Cropping images in gallery reduces quality - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I noticed that when I set a high res wallpaper as my background or lockscreen the quality is reduced. I found out that this is because when the picture is cropped, the image quality goes down the drain.
This can be reproduced by cropping an image yourself. When I crop a whole image of 1680x1050, for example, and I take the whole picture, so that the pixel count should be exactly the same, the new image is actually 640x400.
What was the thought proccess behind this, like.. seriously.
Also I'm currently on LJ2, if that even matters.

Okay apparently this is already fixed in LJ4.

Are you sure it was an issue previously? If so, can I add it to my post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33205771&postcount=4961
Thanks!

DeadSOL said:
Are you sure it was an issue previously? If so, can I add it to my post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33205771&postcount=4961
Thanks!
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In LJ2 this definitely an issue. In LJ4 not anymore. And yeah sure you can add it.

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Mozarts Camera (best settings)

Alright everybody,
I have had the mozart now for a few weeks and everything is outstanding on it, it's pretty far removed from WM6.5.
The only problem i'm having is the camera just seems to shoot a little blurry, I know some of the pics are me not quite keeping still, I was just wondering what settings it should be on for a good picture.
Thanks
Graham
Hi,
I've not changed any of settings and am getting pretty good results (when I remember to wait for the 2nd flash that is!).
Will have a play about with the settings over the weekend and post if I find anything interesting.
I'm currently thinking about getting a 7 Mozart myself and was wondering how the camera performs.
Could you please take some pictures and post them here?
Thank you very much in advance.
video Camera : 720p video camera on 7 Mozart
the0ne said:
video Camera : 720p video camera on 7 Mozart
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I'd say that's a superb quality for a mobile camera
Could you please post some pictures (preferably in bad lighting condition too) of the camera, too?
Thank you for your work
Here is the review with pics and everything:
h t t p://www.engadget.com/2010/10/21/htc-7-mozart-review/
Just remove the http spaces
How does the Mozart camera compare to the Omnia 7? I am considering either this for the camera or the Omnia for the S-Amoled.
I'm experience the blurred image as well and I did not change the setting either.
Just wonder how to take close ups with this camera e.g. when i take photos of a book the words are not readable, blurred???
EDIT: Wrong thread !
Anyway, I'm having the same issue with "blurry" pictures. Even my N900's 5Mpix camera is performing better... *Sigh*
ZeeShh said:
I'm experience the blurred image as well and I did not change the setting either.
Just wonder how to take close ups with this camera e.g. when i take photos of a book the words are not readable, blurred???
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This might sound a bit odd, but u know the button on the side to press to actually take the pic? .. Hold it in for about 5/6 secs and it seems to zoom in and crisp the focus ... then click to take a pic.
ZeeShh said:
Just wonder how to take close ups with this camera e.g. when i take photos of a book the words are not readable, blurred???
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Have you tried Macro mode? Works well for me.
I've not had any problems with blurry pictures.....unless I move after focus has locked. Unfortunately there's no Microsoft update coming for me being bad at keeping still!
Ok, we need to press the camera button for a while until it adjusts the focus, then close ups can be taken and once focus is locked then there is no blurr and images are just excellent. thank dov74.
any thing i'm missing in settings about macro mode? not sure where it is.
ZeeShh said:
thank dov74.
any thing i'm missing in settings about macro mode? not sure where it is.
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No Problem.
Macro mode is under camera/settings/scenes then it's the last option. I've not taken any proper photos with it but I've messed about with it and have gotten good results.
From memory, another member on here uploaded a picture taken in Macro mode - will have a look and see if I can find.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=816072
thanks dov74, I've found it, never scrolled the scenes option further down

Wallpapers always burry?

This always happens unless the image was taken by NASA or something, the image is ample size and very good quality, yet when I set it it becomes very blurry, lock or home screen.
Its very crispy when I pinch to zoom as well, whats going on here? How do I fix it?
Download QuickPic from the market and ignore or freeze the stock Gallery app. It downsizes the resolution of wallpapers. QuickPic is fast, cleaner, and doesn't cut corners. It's also free.
Dungeon47 said:
Download QuickPic from the market and ignore or freeze the stock Gallery app. It downsizes the resolution of wallpapers. QuickPic is fast, cleaner, and doesn't cut corners. It's also free.
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Ive had quickpic for a while now, and Its giving me the same exact problem.
I use Wallbase as a wallpaper app, and when I set the wallpaper from inside Wallbase, its crispy and perfect. Its only when I set the wallpaper via Gallery or any other image viewer that it becomes blurry.
I'm pretty sure it's zooming in on the picture which in turn makes it blurry, right? As to a fix, not sure myself.
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Kadin said:
I'm pretty sure it's zooming in on the picture which in turn makes it blurry, right? As to a fix, not sure myself.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium
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I assume that what's happening. It happens with literally every single picture though
If you are downloading from wallbase on your phone, make sure you tap the image until it shows the tooltip for 100% before you long press to save it. I've run into the same thing. Also, make sure the image you are downloading is at at least 960x800 for full resolution as wallpaper.
I might be confusing you guys.
When I set the wallpaper via Wallbase, its fine.
When I save the wallpaper from wallbase (or anywhere for that matter), and set it as my wallpaper via Gallery or QuikPic, then it becomes blurry. Wallbase isnt the problem.
Thanks
If you have the "scrolling" background image enabled, make a new document in photoshop, or your image editor of choice, and make it 960x800 pixels, then resize your image to that and save as png then move to phone. Somehow the default resize for these phones makes it blurry... but setting it to the correct resolution fixes it.
^^ setting the image resolution to 960 x 800 solves the blurry wallpaper problem.
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Switching camera lens? (software)

Hello!
Since I'm having problems with shooting 2D photos, I was wondering...
Is it possible to switch that my 2d camera use left lens instead of right?
sniperkiki said:
Hello!
Since I'm having problems with shooting 2D photos, I was wondering...
Is it possible to switch that my 2d camera use left lens instead of right?
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I don't think this is a setting you can change. I'm sure it could be programmed, but I don't think it's on the camera level, it's probably hardware-based. Can any devs add to this?
A temporary work-around might be to only take pics in 3D and see if you can separate the images (left/right) and keep the good one. Not sure if it's do-able
gk1984 said:
A temporary work-around might be to only take pics in 3D and see if you can separate the images (left/right) and keep the good one. Not sure if it's do-able
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that could actually work. take 3D pics and rename them with a filemanager to .jpg and crop them.
this would be written on the kernal level i think
YOu guys know what I think, just to switch camera what is used in 2D.
Would rock if it's possible

App - Capture RAW Images- FreeDcam

So after lots of exchanges with the developer, i finally have RAW image capture working in Yureka.
It is still in beta, and the steps to download is long (for now), but hey raw capture and editing is pure joy and we can get great results and details out of our powerful camera.
1) join the community
https://plus.google.com/communities/112880644833309033743
2) become a tester of freeDcam
3) download the APK
4) start app, swipe from left, in picture setting, select picture format as bayer-ideal-qcom and select CAPTURE button
5) set resolution and quality and capture
edit with your favorite program like darktable, rawtherapee etc
Great
i joined the community!! from where can i download the app?
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abhifx
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please help me
once you join the community, you must click the link to beta test (link in the community). then it will open to play store and you can just download the apk
abhifx said:
4) start app, swipe from left, in picture setting, select picture format as bayer-ideal-qcom and select CAPTURE button
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thank you
please if you can explain the other settings in the app , will be appreciated
AbuBakr Mohammed said:
thank you
please if you can explain the other settings in the app , will be appreciated
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what other explanation do you need?
also the dev at the g+ page is very helpful and does reply to all sort of queries.
Bluish tint and low quality
Sadly there is a bluish(sometimes greenish) tint and that is not light but too much. Any way to capture raw with normal colours? Also the quality is even lower than the jpegs captured with stock camera app.
BhiKuch said:
Sadly there is a bluish(sometimes greenish) tint and that is not light but too much. Any way to capture raw with normal colours? Also the quality is even lower than the jpegs captured with stock camera app.
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can you post your settings?
also you should post the dng files on G+ page where the developer can take a look at it
I dont need the dngs.
The green is because of the missing colormatrix. But it can easy fix with awb tool in ps and rawtherapee or every other app wich can read dngs.
It would be usefull when the thread starter update it and make his knowledge for all users avail.
Its not good to point all problems to me.
I get bored when answering 20 times the same question and user get stupid answers or im just ignore them.
Its not my problem when people dont know how to process the taken raws. The quality can be worse when you dont know it.
Im thinking about to remove rawsupport in freedcam for all devices wich use the neutral matrix... Then its limited to g2/g3/m9 devices.
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Ouch. ...i knew that the color tint can be fixed but i didn't know how to do that. No prob i will check youtube. What about the quality? Is something wrong with the settings?
BhiKuch said:
Ouch. ...i knew that the color tint can be fixed but i didn't know how to do that. No prob i will check youtube. What about the quality? Is something wrong with the settings?
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the preview is in dark conditons always a bit noise. for raw capture use iso 100 in all light conditions. it reduce the noise heavy. the exposure can later increased when its to dark.
also turning off wavlet-denoise can decrase the noise
troopii said:
I dont need the dngs.
The green is because of the missing colormatrix. But it can easy fix with awb tool in ps and rawtherapee or every other app wich can read dngs.
It would be usefull when the thread starter update it and make his knowledge for all users avail.
Its not good to point all problems to me.
I get bored when answering 20 times the same question and user get stupid answers or im just ignore them.
Its not my problem when people dont know how to process the taken raws. The quality can be worse when you dont know it.
Im thinking about to remove rawsupport in freedcam for all devices wich use the neutral matrix... Then its limited to g2/g3/m9 devices.
Sent from my LG-D855 using XDA Free mobile app
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Hi!
i borked my phone and my replacement have just arrived. could not even follow the G+ page.
I will modify the OP with complete instructions but i cant stop people from complaining.
Give me this weekend. hopefully some people will benifit and stop flooding G+ page for minor issues
BhiKuch said:
Ouch. ...i knew that the color tint can be fixed but i didn't know how to do that. No prob i will check youtube. What about the quality? Is something wrong with the settings?
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We don't have a powerful camera like one+one and the raw output is expected to be noisy as no noise reduction algorithm is used.
Although FreeDcam has options for noise reduction and what not, i would rather do that in an external software. this is the reason why we are capturing in raw right?
With RAW you will get much more lighting information and thus edit should be much better.
Also try to use manual control available like adjusting ISO etc. Google should be your friend. Enjoy!
A'ight. Didn't want you to take it as a "complain" xD ..Thanks for the info though. @abhi can you tell me what is the expolock button for? to lock exposure ?
BhiKuch said:
A'ight. Didn't want you to take it as a "complain" xD ..Thanks for the info though. @abhi can you tell me what is the expolock button for? to lock exposure ?
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Yes!
Frankly have not used it before
BhiKuch said:
A'ight. Didn't want you to take it as a "complain" xD ..Thanks for the info though. @abhi can you tell me what is the expolock button for? to lock exposure ?
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with that you can lock the camera ae routine. that means you can point into the sun lock the exposure and the cam does not change it until it gets released.
it can be used to trick the camera shutter time.
as sample when you want to have a longer exposure time at night. aim with the cam to a dark point or lay it to the ground and lock the exposure. then point to the scene you want to shoot.
the same trick can be done for a faster shutter speed. for that lock the expo into a light (sun or simliar)
No raw format found
In the given method only jpg and dng are available as picture format!
What to do? @abhifx
s.jesalpura said:
In the given method only jpg and dng are available as picture format!
What to do? @abhifx
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When you want to capture "RAW" use dng. You are not able to open pure android raws.
troopii said:
When you want to capture "RAW" use dng. You are not able to open pure android raws.
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@troopii I just stared following your G+ page and Downloaded the FreeDcam app but I did'nt find camera2.api
Can you Help me by providing the Beta Testing Link as I can't find it on your page
yureka does not support camera 2 api. its also not needed. on left side in camerui you see jpeg on bottom item. click on it and select dng -_-

Display shrink problem

I am including a video link from my google photos Video
Here you can see the display corners and the notch is expanding and shrinking very little after applying a theme or by doing anything related to display overlay such as night mode from developer option! Are you facing the same? If so then it is a bug and we can get a bit bigger screen real-estate!
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I am including a video link from my google photos Video
Here you can see the display corners and the notch is expanding and shrinking very little after applying a theme or by doing anything related to display overlay such as night mode from developer option! Are you facing the same? If so then it is a bug and we can get a bit bigger screen real-estate!
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Yeah I've also noticed it when changing the dpi.
Maybe they've done it for cosmetic purposes. So that the curves are nicer maybe?
Amphibius2 said:
Yeah I've also noticed it when changing the dpi.
Maybe they've done it for cosmetic purposes. So that the curves are nicer maybe?
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Seems like they are after curves but not screen real estate! even the notch will look smaller, Sad

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