Photo app Halide can turn off all iPhone camera AI features
App provider Lux has found a way to disable all of the camera's AI image processing functions for its Halide app.
Promotional image from Halide for the new "Process Zero" mode.
(Image: Lux)
If you take a photo with an iPhone (or almost any other smartphone) today, you will never get what the camera sensor actually captures. Thanks to so-called computational photography, the integrated signal processors process the image immediately, improve it, make it sharper and deliver optimized colors plus brightness. This is great for most users, but has little to do with reality for real photographers. The professional camera app Halide has therefore integrated a new mode in an update that is designed to switch off as much of the image calculation as possible: the developer behind the application, Lux, calls this "Process Zero".
Digital negatives
The function is integrated in Hallide Mark II from version 2.15.1, which has been available for download since Thursday. As Lux writes in its official blog, it is effectively an "anti-intelligent camera" when Process Zero is active. If the function, which can be selected via the RAW menu, is active, the iPhone image processing systems that are active by default are "skipped".
Basically, the result is an image that has more depth of detail and gives the photographer more control over exposure and brightness. It is not a photo filter. "[The function] develops photos at the sensor data level." So-called digital negatives are also included. There is Grain and is primarily intended for daylight shots or those with mixed lighting, less so for night shots. "Since Process Zero does without magic algorithms, it is associated with compromises. That's why it's a new choice in addition to the standard iPhone photo editing system in Halide," says Lux.
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Image optimization turned off
One of Process Zero's capabilities is that it only takes a single photo - and not several, as computational photography normally does, to optimize the image. This means you can see the sensor quality at a glance, but you are also dependent on it. Functions such as Deep Fusion and Smart HDR can also be turned off.
Users who are interested in Process Zero should first experiment with the function before leaving it active by default in Halide. It's a different way of taking photos - practically without training wheels. Halide also has numerous other functions. The application can be used free of charge for a limited period, after which it costs 12.49 euros per year or alternatively 2.99 euros per month. Lux wants 69.99 euros for a one-off purchase.
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