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In the Google Photos app for Android, when you start editing an HDR image using tools like Photo Unblur, Magic Eraser, and Portrait Light, the app first converts the photo into SDR and then performs edits on it. Once the editing is complete and you save the image, the app saves it as an SDR photo, which is a downgrade. Well, that’s not the case anymore.
Google has announced that now, when you use Google Photos to edit HDR images with tools like Photo Unblur, Magic Eraser, and Portrait Light, the app will put out HDR photos, retaining full dynamic range and crucial HDR metadata. The brand says, “This means your edited photos will maintain their contrast and highlights to always look their best.”
Google has also introduced the ‘Ultra HDR’ tool in the Google Photos app. With it, you can “edit how bright your image is.” The brand has renamed the previous ‘HDR’ tool to ‘Tone,’ and lastly, the company says, “We’ve also made upgrades so you can enhance SDR photos to HDR, so your photos pop with brighter highlights, deeper contrast, and stunning clarity on modern HDR-capable displays.”
Currently, there’s no information on whether Google is offering these upgrades with an update to the app or as a server-side change. If it is the former, you can update the app by going to the Play Store, tapping on the account icon, selecting Manage apps and device, and tapping on ‘Update all.’ Note that Google may be offering these upgrades in phases, which means that some will get them before others.
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Google has announced that now, when you use Google Photos to edit HDR images with tools like Photo Unblur, Magic Eraser, and Portrait Light, the app will put out HDR photos, retaining full dynamic range and crucial HDR metadata. The brand says, “This means your edited photos will maintain their contrast and highlights to always look their best.”
Google updates Google Photos with the Ultra HDR tool
Google has also introduced the ‘Ultra HDR’ tool in the Google Photos app. With it, you can “edit how bright your image is.” The brand has renamed the previous ‘HDR’ tool to ‘Tone,’ and lastly, the company says, “We’ve also made upgrades so you can enhance SDR photos to HDR, so your photos pop with brighter highlights, deeper contrast, and stunning clarity on modern HDR-capable displays.”
Currently, there’s no information on whether Google is offering these upgrades with an update to the app or as a server-side change. If it is the former, you can update the app by going to the Play Store, tapping on the account icon, selecting Manage apps and device, and tapping on ‘Update all.’ Note that Google may be offering these upgrades in phases, which means that some will get them before others.
The post Google Photos will no more downgrade HDR images into SDR while editing appeared first on imeisource.