Lightroom mobile can now shoot RAW HDR photos on top phones
Lightroom mobile’s in-app camera is getting an update today that’ll let it capture RAW HDR photos.
Adobe says the photos are made by stitching together
three RAW images. That in itself is pretty standard process for creating
an HDR photo, but Adobe claims it can deliver “greatly increased
dynamic range” over what your phone would typically put out.
The typical benefits of shooting in RAW remain here, too.
You get a 32-bit file with more color information and more flexibility
to alter the exposure or white balance. As usual, Adobe is using its own
DNG format for the RAW files.
Adobe put out about a dozen sample photos taken using its
HDR RAW mode (a few of which are included here), and they all look
about how you’d expect an HDR photo to look: colorful, contrasty, with
occasionally unreal results.
Unfortunately, you’re only going to be able to use this
feature if you have a recent, top-of-the-line phone — presumably since
shooting three RAW photos in succession and then combining them is a
pretty intensive task.
Supported phones include the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, iPhone
6S and 6S Plus, iPhone SE, Pixel and Pixel XL, and the Galaxy S7 and S7
Edge. The 9.7-inch iPad Pro is also supported.
That’s a pretty small group of devices, but Adobe says
it’s working to expand the selection. It’s also likely to grow as more
powerful devices get released this year.
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