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I have created a custom GCam XML for LMC R15 that focuses on capturing raw details instead of gimmicking color and saturation changes. No lib is needed . You can download the XML from the link below and try it out for yourself. I hope you enjoy it!
I am impressed with this great work. I will continue testing it on a daily basis. Suggestions: Fix lens distortion in ultrawide mode.
PixelGod standard HDR comparisom with Xiaomi 11T Pro
 

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I have created a custom GCam XML for LMC R15 that focuses on capturing raw details instead of gimmicking color and saturation changes. No lib is needed . You can download the XML from the link below and try it out for yourself. I hope you enjoy it!
Dear XDA GCam members,

I wanted to explain why I chose to provide the direct XML files with all the changes visible instead of hiding them behind a lib. The reason is simple: I wanted to make sure that the changes I made were accessible to everyone in the community.

By sharing the direct XML files, I hope that others can learn from the changes I made and use them to improve their own GCam setups. I believe that transparency and sharing knowledge is key to the growth and success of our community.

I also want to encourage all members to explore the libpatcher and learn from the values that have been changed. Together, we can continue to improve the GCam experience for everyone.

Thank you for your attention and I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together.

Best regards,
 

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Dear XDA GCam members,

I wanted to explain why I chose to provide the direct XML files with all the changes visible instead of hiding them behind a lib. The reason is simple: I wanted to make sure that the changes I made were accessible to everyone in the community.

By sharing the direct XML files, I hope that others can learn from the changes I made and use them to improve their own GCam setups. I believe that transparency and sharing knowledge is key to the growth and success of our community.

I also want to encourage all members to explore the libpatcher and learn from the values that have been changed. Together, we can continue to improve the GCam experience for everyone.

Thank you for your attention and I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together.

Best regards,
Making a lib you can:
- share it for many various devices
- use with all kinds of cameras
- use with many GCams based on the same version of Google Camera
- use a few various libs with one base xml according to your preferences, so you can collect libs good for every camera and you don't have to use a few xmls and switch between them
- for me personaly, libs make creating configs much easier and safe a lot of time, because I make configs for a few GCams and devices. I dont have to set libpatchers separately for every GCam and camera
- libs are universal and useful. Can I use your xml with AGC? NO. Can you use my lib with AGC? YES
- most people don't care what values are in libpatcher. They load xml/lib and expect good results

So, please, don't suggest bad intentions to anybody saying about "hiding" anything. It's not nice 😏
 
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Dear XDA GCam members,

I wanted to explain why I chose to provide the direct XML files with all the changes visible instead of hiding them behind a lib. The reason is simple: I wanted to make sure that the changes I made were accessible to everyone in the community.

By sharing the direct XML files, I hope that others can learn from the changes I made and use them to improve their own GCam setups. I believe that transparency and sharing knowledge is key to the growth and success of our community.

I also want to encourage all members to explore the libpatcher and learn from the values that have been changed. Together, we can continue to improve the GCam experience for everyone.

Thank you for your attention and I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together.

Best regards,

Hey I've recognized that your XML isn't yours, why you didn't tell that it's mainly from Prashant?

@antykat
Go on with lib. Thanks
 
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Hey I've recognized that your XML isn't yours, why you didn't tell that it's mainly from Prashant?

@antykat
Go on with lib. Thanks
Hello, thank you for your message. I must clarify that I am the original creator of the XML you are referring to. I published it before Prashant and I have evidence to support this claim. It's possible that Prashant may have copied it without my knowledge, but I cannot speculate on that without more information. Regardless, I apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding that may have arisen. If you have any further concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Xda wasn't the first to get this xml it has been in circulation in 4pda group of phones with ...
 
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Hello, thank you for your message. I must clarify that I am the original creator of the XML you are referring to. I published it before Prashant and I have evidence to support this claim. It's possible that Prashant may have copied it without my knowledge, but I cannot speculate on that without more information. Regardless, I apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding that may have arisen. If you have any further concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Xda wasn't the first to get this xml it has been in circulation in 4pda group of phones with...
You copied Prashant's xml that is based on my old xml. That's what I got when I opened "your" xml in SGCAM 😏
So, you are not "original creator" as you wrote.
 

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Brother you just disabled some options and made some changes of 1 to 2 percent, The rest is more than 95 percent is same as in my configuration And you say you made it yourself, at least give some credit to originaly who created that file...
 

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Brother you just disabled some options and made some changes of 1 to 2 percent, The rest is more than 95 percent is same as in my configuration And you say you made it yourself, at least give some credit to originaly who created that file...
Xda is a knowledge sharing community. Nobody gets paid to do anything. We only share for the community. If your XML was this good then why was it discarded by people and moved on? Why didn't you used the same settings in your latest ones?

And for antykat, if your XML was the base for my xml, why is it better than yours? Why does it beat your XML and why did you not continue in those settings?

Where did my work and time go of testing thousands of xml? Why am I even spending my time to give the community a better xml by creating or taking settings?
 

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Xda is a knowledge sharing community. Nobody gets paid to do anything. We only share for the community. If your XML was this good then why was it discarded by people and moved on? Why didn't you used the same settings in your latest ones?

And for antykat, if your XML was the base for my xml, why is it better than yours? Why does it beat your XML and why did you not continue in those settings?

Where did my work and time go of testing thousands of xml? Why am I even spending my time to give the community a better xml by creating or taking settings?
"why was it discarded by people and moved on", Bro i am still using preshant 3.6.
 
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joaogordo96

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so whats the deal? what prashant config is the last one?
after version 4.4 to R13 I didn't get any more updates.
I remember xml prashant was one of my most accurate favorites
 
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so whats the deal? what prashant config is the last one?
after version 4.4 to R13 I didn't get any more updates.
I remember xml prashant was one of my most accurate favorites
Posted earlier today.

 
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Hi @Prashant Dukare

I just saw that you have shared following GCAM mod in this forum ... but it was locked and I can't answer you there:


First of all I would like to thank you for sharing this EXCELLENT mod!

It is by far the BEST I have ever found for this device.

I see that it uses 4x4 pixel binning for the main sensor instead of 9x9 pixel binning.

The photo quality is outstanding ... and by far better than the best settings I have found in this thread and have been using before.

There is only one bug I have found. Video does not work.

I would appreciate if you could fix that one.

Thanks again for sharing your brilliant work!
 
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