrnet button enabled and shot ring with it disabled in hdr enhanced mode
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] RedSkyRoad:
I meant the one next to the settings

I meant the button to the right of the settings menu button
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ZedTen:
Were these photos taken with the LMC config you uploaded on post #1,136?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
That's the exposition button to make pictures a bit brighter
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
No, that one is older
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] ZedTen:
If it's not a problem, may you please share the one you are currently using?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Since I am terribly disappointed how S23's camera performs - it is simply far worse than my previous S20 which I truly miss as it was simply great - I have finally gave a try and launched the GCam with @JavaSabr config v58 for my vanilla S23.

The results I have seen just killed me. I am astonished by photo's quality and details they have - from all cameras - ultrawide, main, tele and selfie on all lightning conditions. Even with low light scenarios the photos are better. The difference between Samsung's system camera and @JavaSabr config is like I would compare different phones from different decades. I am in my work of preparing a set of comparison photos and I will upload them here in near future, when I consider them done.

As for now there's one thing that Samsung's primary camera app does better - the handling of moving objects on photos - moving people, cars, birds, animals, etc. GCam's output of such makes the object not blurry (as one would expect), but rather covered with medium sized rectangles of different object's areas which looks terrible.

Is there any way to solve this issue and make the moving object blur instead? If so, this would make this GCam mod just perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Android083:
I'm no expert at this, but have you tried either of the following methods to take care of the blur:

- Changing the HDRNet to ON. I understand this is supposed to switch to a zero shutter lag mode.

- Alternatively, when HDRNet is Off, go Settings/LMC Tweaks and change the "HDR+ Frames" down to 3.

I agree, there's a huge difference in the image quality with GCAM when indoors, so much more detail and less noise. If only we can get access to the 50 mp and 200 MP outputs in GCAM.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Burnout62:
tmzbeme nice pictures! 1st & 2nd one are wonderful!​
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
When you want to capture moving objects, just to enable pro button ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Android083:
How do you enable Pro mode. I've gone through all the settings but couldn't find it. I'm using V58.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's only for regular s23 v58 config, you have pro button on bottom left side of camera viewport, s23 ultra doesn't need to have it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Android083:
Oh ok, I have S23U.

Thanks a lot for all the efforts!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Thank you for your reply :)

By enabling Pro mode the moving objects are now blurred as we got used to see on photos. I wonder now - would it be possible to configure vanilla S23 in such a way that it's no need to turn Pro mode on and off depending on the scene (static / moving) being photographed like on S23 Ultra? I feel like Pro mode worsened photo quality a little bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Is there a way to do motion stacks with gcam on the S23u? Or even just capture a series of images and then stack them in a third party app?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Pro mode reduces photo quality very much... So it's why I disabled it by default, it's limitation of small s23 which supports gcam very bad, ultra has no such issue
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
Lmc hdr ++ vs Stock. Sundown.

Reality is in the middle.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Photos from Gcam:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] vincanity68210:
A new XML in test ? Sharp or Soft ?

Very nice shots !
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I post test configs only in my TG group, here I post only releases :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Hmm, that is big problem because I feel like Pro shots are worse than stock Samsung camera. And the rectangle problem applies only to the main camera, which (I suppose) should be the best among all four cameras.

Could you share more details of what kind of vanilla S23 limitation is this? Based on the specs sheet, I feel like the Ultra model has just bigger sensor with bigger MPx count with more pixels doing the binning (16 to 1 vs 4 to 1). Why only vanilla S23 has this rectangle problem with moving objects?

I truly love GCam shots with the great configs you have prepared, but inability to capture properly looking objects in any kind of movement (even the slightest) makes this awesome result pretty unusable in real life (non-testing) scenarios ;(.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] popmpopm:
Reality is in the middle.

Not a reality but the better shot and algo is in the middle

I think The solution will find it Samsung and only samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] woffu22:
No, dont think so. Samsung was always oversaturated and too much oversharpening, why should they change ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] james_lpool:
Hi, I have never used GCam before, is it worth using compared to the stock cam?

Does GCam do 10x on 200mp or is it also restricted to 6x like on stock?

Is it easy to install, how do I do it?

Do I have to keep manually installing new versions all the time to keep it updated, or will it update itself?

Thanks,

James
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dummen:
There is no 200mp mode for gcam. You have to download each and every new version if You want to be on the latest version, also You need a config for a specific version to have the best results.

Gcam had better details(natural rendering) not oversharpened and oversaturated, stock has better hdr.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
They don't need to change just give us the ability to adjust. I can't understand why they have saturation, shadow, lightness control in pro mode but then neuter it with no HDR. Of why Expert Raw has zero tonality control.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Motion artifacts are unavoidable in HDR. If you are shooting motion then just turn off all HDR. You will need good light but there will be zero motion blur as long as your settings allow high enough ISO.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Ok, but how come they are not present on S23 Ultra like @JavaSabr wrote earlier?

Actually these artifacts are the only one major issue that prevents me from fully switching to GCam for photos.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Benoe:
Base S23 cannot use the same algorithm to merge the HDR images than the ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] borijess:
I am using the stock camera. Without installing GCAM, how do I get the rear camera to take photos without any smoothing. I turned off all filters but the smoothing and brightening on the rear camera is still happening.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Benoe:
You can try to use pro mode
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] borijess:
Yes that works. The rear camera on photo mode is too much filtering and HDR happening. Pro mode way better. Thanks for the tip.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] 235anders15:
I'm using Hasli's LMC v8.4R15 scan3d which is gcam version 8.4.300.414775575.18 and it works perfectly fine, seems to me it might be the wrong gcam u have installed
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Night shots, stock auto and gcam auto:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
Possibly, the I've tried do many versions I've got so many versions installed that I've lost track ￼. Still it's a bit weird that it worked before and won't now.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Good to see that you have resolved your issue :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dayuser:
No i think issue it's not solved. You quoted wrong text.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] FlexiPack:
I'm already using a version of LMC8.4. I'd like to try yours but it uses the same folder structure I don't want to overwrite existing files.

If I rename your folder and install a separate version of LMC Hasli, will your version still work if set the config settings location to match what I rename your folder to?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Been messing with @JavaSabr's latest profiles. Can get them closer to my taste by reducing saturation to 0.8125 and reducing exposure darkening very substantially to 0.375. Doing so in pro .kse at the moment where I can apply a single scaler to all cameras, but it looks like I may eventually have to tweak individual camera to get it to be more consistent.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
Yep, but its not his fault, its either the stupid Samsung keyboard, Chromium on Android or the stupid way that the XDA site now works (or maybe any combo of them), I wont go into the prioblems I had replying on my phone, but even editing my reply on my desktop the site wont let me re-insert the quote I was replyig to. I think XDA have used the same people for the new(ish) website that they used to develop their useless XDA app. How ironic that a site devoted to the development of devices cant even make a decent app or website. Anyway, I digress.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] typos1:
Cant you just load different configs when you want to change between them ?

No disrespect to you @JavaSabr but I m not impressed with the results from Gcam so far - Samsungs photos look better, which is a first in my experience of Gcam ports.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Just tried MGC_8.6.263_A11_V14_aweme.apk. By far the best results of the gcam mods I have tried with a huge caveat - I can get only the 0.6 and 1.0 cams to work. No clue how to modify the settings for the S23U. If anyone has ideas please point me in the right direction

P.S. The "Acride" XML for the s22u enables the 10x and 3x cams but with fugly color rendition. I did a quick compare of that to the baseline MGC_8.6.263_A11_V14_aweme congig and could not quite figure out what I need to do. I am attaching them here for anyone who may want to try their hand.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It depends on own preferences, for me the stock examples are not usable, to much nose reduction, too low details and textures :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Could you provide examples of your changes, please?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
In this case I think you can apply only xml config from my zip archive.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Let me mess with them a bit, I don't fully understand how the gazillion compensation parameters work yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Now I'm continue working on light/shadow experiments as well, so very interesting to see your examples :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] magikyr:
i love the lgm 8.4 cam since i tested it with my poco x3nfc ... but pohotosphere worked ...

is any way to get photosphere to run on the s23 ultra? i see there only a black screen in the preview no camera

since I have to do a lot with yarn colors at work I have to say the stock cam from samsung makes partly color falsifications in the red area that sometimes goes too much into the orange ... that sometimes really nerfig when I do the flash to the problem is partly solved ... the gcam is there tick better

in the expert raw mode that partly better because you can then still well rausushollen what with lightroom
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
OK, I got BSG running. IMO it gives fairly natural results as it is, and the captured image faithfully represents what you see on the preview screen.

1) Download the apk

https://1-dontsharethislink.celsoazevedo.com/file/filesc/MGC_8.6.263_A11_V14_aweme.apk

2) Download the XML attached to this post, save anywhere convenient on your sdcard

3) Install the apk

4) Long press the app icon and select "Take a selfie"

5) Navigate to Settings - More Settings - Configs

6) Use the Load menu to navigate to wherever you saved the XML and load it

7) Exit the setup menu and switch the camera to front.

Let me know what you think. I don't have the patience to mess with the zillion.of settings and frankly I like them as they are today, but if you find a great big improvement with some setting I would appreciate a heads up.

This XML is based on

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/p/f/2023/01/S22U-SD-BSG8.6-ArcideV1.xml

All credit belongs to him/her, I just copied the module IDs to the S23U setup (but did not use the color adjustments which were not fully up to my taste)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Photosphere seems to work with the BSG 8.6 variant I posted above.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] magikyr:
thanks i will try this ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] magikyr:
thanks i will try this
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
It's because Samsung doesn't provide all necessary API for the main sensor of small s23, but does it for other sensors.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] GroovyGeek:
Pro mode does not use HDR, you may find it unsatisfactory in strong contrast situations without additional post processing
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
Playing with a new more vivid setting ...can't see properly as I'm still on vacation but they seem more vivid than stock on my phone
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] penfold:
More vacation shots with vivid setting
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] przemem9401:
Trochę to śmieszne i żałosne. Jakoś nigdy nie można zainstalować oprogramowania Iphone stosowali jakieś dodatkowe aplikacje do zdjęć, a zdjęcia i filmy i tak robią 14pro lepsze w standardowej oryginalnej aplikacji...

Jakby Samsung nie mógł swojej aplikacji aparat dopracować tak, by nie trzeba było eksperymentować z zewnetrzymi aplikacjami.

Mod translation:

It's kind of funny and sad. Somehow you can never install the iphone software they used some additional photo apps and photos and videos still do 14pro better in the standard original app...

As if Samsung could not refine its camera application so that you do not have to experiment with external applications.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Belgium village:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
But stock app from iphone is worse than Gcam as well :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] przemem9401:
Tlko czemu nie mogę urządzenia gcam na swoim s23u?

apka ssię instaluje ale nie moge dodać Twojej konfiguracji... :/

Mod translation:

But why can't I gcam device on my s23u?

The apk is installing but I can't add your configuration... :/
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
@JavaSabr

I just can't believe how good these photos are :o. It literally does NOT look smartphonish anymore. It's kinda like small compact shot, but surely not smartphone.

As promised, please find few shots from my vanilla S23 from all cameras, side by side with stock Samsung camera app. Please note Samsung camera is set to medium smoothening in Camera Assistant as I find default oversharpened images literally a garbage I cannot look at xD.

@JavaSabr are here any other APIs available for S23 to experiment with so that the motion artifacts are not present on the main camera? Where could I set them? I can help and test if needed. It's unbelievable that the MAIN CAMERA has that major disadvantage compared to ultrawide and tele cameras :|
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
And here are few low light comparisons.

Even if the GCam image is darker, I still find it better, more natural and especially - with tons of more details than the stock camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Badger50:
Greetings. As a "last time" courtesy, I have translated all your posts to date. As a friendly reminder, we ask all members to please post in English as stipulated by XDA Rule #4:

Spoiler content hidden.

Thank you for your cooperation, and have a pleasant day.

-Regards: Badger50
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
Just put my XML to the folder "Internal Storage/LMC8.4/" :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
I think he sees that I'm in Poland and wires posts to me in polish :)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
The most important thing for Gcam from sensor to support RAW10, the main sensor from s23 doesn't support it.

So now by default my config for small s23 uses "merge 3" method for the main lense for stacking frames, which produces very good quality of static image. But it works bad with moving objects so it's why I added pro button to the camera view to have fast access to swich to "merge 0" which produces worse quality but good with moving objects.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JohnTheFarm3r:
As usual...Gcam just does BETTER. Not talking about Samsung only, but literally ANY OEM stock camera INCLUDING Google's Pixel series. I also have the Pixel 7 Pro and the stock camera is coping so hard trying to over-process everything, especially sharpness...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] PhilMorin:
So for those that thought hdr+ or hdrnet can't do proper action shots. There you go! ;) faces blurred in post process but I can assure you could recognize them if you knew them on the originals. 😊 Shot with 3x
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Ridwan Siam:
Which version of gcam/config for the vivid settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetszot:
Is it possible to set the Pro button available only for the main cam? Ultrawide, tele and selfie (lol xD) seems not to suffer from these artifacts.

Or even better - get rid of the Pro button at all, but set the Merge0 algorithm to main cam, while maintaining Merge3 for all the rest lenses?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] mara33:
Please share your setup if possible.

FYI R16 of LMC is now available: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-hasli/f/dl12/
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] CruiserCZ:
Is there any way to disable the screen flash effect when HDRNet is turned on?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JavaSabr:
And what does this change change? :)