Experiment with adding, subtracting, and intersecting one selection with another (hold down the Option or Alt key to see the Intersect button). Try combining just two different selection tools at first. When you first start using the new Masking panel I’d suggest that you keep things simple. If that previous paragraph made your head spin, I don’t blame you. You can, again, invert any selection, or combine one tool with the inverse of a selection made with another tool. And then you can add, subtract, or intersect that resulting selection with another tool – and so on, as many times as you like, to get exactly the selection you want. You can start with any of the eight selection tools, then add, subtract, or intersect that initial selection with any other tool (or even with the same tool). You’re no longer limited to combining a brush or gradient with one range mask (and only where those two tools intersect or overlap). I did both of those things with this photograph of a kestrel here are before and after versions (“before” on top):Īfter using Select Sky to darken the sky and lighten the foregroundīut the most powerful feature of the new Masking panel might be the ability to combine multiple selection tools in almost unlimited ways to create exactly the selection you want. For photographs of people or animals, for example, you can select your main subject to lighten it and make it stand out, then duplicate that selection, invert it (yes, you can duplicate selections, and invert them as well!), and darken everything else but your subject. They’re not always perfect, but usually pretty darn close. I’ve been working with pre-release versions of the new Masking feature for many months now, and the new Select Subject and Select Sky tools work really well. Also, the Luminance, Color, and Depth Range masks are now separate tools, so you can use them independently, rather than only in combination with a brush or gradient.
These are AI-powered methods of automatically selecting the subject or sky in an image.
There are two new selection tools: Select Subject and Select Sky. And I can quickly turn a mask’s eyeball off and back on (much like Photoshop) to see the effect of that adjustment.īut the new layout is just the beginning. When I go back to an image I previously worked on, I no longer have to try to remember whether I used the Adjustment Brush, Graduated Filter, Radial Filter, or some combination of those, since I can see all the local adjustments in one place.
Linear DNG 16bit raw, Lossless JPEG, HDR, ISO, Shutter-Speed, EV, Manual Focus, White Balance, Histogram, UW, Wide, Tele(3x), Tele(10x) lens every change, this new layout takes a little getting used to, but I think it’s a big improvement.
Supported in S21U running Android 12 or above. It reportedly doesn't work on devices other than the Galaxy S21 Ultra.
If you have such a device, but don't see the app on your local store, you could download the APK, provided by Tron. But you need to process the DNG files with an app like Lightroom because exporting the DNGs to JPEGs with Google Photos results in a flat image without HDR processing or corrections.Įxpert RAW is currently only available to Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra devices, running Android 12 and through the Galaxy store. We shot a few samples with Samsung's camera app in JPEG and Expert RAW in DNG and see a virtually identical image, before editing. You can also choose to have a histogram visible.
The DNG files also feature an embedded profile for Lightroom and a direct integration to export images from the Expert RAW app to Lightroom Mobile on Android.Īside from DNG support, Expert RAW includes full control over shooting parameters such as ISO, shutter speed, focus, and white balance. You can get the files looking as you like, without worrying about losing the excellent base dynamic range, detail, and sharpness of the Galaxy S21 Ultra images. The DNG files include the multi-frame-based HDR processing of regular JPEG images, but with the added flexibility of the 16-bit RAM file. Samsung has just launched the Expert RAW camera app with support for 16-bit Linear DNG RAW from all four cameras on the Galaxy S21 Ultra.