Google Photos, the world’s leading app for photograph organization and enhancement, is now releasing a major update that includes Ultra HDR. This new feature will surely improve the photo quality with less effort to be made, which will be a significant improvement in the photo editing aspect specifically for mobile devices.
What is Ultra HDR?
Ultra HDR is a highly developed photo enhancement option that is intended to enhance image brightness and pixel quality. While the current HDR effect is limited to giving general control over the brightness, the Ultra HDR provides a pixel-based control over the same enabling more specific and accurate adjustments. This tool increases the tonal range of your photos, thus increasing vividness of the images and maintaining important details in both overexposed and underexposed areas.
Google is also introducing Vibrance which appears to be the improved version of the previous HDR effect. The new “Vibrance” tool will help users to make some light changes fast while the Ultra HDR tool is powerful enough for deep editing.
How to access the Ultra HDR on the Google Photos app.
In order to use these new features and improvements users need to upgrade the Google Photos application to its 7th version. 0 or higher. At the present time, the version that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store is 6. However, the features will be available with the next update of the app and the price is $99. Here’s how to enable Ultra HDR once you have the latest version:
- First of all, launch the application and go to the section with the images.
- Choose the image you want to edit then tap on it and choose the Adjust option from the editing tools.
- Search out ‘Ultra HDR’ and other the new options such as ‘Vibrance’ to begin the editing process.
These updates are quite a big change for Google Photos as this is the first time it introduces tools that are usually available in professional photo editing apps like Lightroom to the mobile platform.
What’s Next with Ultra HDR and Vibrance?
With the introduction of Ultra HDR, it may be possible to make mobile photo editing even better by allowing users to apply photo enhancement more precisely. It will also help users get professional quality images within a few taps so that people with low technical knowledge can enhance their photos.
Vibrance, however, will give the users a quicker and more effective way of editing if they want to enhance their photos in some way. This feature will work hand in hand with Ultra HDR for those who wish to have the speed but at the same time have more precise adjustments.
Availability and Final Thoughts
However, not all the users can use these tools at the moment, the update is expected to be available for all with version 7. 0 of Google Photos. With Ultra HDR and Vibrance, Google is extending the possibilities of mobile photo editing and providing the users with a set of more advanced instruments that were once available only with desktop applications. For professional photographers and normal users these improvements are expected to provide a better and more effective editing experience while on the move.