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Panoramic photos?

Is there a way to take panoramic pictures on the htc hero?
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alexnaoumi said:
Is there a way to take panoramic pictures on the htc hero?
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thought about this a while back and found 1 camera app that does up to 3 shots but it looked horrible..cant remember the name.. if there is another one, i would like to know as im still interested in this

bk718 said:
thought about this a while back and found 1 camera app that does up to 3 shots but it looked horrible..cant remember the name.. if there is another one, i would like to know as im still interested in this
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I wonder if you are talking about Andropan...I downloaded it last night and tried it out today and did not like it at all :-(

dsMA said:
I wonder if you are talking about Andropan...I downloaded it last night and tried it out today and did not like it at all :-(
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Yeah, I also tried andropan once, man, it was UGLY.
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yep.. thats the name of it.. i remember seeing some BS samsung or LG phone that came with this feature stock and it looked good, so its hard to believe that someone hasn't made a good working panoramic picture taking device...

Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help

The Epic's camera app has panorama built in. Im on the Evo myself but my family uses the hero. Glad I lurked on this thread, hopefully the Epic's camera app can be ported over sometime

try vignette. is the best camera.

big-baloo said:
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
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1.Starting the application into a black screen is a bit - distasteful and not user friendly. Add the buttons that you have when pressing menu here.
2. The Plumb and Level indicators are a bit hard to get right, you should probably think about over laying a set of arrows to tell the user how they need to move to get level and plumb.
3. Typical camera uses the trackball to snap the picture instead of menu or a screen tap (at least on our heros) This would make it more fluid.
4. Not sure how you are storing/retrieving GEO information, but its wrong...at least for me it is
5. Just in my office - it seemed like one picture would have a different light saturation than another frame in the picture.
6. Your stitching of the pictures seems like it has a VERY low error tolerance, and you might try looking at other ways of matching and stitching pieces together so they are seamless.
7. After you have one panorama, instead of showing it at the beginning, have a gallery button, this way they can come into a screen of buttons and actually navigate with out having to use hard keys.
The above was meant to be constructive - please don't take offense, I think you have a good starting point with the app. If you need help with any of it let me know, I have a pretty decent Java/Android background, just no time to make my own apps.

151jcolon said:
try vignette. is the best camera.
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I tried the demo version but I didn't see An option for panoramic pictures.plus I wanna wait till that black screen thing is fixed.
I'm asking about this cam cuz its on my bros epic and I'm kinda jealous, lol
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big-baloo said:
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
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I didn't understand the difference between the two different options for creating a panoramic pic (I don't remember what they were called, manage and auto I think)
I also didn't understand the point of levels
Also it would be nice when the stitching occurs if the app looked for overlap and then removed the overlapping parts of the pic.
Another suggestion would be that when you take a pic that is part of the panoramic shot that you leave it on screen and then overlay the camera view over it so you can better line up and tell where the next shot should be.

151jcolon said:
try vignette. is the best camera.
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alexnaoumi said:
I tried the demo version but I didn't see An option for panoramic pictures.
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i feel like an idiot.. i've had vignette (paid version) on my phone for months now and never noticed the panorama cam... gonna try it out in the daylight tomorrow to see how well it works..

Camera

We have version 1.0 for it. Is there any new one or app that corrects image on front camera? Because it takes mirrored image and there is no option for mirror mode.
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cline2 said:
We have version 1.0 for it. Is there any new one or app that corrects image on front camera? Because it takes mirrored image and there is no option for mirror mode.
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I'm not sure this is something that actually needs to be corrected. The image is mirrored to give the individual you are video calling with a correct view of what they should be seeing on their end. If you're trying to patch the camera to make it non-mirrored, the image would appear mirrored on the other end during a video call. All phones with front facing cameras mirror.

Ummmmn no! The screen shows an image as if you were looking in a mirror. As in you raise your right arm and the arm on your right of the screen raises. And as in words on your tshirt are backwards. Try it. The op is right.
I don't know if this is done to make self portraits seem more natural. And I don't know if the other end during a video call is also mirrored or if it is shown as if they were looking at you and the mirroring is isolated to the users screen but I'm sure somone at Samsung thought it was a good idea. Thats a pretty big mistake to make.

Dani897 said:
Ummmmn no! The screen shows an image as if you were looking in a mirror. As in you raise your right arm and the arm on your right of the screen raises. And as in words on your tshirt are backwards. Try it. The op is right.
I don't know if this is done to make self portraits seem more natural. And I don't know if the other end during a video call is also mirrored or if it is shown as if they were looking at you and the mirroring is isolated to the users screen but I'm sure somone at Samsung thought it was a good idea. Thats a pretty big mistake to make.
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That's the point I'm making. If it wasn't mirrored on your end it would be on the end of the people you're video chatting with. If you take a snapshot, it shouldn't be mirrored in a still.
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What do you want to see your right mole on your left cheek? Jk
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sdricke said:
That's the point I'm making. If it wasn't mirrored on your end it would be on the end of the people you're video chatting with. If you take a snapshot, it shouldn't be mirrored in a still.
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you mis-understand. if you take a still the text is backwards on you t-shirt. it should be like any other camera but is not, instead it acts like a mirror would,
normally if the camera and screen are facing the same direction and you raise your right hand it would appear that you are standing facing your self raising your right hand (the hand to the left of your view being that you are facing opposite directions.)
what the infuse does it the hand to the right of your view raises. in feels intuitive as if you are using a mirror but rather than only mirroring the screen output on your end to hel it feel more natural it actually saves the image like that, and though i havent tried video chatting it seems it would be sending the image the wrong way as well.
if you are doing this on purpose to see how many people you can confuse, im gonna f-ing scream! i know all about perspective, you cant throw me off.
if you are confused then put on a t-shirt with a logo and take a still of yourself, then try to read it in the galery.

Yeah. Once you snap the picture, it still remains mirrored, and why should the camera app be mirroring it in the first place? It doesn't do any video chatting (correct me if I'm wrong).

Farjad_ said:
Yeah. Once you snap the picture, it still remains mirrored, and why should the camera app be mirroring it in the first place? It doesn't do any video chatting (correct me if I'm wrong).
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it does in video chat in 3rd party apps, but you wouldnt want it mirrored for that, that would be wierd. the only reason i can come up with is a mirror feel more intuitive to focus on your self than a camera so they mirrored the image, they should have only mirored the screen image within the camera app though, instead it seems the firmware outputs a backwards image to file and likely any software using it.
that brings up another point though. can we pull the phone apk from the i9000 for video calling in the dialer and would that work on the infuse and on att's network?

sdricke said:
I'm not sure this is something that actually needs to be corrected. The image is mirrored to give the individual you are video calling with a correct view of what they should be seeing on their end. If you're trying to patch the camera to make it non-mirrored, the image would appear mirrored on the other end during a video call. All phones with front facing cameras mirror.
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I would like to know what applications can you use to video call as you mentioned here. I have tried Fring and Yahoo "Messenger" and both utilize the back camera and there are no settings or button to switch to front facing camera.
I am running the Infused rom, I wonder if that has something to do with it. I would like to make video calls, but at the moment haven't been able to.

You can use Qik. I tested it with my friend who has an EVO.
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ooVoo
I use ooVoo to video chat. It is not officially supported yet, but I changed the model number in the build.prop file to the Galaxy S 4G

sdricke said:
I'm not sure this is something that actually needs to be corrected. The image is mirrored to give the individual you are video calling with a correct view of what they should be seeing on their end. If you're trying to patch the camera to make it non-mirrored, the image would appear mirrored on the other end during a video call. All phones with front facing cameras mirror.
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Wrong!! My buddy has an iphone 4 and i used to use a dell streak and the dell was mirrored. Once i got the infuse i told him his phone was screwed up because the infuse was mirrored too, so i tried to con him into the thought that his should be mirrored too. he took a pic of his t shirt with his and it showed a correct pic. he took a pic with my infuse and his t short was morrored. RETARDED !!!!

This camera is awesome! I used this on the S.U.R.F.A.C.E. rom because my kept force closing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231343

TW4 Actually has video calling on it but you need root access first

Camera loses focus when up close?

Hi all,
When taking a picture close up (like 2 inches away) the camera loses focus and takes crap pictures.
EG: I move the camera close to the object and press the screen, the camera begins to focus and then focuses past the perfect setting and stays on blurry?
Does anyone know why this does this? The camera is obviously capable of taking pics this close up as it focuses perfectly but then continues to focus and ends up losing it.
Sorry if this sounds vague it's hard to explain it.
If you know what i mean and your aware of a fix for this then i would appreciate the pointers.
Also if there is no fix for this and you are aware of a manually focusing camera app then that would be great too.
Cheers.

Do you put it in close up mode?

aNYthing24 said:
Do you put it in close up mode?
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i just looked and do not see how to put it in close up mode...how is that done???

calimove said:
i just looked and do not see how to put it in close up mode...how is that done???
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just figured it out...it has to be the modded camera not the stock one...if you hit the menu button the modded camera there is an option called scenes...in there is close up

calimove said:
just figured it out...it has to be the modded camera not the stock one...if you hit the menu button the modded camera there is an option called scenes...in there is close up
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Stock has that too
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HOX Camera focus issue

Hello, I was trying to take a picture today and noticed that when I touched where I wanted it to focus, it would focus correctly then quickly go back out of focus. Does anyone have a fix or solution for this?
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chelseainspire said:
Hello, I was trying to take a picture today and noticed that when I touched where I wanted it to focus, it would focus correctly then quickly go back out of focus. Does anyone have a fix or solution for this?
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I've looked around for solutions to this as well but there really isn't a fix for it yet. I read somewhere to go to the Camera Settings and uncheck "Video Stabilization" in the Video Options and uncheck "Face Detection" in the Camera Options. I'm not sure if its a placebo effect or anything but it seemed to help for me.

i had this issue while trying to record a video.
it would focus then go out of focus for a second, then refocus.
disabled all that stuff and i havnt noticed it.

I've had this issue, it's due to low light. Set you camera to low light mode or brighten up the scene.

Need some help with autofocus

I want to know if I am the only one who is having trouble with the camera autofocus.
Most of the time it won't focus correctly even after suggesting the target area.
It will start doing autofocus and then a small flick is heard and it jumps back to the blur view.
So I have to keep selecting the focus area and around my 10th try it finally focus correctly. I wish I could manual focus...
What is going on?

I haven't noticed that at all. Could be the autofocus module is broken. Or a software issue. You haven't mentioned if you are rooted, custom ROM or anything. So a re-flash or a factory reset may or may not help, if its a software issue. Also make sure the lens is clean, as it being dirty might interfere with the autofocus function.
If you haven't already, you might try the camera option "Touch to capture" and see if that helps. It will automatically (focus and) take the photo when you tap an area on the screen. Not sure if that will yield better results for you or not, but its worth a try.
Also, the "Face detection" option works really well to focus on faces (usually on by default). But of course, that isn't going to help if you are taking pictures of something other than people.

I also have this issue, but with a One S. When you touch a really close area to focus on, it focuses, goes click and focuses out again. It's not just the One XL. I think I might send it to HTC, but tbh it's too much of a hassle.

No flash or tons or whatsoever. Using the latest update.
Lense is clear, I'll see if I can exchange it if a hard reset wont fix it.
Thank you.
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My One X seems to auto focus quit a bit when using face recognitio

That was happening with mine one time. It occurred when I was trying to take a picture of a picture on a table. There was heavy light source from the left and my camera could not focus in. I turned by back to the light source and it focused just fine.
I chalked it up to lighting. Lighting can ruin a professionally taken photo, lol, so I'm sure it can play games with our phones.
Anyways, just a thought.

Same issue when I'm close to the object I'm snapping.

Clearly it's a normal issue then.
So... what should we do?
What are the possibilities of releasing a manual focus?

Also have the exactly. It's a exactly as you described.
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Harkadenn said:
Clearly it's a normal issue then.
So... what should we do?
What are the possibilities of releasing a manual focus?
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Folks have mentioned trouble taking pics when the subject is up close (macro type shots) which seems common for many cameras, especially depending in light. You didn't mention if that was your specific problem. If your phone is having trouble focusing with ALL shots, I'd say that's not normal.
I don't think such a thing as "manual focus" is possible with camera phones. It's not like an SLR, where there is a lens ring to rotate to change focus. All camera phones and point-and-shoot cameras have some type of auto focus, AFAIK.

Make sure the spot you want to focus on has good high contrast texture for camera to work on. AF on phones are contrast detection focus only. So, if you ask it to focus on something with very little contrast, it won't work. For example, to focus on a person's face, you need pick the eyes, not the smooth face texture. Also, if you do close focus macros, switch camera to that mode. The auto selection (the default setting) may not work correctly.

Issue still there even on macro. Kinda sucks that you can't just lock it in based on what is seen on the preview.
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Alright I gave it a try and it seemed to be working good outside during the day.
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I was having a frustrating experience trying to take close up of a mantis in good light. I would tap to indicate focus, camera would whir into focus then snap out of focus.
It's annoying to me that there isn't focus confirmation... The target designator doesn't change color (red or green) not is there and audible indication of successful focus.
Has anyone tried the sense 4.1 camera?
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