Halide—the feature-rich third-party camera app for the iPhone—just released version 1. 7 which adds support for the dual-camera setups of the iPhones 7 Plus, 8 Plus, and X, using the two lenses to "see" in three dimensions.
When shooting a photo, you can now apply a background-blurring portrait effect or darken the background, similar to Apple's 'Portrait Lighting' effect. But this isn't just Apple's portrait mode pasted into Halide, the app allegedly does it better:
In an App Store first, Halide’s Portrait mode uses a combination of smart facial detection and point-of-interest detection to allow Portrait mode with zero waiting; users can snap a shot at any time to get beautiful background blur effects on a subject.
Additionally, the app is capable of storing the actual depth map as a separate . png-file for later fine-tuning of the results in an image processor, and a new 'Augmented Reality Depth Photo Viewer allows you to "place Depth-Enabled captures like images shot with Portrait Mode in AR. "
Once placed into 3D space, you can walk around and through the captured scene and 'explore' your depth map. It's gimmicky. . . but actually really cool:
Halide 1. 7 is already available to purchase on iTunes for $3. To learn more about the app's new depth mapping feature set, head over to the Halide blog. And if you're curious about Halide in general, you can read our hands-on of the app's launch version here.
. dpreview.com2018-3-8 21:56