Snapchat uses a different camera lens. If you zoom in a bit until it ‘latches’ onto the next lens, the photo gets closer.
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Avery said:
Rooseveltlaan, Utrecht. Oh wait, this is the wrong forum.
no way haha
Snapchat puts a filter on every picture, even if you don’t select one. It’s subtle, but it’s there. It also smooths your face.
Luca said:
Snapchat puts a filter on every picture, even if you don’t select one. It’s subtle, but it’s there. It also smooths your face.
I don’t think that’s right. Snapchat uses the video feed, not the photo feed, so you lose some sharpness. HDR on video works differently, compressing highlights to keep things balanced throughout a video. On photos, no need to worry about that, since you don’t have future or past frames.
Luca said:
Snapchat puts a filter on every picture, even if you don’t select one. It’s subtle, but it’s there. It also smooths your face.
Even the iPhone camera app does this. I once took a picture of a grey portrait, and the iPhone camera added a subtle skin tone hue to the drawing. It was small, but surprising.
Luca said:
Snapchat puts a filter on every picture, even if you don’t select one. It’s subtle, but it’s there. It also smooths your face.
Can anyone confirm this? I’ve heard it from others, but never seen proof.
@Hayes
I can’t confirm. The photos look the same to me.
The iPhone’s photos are more natural. There’s a photographic style in a lot of apps that’s added to the pictures. On newer iPhones, you can pick a more vibrant style if you want. I prefer the default for work photos, but Samsung and Pixel sometimes add a slight vibrance filter, making people’s skin more reddish, especially in low light.
Snapchat just takes a screenshot instead of using the camera directly. That’s why the photos are smaller. If you take a screenshot with the default iPhone camera, you’d get something similar.
Vale said:
Snapchat just takes a screenshot instead of using the camera directly. That’s why the photos are smaller. If you take a screenshot with the default iPhone camera, you’d get something similar.
But why do Snapchat pictures look better then? Shouldn’t the iPhone camera do a better job?
@Harper
In theory, the iPhone should do better. Under good lighting, it usually does. But Apple’s image processing isn’t great. Snapchat doesn’t process the image the same way, but that means the quality isn’t as good either.
@Vale
That’s disappointing. I’ve noticed that the processing seems worse than on my old 11.
Harper said:
@Vale
That’s disappointing. I’ve noticed that the processing seems worse than on my old 11.
Try using exposure compensation next time. You can adjust it by tapping and holding to lock the focus, then sliding up or down. You can also tap a bright area to get the exposure right. If it’s too late, you can still edit the photo and lower the exposure, plus add contrast and saturation.
@Dakota
I’ll try that next time. Thanks .
Vale said:
Snapchat just takes a screenshot instead of using the camera directly. That’s why the photos are smaller. If you take a screenshot with the default iPhone camera, you’d get something similar.
I think this is only true for Android. iPhones actually use the camera for Snapchat, while Android takes a screenshot.
Who even says Snapchat pictures are more vibrant and realistic?
Snapchat doesn’t even know how to use your zoom lens properly, let alone make good pictures.
Maybe it’s about color temperature.