The Halide app’s anti-algorithm camera mode looks better with a little processing

Source: The Verge

Backlit is back.

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Something happens every time I try to use an iPhone camera like a real camera. Here’s how it goes: I shoot RAW in addition to the default HEIC output, and since I have the RAW file I might as well edit it to my taste. And if I’m going to do that, I want to use Lightroom on my MacBook. You know, real software.

Then I remember: iPhone photos hate real software. Moving image files between devices is mysterious. If I Airdrop them to my MacBook, will the HDR gain map tag along? Why do my photos always come out of Lightroom looking different than my edit? Where did that gain map go? I lack the patience to find out, so I just live with what my phone gives me.

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