Honor/Huawei phones, especially the flagship models, have kind of made a name for themselves as tech "beasts", jam-packed with the latest technology, cutting-edge hardware, almighty cameras, and fancy designs. I've been using Huawei or Honor phones for several years now, but I'd never call myself techy, and sometimes I'm still a bit daunted by all the advanced tech they announce – okay it sounds super cool, but I won't be needing all that in my life.
That said, for the things I do use my phone for (like taking photos), I'm a bit of a perfectionist. When something doesn't quite turn out the way I want it to, I'll keeping playing around with the settings until the result is exactly how I'm imagining it.
As it turns out, a lot of this "beast" tech was made for people just like me (perfectionists who want things to be just that little bit better) and it's much easier to find and use than I imagined. Here's a couple of super useful features I discovered on the recently released Huawei Mate 20 and Honor Magic 2. I think everyone should play around with them:
Wide angle photography
I'm not a pro photographer, but I love taking pictures – it's a nice way to preserve memories, otherwise I'd forget about all the fun things I did last month! I often find, though, that the camera's view is too small, and I can't fit everything I want in an image. Especially when I'm shooting landscapes, or really tall or wide buildings.
I've tried using panorama to get around this issue, but I always find the stitching is a bit uneven and parts of the photo look really distorted.
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OK, so this example isn't quite so bad because I corrected it with some post editing like I do with a lot of my photos (did I mention I was a perfectionist?) But if you've ever tried shooting a street or a narrow stream, or even just try googling "panorama distortion", you'll know what I mean.
Anyway, this is why I'm super thrilled with the new wide-angle lens! As its name suggests, you can see a wider angle of view through it, i.e. you can fit more into the frame. It shows up as "0.6x" on the interface – basically because it's like zooming out to under 1x, as opposed to zooming in to 2x or 5x.
Here're some images I took on a recent trip to China, so you can see what I mean:
https://m.qpic.cn/psb?/V102Zqsi23qjkg/NLxuo5.y1WekWwD7xZ2Q9n.KuqVKdHxcULVy8mH3if0!/b/dFIBAAAAAAAA&bo=NgPWBDYD1gQRBzA!&rf=viewer_4
I know it looks incredible, and even seemingly undoable. But this is real magic – you can see how much more view is included under a wide angle lens. It's really useful for landscapes and architecture, when the scene is too broad or when you can't go too far from the subject. It can actually be used for street photography and portraits too, if you know how. Google it for inspiration, and then you've just got to try it, play with the camera. You might be surprised by how professional the results look!
As I mentioned, it's way quicker and easier to use than panorama too. One touch on the screen will do the trick:
Wrong phone.
Honor V20 isn't capable of ultra wide shots
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GET THIS AMAZING APP HERE
Interface
When you launch the app, you get a menu system that lets you choose
one of four options: capture, gallery, collage and share. Diving into each,
the UI is generally what you'd expect. The buttons are self-explanatory,
and you get a regular phone camera-style viewfinder.
Filters
PowerCam offers a decent set of filters, most of which are a bit too over-the-top
for my own taste. You get a standard set of minor filters to lightly tweak the coloring
of the scene that are quite nice, but the rest are a bit out there and I really don't
see many people using them. For the ones that I liked, it seemed to work well enough.
It should also be noted that there is a "no filter" mode for when you have the app open
and want a "regular" shot.
Tilt-Shift
The tilt-shift method, if you're not familiar, is something usually accomplished with
a special camera lens to produce interestingly focused images. The main subject
is sharply in focus, and everything else is quickly out of focus right next to it.
On a smartphone, its all done in post-processing. PowerCam seems to do a pretty
good job, and you can really get some good shots if you spend some time with it.
Panorama
I was surprised by the panorama quality. Using the app on my Galaxy Nexus,
it captured them more consistently and much quicker than the built-in panorama
feature of the Android 4.x camera.
Collages
Something that's going to be very user-dependent is the collage feature.
You can select several pictures you've taken and form them into framed multi-shot pictures.
The UI is friendly enough, just select from your picture list which ones you want,
and it'll arrange them randomly with a frame. You can shuffle the pictures around
and select the frame style, but I was hard-pressed to find frames that I actually enjoyed.
Sharing
PowerCam has built-in sharing functionality to Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
Wish that it would use a regular sharing menu and let you use other apps (like Google+),
but it doesn't really matter, as you can share from your Gallery app to anything installed
on your phone after the fact.
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Hi, just wanted to brag a little about a new wallpaper I made.
It uses a little of demoscene-like graphics techniques to generate images and animations that I personally enjoy a lot - but I'm yet unsure whether I'm the only one.
For those graphics-coding-inclined: it makes a heavy use of pixel shaders, basically computing distance functions for combinations of simple shapes (http://www.iquilezles.org/www/articles/distfunctions/distfunctions.htm) and then texturing the surface with these shapes replicated. Although the word 'texturing' is used in a loose sense here, since there is no geometry of the tunnels and grids that you can see in the app - everything is happening in pixel shaders, issued on quads covering all or part of the screen and the 3D-like surfaces are obtained through coordinate transformations.
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.madscientist.shape
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As you can see on the image, the customization options allow to obtain very different looks, so I decided to release a series of free wallpapers each showing one distinctive preset from the full app. The first one is Neon Tunnel:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.madscientist.shape.neon
Let me know what you think about it.
I'm happy to answer any technical questions. I'll probably do a technical write-up on my blog soon, whether anyone's interested or not.
Cool wallpaper! I am glad that Magic Fluids and Waterfloo now have a successor. Will there be a regular app gui in the future?
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Cool wallpaper! I am glad that Magic Fluids and Waterfloo now have a successor. Will there be a regular app gui in the future?
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Thanks! There might be. I thought about making a separate app that would allow the user to control the shape-morphing process and design the images for yourself. But if the wallpaper doesn't take off, I might just slap the regular app mode on top of the wallpaper and call it a day.
There is some activity in your app's thread, in case you missed it.
I'm also a fan of your apps! The patterns in the wallpaper look beautiful. I want to program sth similar, and play around with it.
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Thanks! There might be. I thought about making a separate app that would allow the user to control the shape-morphing process and design the images for yourself. But if the wallpaper doesn't take off, I might just slap the regular app mode on top of the wallpaper and call it a day.
There is some activity in your app's thread, in case you missed it.
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With a regular app gui you could maybe offer other ways to play around with the shapes .
A 3D volume renderer visualizing shapes would be cool. But that might be computationally too expensive for Android devices.
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Announcing Dog Lens 1.0
Dog Lens is a simple interface which helps you to recognise dog breeds with ease!
Disclaimer
1. Since the application is in development, it currently supports 120 dog breeds. I am working on adding more as soon as possible. You can check/request for more breeds below.
2. I am a college student, and I don't have the resources to keep high end servers running. The app might be slow at times. Please bear with me.
3. Again, the app is in BETA. A detailed analysis of the picture(that is, name of the dish rather than the category) would be rolled out with next update!
Get the app here (Only Android) : https://goo.gl/psFPJa
Screenshots
http://imgur.com/a/76uaQ
The usage of the application is quite simple!
1. Start the camera within the application by tapping on the Camera Button.
2. Click a picture of your dog
3. Wait for us to do our job!
Dog Lens can currently recognise from 120 dog breeds.
More information about dog breeds can be found here : https://github.com/C-Aniruddh/dogLens/blob/master/DOGS.md
So use it, rate it, review it, and most importantly, SHARE it!
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Hello!
Nice app, although pretty slow (as you mentioned). Once, it crashed when uploading and recognizing the picture (the report is sent).
IMHO, it would be nice to have the possibility to view the history of your searches (at least, successful )
Also, why do you need a permission to record voice?
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Hello!
Nice app, although pretty slow (as you mentioned). Once, it crashed when uploading and recognizing the picture (the report is sent).
IMHO, it would be nice to have the possibility to view the history of your searches (at least, successful )
Also, why do you need a permission to record voice?
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Thank you! It might have crashed due to a memory error. I have fixed it now (backend) I'll keep it in my mind to add the required feature!
Its a part of the library I am using for accessing Camera
I’m working at zoo and I am specified on dogs. From early childhood I used to feed dogs from streets and I’ve started to love them. Anyway I can’t recognize all dog breeds by photos or even if I see them in front of me and I have found an app that’s working like shazam and shows you the breed. When I surfed in internet to see more details, I saw an advertising with that dog and a pokemon, and that made me feel very curious. https://worlddogfinder.com/blog/dog-trivia/dog-pokemon It is the website from ad and here you can read about pokemons that were inspired from dog breeds.
Hi all this thread is about the front camera of Honor View 20.
We have been seeing various articles and reviews about 48MP back camera but there isn't much info regarding front camera.
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After various leaks Honor View 20 got released in China. It is yet to be released world wide which is going to take place on January 22nd.
From the renders and reviews and various hands-on we got to know that Front camera is a 25MP camera with AI feature and f/2.0 aperture.
On paper specs look like one of the cameras from the recent mobiles.But its placement makes it different from other cameras.
Honor considers Hole-punch Screen Technology is the replacement for the Notches in order to have high STB ratio and for utilizing maximum screen real-estate and is one of the key selling point for Honor View20.
The Honor View20 has a big “All-View” display with the in-display hole, which is only 4.5mm wide. According to available data it is to be considered as the smallest hole when compared with other models which have similar camera placement.
From the available data it is to be noted that it is assembled with 0.1mm precision with 5-axis Ring Dispensing.
You might have heard that due to camera punching through each layer of the display it has a greater chance of light leaking through. This design could result in poor quality selfies. There’s also the problem of the display’s durability being compromised by the design.This could cause a display be be easily broken.
But Honor mentions that it has overcome all the issues through its special technique called pixel transition technology, which controls the flow of liquid crystals, enabling light to go through and reach the camera along the liquid-crystal layer .
I think it is better than the Notches and is nice to look .
Do come and share your opinion regarding this.
I like the placement of the camera. I did not find it very noticeable when holding the View 20. Plus its location in the upper left corner means it will be under my left thumb when gaming and the phone is held in landscape orientation. I did not get a chance to try watching anything on the View 20, but I do not believe its location will be a distraction for me personally.
I recently received the new HONOR 9A and wanted to share some of the photos I've been able to take with it.
The Main camera is 13MP with a 5MP ultra-wide camera so it's a little difficult to compare with say the HONOR 20 or 9x Pro but that doesn't mean that it doesn't capture decent photos. All the photos in this post are unedited with the exception of some cropping which doesn't interfere with or alter the photo quality!!
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So to start you can see above the 9A Camera performs well taking a variety of photos. Views, Pets and Flowers all captured beautifully in bright and crisp detail. I was pleasantly surprised at the clarity of some of the Snaps I've managed to get so far.
I found outdoors in the sun was the place to be with this camera. The blue sky and light reflection in the lake is a perfect example of the colour and detail it can capture. It doesn't always fair so well dealing with lower lit conditions but there are plenty of more expensive phone cameras out there that the same can be said for
I see this phone and camera as ideal for someone looking to snap a few memories on family walks and days out or a youngster just starting their tech adventure and taking photos of all the random everyday objects that I now regularly find in my daughters gallery.
Simple and no nonsense is how I would best describe the HONOR 9A camera. There are few extra features although there is a cool Panorama mode and a whole range of editing tools in the gallery including the brilliant colour "Splash" tool. There is actually one edited photo in this post. Below is an untouched and a lightly edited version of the same herb garden done using the 9As editing tools. Brightness and Shadows can easily be tweaked and adjusted if you feel you need a little more warmth and colour to a photo
Finally I wanted to show you a comparison between the Main 13MP Camera and the Ultra wide 5MP Camera. As you can see below with both shots taken from the exact same spot, there is quite a difference in the width.
Again I was hugely impressed with the quality of both shots and you have to look quite hard to spot any real difference in photo detail. Overall I am very impressed with what I've seen from the HONOR 9A camera so far. It does everything you need for an "on the go" phone camera and will be absolutely perfect for a lot of people. For a phone that is currently available at the ridiculous price of £129.99 the camera was never expected to compete with the more expensive models but you are definitely getting more than what you pay for. Speaking of which I saw this little bargain earlier..
I am looking forward to testing out the camera further by taking a much wider range of shots and also comparing the photos with other HONOR Cameras. So what do you think of the HONOR 9A? For me it is definitely a bargain and comes with a camera that has far exceeded my expectations. Cheers for Reading!!
Note: this post is from the HONOR Community, the author is DeanRocks