The stock camera experience found in Android 4 aims to match the most multimedia-oriented solutions on the market, and then some.
Ramped Up Camera Capabilities
The Camera app in Android 4 includes many new features for letting users capturing special moments with great photos and videos. When taking pictures, continuous focus, zero shutter lag exposure, and decreased shot-to-shot speed help capture clear, precise images. Stabilized image zoom lets users compose photos and videos in the way they want, including while video is recording. For new flexibility and convenience while shooting video, users can now take snapshots at full video resolution just by tapping the screen as video continues to record.
To make it easier to take great pictures of people, built-in face detection locates faces in the frame and automatically sets focus. For more control, users can tap to focus anywhere in the preview image.
For capturing larger screens, the Camera introduces a single-motion panorama mode. In this mode, the user starts an exposure and then slowly turns the Camera to encompass as wide a perspective as needed. The Camera assembles the full range of continuous imagery into a single panoramic photo.
After taking a picture or video, users can quickly share it by email, text message, Bluetooth, social networks, and more, just by tapping the thumbnail in the camera controls.
Redesigned Gallery App with Photo Editor
The Gallery app now makes it easier to manage, show, and share photos and videos. For managing collections, a redesigned album layout shows many more albums and offers larger thumbnails. There are many ways to sort albums, including by time, location, people, and tags.
_pt01.jpg) To help pictures look their best, the Gallery now includes a powerful photo editor. Users can crop and rotate pictures, set levels, remove red eyes, add effects, and much more. After retouching, users can select one or multiple pictures or videos to share instantly over email, text, messaging, Bluetooth, social networks, or other apps.
An improved Picture Gallery widget lets users look at pictures directly on their home screen. The widget can display pictures from a selected album, shuffle pictures from all albums, or show a single image. After adding the widget to the home screen, users can flick through the photo stacks to locate the image they want, then tap to load it in Gallery.
Live Effects for Transforming Video
Live Effects is a collection of graphical transformations that add interest and fun to videos captured in the Camera app. For example, users can change the background behind them to any stock or custom image, for just the right setting when shooting video or using Google Talk video chat.
Also available is Silly Faces, a set of morphing effects that use state-of-the-art face recognition and GPU filters to add great effects facial features during video capture. For example, you can use effects such as small eyes, big mouth, big nose, face squeeze, and more. Outside of the Camera app, Live Effects is available during video chat in the Google Talk app.
Sharing with Screenshots
Users can now share what's on their screens more easily by taking screenshots. Hardware buttons let them snap a screenshot and store it locally. Afterward, they can view, edit, and share the screenshot in Gallery or a similar app.
Android 4 Breaks New Ground
Part 1
The almighty Galaxy Nexus will soon bring Android 4 to Planet Earth. We take a look at the enhanced Android 4 UI inside.
Part 2
A powerful new voice input engine is among the Android 4 features. Blind or visually impaired users will also get improved features.
Part 3
If you're looking for the ultimate Web browsing experience that can handle both desktop and mobile versions, Android 4 will be your definitive choice.
Part 4
Android 4 provides a range of new features such as improved network data settings, user profiles and more.
Part 5 (Current)
Part 6
Android 4 will provide the NFC-based Android Beam feature as well as Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth HDP for quick sharing between devices and peripherals.
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