Adobe's Project Indigo camera app

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

Adobe have released a free computational photography app for iPhones designed to make the final images more like the output of traditional cameras. It's called Project Indigo and this blog post describes what it does and why: https://research.adobe.com/articles/indigo/indigo.html.

It's a free download from the App Store (Android version in the works, apparently).

I treat my iPhone (13 Pro) as the "carry everywhere, point and shoot" camera to record stuff as it happens, whenever I leave the big stuff at home. At first glance, Project Indigo looks as though it will be a very interesting app to use. It'll take a while to get to grips with, but the results are potentially exciting.

Big question: will it be a daily driver, or join the other camera apps on my phone that seldom get used? ;-)

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

Excellent deep dive into the app and its features here: https://gregbenzphotography.com/pho...-indigo-the-best-camera-app-for-smart-phones/

 

[TwoWheeler]

No mention of overheat issues, while several of the folks over at DPR mentioned it.

A few:

“Downloaded and played with it.
After taking 5 test shots at home in low light, my iPhone 14 Pro is super hot. Hot warning was also displayed.”

“All this does is overheat my iPhone 13 Pro.”

“I'm also getting tons of overheating warnings on my 15 Pro too”.

“I got overheating messages on my 15 ProMax also.”

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

No mention of overheat issues, while several of the folks over at DPR mentioned it.

In a reply to a comment below his explainer, Benz says that Adobe acknowledge there's an issue. Given the amount of processing the app does, it's not surprising. I'd expect it to eat battery too, especially with older phones like mine. On the other hand, I have been thinking it was time for a new phone, perhaps when the 17s are released in September.

Adobe Labs are being very responsive in comments at their forum post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/ligh...roject-indigo-camera-app/td-p/15337510/page/1 - they acknowledge the problem and are working on it.