GCam

[Zimonty]

Thank you for providing the xml. I've tested a few GCams today and Ultimate 1.1-Burial beta2 works almost flawlessly with all lenses, although it still does only 9mp at 16x9 with the main camera.

This may be a silly question, but in high-contrast scenes I find that highlights get blown with HDR+, but HDR+ Enhanced way overcompensates. Is there a way to set it somewhere in between and if so, how?

Gcam shot this at 16/9 but one mod do also in a different way by processing 4/3 to 16/9 so cropping the shot and doing this way the resolution is high.

The one is doing this way is minilux

 

[yay1974]

Thank you for providing the xml. I've tested a few GCams today and Ultimate 1.1-Burial beta2 works almost flawlessly with all lenses, although it still does only 9mp at 16x9 with the main camera.

This may be a silly question, but in high-contrast scenes I find that highlights get blown with HDR+, but HDR+ Enhanced way overcompensates. Is there a way to set it somewhere in between and if so, how?

please try Ultimate 2.0 from the following message of mine or turn tonecurve off or reduce highlights on tonecurve settings. I set tonecurve mainly to have a contrast plus reducing noise in underexposed dark areas.

 

[yay1974]

Ultimate XML for Mi Note 10, @cylon74, as shared on telegram channel. My obsession about ISO noise made me create a new XML. This time I have the lowest noise in any situation for day and night. Tonecurve further reduces the noise on underexposed dark parts. Yet, as always, no compromise for details and color fidelity. I generally prefer tonecurve off for indoor day photos.
Changelog for 2.0: Increased sharpness for no soft photos, yet still with very low noise, tonecurve, chroma and luma parameters changes. Burial noise processing off for scattering noise instead of clustering. Better NS because of chroma changes

 

[MacGuy2006]

Ultimate XML for Mi Note 10, @cylon74, as shared on telegram channel. My obsession about ISO noise made me create a new XML. This time I have the lowest noise in any situation for day and night. Tonecurve further reduces the noise on underexposed dark parts. Yet, as always, no compromise for details and color fidelity. I generally prefer tonecurve off for indoor day photos.
Changelog for 2.0: Increased sharpness for no soft photos, yet still with very low noise, tonecurve, chroma and luma parameters changes. Burial noise processing off for scattering noise instead of clustering. Better NS because of chroma changes

Thank you! Your settings get me the closest to dumping the stock camera, but a but dark for my taste. Boosting the exposure blasts out the highlights, so I am wondering if there is a better way to open up the dark areas a bit?

Using this with Burial, as Onfire crashes instantly on my Global sock Android 10.

 

[yay1974]

Thank you! Your settings get me the closest to dumping the stock camera, but a but dark for my taste. Boosting the exposure blasts out the highlights, so I am wondering if there is a better way to open up the dark areas a bit?

Using this with Burial, as Onfire crashes instantly on my Global sock Android 10.

You can increase the shadow values to 0 or to positive direction on tone curve, because even turning off the curve may give darker shadows. To me, it is a risk for increasing the noise.
i am on miui 12 eu (android 10). i dont know what is the problem, maybe u can try deleting the cache for apps

 

[e-ghost]

New onFire is out Changelog: Fix crash when entering the settings is not from 1x lens.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dEqP1WV4Ehh9rraVzSVn5F0J6WCSvwpu/view?usp=sharing

Thanks yay1974. Thanks for the 1.13! Sorry few questions:
1) is this v1.13 still the latest one from onFire?
2) I have removed all other GCam before install it. I can use it to take pic, but I cannot go to review the taken pic within onFire GCam. Is this one also need Google Photo?
3) When I double tap the GCam control area, I cannot load custom XML. It said something like "Storage not found". Should the XML also be placed in /GCam or /GCam/Configs or /GCam/Configs/onFire?

Thanks a lot!

 

[yay1974]

Thanks yay1974. Thanks for the 1.13! Sorry few questions:
1) is this v1.13 still the latest one from onFire?
2) I have removed all other GCam before install it. I can use it to take pic, but I cannot go to review the taken pic within onFire GCam. Is this one also need Google Photo?
3) When I double tap the GCam control area, I cannot load custom XML. It said something like "Storage not found". Should the XML also be placed in /GCam or /GCam/Configs or /GCam/Configs/onFire?

Thanks a lot!

1. Unfortunately yes the latest one is still 1.13
2. You don't necessarily need to remove all other ports. It depends on the package names and onFire has a unique one. For Google Photo I still use it but you can disable it from the settings.
3. The correct folder is GCam/Configs7

 

[e-ghost]

1. Unfortunately yes the latest one is still 1.13
2. You don't necessarily need to remove all other ports. It depends on the package names and onFire has a unique one. For Google Photo I still use it but you can disable it from the settings.
3. The correct folder is GCam/Configs 7

Hi yay1974. I retried to put the xml files in GCam/Configs and "GCam/Configs 7" but both prompted "no storage found". Will you know what did I done wrong? :crying:

Also, if the "Ultimate 2.0 xml" be the best one to work with this onFire v1.13? Thanks a lot!

 

[Onlyablur]

Hi yay1974. I retried to put the xml files in GCam/Configs and "GCam/Configs 7" but both prompted "no storage found". Will you know what did I done wrong? :crying:

Also, if the "Ultimate 2.0 xml" be the best one to work with this onFire v1.13? Thanks a lot!

Hi, there should be no space between configs and 7.

 

[e-ghost]

Hi, there should be no space between configs and 7.

It works! Thanks a lot! Stupid I am~ 　

 

[Androidzor]

I finally got a Mi Note 10 Pro! I have already tried a few GCam versions. I noticed I really like the older GCams (version 6) because of sharpness and poppin colors. I have a Mi 9 SE and the Gcam6 is superb.
I have tried Onfire, it seems it is quite popular. I was a bit disappointed. Now after a few tries I think Pitbull Pitbull_MN10_v3.0.18.2 with Fidelis_Pitbull.xml suits my needs. Only thing that is off is the color red, it is more pinkish. Does anyone has a fix for this or perhaps what a preferred XML file for Pitbull? Thanks alot!

 

[e-ghost]

I finally got a Mi Note 10 Pro! I have already tried a few GCam versions. I noticed I really like the older GCams (version 6) because of sharpness and poppin colors. I have a Mi 9 SE and the Gcam6 is superb.
I have tried Onfire, it seems it is quite popular. I was a bit disappointed. Now after a few tries I think Pitbull Pitbull_MN10_v3.0.18.2 with Fidelis_Pitbull.xml suits my needs. Only thing that is off is the color red, it is more pinkish. Does anyone has a fix for this or perhaps what a preferred XML file for Pitbull? Thanks alot!

Hi Androidzor, may I ask which GCam6 you found it is the best to you? And will it require any custom XML to work with? Many thanks!

 

[yay1974]

It works! Thanks a lot! Stupid I am~ 　

sorry i forgot the space, i corrected my message

 

[thewarrior2]

i think you should update the first post

 

[MacGuy2006]

Yes and no.
No Gcam do this natively but one offer an opposite approach... Arriving maybe not to 20 but to (let me check not sure) I guess 16.
The app is Minilux (only main cam) and is working in post-processing too.
So Minilux can shot 16/9 as well as any other Gcam and the resolution will be low.
But you can also set Minilux to go in 16/9 by cropping 4/3 so basically is a post-processed 16/9.
As a matter of fact you'll get the result you want!

Edit: just double-checked and yes it'll give you 20,4mp.
In the main screen leave 4/3 then open settings --> post processing --> aspect ratio.
Activate 16/9 and that's it! (You can enable 1:1 16:9 21:9 - or none of course!)
... (identical shot for everything else)

I tried installing Minilux and I quite like it.... The post-processing menu item appears on 4.1.1, but not on 4.0, which is why I was confused earlier.

I set it crop and it delivers full resolution. But unfortunately it doesn't show 16x9 in the viewfinder screen -- it shows full-frame, which means I can't determine easily how to compose the shot. Just want to make sure that I am not missing something.

 

[yay1974]

New onFire 1.14 and updated Ultimate XML

Roman added denoise radius and noise processing settings to my favorite port onFire
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z4QIQxbGur17BxtJ0aTYLyflN2n8L7O4/view?usp=sharing

Ultimate XML for Mi Note 10, @cylon74. My obsession about ISO noise made me create a new XML. This time I have the lowest noise in any situation for day and night. Tonecurve further reduces the noise on underexposed dark parts. Yet, as always, no compromise for details and color fidelity. I generally prefer tonecurve off for indoor day photos.

Changelog for 2.2: Increased denoise radius to max for decreasing more noise after new added app settings. Noise processing still off. Toncecurve and small contrast changes.

 

[miloita]

Hi,
can you please suggest best GCam for Mi Note 10 please ?

Thanks

 

[Androidzor]

Hi,
can you please suggest best GCam for Mi Note 10 please ?

Thanks

Technically there might be a 'best' gcam but in terms of picture quality it might be different for everyone. I think that's the reason why there are so many different versions. Some like certain colors. Some prefer noise reduction over sharpness.
I have tried onfire, pitbull and ultracam. But I am using now urynux, it is gcam_7.3.018_Urnyx05v1.6. I can make it shoot pretty sharp pictures and good colours and its processing is faster than the other versions I've tried.

You can search on these filenames.
onFire_7.3.020_1.13 (I like it with this one Fidelis_v3-onFire.xml)
Pitbull_MN10_v3.0.18.2 (with this one Fidelis_Pitbull)
UltraCam_1.1.8_7.2.010

good luck!

Edit: I changed my mind. The onFire 1.14 and updated Ultimate XML is my favorite now. Increase sharpness and tune down other values at at least lower than 1 if you need more textured details like fabrics or fur (at the cost of a bit more noise).

 

[Zimonty]

I tried installing Minilux and I quite like it.... The post-processing menu item appears on 4.1.1, but not on 4.0, which is why I was confused earlier.

I set it crop and it delivers full resolution. But unfortunately it doesn't show 16x9 in the viewfinder screen -- it shows full-frame, which means I can't determine easily how to compose the shot. Just want to make sure that I am not missing something.

You're right, the maximum mp on 16/9 is with viewfinder that way, it make no sense but I remember once that setting 16/9 outside and 16/9 in processing it gave something like 16. It makes no sense but it seems me so

 

[MacGuy2006]

OK, so I tried Minilux and it does allow for shooting full resolution in 16x9 mode. yay1974's XML bot burial work well with it, although the app will crash if you change lenses to telephoto. Also, the viewfinder on the phone's screen shows 4x3 frame even when Post-processing set to crop, so framing the shot is not precise.

So, I am back to burial's latest version, with yay1974's latest XML (2.2). The 16x9 shots are 9MP instead of the 20.4MP from the stock camera, which is a problem for me, since probably within my life time there will be large TV screens which will max out the 20.4MP resolution (although maybe AI will be good enough to upscale flawlessly).

Anyway, thanks to yay1974's suggestions, I turned off Tone Curve entirely (even boosting black to +30 was too dark).

And WOW! It's just about perfect! The color balance is up there with the iPhone and IMO, better than the Pixel. Seriously impressive!

Thanks again, yay1974!

Now, if we could only get full resolution 16x9 with proper viewfinder ratio, this would be perfect.

This was for the main camera. Now a question on the 3.7 telephoto:

With yay1974's XML, there is a strong blue tint. Is this by intention, or is it something on my end? Also, the stock camera produces slightly larger pixel count (6MP) and smaller file size (3.5mb) than GCam, which is 5.1MP and 5mb. In addition, the stock camera shot is closer, more zoomed in, while GCam is less zoomed in -- what's the deal here? Is it because Xiaomi zooms in in post-processing? It would make sense, because the stock camera has a lot of digital artifacts with the 3.7 lens, while GCam, although less zoomed in, doesn't have any significant artifacts.