1. Features
     HDR+    Motion    Video Stabilization    Smartburst    Image Location  

2. Functions
     Slow Motion    Panorama    Photo Sphere    Portrait    AR Stickers   Google Lens 

3. References

4. Further reading

5. External links

Whilst Google Camera is now made solely for specific device hardware, in mid-2017, a developer created a modified version of Google Camera for any smartphone equipped with either a Snapdragon 820, 821 or 835 processor.^[3]

Features

Google Camera contains a number of features that can be activated either in the Settings page or on the row of icons at the top of the app.

HDR+

HDR+ increases the dynamic range of the photo, however unlike traditional High-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging, this is achieved by combining several underexposed photos which has the added benefit of improving colors at the expense of being less effective.

An 'HDR+ enhanced' mode is offered which does use the traditional HDR method of combining an underexposed and an overexposed photo to increase the dynamic range of the photo, thus being more effective, however comes with the drawbacks of this method.^[4]

Motion

Google Camera's Motion photo mode is similar to iOS' Live Photo. When enabled, a short, silent, video clip of relatively low resolution is paired with the original photo.^[5]

Video Stabilization

Fused Video Stabilization, a technique that combines Optical Image Stabilization and Electronic/Digital image stabilization, can be enabled for significantly smoother video. This technique also corrects Rolling shutter distortion and Focus breathing, amongst various other problems.^[6]

Smartburst

Smartburst is activated by holding the shutter button down. Whilst the button is held down, up to 10 shots per second are captured. Once released, the best pictures captured are automatically highlighted.

Different 'creations' can be produced from the captured pictures:

• Moving GIF - an animated GIF to capture action or images containing a high amount of movement.
• 'All-smile' - a single photo in which everyone is smiling and not blinking; produced by taking different parts of every photo in the burst.
• Collage - when taking 'selfies', a collage similar to that of a Photo booth is generated.

Image Location

Location information obtained via GPS and/or Google's location service can be added to pictures and videos when enabled.

Functions

Like most other camera applications, Google Camera offers different 'functions' or 'modes', allowing the user to take different types of photo or video.^[7]

Slow Motion

Panorama

Photo Sphere

Google Camera allows the user to create a 'Photo Sphere', a 360-degree panorama photo, originally added in Android 4.2 in 2012.^[10] These photos can then be embedded in a web page with custom HTML code or uploaded to various Google services.^[11]

Portrait

Portrait mode offers an easy way for users to take 'selfies' or portraits with a Bokeh effect, in which the subject of the photo is in focus and the background is slightly blurred. This effect is achieved via the information from dual-pixel sensors when available (such as the Pixel 2 and Pixel 3), and the application of machine learning to identify what should be kept in focus and what should be blurred out.^[12]

Additionally, a "face retouching" feature can be activated which cleans up blemishes and other imperfections from the subject's skin.^[5]

AR Stickers

AR Stickers is a feature that was announced in late 2017, alongside the debut of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL devices. Using Google's new ARCore platform, augmented reality objects, referred to as 'stickers', can be 'dropped' into an image or video.^[13]

Google Lens

The camera offers a functionality powered by Google Lens, which allows the camera to copy text it sees, identify products, books and movies and search similar ones, identify animals and plants, and scan barcodes and QR codes, among other things.

References

Further reading

• {{cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-the-new-google-camera-for-an-1592592689|title=How to Get the Most Out of the New Google Camera for Android|website=Lifehacker|date=18 June 2014|author=Eric Ravenscraft}}
• Jimmy Westenberg (12 December 2017). [https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-use-ar-stickers-google-pixel-2-xl-822337/ "How to use AR Stickers on the Google Pixel or Pixel 2"]. Android Authority.

External links

• [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera&hl=en Google Play application page] (No longer available for non Nexus or Pixel devices.)

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