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does anybody have the same problem?
its very hard to make a photo that is in focus and steady.
i have compared it to my old galaxy S2, and the S2 makes much better photos.
on the S2 every single photo i take is rock steady and in focus.
on the S4 its very hard to do that. every photo looks like i am shaking like an old man. it almost impossible to take a good photo.
karl999999 said:
does anybody have the same problem?
its very hard to make a photo that is in focus and steady.
i have compared it to my old galaxy S2, and the S2 makes much better photos.
on the S2 every single photo i take is rock steady and in focus.
on the S4 its very hard to do that. every photo looks like i am shaking like an old man. it almost impossible to take a good photo.
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Do you have auto low light enabled? Where are you taking the photo? Indoors outdoors?
Have the same problem on I9500. Not that we have shaky hands..
cameracartwright said:
Do you have auto low light enabled? Where are you taking the photo? Indoors outdoors?
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no i dont have auto low light enabled.
it does not matter where i take photos, indoor or outdoor.
3 of 4 photos are shaky.
i hope there will be a firmware update for the camera hardware soon.
karl999999 said:
no i dont have auto low light enabled.
it does not matter where i take photos, indoor or outdoor.
3 of 4 photos are shaky.
i hope there will be a firmware update for the camera hardware soon.
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Check the shutter speed on your photos.
Go to gallery/select the menu hard key/scroll down to details on the photo and should state shutter speed, iso, location etc
Tell me what they say on the blurred/shakey pics and iff different on the in focus shots mate.
cameracartwright said:
Check the shutter speed on your photos.
Go to gallery/select the menu hard key/scroll down to details on the photo and should state shutter speed, iso, location etc
Tell me what they say on the blurred/shakey pics and iff different on the in focus shots mate.
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it varies very much. from 1/17s to 1/1000s
but all are sometimes in focus and out of focus.
what i find is that the galaxy S2 makes perfect steady pics no matter what i do or even when i shake the S2.
on the S4 i have to be very very still and hold the cam very steady for a long time, then the chance is better to make a still foto. its unusable at the moment.
Has nobody found the anti-shake feature in camera settings?
Plus, you can take a photo by saying 'cheese', leaving your hands/fingers free to hold the phone steady
prodigyX said:
Has nobody found the anti-shake feature in camera settings?
Plus, you can take a photo by saying 'cheese', leaving your hands/fingers free to hold the phone steady
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the anti shake feature does almost nothing.
karl999999 said:
it varies very much. from 1/17s to 1/1000s
but all are sometimes in focus and out of focus.
what i find is that the galaxy S2 makes perfect steady pics no matter what i do or even when i shake the S2.
on the S4 i have to be very very still and hold the cam very steady for a long time, then the chance is better to make a still foto. its unusable at the moment.
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Images at 1/17 unless held very still will come out shakey, check the iOS setting on your camera press menu hard key then settings then see if ISo is on auto.
Are you taking photos of distant objects or objects/items close up or both? Sorry for so may questions just trying to help
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prodigyX said:
Has nobody found the anti-shake feature in camera settings?
Plus, you can take a photo by saying 'cheese', leaving your hands/fingers free to hold the phone steady
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Press hardware menu key on camera then settings and scroll down to see Antishake it's disabled by default. It simply increases ISO so your images will in low light look slightly more grainy/noisy but this enables a faster shutter speed: less lightly to be blurred from motion or movement
the anti shake is turned on, but does not really improve anything.
yes ISO is set to auto. what would be the best manual ISO setting?
i am not a photographer so my knowledge about ISO is also shaky
but the general question is: why was the S2 always steady without changing any settings, and the S4 seems to need hard work to get good photos? or am only i getting this?
if you just take the phone out of the pocket and take a foto quickly,
do you guys get a steady in focus foto every time?
i could do this with my old S2, but not with the S4.
karl999999 said:
the anti shake is turned on, but does not really improve anything.
yes ISO is set to auto. what would be the best manual ISO setting?
i am not a photographer so my knowledge about ISO is also shaky
but the general question is: why was the S2 always steady without changing any settings, and the S4 seems to need hard work to get good photos? or am only i getting this?
if you just take the phone out of the pocket and take a foto quickly,
do you guys get a steady in focus foto every time?
i could do this with my old S2, but not with the S4.
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on my i9505 I've yet to produce an out of focus shot (taken about 10pictures, 3 in low light)
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karl999999 said:
no i dont have auto low light enabled.
it does not matter where i take photos, indoor or outdoor.
3 of 4 photos are shaky.
i hope there will be a firmware update for the camera hardware soon.
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The latest firmware (i9505xxuamdm) has a firmware update for the camera. If your photos look shaky and out of focus even in daylight and sunny conditions, you might have a faulty camera. I have not yet had any focus issues and photos taken with my S4 are steady, even in low light, the most beautiful pictures taken with a mobile phone. So you might have a faulty camera module.
Regarding the 1/17 exposure time, I have just taken a picture now in very low light and the exposure time is just that, with an ISO of 320 and Aperture 2.2, and it is sharp and in focus (taken from the hand). Have you tried focusing first by touching the screen where you want the focus to be rather than pressing the shutter button directly?
camera firmware update sounds good. do you have the apk file for it?
Hi there all
I have this issue too. I have taken photos inside and outdoors with anti shake on and off and no matter what settings I use the pictures always appear to have blur due to shake on them. It's as if the camera always selects a really long shutter speed.
I have also applied the latest firmware update with no benefit.
Cheers
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Have you all removed the plastic film on the lens?
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wtfshouldidonow said:
Have you all removed the plastic film on the lens?
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YES! it was difficult to remove but yes i did when i got the phone.
karl999999 said:
does anybody have the same problem?
its very hard to make a photo that is in focus and steady.
i have compared it to my old galaxy S2, and the S2 makes much better photos.
on the S2 every single photo i take is rock steady and in focus.
on the S4 its very hard to do that. every photo looks like i am shaking like an old man. it almost impossible to take a good photo.
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i don know WHY but when i turned off image stabilizer it took photo better :-??
Same Problem
I had the same problem with out of focus/shaky pictures plus that sometimes when I wanted to turn on the camera to make pictures I received a camera busy message. The last 3 pictures that I've took with SG4 I had to use the best out of 8 picture setting to get a clear picture of a product that I make... I also noticed that even that I had better signal than HTC One or Iphone 3GS the internet was way slower compared to the other 2 phones and sometimes at home I had to turn off and on the WIFI, cause it wasn't working...
karl999999 said:
Photos shaky... does anybody have the same problem?
its very hard to make a photo that is in focus and steady.
.... every photo looks like i am shaking like an old man. it almost impossible to take a good photo.
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Have you tried drinking less alcohol when taking these photos?
And if that doesn't work, drink more!
Yup.. so annoying. On my last phone it took mostly clear photos. On this, you have to be still as a hair... it constantly uses low shutter speeds instead of higher ISO's making it use 1/16 shutter speed in the most inconvenient times. With my last phone (HTC Rezound), id use the cam under a bright LED flashlight and take steady shots of old paper photographs so I could post them online for friends. Im trying to do the same thing with the S4 and the pics keep coming out blurry, even when im completely still. Its a very bright light so idk why its choosing slow shutter speeds. I end up giving up trying to get a clear shot... ridiculous.
On another note... it does take very clear daytime pics. ....
Greetings all, I just got the N3 upgrading from the N2 and without doing any tweaking I am finding my the camera performance poor compared to the N2. Is there something I need to tweak? I didn't really do anything at all to the N2 and got the best camera performance I've ever had on a phone. But so far the N3 is so bad I'm considering returning it if I can't fix this somehow. And yes, I did take the protective plastic off the camera
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Greetings all, I just got the N3 upgrading from the N2 and without doing any tweaking I am finding my the camera performance poor compared to the N2. Is there something I need to tweak? I didn't really do anything at all to the N2 and got the best camera performance I've ever had on a phone. But so far the N3 is so bad I'm considering returning it if I can't fix this somehow. And yes, I did take the protective plastic off the camera
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Have you gone into settings and put it on 16 mp
This has been answered tons of times in other threads, learn to search.
Basically people complain about the camera on the Note 3 when it's actually amazing. Take it outside and take a picture and you'll have stunning quality. When it becomes darker it got a hard time since they have removed the Night Time feature and inserted another method instead. This is mostly software related issues rather than hardware.
Yes, I tried 13M, 9.6 which is what it was set on out of the box and 8M. Doesn't make a difference. But thank you for trying to help.
And BunnyPig, don't be an ahole. I DID search but I haven't found ANY threads with an issue like mine. Outdoor pictures are JUST AS BLURRY as indoor. It has nothing do do with a lack of night mode, pictures that are normal, daytime indoor ambient light pictures should not be out of focus. This camera just will not focus. After looking around I see nothing that addresses this issue anywhere. Think it may be a bad unit and hardware releated. But thanks for nothing.
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Yes, I tried 13M, 9.6 which is what it was set on out of the box and 8M. Doesn't make a difference. But thank you for trying to help.
And BunnyPig, don't be an ahole. I DID search but I haven't found ANY threads with an issue like mine. Outdoor pictures are JUST AS BLURRY as indoor. It has nothing do do with a lack of night mode, pictures that are normal, daytime indoor ambient light pictures should not be out of focus. This camera just will not focus. After looking around I see nothing that addresses this issue anywhere. Think it may be a bad unit and hardware releated. But thanks for nothing.
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Try focal camera on Google play see if it's better if not it might be a camera problem
Do you have the image stabilization feature enabled?
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danjng said:
Do you have the image stabilization feature enabled?
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Nope
Pictures
The N3 needs some light to take good pictures.
Point.
saznpins said:
Yes, I tried 13M, 9.6 which is what it was set on out of the box and 8M. Doesn't make a difference. But thank you for trying to help.
And BunnyPig, don't be an ahole. I DID search but I haven't found ANY threads with an issue like mine. Outdoor pictures are JUST AS BLURRY as indoor. It has nothing do do with a lack of night mode, pictures that are normal, daytime indoor ambient light pictures should not be out of focus. This camera just will not focus. After looking around I see nothing that addresses this issue anywhere. Think it may be a bad unit and hardware releated. But thanks for nothing.
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There are TONS of people complaining about the same thing, I was not being an "ahole". You are complaining about a camera that's really good, if it's defect then get it replaced, you haven't given us ANY pictures nor any description on what's wrong until now. I was just making a statement on that a lot of people have complained only because lack of skills on adjusting the camera and on the overall quality. Check this link out (took me one minute to search for this!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2438592&highlight=share+your+best
You have a lot of decent pictures there. Some are better than others because some people know how to take pictures and how to get them to have decent quality with and without lightning. You're the being rude to me now. You can also find several solutions and explanations on how the camera works.
I just ran across the street to the Verizon store and the guys there looked at it and after 5 minutes said it's a hardware issue. Unfortunately they couldn't swap it out there because of my corporate plan so I am on the phone with Verizon and they are going to send me another one.
If the N3 needs more light than a brightly lit office or full sunlight outdoors to take a picture that is in focus then I am going back to my N2. We'll see what the new one does when it gets here.
Just for fun I installed Focus and tried that, but every time I try to take a picture with it I get an "unfortunately focus has stopped" error.
saznpins said:
I just ran across the street to the Verizon store and the guys there looked at it and after 5 minutes said it's a hardware issue. Unfortunately they couldn't swap it out there because of my corporate plan so I am on the phone with Verizon and they are going to send me another one.
If the N3 needs more light than a brightly lit office or full sunlight outdoors to take a picture that is in focus then I am going back to my N2. We'll see what the new one does when it gets here.
Just for fun I installed Focus and tried that, but every time I try to take a picture with it I get an "unfortunately focus has stopped" error.
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Sorry to hear that the phone was defect. Hopefully you'll be happy with the replacement they'll send.
About the Focal app, the Focal does not support the Note 3 camera yet. It'll be added in a near future.
Hello guys , i just bought a s5 but i notice that the front camera looks blurry. I tiried turning off beauty face and play with the options but it doesn't seem to correct it. I don't know if this is a software problem or what
We have no way of knowing either because you didn't even provide a sample photo or detailed information about your settings or how you use the camera.
Without those crucial details, all we can do is make random guesses. Perhaps you aren't holding the camera steady. Or have a fingerprint over the camera aperture. Or innumerable other causes. You need to provide a lot more information if you hope to narrow down the cause.
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fffft said:
We have no way of knowing either because you didn't even provide a sample photo or detailed information about your settings or how you use the camera.
Without those crucial details, all we can do is make random guesses. Perhaps you aren't holding the camera steady. Or have a fingerprint over the camera aperture. Or innumerable other causes. You need to provide a lot more information if you hope to narrow down the cause.
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Here's a sample of the photo and settings
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_VQWJ0WeheSb19CNTBUMjRBcjQ/edit?usp=docslist_api
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_VQWJ0WeheSajN1bmxSVVdiOVE/edit?usp=docslist_api
Forgot to mention that beauty face is on but even if inturn it off it won't stop being blurry
looks like you have it set to two megapixels. try setting it to 16 and see how it looks
bobprobert said:
looks like you have it set to two megapixels. try setting it to 16 and see how it looks
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Still the same
blurry camera
hey. just got this phone and realized that... could your fix that problem yet? dont know if replacing the front camera but im scare it would be the same.
thanks!!
bobprobert said:
looks like you have it set to two megapixels. try setting it to 16 and see how it looks
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Still the same
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Front camera has only 2Mpx
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so sorry to resurrect this thread.. but with snapdragon camera app (which now almost all roms are using [mostly without mentioning]), the front camera image is so good. BUT when you use apps like whatsapp or imo and try to use it internally (via the app itself), the pallid blurry and ridiculous image reappears.... any solution to that?
I take the photo with the stock Samsung app, and then share it via WhatsApp or whatever I'm using
WhatsApp is terrible for camera/video, won't focus half the time, most other camera apps are a lot lower quality than the stock Samsung one, which is why a lot of people stick with TW ROMs
I honestly can't figure out which is better for the life of me.
Stock camera is awesome. But if only I am taking photos with shutter button. On screen button makes the camera focus again after initially locking focus with touch, although it remembers where to focus.
This may cause some lost moments due to delay in shutter speed.
Now, Google Camera, on the other hand, takes photos instantaneously. Much faster than stock camera from my observation. Lock focus with touch, then either on-screen or shutter button takes photos instantly. This makes me a very happy photographer.
But this might mean that I am losing out on Sony-powered enhancements they made for the stock camera, so I am doing various of tests to see which camera is superior.
As for now, both camera takes exceptional photos, but I can noticing differences in color, where Stock makes colors colder where Google makes it bit warmer.
Which camera do you guys prefer?
rickyoon.vegas said:
I honestly can't figure out which is better for the life of me.
Stock camera is awesome. But if only I am taking photos with shutter button. On screen button makes the camera focus again after initially locking focus with touch, although it remembers where to focus.
This may cause some lost moments due to delay in shutter speed.
Now, Google Camera, on the other hand, takes photos instantaneously. Much faster than stock camera from my observation. Lock focus with touch, then either on-screen or shutter button takes photos instantly. This makes me a very happy photographer.
But this might mean that I am losing out on Sony-powered enhancements they made for the stock camera, so I am doing various of tests to see which camera is superior.
As for now, both camera takes exceptional photos, but I can noticing differences in color, where Stock makes colors colder where Google makes it bit warmer.
Which camera do you guys prefer?
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can you post some samples from both apps
For me stock all the way. I had a phone with very Shutter speed without focus before. Problem was half of my pictures came out blurry. I'd rather wait a milisec for the focus and have a sharp picture than hammering that button and hope for the best plus for me it's always really hard to keep the cam steady when pressing the touch button. As I said half my pictures came out blurry and out of focus with my sgs3. With the z3 every picture is perfect so far. Never had so much fun with a smartphone camera. And that because of the ergonomics and not because of megapixlz.
But why not have both apps side by side and use the one better suited for the situation?
clouds5 said:
For me stock all the way. I had a phone with very Shutter speed without focus before. Problem was half of my pictures came out blurry. I'd rather wait a milisec for the focus and have a sharp picture than hammering that button and hope for the best plus for me it's always really hard to keep the cam steady when pressing the touch button. As I said half my pictures came out blurry and out of focus with my sgs3. With the z3 every picture is perfect so far. Never had so much fun with a smartphone camera. And that because of the ergonomics and not because of megapixlz.
But why not have both apps side by side and use the one better suited for the situation?
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Galaxy phones are the same i guess. I have an s5, previously moto x and iphone 5 user. Never had blur in my photos, but with galaxy s5 out of 10 i take 7 will be blurry but camera quality is really good if its not blurry on the s5 especially day light
Speaking of cameras, can you turn off the shutter sound in either of these camera apps?
I could turn it off on my old xperia acro s, but apparently Sony has decided this feature was too powerful for the z3 compact.
Sony stock cam offers "no sound" option in settings
Bäcker said:
Sony stock cam offers no sound option in settings
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The Sony camera on my Z3C has an option to disable sound.
mattdm said:
The Sony camera on my Z3C has an option to disable sound.
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yes, actually I was trying to say the same, just should have added the quotation marks or a dash right away
What settings are you guys using for the stock sony cam? I cant seem to get photos that are as sharp as I'd like. They look great on the z3c display, then i look at them on my laptop and am disappointed. Tried SA, manual, 8mp, 15mp, and all sorts of other settings.
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yes, actually I was trying to say the same, just should have added the quotation marks or a dash right away
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Haha ok. Sometimes it's hard to figure tone on the internet. :silly:
Last time I tried the Google Camera it didn't like the 2 stage shutter. I think Sony did a decent number on the Camera app, so will be using it for the time being.
I am also using the default camera app. Its awesome!
I think the google camera needs a overhaul. Its good for just point and shoot but it lacks features. Lets hope Android L apis can help with this.
I figure I'll keep the stock camera as well as Google camera installed for different purposes. Stock camera for everything else, and Google camera for panoramas and photo spheres. Have not compared the difference in panorama shots between stock and google camera yet though.
I found google camera to be worse in low light situations. However the app Camera jb+, gave me better results allround compared to the stock camera.
Sorry to dig up that rather old thread...but something is bugging me! I can't seem to find the setting to turn out ff the sound
Can someone help me?
Sorry, the menu is in German but you guys will probably understand what it means...there is no SOUND ...
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oTToToTenTanz said:
Sorry to dig up that rather old thread...but something is bugging me! I can't seem to find the setting to turn out ff the sound
Can someone help me?
Sorry, the menu is in German but you guys will probably understand what it means...there is no SOUND ...
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This is quite weird since I have a "sound" option in the same menu as you posted.. What firmware are you on?
Crazy...then I'd think its based on what country's firmware is installed...I'm from Germany and some users report (on older Sony xperia z's) that they can't disable the shutter sound.
What coutry are you from? Is there a way to get the camera app from another software? I heard there are also complications with DRM
oTToToTenTanz said:
Crazy...then I'd think its based on what country's firmware is installed...I'm from Germany and some users report (on older Sony xperia z's) that they can't disable the shutter sound.
What coutry are you from? Is there a way to get the camera app from another software? I heard there are also complications with DRM
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Sweden :good:
Maybe with the google camera app you can switch off the sound
The DRM complications might relate to unlock/root where some lowlight functions get lost for good - but if rooting/unlocking isn't a matter of life and death I wouldn't do it until a safe method is found.
I'm from germany (german stock .77 ROM, no branding etc.) and I have this option.
I'm a Google camera fanboy now. The stock app isn't consistent enough and too much time consuming. I like simplicity above the ultimate shot. Also like the photosphere ability. This way I can relive the moment in VR.
Hi everyone.
Can someone tell me how to take macro photos with my Sprint Note4??
I just cant figure it out.
Extreme close up. It seems to NOT focus at less that 3 or 4 inches..
I always have to 'back ou't more than what I want to.
Any and all suggestions are really appreciated.
Thanks alot
jimmbomb said:
Hi everyone.
Can someone tell me how to take macro photos with my Sprint Note4??
I just cant figure it out.
Extreme close up. It seems to NOT focus at less that 3 or 4 inches..
I always have to 'back ou't more than what I want to.
Any and all suggestions are really appreciated.
Thanks alot
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I've wanted to know this also, seems like the stock camera is not capable of macro pictures.
Hold your finger down on the screen instead of tapping to focus. Hope this helps
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Hold your finger down on the screen instead of tapping to focus. Hope this helps
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It will do it for a sec..... when you long press the screen... focus on it.... just for a sec.... then blurr out.. and remain blurred when you release and snap the shutter......
thanks anyways......
BUT!!.. I did find a work around...... get as close as you can while it focuses sharp.. about 3-4 inches... just before the blur.....then while it's still sharp..... zoom in.... and snap the shutter....
So.... get close as you can while the focus works... hold still then zoom in for a macro.....
I hope this helps others.. The only thing I found so far.
Thankks