The realism, depth and detail of this technology won me over instantly. I just wish everybody else had the software and hardware to appreciate it, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

HDR photography hasn't taken off in the same way as video. But Sigma's BF camera might offer an intermediate step to popularity. It's simply a fact that photographs are now mostly viewed on some form ...

Google and Apple are adopting the ISO 21496-1 standard for gain map metadata used in HDR photos. This will allow HDR photos taken from an iPhone or an Android phone to be viewed as intended on any ...

The Ultra HDR format offers a novel idea of including a standard 8-bit JPEG compressed base image in the file. This file has links with another smaller resolution JPEG image with gain mapping. These ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Android 14 introduces the new Ultra HDR image format, which is compatible with JPEG and can be displayed properly on both ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Monckton covers photography, imaging and generative AI Google Photos’ new tools can make your photos pop like never before ...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S24 series launched with the exclusive capability to upload and display “Super HDR” photos on Instagram. Now, iPhone users get to join the party, with support for HDR Instagram ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Editing photos on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac just changed completely after the popular Photomator app from Pixelmator got a new update that adds support for ...

If you own an Android device that was released within the last few years, there is a good chance that your phone can take HDR images. Photos taken with high dynamic range turned on essentially means ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. If you're a Google Photos user and you've upgraded to a new Android phone in the past few months, you might have noticed ...