Wow, a free update... much appreciated. I figured that with a new number, it'd be an upgrade. And a loupe! Thanks so much! That was my number one request (that I never made).
Halide Mark II
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#72Oh I thought this was a new release of https://halide-lang.org/ but it's a photography app for iphone. Funny enough, this language is actually useful for optimized image processing pipelines, especially when targeting such "uniform" devices.
That was my first thought as well. Google uses it for their camera app [0], so it's definitely related.
[0] https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-visual-core-ima...
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Such a sad part of iOS. I have several high quality photo apps I prefer, and almost always end up using the default one because its easier to access.
To be fair, Android also doesn’t make third party camera apps accessible while locked.
That's not true. You can change the lockscreen shortcuts on Samsung phones for example
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DNG are capable of embedding processing settings. I believe Halide is using DNG. I'm sure Ben will have more to say
Yup. We save DNGs, but aside from attaching your geo tag (if you have it enabled), we don't touch the DNG at all. DNGs support XMP, which is an XML based way of describing edits. However, we're doing post processing that can't really be described in XMP. We're launching Instant RAW as an MVP to see how people use it, so to that end we've only focused on "I want amazing details from RAW but I have no idea how to use L…
I'm a little confused as to the use case here. If I want to post a photo on the internet without knowledge of how to perform color processing, instant RAW is basically an alternative to however Apple would normally process images in their own camera app right?
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#76That was confusing. When I saw the app and that it offers in-app purchases, I thought something minimal would be possible without a purchase. But after downloading and launching it, I see the prompt to buy the subscription or the one time purchase, and nothing more. The app description on the store doesn’t make this — that a purchase must be made to use it — clear either. Edit: An observation I’ve had is that third p…
I'm so tired of everything becoming a subscription. The worst part is, in-app purchases don't translate to family accounts, so we're back to the Bad Old Days of buying apps multiple times for multiple devices. And that's even worse when it's a subscription.
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#77I wish trials didn't require me signing up for a subscription. I have a bad habit of doing a trial and then life happens and suddenly I'm charged for something I forgot to cancel and can't get a refund. I might give this a go for a trial but I'm always so hesitant.
FYI you can go into the subscription settings on the app store right after starting the trial and cancel it. It will still run for the same duration and it‘s easy to resubscribe again when the trial runs out.
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#78I was never a fan of the first version of this app, despite being a mobile app developer and a photography nerd. I paid for and tried the initial version (Mark I?) a year or two ago, and, aside from a few manual settings and RAW capture it didn't do a whole lot beyond what the stock photo app did, and Halide's UI was a bit worse to boot. But whatever.
Now I re-download Halide (the version I paid for a year or two ago) to see what this new version is all about and I'm presented with a bewildering splash screen, prompting me to subscribe (for what now?) and I do everything I can to not subscribe, and then I'm taken to the permissions screen, and it's asking for camera permissions (totally reasonable), photo library access (ok, but let's hold on for a sec), and location access (no thank you), and I can't get anywhere in the app that I paid for, without granting all three permissions.
Having location access a hard requirement for a photo app is just ridiculous. What product owner made this decision? IMO it's completely out of touch and user hostile.
Edit: turns out the hard constraint was access to the photo library. Which, how was I to know that? The UI seemed to indicate that I couldn't proceed until all the boxes were checked.
Look, I get that this is a specialized app and I understand the complexity and nuance related to app permissions. Which means the app developer has to be super clear about what the requirements are from the start.
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#79I was never a fan of the first version of this app, despite being a mobile app developer and a photography nerd. I paid for and tried the initial version (Mark I?) a year or two ago, and, aside from a few manual settings and RAW capture it didn't do a whole lot beyond what the stock photo app did, and Halide's UI was a bit worse to boot. But whatever. Now I re-download Halide (the version I paid for a year or two ago…
Just tested. It let me photograph with the location permission disabled just fine. Maybe you are hitting a bug.
I agree about the subscription annoyance. It tells me I have “Free updates until Oct 23 2021” but still bombarded me with “subscribe” on launch! I find this predatory.
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#80I bought Halide quite literally last night and this sucks. The app I just paid $20 for now wants me to pay $29, again. Or pay monthly till I die. Requesting a refund.
Sorry. You should have gotten the upgrade for free. There was a bug checking the receipt for who qualifies for the free upgrade, due to differences between the App Store's sandbox and production receipts. We rushed out a fix as quickly as possible, and this should now be fixed. If you contact support, we'll make things right.
Thanks for the reply, I already submitted my refund request.
I may purchase again in the future.