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India Today
15 minutes ago
- India Today
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 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 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 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 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 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.
Hindustan Times
4 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
iPhone users can now capture DSLR like photos with Adobe's new camera app
Adobe has released Project Indigo, a free experimental camera app to bring computational photography to iPhones. This app is created by Adobe's Nextcam team, including Marc Levoy and Florian Kainz. Both of them are known for their work on Pixel Camera's computational photography features. The app is a work in progress and is available on the App Store to download. Project Indigo brings computational imaging techniques to smartphone photography by combining them with traditional camera controls. Unlike a stock smartphone camera app that captures a single photo, the Indigo app captures up to 32 underexposed frames per photo. The app then uses computational photography to align these frames to create images with significantly lower noise, higher dynamic range and natural photos. To maintain the natural aesthetics of a photo, this app uses subtle, globally tuned image processing rather than aggressive enhancements. The app supports both JPEG and RAW formats to give photographers the flexibility to extensively edit the photos while retaining the low noise and an improved dynamic range. The Project Indigo app is available on the Apple App Store and is compatible with iPhone Pro and Pro Max models starting from the iPhone 12 series. And for non-pro models, it supports iPhone 14 and onward. For the next experience, Adobe recommends using the iPhone 15 Pro or a new model due to the app's heavy processing requirements. It offers a very simple camera user interface, Photo and Night mode, with all the controls including shutter speed, ISO, white balance and focus, similar to a professional DSLR camera. The app is also seamlessly integrated with the Lightroom mobile app. This allows the users to export images directly to the Lightroom app to adjust the colours and tone. An early access setting lets the user use Project Indigo as a camera app inside the Lightroom app. Project Indigo is available only on iOS devices, and it's free to use without any signup needed. Adobe plans to expand the apps available to Android in the future. The roadmap also includes bringing more photography modes like portrait, panorama, video and advanced exposure. Adobe is also planning to introduce tone presets and looks to give more creative control to the users.
New Indian Express
5 hours ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Madurai-bound Indigo flight returns after mid-air 'snag,' say officials
CHENNAI: A Madurai-bound private carrier suffered a technical snag mid-air on Friday and returned here, airport officials said. After flying for about half an hour, the pilot of the Indigo Airlines flight detected the snag, and sought permission to fly back to Chennai and land, they said. The plane, carrying about 68 passengers, later landed safely here and all the passengers were deplaned, they added. There was no immediate response from Indigo on the matter.
Hindustan Times
6 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Madurai-bound private flight returns after mid-air snag, say officials
A Madurai-bound private carrier suffered a technical snag mid-air on Friday and returned here, airport officials said. After flying for about half an hour, the pilot of the Indigo Airlines flight detected the snag, and sought permission to fly back to Chennai and land, they said. The plane, carrying about 68 passengers, later landed safely here and all the passengers were deplaned, they added. Also read: Flight cancellations at Air India continue in aftermath of Ahmedabad crash There was no immediate response from Indigo on the matter.
Hans India
6 hours ago
- Hans India
Adobe's Project Indigo Brings Cutting-Edge Computational Photography to iPhones
Adobe has stepped into the mobile photography arena with the launch of 'Project Indigo,' a new computational photography app designed exclusively for iPhones. Developed under Adobe Labs, the app brings together advanced imaging science and intuitive design to enhance the photo-taking experience for mobile users. One of the key minds behind this innovation is Marc Levoy, a former distinguished engineer at Google known for revolutionizing the Pixel smartphone camera. Now an Adobe Fellow, Levoy has teamed up with Adobe's senior scientist Florian Kainz to craft this next-generation photography tool. Released last week, 'Project Indigo' is available for free on select iPhone models, including the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, and all iPhone 14 and newer devices. Adobe recommends using an iPhone 15 Pro or later for the best performance. Notably, users do not need to sign into an Adobe account to access the app, making it hassle-free and accessible to all iPhone users. What sets 'Project Indigo' apart from the standard iPhone camera is its computational foundation. Instead of capturing a single image, the app records a rapid burst of frames and blends them to produce a high-resolution photo with reduced noise and enhanced dynamic range. This approach mimics the effect of a DSLR, giving images a more natural and professional finish. 'Instead of capturing a single photo, Indigo captures a burst of photos and combines them together to produce a high-quality photo with lower noise and higher dynamic range,' reads the app's official description. Photographers—whether amateur or experienced—will also appreciate the array of manual settings Indigo offers. From shutter speed and ISO to white balance and focus, the app puts precise control at the user's fingertips, making it ideal for those who want to go beyond point-and-shoot photography. For those curious about the deeper technical workings, Adobe has published an in-depth blog post by Levoy and Kainz. It dives into how smartphone cameras have evolved, how computational photography operates behind the scenes, and the ways Indigo's image pipeline achieves its naturalistic aesthetic. Even for readers without a photography background, the post offers fascinating insights and a gallery of impressive sample images taken with the app. 'This is the beginning of a journey for Adobe – towards an integrated mobile camera and editing experience that takes advantage of the latest advances in computational photography and AI,' Levoy and Kainz explained in their post. They also revealed that 'Project Indigo' serves as a testbed for future Adobe innovations. Features in the works include tools like reflection removal, a portrait mode, and even video capabilities. An Android version is also on the horizon. 'Our hope is that Indigo will appeal to casual mobile photographers who want a natural SLR-like look for their photos, including when viewed on large screens; to advanced photographers who want manual control and the highest possible image quality; and to anyone – casual or serious – who enjoys playing with new photographic experiences,' the duo added. With 'Project Indigo', Adobe isn't just entering the mobile camera space — it's aiming to reshape it.
