Google Camera Mod for Zenfone 7/7 Pro

[ThoroSOE]

I also noticed the issue with getting only a 6.5 MP image when being on the main camera and switching to selfie mode. Very annoying. As a workaround I use a quick setting for the camera angle to just stay in normal mode but still turn the camera to the front. Full functionality for landscape orientation, but upside down for portrait orientation (good thing I very, very rarely take pictues in this orientation).

Any suggestions for lib patcher settings? Or even better: Do you know, where I can find documentation telling me, how strong an impact each setting has?

 

[Yedrimas]

Same issue here, I'm only getting a 6.5MP on portait mode instead of a 15.7MP
Any idea on how to fix that? The GCam has better processing but bug is annoying :-/

Edit: Indeed, on portait mode, the main sensor is not used, but the UltraWide is cropped as if it was the main one. Weird, any idea how to fix that ?

 

[deadlynounou]

You can set the main front camera ID = 7. It will use the main sensor for main selfie camera (64mpx)

 

[Yedrimas]

You can set the main front camera ID = 7. It will use the main sensor for main selfie camera (64mpx)

I was manually selecting the 64MP, how do I do that ? I'm not rooted, I try to keep my phone clean for the moment.

 

[deadlynounou]

You do not need to be rooted. Just go under Wichaya's GCam mod /settings/advanced settings/aux sensors / then activate every sensor except the 5th.
Now go back one step and go to /manual set camera ids/ ...
There you should set the ids for the back :
- main = 0
- tele = 3
- wide = 2
- camera 4 (64mpx) = 6

For the front :
- main = 7 (it will use the 64mp )
- tele = 5
- wide = 4
- camera 4 = 1 ( it is the default setting used by every third party app )

I took the information from this gcam mod dev on Zentalk.

 

[crumble6]

You do not need to be rooted. Just go under Wichaya's GCam mod /settings/advanced settings/aux sensors / then activate every sensor except the 5th.
Now go back one step and go to /manual set camera ids/ ...
There you should set the ids for the back :
- main = 0
- tele = 3
- wide = 3
- camera 4 (64mpx) = 6

For the front :
- main = 7 (it will use the 64mp )
- tele = 5
- wide = 4
- camera 4 = 1 ( it is the default setting used by every third party app )

I took the information from this gcam mod dev on Zentalk.

Do you have a link to the thread on Zentalk? I can't find it.

Thanks

 

[deadlynounou]

You can look into the zenfone 7 series zentalk forum there is a thread talking about heavy files in google camera mod. I do not remember the exact title.

 

[Yedrimas]

Also, any idea on how to fix the distortion on the ultra-wide ?

 

[cd993]

Also, any idea on how to fix the distortion on the ultra-wide ?

I know what you mean by this....


Here's the xml I'm currently using (all credits to Wichaya - not widely shared I don't think) which works nice enough.

I also find distortion/pixelation on the stock cam wide angle shots at times.

 

[Yedrimas]

I know what you mean by this....


Here's the xml I'm currently using (all credits to Wichaya - not widely shared I don't think) which works nice enough.

I also find distortion/pixelation on the stock cam wide angle shots at times.

Thanks! I've tried, there is still way more (and too much) distortion compared to the stock one, this is sad because the Gcam is better in everypoint (but filming)

 

[cd993]

Thanks! I've tried, there is still way more (and too much) distortion compared to the stock one, this is sad because the Gcam is better in everypoint (but filming)

Agreed. It can be hit and miss sometimes. I find myself generally taking a shot with gcam and stock just to see which is better!

If anyone has any recommendations on gcam verison and/or xml settings, I'm all ears....!

 

[jericho246]

I'm currently on the xml you posted, downloaded it from the celsozevedo site a few days ago. I still find stock cam better in most cases. I'm not trying to **** on anyone's work, in fact I'm quite amazed that the GCam app doesn't even crash (which used to happen a lot on my previous phones) and the only problem is picture quality. It's probably gonna take some time to fine-tune the GCam mod for the Zenfone 7 series. That's fine, but I simply wish ASUS released this phone worldwide. But they didn't, for whatever reason, and our community is smaller than it should be, because of that. Read a lot of comments from people in the US being disappointed by the unavailability of the Zenfone 7 in their country.

 

[N4KA]

I'm currently on the xml you posted, downloaded it from the celsozevedo site a few days ago. I still find stock cam better in most cases. I'm not trying to **** on anyone's work, in fact I'm quite amazed that the GCam app doesn't even crash (which used to happen a lot on my previous phones) and the only problem is picture quality. It's probably gonna take some time to fine-tune the GCam mod for the Zenfone 7 series. That's fine, but I simply wish ASUS released this phone worldwide. But they didn't, for whatever reason, and our community is smaller than it should be, because of that. Read a lot of comments from people in the US being disappointed by the unavailability of the Zenfone 7 in their country.

Will it be launched at some point? India?

 

[jericho246]

Will it be launched at some point? India?

No idea to be honest. Last year the Zenfone 6 was released in India as the "ASUS 6z" some time after the launch in other regions. Perhaps it'll be the same this year. I don't think there's any official info on that, though.

 

[mickey36736]

Update Version 2.9.1
Changelog
Based on GCam 7.3.018 Urnyx05 (Thanks Urnyx05)
Package name : com.GoogleCamera.Wichaya
- Added new AWB profiles (Thanks Savitar, burial)
Zenfone 6 : IMX586, OV13855
Zenfone 7 : IMX686, IMX363, OV08A10
Others : OV48C, HMX, IMX689
- Added post processing dots fix option from Urnyx05 (Thanks Urnyx05, Marco)
- Added sabre option (Off by default)
- Added support to Surface Duo (Thanks Urnyx05)
- Added use front camera at start up option (Thanks Marco)
- Added Portrait stream config option
- Added Sun bug fix option (On by default)
- Improved aux button behavior. Switching lens with restart while maintain which camera mode is use (Thanks Marco, overwhelmer for the help)
- Reworked some lib patcher menu. Now with dynamic lib patcher lens selection based on which aux button is enabled. This allow faster navigation for testing, tuning values
- Separated tone curve and gamma curve for aux camera
- Slightly adjusted aux buttons to higher position
- Set max length of manual aux name from 5 to 20
- Fixed black screen in video mode on some devices (Thanks Abhi)
- Fixed zoomed in viewfinder when using 16:9 aspect ratio (Thanks Abhi)
- Unhide noise model option

Download : https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1451/ (Thanks Celso for the host)

Updated OP

 

[mickey36736]

I also noticed the issue with getting only a 6.5 MP image when being on the main camera and switching to selfie mode. Very annoying. As a workaround I use a quick setting for the camera angle to just stay in normal mode but still turn the camera to the front. Full functionality for landscape orientation, but upside down for portrait orientation (good thing I very, very rarely take pictues in this orientation).

Any suggestions for lib patcher settings? Or even better: Do you know, where I can find documentation telling me, how strong an impact each setting has?

LibPatcher is a custom library where you can set all the settings to your liking. Users need to find the best values for their hardware. Different camera sensors need different values. Each user also has different preference. Some like more detailed/noisy images while others like smooth pictures.
Remember that different Mods may have different settings.

Radius Temporal: (Changes the graininess of the image by affecting noise, the higher the image is more blurry and less noise, the lower the more noisy, but more detail.)
Tone Curve: (Adjust the Dark Points, White Point, Shadows, Highlights. Recommended to enable it and leave default values.)
Sharpness: (Allows you to control the image sharpness. Increase it for lowlight shots and decrease it for Selfies. THIS IS PERSONAL PREFERENCE, ADJUST IT TO YOUR NEEDS)
Luma denoise: (Controls the "grain" on the images that is caused by high ISO. Decrease it to have more details at the cost of high noise or increase it if the noise is unacceptable to you)
Chroma Denoise: (Controls the color stains. Usually there's no need to adjust it, as it wouldn't lead to more quality but you can increase it a bit if you see color stains in the dark. Too high chroma denoise can cause a decrease in saturation. Also chroma is known as color noise)
Luminance Noise Reduction: (Controls the “grain” in images caused by high ISO. Decrease it to get more detail at the expense of high noise, or increase it if the noise is unacceptable to you)
Color Noise Reduction: (Controls color spots. There is usually no need to adjust it as this will not improve the quality, but you can increase it slightly if you see colored spots in the dark. Too much chroma noise can cause a decrease in saturation. Also known as color noise)
Contrast: (Allows you to control the image contrast. Increase it if you want darker shadows and decrease to make it brighter. THIS IS PERSONAL PREFERENCE, ADJUST IT TO YOUR NEEDS)
Saturation: (Allows you to control the image saturation. Increase it if you want richer colours in the photos. THIS IS PERSONAL PREFERENCE, ADJUST IT TO YOUR NEEDS)
Wavelet Luma Denoise Levels (Factors of Global)

• Level 1 Fine Details (Very slightly changes the photo, mildly smoothing small elements)
• Level 2 Rough Surfaces (Alters image seriously, smoothing grain)
• Level 3 Edges (Change almost nothing. Smoothing slightly edges)
• Level 4 Smooth Surfaces (Change picture drastically, making it posterized, smoothing large areas of the same color)

Wavelet Chroma Denoise Levels (Factors of Global) (Some mod called as Spatial)

• Level 1 Fine Details (Fine textures, but same applies to rough details)
• Level 2 Rough Surfaces (Fine textures, but same applies to rough details)
• Level 3 Edges (Edges are mainly defined by the contrast between one object and another)
• Level 4 Smooth Surfaces (Smooth surfaces are basically mostly uniform areas in the image. Like a wallpaper with not much fine details.)

Thanks Tavares for explanation
For more explanation of other feature you can check FAQ here
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/troubleshooting/

 

[CVonV]

I know what you mean by this....


Here's the xml I'm currently using (all credits to Wichaya - not widely shared I don't think) which works nice enough.

I also find distortion/pixelation on the stock cam wide angle shots at times.

I've loaded the Wichaya XML config and the wide angle cam is still very distorted?

---------- Post added at 12:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:46 AM ----------

There you should set the ids for the back :
- main = 0
- tele = 3
- wide = 3
- camera 4 (64mpx) = 6

I had to set tele to 3 but wide to 2

For the front :
- main = 7 (it will use the 64mp )
- tele = 5
- wide = 4
- camera 4 = 1 ( it is the default setting used by every third party app )

I took the information from this gcam mod dev on Zentalk.

Thanks for that. I've also disabled the 64mp icon as it causes a force close when selected and you can't re-open the camera app unless you press and hold the icon and select one of the shortcuts eg try night sight.

 

[cd993]

I've loaded the Wichaya XML config and the wide angle cam is still very distorted?
.

Yeah Wichaya himself is aware and working on it. Hopefully fixable!

 

[deadlynounou]

@CVonV i did this error when i typed the post. Sorry

 

[simplydat]

Is there a camera ID for selfie where the main sensor is used in 16mp instead of 64mp?