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camera panorama app

Is there any camera app out there that can take pictures in full res in panorama mode? if there isnt then itd be a nice idea for another community app n the pictures neednt be stitched together as ive read thats the main problem due to memory constraints.

The AT&T Tilt has it built in as one of it's camera modes. Maybe there's a way to pull it off there.

the builtin ones don't take pics in full resolution in panorama mode... my hermes has a builtin one too but it only shoots in VGA for panorama mode.

this can be done by editing the registry!
HKLM/Software/HTC/camera/P3 i think, could be another Px.
change the MainCamCaptSize to 1024 and the MainCamSupportCaptSize to 1744.
BUT BE CARFULL!!! Don´t use it with 6 pics because you can get a problem with memory!
greetz

xPreSiDenT said:
it only shoots in VGA for panorama mode.
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Well you're lucky, my samsung omnia will only take up to qvga in panorama :'(
I'll check out the registry see if I can tweak that !

nope didnt work didnt use those exact values instead used the ones that were for the normal full res camera... 1024 etc warent anywhere(not even corresponding to the full camera... full cam used 512 n 724)
An app that just shows the last shot pic 25-30% faded on any one selectable side, n saves all the panorama pics(of one set) separately... would be just ideal....

people pictures

hi where can i get some nice people pictures ie size.all the pictures i put for people look bad very bad i think i need the right size?.thanks

make sure that the pic has horizontal/vertical resolution of 96 dpi and they all look good. size doesn't matter that much
I've some which are 72 dpi and they look dull.

best way,
open the picture in the touchflow album, from there you can add it to your contact.
It will be auto resized and look sweet.

try downloading icons file in png format (fm 128*128 to 512*512 no difference), the same as linux uses... they work great!

thanks for the fast help

razer22 said:
hi where can i get some nice people pictures ie size.all the pictures i put for people look bad very bad i think i need the right size?.thanks
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http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-s2v.html
Free app that has the abillity to set contact pictures.
The picture look clean and clear, and works great.

just to show...
for me these icons (png) are better than any pics!

great pic boglll can i download them anyware??thx

just look here: http://www.freeiconsdownload.com/.
you can download either png files OR stuff for linux users (they are png as well)
bye

if you're having problems with the contact pics looking unsharp (blurred), then try adding them to the contact directly from the tf3d (on the people tab, right softkey "menu" and "change picture"), that worked for me perfectly, now all the pics are crisp.

funny icons
boglll said:
for me these icons (png) are better than any pics!
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where can i find the funny icons?
tnx

gsmgps said:
where can i find the funny icons?
tnx
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You could try coming round my house with a camera!

Tnx a lot ... works like charm and very clear picture using S2V option to use picture for a contact

precisely HERE (page 2 is cool)

Contact Pictures

Which image size do you use for the pictures of a contact ?
I tried almost every combination but the picture of a contact/people in the Touch Flo 3d still remains of poor quality .

BerreZ said:
Which image size do you use for the pictures of a contact ?
I tried almost every combination but the picture of a contact/people in the Touch Flo 3d still remains of poor quality .
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I was about to start a thread about this too. The biggest pain is that there is no sample picture you can use to make your own pictures the same size. Does anyone know the answer?

256x256px 72dpi

BerreZ said:
Which image size do you use for the pictures of a contact ?
I tried almost every combination but the picture of a contact/people in the Touch Flo 3d still remains of poor quality .
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After some research I found it. The resolution is 256x256. I use a PNG, but jpg works as well. I found out by looking at one of the avatars you can use when you have no picture of your own. Now the contacts picture looks perfect

david-v said:
After some research I found it. The resolution is 256x256. I use a PNG, but jpg works as well. I found out by looking at one of the avatars you can use when you have no picture of your own. Now the contacts picture looks perfect
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How do you do it?
Take a pic of the person, crop the wanted part and downsize it?

Yes,
that's what I will do.
I will replace all of my contact photo's in Outlook that way.
Ofiaich

david-v said:
After some research I found it. The resolution is 256x256. I use a PNG, but jpg works as well. I found out by looking at one of the avatars you can use when you have no picture of your own. Now the contacts picture looks perfect
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Perfect??
I'm using a 256x256 JPG or PNG as well at 300 dpi...and it is still poor...

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Ok I tried it . The result is better but still far from perfect.
Does someone has another idea ?

I´ve heard, but not tested, that you could use S2V (Slide to view) to add contacts´ picture without downsizing to low resolution.
If anyone tries it and works, tell us here.

Could someone post how contact picutes look like on the HD so we can see whats you mean when you say its bad quality...
Thanks!

Thanks
Thanks HelderJr I tried 2SV and that worked perfectly.

There is a setting when taking pictures with your phones camera to take contact pictures.. also for some strange reason when you use the pictures and videos program to add a photo in your library as a contact image the quality looks like crap. What looks best to me on the touch pro is open the Album program and add an image to a contact from inside the program. The contact picture quality looks much better.
Now this could turn out different on the Touch HD, but it works like this on my Touch Pro.

The thing that I dont like with TouchFlo 3D Photo Contact ... There is no standard "matrix" view of the photo contacts, for example 5 x n number of photos.
With TouchFlo 3D, we need to scroll to the correct photo and take action.
It is nice to see that 3D animation, but it is better to have an option for the user interface like the old HTC HOME.

Correction
2SV does the job. But !!!!!!!!!
Touch Flo 3d became extremely slow especially when reaching the tab "PEOPLE" and even crash down . Has to perform a soft reset and then 2SV doen't seem to work anymore.
So back to first question .

recorrection
UTVOL has it right.
Using the album(program) to assign a picture to a contact does almost the job.
Picture quality in tab "People" is largely improved but still not perfect.

asci said:
Perfect??
I'm using a 256x256 JPG or PNG as well at 300 dpi...and it is still poor...
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... i think you must save in 72 dpi to avoid resizing by the HD ... in 300 dpi, there is a resize to web definition.... i 'm currently trying becaus ei have same problem, ...i will post the answer later ...hope it works.
Charles

Add photos from Album
Hi, try to add photos to your contacts from Album application

the difference is tremendous ... see samples:
1. foto used in both tries
2. set in outlook and synced via activesync
3. viewed with touch hd fotoviewer and saved to contact

so are you saying we should use 446 x 446 res?

tboy2000 said:
so are you saying we should use 446 x 446 res?
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No!
256x256 pix. but you need to set it from the phone. Copy the picture to device, open it and set to contact. Outlook will blurr it.

Picture quality changes in the people tab. Why?

Hey all.
I am using the HTC Diamond.
WHen i store a picture to any contact and view it on the Peoples Tab in the TF3 the quality is horrible.
I tried to edit the picture as 256X256 which is equal to the default pics ,.... but still st does not impeove..
but when i choose the default pic in the tab. the pic quality is awsome.
why ?

Better way is to add picture to your contacts directly from album - not in contacts - that works for me better

Yea thats what i do. stll the quality is not good enough....

hmmm...and are those pictures captured by Diamond?? What for a resolution??
and could you give a screenshot??

well just bought the phone so not able to give you the screen shot but
tried by pics captured from my diamond as well as digi cam.
the resolution is
256 X 256
depth is 32 bit
72 dpi..

Does anyone here knows how to have a super image quality in the peoples tab.

Not sure if resizing the pictures to such a small format is a good way
Ok when you´re in album - picture with 3,2mpx resolution add to contacts - then the quality in people tab is bad??

Yea its stll bad dear

So for now I don´t know what it causes ´cause for me worked adding pictures from album and not in contacts..
But some time ago I saw here a thread about this issue so I´ll take a look

I had a similar problem I got around it like this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2824740#post2824740

Resize to 240x320

you don't have to resize. The issue is with the fact that win mobile on its own isn't designed to show high res images that the diamond outputs (since most touch phones don't have a super high res screen). All you have to do is go to favorite tab and using that interface to add a picture for that specific person. The TF3D software will bump the resolution for you so that the image appears right.
People > Menu > Change picture

I think it's a problem from outlook. When you add a picture in outlook from your computer, you see the visit card and the picture you add is low resolution. But adding picture by the HTC album keep the right resolution. But you can sometime have an error when synchronizing with outlook after that.

HEy guys.
thanks everyone for your coments and suggestions..
after trying nearly for 2 days all differenent propositions...
i have almost solved the problem..
the solution..
1.Change the image from JPG to PNG
2. Change the image resolution to 256X256.
3. Increase the DPI to as much as possible... pref 300 DPI
4. Click on the menu on the peoples tab and change the picture.
by this i am getting very good resolution and clarity to my pics.
Please add more coments or suggestions to this.
Thanks.
SIdd.

Macro mode in camera?

I have an HTC AT&T Pure running duttys R10 rom.
everythings great but in camera mode I have no macro mode (little flower) for shooting up close pictures. I've searched all over this forum and the web and have found no mention of a macro mode for this phone's camera. Except review mentions of "with macro mode for up close shots" etc.
With a 5 megapixel camera I would figure that such a mode would be possible but I cannot find it or a way to make it appear.
any ideas? am I just asking too much of my Topaz?

So just like everywhere else? Nobody has any idea?

My personal view is that the auto focus does a very good job of focusing at around 6-8 cm from the subject. Thus not needing the macro (flower icon). My Samsung WB1000 focuses only very slightly nearer than 6cm and thats in macro mode but dues to wide lens on the unit it coin still seems further away.
Attached are photos, infact I would say that the Diamond 2 gets closer to the coin but does not hold as much detail.
I have not tried this with my DSLR but it would depend on which lens I used.
Diamond 2 photo on the right

To enable Macro Mode navigate in registry to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\General\MacroMode=>1

OMG!!! sweet.. thx bruce.. ill try that now and see if that works.. or is what im looking for..
EDIT: Seems to be working better. Close up pics are clearer that autofocus.. thx again.
Id say this tread is done.. lol

Bruce Inman said:
To enable Macro Mode navigate in registry to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\General\MacroMode=>1
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Hi Bruce,
One more help, when I keep on super fine and 5M also the file size is coming to max of 800 mb only! Anyway to save the files in RAW format or much better resolution please?

j_svas said:
Hi Bruce,
One more help, when I keep on super fine and 5M also the file size is coming to max of 800 mb only! Anyway to save the files in RAW format or much better resolution please?
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Sorry, not sure how to force to RAW format.

I just applied Bruces Reg suggestion, and don't see any Macro setting, after resetting. Will it just automatically go to Macro when close up? This site is a great source of info!

rbrsddn said:
I just applied Bruces Reg suggestion, and don't see any Macro setting, after resetting. Will it just automatically go to Macro when close up? This site is a great source of info!
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It should open the control panel within the software, giving you the flower icon for close ups.
Recheck the key and see if it stayed = 1.

Yes, it stayed at 1. Hmmm. I'll take some close up pics, and see how they come out.

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It should open the control panel within the software, giving you the flower icon for close ups.
Recheck the key and see if it stayed = 1.
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Bruce, I am using 6.5.3 and even I tried above and did not get flower/ Macro in settings! Kept it back to Zero,
Thanks for that note on RAW format

j_svas said:
Bruce, I am using 6.5.3 and even I tried above and did not get flower/ Macro in settings! Kept it back to Zero,
Thanks for that note on RAW format
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Yes, sometimes the registry can be touchy, sorry.