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[also there is pretty much no left margin on the website, Firefox latest on OSX latest]
I'd like one point clarified: is this app entirely local or does it make use of any kind of cloud backend? I've already seen apps that upload photos away for processing without making it obvious (for example http://prisma-ai.com , if I'm not mistaken). I really shouldn't have to ask if only iOS had a permission for network access.
Pix runs all the image processing on your phone - we do not use the cloud for any of this.
A small note to that effect on the website would be great, I can't be the only one wondering.
We're from the Microsoft Pix team, and we are interested in your feedback. Happy to answer questions.
Sorry for my naivety and maybe a little off topic - but where are the raw image files used in the comparison images ? I'm sure someone is going to cry foul if the images have been passed through Photoshop.
None of the comparison images have been altered via Photoshop. All comparisons were shot simultaneously on a side-by-side rig, using a trigger that prompted the shutter press for both apps (Apple Camera and Microsoft Pix) at the same time, so conditions would be as equivalent as possible. See a photo of the rig in action here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/microsoftpi... . We did crop the edges of…
To avoid doubt, I would advise that all image comparisons should have references to the original source files.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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Can you make better windows phones please. Please create better apps for your platform before running towards iOS.
Or, create apps for the platform used by 7x as many people before bothering creating them for the worst of them all.
Sadly Microsoft management has shot themselves on both foots multiple times.
There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
Since Pix is an alternative to the built in Apple app, it makes sense that it provides an alternative functionality from a user standpoint...and perhaps from a not-getting-booted-out-of-the-app-store standpoint. As a person pushing get off my lawn age, taking selfies feels unseemly even though I know it is entirely mainstream among younger people. One of the things I find interesting about photography is how rapidly…
Now Snapchat filters, on the other hand... (e.g. the bee filter, shudder)
Only for iOS? Surprised they didn't make a version for windows phone... or is this software already built into the camera functionality on WP?
Microsoft's not heavily devoting resources to Windows Phone at the moment. They're phasing out Lumias, and focusing on getting the enterprise experience right on their mobile devices with the HP Elite x3. Windows Phone isn't really dead, but until Microsoft is ready, they're focusing on winning over iOS and Android users with their apps.
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I can see that its only available for apple devices, is there a technical hurdle in doing this for android?
I'm surprised it's iOS exclusive, but only because it means it's not available for Windows Phone.
Windows phone (now w10 mobile) camera has supported these stuff for some years now (either natively or via extensions). Don't forget that "Live Photo" is Apples implementation of an old Nokia technology.