Adamya Sharma / Android Authority
TL;DR Adobe has launched the Indigo camera app on the Apple App Store.
Two of the influential minds behind the Google and Pixel Camera apps are also working on Indigo.
The team says they’re planning an Android version of the app, but there’s no word on a release window.
The Pixel Camera app (formerly Google Camera) is perhaps the most influential smartphone camera app ever made. That was in large part due to the HDR+ processing and Super Res Zoom for improved hybrid zoom. Now, two of the brains behind the Pixel Camera app have launched a spiritual successor of sorts.
Adobe recently launched the Indigo camera app on the iPhone’s App Store, and it seems to build on the foundation of the Pixel Camera app. It’s no coincidence as two of the creators, Marc Levoy and Florian Kainz, previously worked on the Google Camera and Pixel Camera apps.
The duo penned a blog post describing Indigo as a computational photography camera app that provides great image quality, a more natural look, and full manual controls.
Indigo picks up where the Pixel Camera left off
Indigo follows Google’s original HDR+ approach by combining a series of deliberately under-exposed images for each shot you take. However, Adobe’s app differs by combining up to 32 images at once versus Google’s 15 images. The team says it also under-exposes these images “more strongly” than most other solutions.
“This means that our photos have fewer blown-out highlights and less noise in the shadows,” Levoy and Kainz explained. “Taking a photo with our app may require slightly more patience after pressing the shutter button than you’re used to, but after a few seconds you’ll be rewarded with a better picture.”
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