Adobe launches free camera app for iPhone users, it is made by same team that made Google Pixel camera

If you've ever felt your iPhone photos looked a bit too bright, too smooth, or just too 'smartphone-y,' Adobe may have just created your new favourite camera app. Project Indigo, which is now available as a free download on the App Store, is a new camera app designed by Adobe Labs, and it's built by the same team that helped create the iconic Pixel camera at Google. This time, the goal is different: give iPhone users more manual control and a more realistic, DSLR-style photo experience. For now, Indigo is free to try and available only on iPhone. advertisementHere's what iPhone users need to know.Many smartphone cameras today heavily process your photos – they brighten the shadows, smooth your skin, sharpen edges, and boost colours to make things pop on a small screen. While this can make pictures look good at a glance, they often feel artificial, especially when viewed on a bigger display.
Adobe says Indigo is designed to produce a more natural, true-to-life image, closer to what you'd get from a DSLR. It applies less smoothing and sharpening, and its colour enhancements are subtle. The app avoids the common 'HDR-ish' or overly edited style that's typical of most default camera apps.Indigo offers full manual camera controls – including focus, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance. You can shoot in JPEG or raw (DNG), and even control how many frames are captured for each photo. This matters because Indigo uses computational photography to combine up to 32 images to reduce noise and preserve detail.advertisementThere's also a Night mode that automatically suggests longer exposures in dark scenes, and even a Long Exposure setting to capture dreamy motion blur – perfect for waterfalls or city light. perfect for waterfalls or city lights.Adobe also promises that with the Indigo app, your zoomed in pictures won't be blurry or noisy anymore. According to the Project Indigo blog post, when you pinch to zoom on the app, it uses a smart feature called multi-frame super-resolution that quietly captures several photos and blends them for sharper results. No AI guessing, just smarter shooting. And, because Indigo is by Adobe, it also seamlessly integrates with Lightroom Mobile. When you review photos in Indigo's gallery, you can launch Lightroom with a single tap to start editing right away – whether it is a JPEG or a raw DNG file. If you're already using Adobe's editing tools, this makes your workflow smoother than ever.Additionally, Adobe says it is also working on a live preview system, where you will be able to see the final edited look of your photo right in the viewfinder before you take the shot. This could dramatically change how people compose photos on their phones.

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