Google's camera, also known as Google Camera or more usually, GCAM, is the default camera app that comes on certain devices with pure Android such as Pixel phones and the occasional Android One. So if you have a device with GCam or have installed it, we will show you how to take advantage of it.
The GCam is very popular among the community, some users install this camera on their device even though it is not the default of its manufacturer since many times it improves the photographic result thanks to the software that Google has worked on in the application, especially in its post-processing.
This is why the number of people who use this application and not the default of their phone every day increases more. And here we are to show you how to get the most out of the app.
We will start with a few tricks while recording videos.
Shoot a photo while recording videos
This is a very basic trick, but not everyone has to know it. It is very simple, when you are recording video, a circle appears at the bottom left (with the mobile vertically), if you don't know what it is, we'll tell you about it. It is used to shoot a photo while recording the video. So you won't miss any photo opportunities even when you're shooting video.
Of course, keep in mind that the photos will significantly lower the resolution when shooting while making video, although they will not be bad, they will not have the same quality as with the normal mode.
Record Slow Motion Videos
Making slow motion videos is the order of the day, And it is that we will not deny that the videos are more impressive if you put some slow motion. Well, you know that you can do it with a mobile phone.
It is important to say that not all phones have this feature, since they also depend on the hardware they have, and not all can have this functionality, if you do not know if your mobile can do it, it is so easy to check if you have the option or not by following the steps that we tell you.
To do this you will have to open the camera app and go to the section of traditional that we will find to the right of the whole. There we will have the option of slow motion. If the option does not appear, your mobile does not have enough hardware for it.
Single video, multiple clips
If you don't know how to edit or don't feel like it, but you have an idea in mind that needs certain cuts, don't worry, you can do it without problems. This is an option that has been available on different mobiles for many years. But we will tell you so that you know all the options offered by the application.
When you are recording a video, you have the option to pause the video by pressing the pause button located at the bottom left of the screen (with the mobile vertically), if you press there you will pause the video. That works in case you want to make cuts, change the plane for the one you want and re-record, and in this way the cuts are made alone and you have several clips in a single video.
Quick view of your photos or videos
A quick and easy trick. If you want to quickly view the video or photo you just took, it is as simple as swiping from right to left from the right edge of the screen to access a quick view of the gallery. Easy and fast right?
Capture an entire landscape, panorama mode
One of the most interesting options for those who like to capture landscapes is panoramic. You simply go to the panoramic option and follow the steps it tells you to understand how it works, but basically you move the phone, take different photographs and then put them all together, so you can get a complete view of that landscape.
There are even more ingenious people who use it to appear themselves several times in the photo or more interesting creations. Creativity is the best asset to exploit the options of a phone or a camera.
Portrait mode
We are not going to place much emphasis on this option, since it is one of the best known of the moment. The portrait mode consists of emulating the effect that a professional camera makes when using wide focal points of the lens when taking a portrait. That is to say, focuses on the foreground subject and blurs the background. Go to Picture and you can blur the background and give a more professional touch to the photos.
HDR +
And lastly, the HDR +, an option that also has the UltraCam version and that allows you to take the best photo of a situation in which the light is complicated, such as backlights or many different luminosities. From More y Advanced, you can activate HDR + control and you can activate and deactivate it from the camera.
If it does not come automatically, but so you have control to activate it when you need it.
These have been our tips to get the most out of GCam. Are you a regular user of the app?